MEJORES JUGADORES DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS SEGÚN 12 FUENTES

"The Best of The Best"- JUGADORES MENCIONADOS EN LAS 12 LISTAS

Since 1999 (with the 20th century coming to an end), several lists or elections were made with the intention of define "the best players of all-time", "the best players of the century" or "the best players of all world cups", which are nearly the same concept:

• IFFHS' Players and Keepers of the Twentieth Century
• 100 Magnifici (Venerdì Magazine 1997)
• World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time
• France Football's Football Player of the Century
• Guerin' Sportivo's I 50 Grandi del Secolo by Adalberto Bortolotti
• Placar's 100 Craques do Século
• Planète Foot's 50 Meilleurs Joueurs du Monde
• Voetbal International's Wereldsterren by Raf Willems
• France Football World Cup Top-100 1930-1990
• Pelé's Choice of 125 Living Players
• Placar's 100 Craques das Copas
• AFS' Top-100 Players of All-Time

Some of these lists are listed and linked above and with such collection, one natural question would be: who were, in fact, "the best of the best" among all mentioned players? 283 players (including two women) were mentioned and this file presents a "overall counting", with the most mentioned (at least in 6 lists i.e. more than 50% of all) players ordered according the number of lists he was mentioned.

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BECKEMBAUER

CHARLTON

CRUYFF

MULLER

MARADONA

PELÉ

Players mentioned in ALL 12 lists:

 1 - Franz BECKENBAUER (Germany)

 2 - Robert "BOBBY" CHARLTON (England)

 3 - Johan CRUYFF (Netherlands)

 4 - Gerhardt "GERD" MÜLLER (Germany)

 5 - Diego Armando MARADONA (Argentina)

 6 - Édson Arantes do Nascimento - "PELÉ" (Brazil)

Players mentioned in 11 lists:

 7 - EUSÉBIO Ferreira da Silva (Portugal)

 8 - Michel PLATINI (France)

 9 - Ferenc PUSKAS (Hungary)

10 - Arthur Antunes Coimbra - "ZICO" (Brazil)

11 - Dino ZOFF (Italy)

Players mentioned in 10 lists:

12 - Franco BARESI (Italy)

13 - Alfredo DI STEFANO (Argentina)

14 - Manoel dos Santos - "GARRINCHA" (Brazil)

15 - Raymond KOPA (France)

16 - Lothar MATTHÄUS (Germany)

17 - Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Germany)

18 - Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands)

Players mentioned in 9 lists:

19 - Just FONTAINE (France)

20 - Daniel Alberto PASSARELLA (Argentina)

21 - Roberto RIVELLINO (Brazil)

22 - ROBERTO BAGGIO (Italy)

Players mentioned in 8 lists:

23 - Gordon BANKS (England)

24 - Robert "BOBBY" MOORE (England)

25 - GIANNI RIVERA (Italy)

26 - Ruud GULLIT (Netherlands)

27 - Josef MASOPUST (Czechoslovakia)

28 - Roger MILLA (Cameroon)

29 - PAOLO MALDINI (Italy)

30 - PAOLO ROSSI (Italy)

31 - Uwe SEELER (Germany)

32 - Lev YASHIN (Russia)

Players mentioned in 7 lists:

33 - Valdir Pereira - "DIDI" (Brazil)

34 - DJALMA SANTOS (Brazil)

35 - Enzo FRANCESCOLI (Uruguay)

36 - FRITZ WALTER (Germany)

37 - GEORGE BEST (Northern Ireland)

38 - Jair Ventura Filho - "JAIRZINHO" (Brazil)

39 - Mario Alberto KEMPES (Argentina)

40 - Giuseppe MEAZZA (Italy)

41 - Johan NEESKENS (Netherlands)

42 - ROMÁRIO de Souza Farias (Brazil)

43 - Juan Alberto SCHIAFFINO (Uruguay)

44 - STANLEY MATTHEWS (England)

Players mentioned in 6 lists:

45 - CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES (Brazil)

46 - Teófilo CUBILLAS (Peru)

47 - Giacinto FACCHETTI (Italy)

48 - HUGO SÁNCHEZ (Mexico)

49 - Sandor KOCSIS (Hungary)

50 - NÍLTON SANTOS (Brazil)

51 - RONALDO Luiz Nazário de Lima (Brazil)

52 - Omar Enrique SÍVORI (Argentina)

53 - Hristo STOICHKOV (Bulgaria)

Also, there are 21 players mentioned in 5 lists, 16 players mentioned in 4 lists,

21 players mentioned in 3 lists, 63 players mentioned in 2 lists and 133 players

mentioned in only one list.

