International Federation of Football History and Statistics
Players of the Century
[England Players Highlighted]
|
No. |
Player |
Pts. |
National
Team[s] |
Apps/Gls |
1 |
Pel� [Edson Arantes
do Nascimento] |
1705 |
Brazil |
|
2 |
Johan
Cruyff |
1303 |
Netherlands |
|
3 |
Franz
Beckenbauer |
1228 |
West Germany |
|
4 |
Alfredo Di St�fano |
1215 |
Argentina;
Spain |
|
5 |
Diego Armando
Maradona |
1214 |
Argentina |
|
6 |
Ferenc Pusk�s |
810 |
Hungary |
|
7 |
Michel
Platini |
722 |
France |
|
8 |
Garrincha
[Manoel Francisco dos Santos] |
624 |
Brazil |
|
9 |
Eus�bio
Ferreira da Silva |
544 |
Portugal |
|
10. |
Bobby
Charlton |
508 |
England |
|
No. |
Player |
Pts. |
National
Team[s] |
Apps/Gls |
11 |
Stanley
Matthews |
368 |
England |
|
12 |
Marco van
Basten |
315 |
Netherlands |
|
13 |
Gerhard M�ller |
265 |
West Germany |
|
14 |
Zico
[Artur Antunes Coimbra] |
207 |
Brazil |
|
15 |
Lothar Matth�us |
202 |
West
Germany/Germany |
|
16 |
George Best |
187 |
Northern
Ireland |
|
17 |
Juan Alberto
Schiaffino |
158 |
Uruguay |
|
18 |
Ruud Gullit
Dil |
119 |
Netherlands |
|
19 |
Giovanni
Rivera |
116 |
Italy |
|
Didi [Waldyr Pereira] |
Brazil |
|
No. |
Player |
Pts. |
National
Team[s] |
Apps/Gls |
21 |
Giuseppe
Meazza |
108 |
Italy |
|
22 |
Matthias
Sindelar |
106 |
Austria |
|
23 |
Fritz Walter |
103 |
West Germany |
|
24 |
Bobby
Moore |
98 |
England |
|
25 |
Jos� Manuel
Moreno |
96 |
Argentina |
|
26 |
Hugo S�nchez |
85 |
Mexico |
|
27 |
George Weah |
79 |
Liberia |
|
28 |
Roger Milla |
78 |
Cameroon |
|
29 |
Jos� Leandro
Andrade |
74 |
Uruguay |
|
30 |
Francisco
Gento |
73 |
Spain |
|
Player |
National
Team[s] |
Apps/Gls |
Just Fontaine |
France |
|
32 |
Ladislao
Kubala |
71 |
Spain |
|
33 |
Franco Baresi |
70 |
Italy |
|
34 |
Josef Bican |
63 |
Czechoslovakia |
|
35 |
Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge |
59 |
West Germany |
|
36 |
Enrique Omar
Sivori |
56 |
Argentina |
|
37 |
El�as
Ricardo Figueroa |
55 |
Chile |
|
38 |
Kevin Keegan |
53 |
England |
|
39 |
S�ndor
Kocsis |
52 |
Hungary |
|
40 |
H�ctor
Scarone |
51 |
Uruguay |
|
No. |
Player |
Pts. |
National
Team[s] |
Apps/Gls |
41 |
Josef
Masopust |
46 |
Czechoslovakia |
|
42 |
Giacinto
Facchetti |
44 |
Italy |
|
43 |
Alessandro
Mazzola |
41 |
Italy |
|
Raymond Kopa |
France |
|
45 |
Uwe Seeler |
40 |
West Germany |
|
46 |
Gunnar
Nordahl |
36 |
Sweden |
|
47 |
Zizinho []Thomaz
So�res
da Silva] |
35 |
Brazil |
|
48 |
Te�filo
Cubillas |
34 |
Peru |
|
49 |
Arsenio
Pastor Erico |
30 |
Paraguay |
|
50 |
Denis Law |
29 |
Scotland |
|
No. |
Player |
Pts. |
National
Team[s] |
Apps/Gls |
51 |
Silvio Piola |
28 |
Italy |
|
52 |
Adolfo
Pedernera |
27 |
Argentina |
|
53 |
Obdulio
Jacinto Varela |
24 |
Uruguay |
|
54 |
Arthur
Friedenreich |
23 |
Brazil |
|
55 |
Michael
Laudrup |
22 |
Denmark |
|
56 |
Alberto
Spencer |
21 |
Ecuador |
|
J�zsef
Bozsik |
Hungary |
|
58 |
Tost�o [Eduardo Gon�alves
de Andrade] |
19 |
Brazil |
|
59 |
Ernst Ocwirk |
18 |
Austria |
|
60 |
Bum-Kun Cha |
11 |
Korea Republic |
|
Player |
National
Team[s] |
Apps/Gls |
Paul van
Himst |
Belgium |
|
62 |
Lakhdar
Belloumi |
10 |
Algeria |
|
Rabah Madjer |
Algeria |
|
64 |
Abdullah
Majed |
9 |
Saudi Arabia |
|
Luis Alberto
Cubilla |
Uruguay |
|
Oleg Blokhin |
U.S.S.R. |
|