World Soccer (magazine) - The Greatest Players of The 20th Century

The Greatest Players of The 20th Century

(Published December 1999)

# Player
1 Pelé
2 Diego Maradona
3 Johan Cruyff
4 Franz Beckenbauer
5 Michel Platini
6 Alfredo Di Stéfano
7 Ferenc Puskás
8 George Best
9 Marco van Basten
10 Eusébio
11 Lev Yashin
12 Bobby Charlton
13 Ronaldo
14 Bobby Moore
15 Gerd Müller
16 Roberto Baggio
17 Stanley Matthews
18 Zico
19 Franco Baresi
20 Garrincha
21 Paolo Maldini
22 Kenny Dalglish
23 Gabriel Batistuta
24 Eric Cantona
25 Gheorghe Hagi
# Player
26 Romário
27 Jairzinho
28 Zinedine Zidane
29 Ruud Gullit
30 John Charles
31 Lothar Matthäus
32 Gordon Banks
33 Jürgen Klinsmann
34 Dennis Bergkamp
35 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
36 Gary Lineker
37 Giuseppe Meazza
38 Rivelino
39 Didi
40 Ian Rush
41 Peter Schmeichel
Paolo Rossi
43 George Weah
44 Michael Owen
45 Just Fontaine
46 Duncan Edwards
47 Dino Zoff
48 Hristo Stoichkov
49 David Beckham
50 Tom Finney
# Player
51 Rivaldo
52 Claudio Caniggia
53 Tostão
54 Frank Rijkaard
55 José Luis Chilavert
56 Kevin Keegan
57 Paul Gascoigne
58 Roger Milla
59 Michael Laudrup
60 Andriy Shevchenko
61 David Ginola
Glenn Hoddle
Sócrates
64 Roberto Carlos
Alan Shearer
66 Daniel Passarella
67 Davor Šuker
68 Dixie Dean
Sándor Kocsis
Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Christian Vieri
72 Mario Kempes
Johan Neeskens
Luigi Riva
=75 José Nasazzi
# Player
=75 Günter Netzer
77 Alessandro Del Piero
Carlos Valderrama
79 Ricardo Zamora
80 Enzo Francescoli
81 Edgar Davids
Francisco Gento
83 Jim Baxter
Falcão
Ryan Giggs
Sepp Maier
87 Zbigniew Boniek
Pat Jennings
György Sárosi
90 Giacinto Facchetti
91 Alan Hansen
Raymond Kopa
Bryan Robson
Matthias Sammer
95 Ladislao Kubala
Neville Southall
97 Gérson
98 Paulo Futre
Preben Elkjær
100 Bebeto

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