MUNDIAL DE CLUBES PREMIADOS- CLUBES DEL SIGLO SEGUN FIFA MAGAZINE

FIFA Club World Championship Awards

Since the first the Club World Championship in 2000, two awards are given:

Golden Ball (for the best player) and Fair Play (for a club).

Golden Ball

YEAR   WINNER (club - country)

2000   EDILSON Silva Ferreira (Corinthians [Bra] - Brazil)

2005   ROGERIO Ceni (São Paulo [Bra] – Brazil)

2006   Anderson Luis de Sousa "DECO" (FC Barcelona [Spa] – Portugal)

2007   Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite "KAKÁ" (AC Milan [Ita] – Brazil)

2008   Wayne ROONEY (Manchester United [Eng] – England)

2009  Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2010 Samuel Eto (Internazionale)

Fair Play Team

YEAR   WINNER (country)

2000   Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)

2005   Liverpool FC (England)

2006   FC Barcelona (Spain)

2007   Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)

2008   Adelaide United (Australia)

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FIFA Club of the Century

Based on votes from readers of FIFA magazine.

Club                                                      Votes

 1. Real Madrid (Spain)                         42,35 %

 2. Manchester United (England)             9,69 %

 3. Bayern München (Germany)              9,18 %

 4. Barcelona (Spain)                              5,61 %

 5. Ajax (Netherlands)                            5,10 %

    Santos (Brazil)                     5,10 %

 7. Juventus (Italy)                   2,55 %

 8. Peñarol (Uruguay)                             2,04 %

 9. Flamengo (Brazil)                              1,53 %

    Milan (Italy)                        1,53 %

    River Plate (Argentina)        1,53 %

12. Arsenal (England)                             1,02 %

    Benfica (Portugal)                               1,02 %

    Boca Juniors (Argentina)     1,02 %

    Botafogo (Brazil)                 1,02 %

    Independiente (Argentina)    1,02 %

    Internazionale (Italy)            1,02 %

    Liverpool (England)                            1,02 %

other teams                                           6,63 %

MANCHESTER UNITED  X  REAL MADRID 

PREMIADOS COPA CONFEDERACIONES 1992-2005

FIFA Confederations Cup Awards

Since the Confederations Cup was made official by FIFA in 1997, three

awards are given: Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the

topscorer) and Fair Play (for a national team).  In the first two editions,

not officially recognized by FIFA, there were also awards for best player

and topscorer.

Golden Ball

YEAR   WINNER (country)

1992   Fernando REDONDO (Argentina)

1995   Brian LAUDRUP (Denmark)

1997   DENILSON de Oliveira (Brazil)

1999   Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "RONALDINHO GAÚCHO" (Brazil)

2001   Robert PIRES (France)

2003   Thierry HENRY (France)

2005   ADRIANO Ribeiro Leite (Brazil)

Golden Shoe

YEAR   WINNER (country)                               GOALS

1992   Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina)                      2

       Bruce MURRAY (United States)                       2

1995   Luis GARCÍA (Mexico)                               3

1997   ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil)                    7

1999   Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "RONALDINHO" (Brazil)     6

2001   Eric CARRIÈRE (France)                             2

       Robert PIRES (France)                              2

2003   Thierry HENRY (France)                             4

2005   ADRIANO Ribeiro Leite (Brazil)                     5

Fair Play Team

YEAR   WINNER

1997   South Africa

1999   Brazil

2001   Japan

2003   Japan

2005   Mexico

PREMIOS A LOS MEJORES EN LOS MUNDIALES JUVENILES

FIFA Under-17 World Championships Awards

Since the beginning of the U-17 World Championship in 1985, FIFA gives three

awards : Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and

Fair Play (for a national team).

