Been a bit of a debate in the World Cup thread about the greatest player on the planet, so thought I would turn it into a poll.
So who do you think and why?
I got the list from this website:
https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-l...rs-of-all-time
Selecting players that I thought should be in the top ten and that the majority of the posters on here would have seen in action.
I realise it's difficult comparing a Messi/Ronaldo to a Cruyff to a Beckenbauer, but that's part of the fun.
There are many other players who could be listed such as Bergkamp, Best, Gullit, Henry, van Basten, Pirlo, Iniesta, Muller, plus many others. It could become a very long poll, hence why I limited to 11 players that experts usually talk about being the greats as per the website above.
View Poll Results: Greatest male footballer of all time
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Pele
45 20.64% -
Maradona
38 17.43% -
Ronaldhino
2 0.92% -
Ronaldo (Brazil)
5 2.29% -
Messi
57 26.15% -
Ronaldo (Portugal)
35 16.06% -
Maldini
1 0.46% -
Zidane
6 2.75% -
Cruyff
14 6.42% -
Beckenbauer
0 0% -
Di Stefano
3 1.38% -
Someone not listed above
12 5.50%
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16-06-2018 06:55 AM #1
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Greatest male footballer of all time
Last edited by theonlywayisup; 16-06-2018 at 07:20 AM. Reason: To clarify some omissions
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16-06-2018 07:13 AM #3
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I think the argument to include Bergkamp, would be the same for players like Gullit, Henry, van Basten, Pirlo, Iniesta, Muller, plus many others.
It could become a very long poll, hence why I limited to 11 players that experts usually talk about being the greats. Maybe the weak link in my list is Ronaldinho.
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16-06-2018 08:57 AM #6
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16-06-2018 09:11 AM #7
Didnt see half these guys play but from who i did Messi closely followed by Maradonna , hard to choose between those 2
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16-06-2018 03:27 PM #9
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Just greatest player surely? No woman would make the top 10,000.
On the topic, Messi is the greatest I've ever seen in my lifetime (just too young to have fully appreciated Maradona).
Older players can't win, because the surviving footage of them just doesn't compare- imagine every game Pele, or Di Stefano, era had been televised in full, YouTube mash-ups etcLast edited by SouthsideHarp_Bhoy; 16-06-2018 at 03:31 PM.
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18-06-2018 11:37 AM #10
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16-06-2018 08:17 AM #11
Quite hard for me to say when the majority of them are before my time, but I'm not convinced we'll ever see anyone as good as Messi or Ronaldo again, certainly not two at the same time.
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16-06-2018 08:25 AM #16
I think Messi and Ronaldo are better than Zidane, Ronaldinho, and Ronaldo (Brazil) were - but I can't really compare (could anyone really?) with the others.
As said above, I think the quality of the "current best player" will drop in the next few years as we fail to see anyone hit their heights.Mon the Hibs.
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16-06-2018 08:34 AM #18
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16-06-2018 08:27 AM #20
Johan Cruyff was my hero growing up in the 70’s, still think he was the complete player, individually and as a team player
Just a complete footballer in my opinion
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16-06-2018 08:37 AM #22
Messi and Ronaldo are the only two in my adult lifetime (last 10-15 years) who would be thought of as the best ever.
I wasn't around for Maradona, Pele, Zico, Puskas, Beckenbauer, Cruyff etc so I can't comment on them although from what I've seen from old footage they were clearly world class players.
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16-06-2018 08:33 AM #23
Maradona for me still. Could change after this World Cup though, Ronaldo and Messi are incredible players.
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16-06-2018 08:56 AM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Ronaldinho scored 94 goals in 5 years for Barcelona, Messi scored 73 in one season and 91 in the year of 2012.
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16-06-2018 09:14 AM #28
I always think when people discuss the current best players and include only Messi and Ronaldo the one player who can feel most aggrieved to be missed out of the discussion is Iniesta.
He's done it domestically, done it in Europe, done it internationally. He should have won at least one Balon d'or. He's about as close to a complete midfielder as I've seen. He turns up in the big games; scored the winner and was man of the match in the WC final, man of the match in the Euros final. He has a habit of popping up with big goals at the right time. I think much like Paul Scholes a generation before him he suffers from not being as glamorous or marketable as his peers.
He's a joy to watch and is one of those players who seems to create time and space for himself and controls the pace of the game to suit himself and his team. He's a player who would sit with the greats of any generation and, whilst obviously different, is right up there with Messi and Ronaldo.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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16-06-2018 09:27 AM #30
No dispute with the top choices however, I'd definitely rate Cruyff a lot higher. Likewise Maradonna.
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