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THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF ALL TIMES

If you search for the best football players of all time on Google, the results that come up are terrifying. Literally terrifying! You will get a list from FourFourTwo (UK) and Bleacher Report (USA), and just by looking at that list, you will understand that these companies do not have enough knowledge about football. It is insane!

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How can we say that? Let us give you some really good examples! Andrea Pirlo, one of the best players of all time, is not even on the Top 100 list of FourFourTwo or Bleacher Report. Totti, Nesta or Gerrard? Nope. Kaka, the Ballon D'or winner of 2007 is at 98, behind George Weah at number 97. Yeah, you read that right. George Weah is in the Top 100 list, before Pirlo, Shevchenko and Torres. Even Cannavaro, the only defender to win the Ballon d'or (2006) has not made their list. It is hilarious!

THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF MODERN TIMES

Let's not try to pretend that football today is the same as 50, or even 30 years ago, when some of the best players took a pint before and after the game, had parties in the weekend and going to the gym was not a part of the training.

Here are the best football players of modern times, were Pele, Maradona, Cruyf etc. are not to be found! The list does not include players from the lastest generation, like Mbappe, Haaland, Vinicius Jr. etc:

  1. Cristiano Ronaldo

  2. Messi

  3. Ronaldinho (Second most assists in WC 02. Third in Ballon D'Or 2004. Ballon D'Or 2005 winner. Most assists and second most goals in CL 05/06)

  4. Ronaldo (Ballon D'Or 2001 winner. Second most goals in WC 06)

  5. Henry (Second in Ballon D'Or 2003. Second most assist in CL 03/04. Second most goals in WC 06. Third in Ballon D'Or 2006)

  6. Zidane (Second in Ballon D'Or 2000. Second most goals in WC 06 and Golden Ball winner)

  7. Pirlo (Second most assist in WC 06. Second most assist in CL 04/05 and 07/08. Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2007) Not on any list

  8. Suarez (Second most assists and third most goals in WC 10. Third most goals in CL 14/15. Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2015. Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2016. Third most assists CL 17/18. Most assists CL 18/19) Not on any list

  9. Iniesta (Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2009. Second in Ballon D'Or 2010. Second most assists in CL 10/11. Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2010. Third in Ballon D'Or 2012. Second most assists in CL 14/15)

  10. Neymar (Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2013. Third most goals in WC 14. Most goals in CL 14/15. Third in Ballon D'Or 2015. Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2016. Most assists in CL 16/17. Third in Ballon D'Or 2017. Third most assists in CL 19/20) Not on any list

  11. Maldini (Third in Ballon D'Or 2003)

  12. Ramos Not on any list

  13. Xavi (Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2008. Most assists in CL 08/09. Third in Ballon D'Or 2009. Second most assists in WC 10. Third in Ballon D'Or 2010. Third in Ballon D'Or 2011. Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2012. Third most assists in CL 12/13)

  14. Kaka (Most assists in CL 04/05. Top scorer in CL 06/07. Ballon D'or 2007 winner. Most assists in CL 11/12. Most assists in WC 10)

  15. Bergkamp

  16. Lewandowski (Second most goals in CL 12/13. Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2015. Third most goals in CL 16/17. Second most goals in CL 18/19. Most assists and most goals in CL 19/20. Unofficial Ballon D'Or 2020 winner)

  17. Neuer (Third in Ballon D'Or 2014)

  18. de Bruyne (Third most assists in WC 14. Second most assists CL 18/19) Not on any list

  19. Modric (Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2017. Ballon D'Or 2018 winner. Golden Ball winner WC 18)

  20. Salah (Second most goals CL 17/18. Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2019) Not on any list

  21. Rooney (Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2011. Most assists in CL 13/14) Not on Bleacher's list

  22. Carlos (Second in Ballon D'Or 2002)

  23. Raul (Second in Ballon D'Or 2001)

  24. Figo (Ballon D'Or 2000 winner)

  25. Buffon (Golden Glove WC 06. Second in Ballon D'Or 2006. Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2017)

  26. Casillas (Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2008. Golden Glove WC 10)

  27. Marcelo (Second most assists in CL 11/12)

  28. Ozil (Most assists in WC 10. Most assists in CL 10/11. Third most assists in CL 11/12. Second most assists in CL 12/13. Third most assists in WC 14)

  29. Shearer

  30. Benzema (Most assists in CL 11/12. Second most assists in CL 12/13. Third most assists in CL 13/14. Ballon D'Or 2020 winner) Not on any list

  31. Drogba (Second most goals in CL 06/07 and 07/08. Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2007) Not on any list

  32. Robben (Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2014) Not on any list

  33. Eto'o (Most assists and third most goals in CL 05/06. Fifth in Ballon D'Or 2009. Second most goals and assists in CL 10/11) Not on any of the Topp 100 lists. 

  34. Aguero (Third most goals in CL 18/19) Not on any list

  35. Shevchenko (Third in Ballon D'or 2000. Ballon D'Or 2004 winner. Third most goals in CL 04/05 and top scorer CL 05/06) Still not on any list 

  36. Torres (Third in Ballon D'Or 2008) Not on any list

  37. Trezeguet (Not on any list)

  38. Seedorf (Not on any list)

  39. Totti (Most assists WC 06)

  40. Alonso (Not on any list)

  41. Sneijder  (Most goals and most MM in WC10. Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2010) Not on any list

  42. Rivaldo

  43. Alves (Third most assists in CL 11/12. Third most assists in CL 14/15)

  44. Vidic (Not on any list)

  45. Essien (Not on any list)

  46. Kluivert

  47. Batistuta

  48. Davids (Not on any list)

  49. Cannavaro (Ballon D'Or 2006 winner. (Not on any list)

  50. Puyol (Not on any list)

  51. Adriano (Second monst goals in CL 04/05 and third most goals in CL 05/06) Not on any of the Top 100 lists.

  52. Cafu

  53. Anelka (Third most goals in CL 10/11) 

  54. Van der Sar (Not on any list)

  55. Van Nistelrooy (Top scorer in CL 04/05)

  56. Van Persie (Second most goals in CL 06/07. Second most assists in WC 10. Third most goals in WC 14) (Not on any list) 

  57. Crespo (Third most goals in CL 04/05. Second most goals in WC 06)

  58. Gerrard (Second in Ballon D'Or 2005. Second most goals and assists in 07/08. Second most goals in CL 08/09) Not on any list

  59. Lampard (Third in Ballon D'Or 2005. Third most assists in CL 08/09. Third most assists in CL 11/12) Not on any list

  60. Scholes (Not on any list)

  61. Fabregas (Third most assists in CL 11/12. Third most assists in CL 14/15)

  62. Chiellini

  63. Nedved

  64. Toure

  65. Zlatan (Second most assists in CL 11/12. Most assists in CL 12/13. Fourth in Ballon D'Or 2013. Second most goals CL 13/14)

  66. Lahm (Third most assists in WC 14)

  67. Thuram

  68. Ballack (Most assists in WC 02)

  69. Oliver Kahn (Third in Ballon D'Or 2001. Third in Ballon D'Or 2002. Golden ball and Golden Glove WC 02)

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