Golden Ball 

YEAR   WINNER (country)

1985   César de OLIVEIRA (Brazil)

1987   Phillip OSUNDO (Nigeria)

       Moussa TRAORÉ (Ivory Coast)

1989   James WILL (Scotland)

1991   Nii LAMPTEY (Ghana)

1993   Daniel ADDO (Ghana)

1995   Mohamed KATHIRI (Oman)

1997   SERGIO Santamaria (Spain)

1999   Landon DONOVAN (United States)

2001   Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE (France)

2003   Francesc Fabregas "CESC" (Spain)

2005   ANDERSON Luis de Abreu Oliveira (Brazil)

2007   Toni KROOS (Germany)

FLORENT SINAMA PONGOLLE

TONI KROOS

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FIFA Under-20 World Championships Awards

Since the beginning of the World Youth Championship in 1977, FIFA gives three

awards : Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and

Fair Play (for a national team).

Golden Ball 

YEAR   WINNER (country)

1977   Vladimir BESSONOV (Soviet Union)

1979   Diego MARADONA (Argentina)

1981   Romulus GABOR (Romania)

1983   GEOVANI Silva (Brazil)

1985   Paulo SILAS (Brazil)

1987   Robert PROSINECKI (Yugoslavia)

1989   BISMARCK Barreto Faria (Brazil)

1991   Emilio PEIXE (Portugal)

1993   ADRIANO Gerlim da Silva (Brazil)

1995   CAIO Ribeiro Decoussau (Brazil)

1997   Nicolas OLIVERA (Uruguay)

1999   Seydou KEITA (Mali)    

2001   Javier SAVIOLA (Argentina)

2003   Ismail MATAR (UAE)

2005   Lionel MESSI (Argentina)

2007   Sergio AGÜERO (Argentina)

GEOVANI SILVA

EMILIO PEIXE

ISMAIL MATAR

Golden Shoe

YEAR   WINNER (country)                   GOALS

HENRY ZAMBRANO

JAVIER SAVIOLA

1977   QUINA (Brazil)                         4

1979   Ramón DIAZ (Argentina)                 8

1981   Mark KOUSSAS (Australia)               4

1983   GEOVANI Silva (Brazil)                 6

1985   Sebastian LOSADA (Spain)               3

1987   Marcel WITECZEK (West Germany)         7

1989   Oleg SALENKO (Soviet Union)            5

1991   Serguei CHERBAKOV (Soviet Union)       5

1993   Henry ZAMBRANO (Colombia)              3

1995   Joseba ETXEBERRIA (Spain)              7

1997   ADAÍLTON Martins (Brazil)             10

1999   PABLO González (Spain)                 5

2001   Javier SAVIOLA (Argentina)            11

2003   Ed JOHNSON (USA)                       4

2005   Lionel MESSI (Argentina)               6

2007   Sergio AGÜERO (Argentina)              6

ALGUNOS PREMIOS EN LOS ULTIMOS MUNDIALES

FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Awards

Since the 1978 World Cup, journalists select the best player of the tournament

who receives the "Golden Ball"; a "Silver Ball" is given to the runner-up and

a "Bronze Ball" for the third placed.

YEAR    WINNER (Country)

MARIO ALBERTO KEMPES

1978    KEMPES (Argentina)

1982    Paolo ROSSI (Italy)

1986    Diego MARADONA (Argentina)

1990    Salvatore SCHILLACI (Italy)

1994    ROMÁRIO da Souza Faria (Brazil)

1998    RONALDO Luiz Nazário de Lima (Brazil)

2002    Oliver KAHN (Germany) 

2006    Zinedine ZIDANE (France)

WINS BY PLAYER

1  Kahn, Kempes, Maradona, Romário, Ronaldo, Rossi, Schillaci, Zidane

WINS BY COUNTRY

2  Argentina, Italy, Brazil

1  Germany, France

PALMARES

YEAR  GOLDEN BALL                   SILVER BALL                    BRONZE BALL

1978  Mario KEMPES (Arg)            Paolo ROSSI (Ita)              DIRCEU José Guimarães (Bra)

1982  Paolo ROSSI (Ita)             Paulo Roberto FALCÃO (Bra)     Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Ger)

1986  Diego MARADONA (Arg)          Harald SCHUMACHER (Ger)        Preben ELKJÆR-LARSEN (Den)

1990  Salvatore SCHILLACI (Ita)     Lothar MATTHÄUS (Ger)          Diego MARADONA (Arg)

1994  ROMÁRIO da Souza Faria (Bra)  Roberto BAGGIO (Ita)           Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bul)

