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100 Best Male Footballers of All Time

Judged by a panel of journalists at FourFourTwo, how many of the 100 best football players of all time can you name?
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Position
Nation
Player
1.
Lionel Messi
2.
Pelé
3.
Diego Maradona
4.
Cristiano Ronaldo
5.
Johan Cruyff
6.
Ronaldo
7.
Zinedine Zidane
8.
Franz Beckenbauer
9.
Alfredo Di Stefano
10.
Marco van Basten
11.
George Best
12.
Gerd Müller
13.
Ferenc Puskás
14.
Michel Platini
15.
Andres Iniesta
16.
Eusébio
17.
Garrincha
18.
Lothar Matthäus
19.
Zico
20.
Paolo Maldini
21.
Bobby Charlton
22.
Ronaldinho
23.
Xavi
24.
Manuel Neuer
25.
Franco Baresi
26.
Lev Yashin
27.
Thierry Henry
28.
Roberto Baggio
29.
Luka Modrić
30.
Ruud Gullit
31.
Giuseppe Meazza
32.
Sócrates
33.
Sergio Busquets
34.
Raymond Kopa
Position
Nation
Player
35.
Bobby Moore
36.
Stanley Matthews
37.
Valentino Mazzola
38.
Mattias Sindelar
39.
Romário
40.
Luis Suárez
41.
Francisco Gento
42.
Carlos Alberto
43.
Michael Laudrup
44.
Kenny Dalglish
45.
Robert Lewandowski
46.
Paolo Rossi
47.
Günter Netzer
48.
Gianluigi Buffon
49.
Didi
50.
Wayne Rooney
51.
Rivaldo
52.
Kevin Keegan
53.
Jairzinho
54.
Gaetano Scirea
55.
Dino Zoff
56.
Juan Alberto Schiaffino
57.
Fritz Walter
58.
Daniel Passarella
59.
Gianni Rivera
60.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
61.
Neymar
62.
Ronald Koeman
63.
Gunnar Nordahl
64.
Johan Neeskens
65.
Denis Law
66.
Gordon Banks
67.
Jose Manuel Moreno
Position
Nation
Player
68.
John Charles
69.
Jose Andrade
70.
Cafu
71.
Frank Rijkaard
72.
Florian Albert
73.
Rivellino
74.
Just Fontaine
75.
Josef Masopust
76.
Alan Shearer
77.
Jimmy Greaves
78.
Hugo Sánchez
79.
Hristo Stoichkov
80.
Kaká
81.
Mohamed Salah
82.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
83.
Sandro Mazzola
84.
George Weah
85.
Luís Figo
86.
Allan Simonsen
87.
Dennis Bergkamp
88.
Kevin De Bruyne
89.
Roberto Carlos
90.
Eric Cantona
91.
Giacinto Facchetti
92.
Sandor Kocsis
93.
Kylian Mbappe
94.
Philipp Lahm
95.
Djalma Santos
96.
Javier Zanetti
97.
Jimmy Johnstone
98.
Teofilo Cubillas
99.
Mario Kempes
100.
Gheorghe Hagi
20 Comments
+2
Level 49
Apr 3, 2024
Ronaldo first, and definetly not 4.
+5
Level 66
Apr 3, 2024
for me its messi number 1
+2
Level 29
Nov 23, 2024
Messi is clearly #1 not Ronaldo. More trophies, world cup, more ballon dors (only the last two were undeserved, so still more, cry), and better prime (91 goals)
+1
Level 20
Dec 31, 2024
world cup doesnt matter
+2
Level 58
Apr 9, 2025
abysmal take
+1
Level 37
Jan 1, 2025
Don't start this Ronaldo glazing on jetpunk🤦 Messi is no 1 and you can't change it or do anything about it.
+3
Level 21
Apr 3, 2024
Bro where is neymar
+3
Level 72
Apr 23, 2024
Ronaldinho should def be in the top 10
+1
Level 45
May 2, 2024
roberto carlos top 5
+3
Level 32
May 25, 2024
No nesta or pirlo? And neymar is so underrated, busquets is class but surely neymar was better.
+4
Level 21
Jul 28, 2024
Mbappe top 100 all time but no Neymar, Kroos or Müller is atrocious... and Ronaldo definitely deserves top 3.
+1
Level 1
Dec 3, 2024
bro where is Neymar ?
+1
Level 20
Dec 31, 2024
how ronaldo 1 and no neymar
+1
Level 42
Jan 12, 2025
Casillas???
+1
Level 36
Jan 20, 2025
Who tf made this list omg
+1
Level 71
Mar 17, 2025
Schiaffino is Uruguayan, not German
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Level 23
Mar 19, 2025
No hate, but you got chatgpt to make this??

Busquets is class and deserved somewhere in top 100 but no in the 30s - like that is just overrating him.

Also pirlo, raul, cannavaro, lampard, kahn, klinsman, gattuso, and many more??

How you suppose to know players that played between 1940s and 1990s bro... like the best you should know is like dennis law, charlton, moore, zico, pele, maradona, di stefano, muller, platini, etc.

I am very curious how you know players like john charles, jose andrade, gunnar nordalh, santos, moreno.

+1
Level 66
Mar 19, 2025
The source is linked in the bio of the quiz...
+1
Level 61
Apr 4, 2025
Without Pirlo, Nesta and Shevchenko has no sense
+1
Level 21
Apr 6, 2025
It didn't accept "Charles" for John Charles