1998  RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Bra) Davor SUKER (Hrv)              Lilian THURAM (Fra) 

2002  Oliver KAHN (Ger)             RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Bra)  HONG Myung Bo (Kor) 

2006  Zinedine ZIDANE (Fra)         Fabio CANNAVARO (Ita)          Andrea PIRLO (Ita)

SALVATORE SCHILLACI

Players' All-time ranking by places

                                1     2     3

Ronaldo Luiz Nazário de Lima    1     1           

Paolo Rossi                     1     1      

Diego Maradona                  1           1

Oliver Kahn                     1

Mario Kempes                    1            

Romário da Souza Faria          1            

Salvatore Schillaci             1  

Zinedine Zidane                 1          

Roberto Baggio                        1      

Fabio Cannavaro                       1

Paulo Roberto Falcão                  1      

Lothar Matthäus                       1      

Harald Schumacher                     1      

Davor Suker                           1      

Dirceu José Guimarães                       1

Preben Elkjær-Larsen                        1

Hong Myung-Bo                               1

Andrea Pirlo                                1

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge                       1

Hristo Stoitchkov                           1 

Lilian Thuram                               1

Country's All-time ranking by places

                                1     2     3

Italy                           2     3     1 

Brazil                          2     2     1

Argentina                       2           1

Germany                         1     2     1

France                          1           1

Croatia                               1      

Denmark                                     1

Bulgaria                                    1

South Korea                                 1

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FIFA World Cup "Lev Yashin" Award

Since the 1994 World Cup, FIFA oficially gives the "Lev Yashin" Award to 

the best goalkeeper of the tournament.    

YEAR    WINNER 

1994    Michel PREUD’HOMME (Belgium)

1998    Fabien BARTHEZ (France)

2002    Oliver KAHN (Germany)

2006    Gianluigi BUFFON (Italy)

2010    Iker Casillas (Spain)

OLIVER KAHN

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FIFA World Cup Young Player Award

Since the 2006 World Cup, FIFA oficially gives the Young Player Award; players up to 

21 years-old are elegible.    

YEAR    WINNER 

2006         Lukas Podolski (Germany)

         2010  Thomas Mueller (Germany)

FÚTBOL FEMENINO : MEJORES JUGADORAS DE LA HISTORIA Y DE CADA AÑO

FÚTBOL FEMENINO : MEJORES JUGADORAS DE LA HISTORIA Y POR AÑO SEGÚN 

                                  F  I   F   A

Women Player of the Century

1) voted by FIFA Magazine and FIFA Committee

MICHELLE AKERS

SUN WEN

MIA HAMM

LINDA MEDALEN

SYLVIA NEID

PIA SUNDHAGE

1. Michelle Akers    USA        40.8 %

2. Sun Wen                            CHI         22.2

3. Mia Hamm                         USA        20.0

4. Linda Medalen    NOR        7.3

5. Sylvia Neid                        GER         4.6

6. Pia Sundhage                     SWE        2.5

7. Gunn Nyborg                     NOR        1.5

8. Hege Riise                          NOR        1.0

2) voted by Internet

1. Sun Wen                            CHI         45.28 %

2. Mia Hamm                         USA        23.89

3. Michelle Akers    USA        12.22

4. Linda Medalen    NOR        4.86

5. Sylvia Neid                        GER         4.55

6. Pia Sundhage                     SWE        4.33

7. Gunn Nyborg                     NOR        2.54

8. Hege Riise                          NOR        2.33

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Women Player of the Year

Elected by the coaches of the national teams, each selecting three players

who obtain respectively 5, 3 and 1 points.  First awarded in 2001.

List of Winners

YEAR    WINNER (Club - Country)

BIRGIT PRINZ

MARTA

2001    Mia HAMM (Washington Freedom - USA)

2002    Mia HAMM (Washington Freedom - USA)

2003    Birgit PRINZ (Carolina Courage - Germany)

2004    Birgit PRINZ (1.FFC Frankfurt – Germany)

2005    Birgit PRINZ (1.FFC Frankfurt – Germany)

2006    MARTA Vieira da Silva (Umeå IK – Brazil)

2007    MARTA Vieira da Silva (Umeå IK – Brazil)

2008    MARTA Vieira da Silva (Umeå IK – Brazil)

2009    MARTA Vieira da Silva (Umeå IK – Brazil)

2010    MARTA Vieira da Silva (Umeå IK – Brazil)