World Soccer 100 Players of the Century [England Players Highlighted]
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
1	Pelé	5499	Brazil	92/77
2	Diego Maradona	3949	Argentina	90/34
3	Johan Cruyff	3388	Holland	48/33
4	Franz Beckenbauer	2780	West Germany	103/13
5	Michel Platini	1854	France	72/41
6	Alfredo Di Stéfano	1541	Argentina; Spain	8/6; 31/23
7	Ferenc Pusks	1537	Hungary; Spain	84/83; 4/0
8	George Best	1190	Northern Ireland	37/9
9	Marco van Basten	1026	Holland	58/24
10	Eusébio Ferreira da Silva	1022	Portugal	64/41
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
11	Lev Yashin	821	U.S.S.R.
12	Bobby Charlton	680	England
13	Ronaldo	541	Brazil
14	Bobby Moore	539	England
15	Gerd Muller	498	West Germany
16	Roberto Baggio	486	Italy
17	Stanley Matthews	429	England
18	Zico	390	Brazil
19	Franco Baresi	371	Italy
20	Garrincha	361	Brazil
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
21	Paolo Maldini	345	Italy
22	Kenny Dalglish	334	Scotland
23	Gabriel Batistuta	300	Argentina
24	Eric Cantona	299	France
25	Gheorghe Hagi	293	Romania
26	Romario	257	Brazil
27	Jairzinho	248	Brazil
28	Zinedine Zidane	238	France
29	Ruud Gullitt	221	Holland
30	John Charles	212	Wales
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
31	Lothar Mathaus	202	West Germany, Germany
32	Gordon Banks	178	England
33	Jurgen Klinsmann	168	Germany
34	Dennis Bergkamp	150	Holland
35	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	149	West Germany
36	Gary Lineker	134	England
37	Giuseppe Meazza	132	Italy
38	Rivelino	124	Brazil
39	Didi	123	Brazil
40	Ian Rush	109	Wales
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
=41	Peter Schmeichel	104	Denmark
=41	Paolo Rossi	104	Italy
43	George Weah	99	Liberia
44	Michael Owen	90	England
45	Just Fontaine	88	France
46	Duncan Edwards	86	England
47	Dino Zoff	80	Italy
48	Hristo Stoichkov	77	Bulgaria
49	David Beckham	74	England
50	Tom Finney	72	England
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
51	Rivaldo	71	Brazil
52	Claudio Caniggia	64	Argentina
53	Totao	63	Brazil
54	Frank Rijkaard	62	Holland
55	Jose Luis Chilavert	61	Paraguay
56	Kevin Keegan	60	England
57	Paul Gascoigne	57	England
58	Roger Milla	56	Cameroon
59	Michael Laudrup	55	Denmark
60	Andril Shevchenko	54	Ukraine
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
=61	David Ginola	53	France
=61	Glenn Hoddle	53	England
=61	Socrates	53	Brazil
=64	Roberto Carlos	52	Brazil
=64	Alan Shearer	52	England
66	Daniel Passarella	51	Argentina
67	Davor Suker	50	Croatia
=68	Dixie Dean	49	England
=68	Sandor Kocsis	49	Hungary
=68	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	49	Uruguay, Italy
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
=68	Christian Vieri	49	Italy
=72	Mario Kempes	47	Argentina
=72	Johan Neeskens	47	Holland
=72	Luigi Riva	47	Italy
=75	Jose Nasazzi	46	Uruguay
=75	Gunter Netzer	46	West Germany
=77	Alessandro Del Piero	43	Italy
=77	Carlos Valderrama	43	Colombia
79	Ricardo Zamora	42	Spain
80	Enzo Francescoli	41	Uruguay
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
=81	Edgar Davids	40	Holland
=81	Francisco Gento	40	Spain
=83	Jim Baxter	38	Scotland
=83	Falcao	38	Brazil
=83	Ryan Giggs	38	Wales
=83	Sepp Maier	38	West Germany
=87	Zbigniew Boniek	37	Poland
=87	Pat Jennings	37	Northern Ireland
=87	Gyorgy Sarosi	37	Hungary
90	Giacinto Facchetti	36	Italy
No.	Player	Pts.	National Team[s]	Apps/Gls
=91	Alan Hansen	34	Scotland
=91	Raymond Kopa	34	France
=91	Bryan Robson	34	England
=91	Matthias Sammer	34	Germany
=95	Ladislav Kubala	33	Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Spain
=95	Neville Southall	33	Wales
97	Gerson	32	Brazil
=98	Paulo Futre	31	Portugal
=98	Preben Elkjaer	31	Denmark
100	Bebeto	30	Brazil

Ardiles (Arg) 14, Ademir (Bra) 13, S Al-Owairan (Sau) 10, Albert (Hun) 10, Amoros (Fra) 10, Archibald (Sco) 10, Albert (Blg) 9, Atmatsidis (Gre) 8, Adams (Eng) 6, Alemao (Bra) 6, Anelka (Fra) 6, Abedi Pele (Gha) 5, Aldridge (Ire) 5, I Allchurch (Wal) 5, Asparoukhov (Bul) 5, J L Andrade (Uru) 3, Antognoni (Ita) 3, Awukoso 3, Ayala (Chl) 2, Almeyda (Arg) 1.

Bergomi (Ita) 27, Blokhin (Rus) 27, Brady (Ire) 25, Bremner (Sco) 24, J Barnes (Eng) 23, D Blanchflower (NI) 20, Butragueno (Spa) 18, Basler (Ger) 17, Bell (Eng) 17, Bierhoff (Ger) 16, Bozsik (Hun) 16, Ben Barek (Fra/Mor) 10, Bosman (Blg) 10, Bourdeau 10, Bratseth (Nor) 10, Baljic (Bos) 9, Barry (Eng) 8, Bettega (Ita) 8, Bosman (Hol) 8, R Byrne (Eng) 8, Ball (Eng) 7, Blind (Hol) 7, Bastin (Eng) 6, Benetti (Ita) 6, Binder (Aut) 6, Boniperti (Ita) 6, G Bailey (Eng) 5, Bonner (Ire) 5, Barthez (Fra) 3, Beardsley (Eng) 3, Briegl (Ger) 3, Budai (Hun) 3, Burruchaga (Arg) 3, Balakov (Bul) 2, Boban (Cro) 2, Buzansky (Hun) 2, Belanov (Rus) 1, Blanc (Fra) 1.

Cubillas (Per) 28, Czibor (Hun) 24, Claudio Lopez (Arg) 23, Campbell (Eng) 21, Clemence (Eng) 16, Cafu (Bra) 12, Cannavaro (Ita) 10, Carlos Alberto (Bra) 10, Careca (Bra) 9, Chiesa (Ita) 9, Clodoaldo (Bra) 8, Coluna (Por) 8, Carbajal (Mex) 7, J Collins (Sco) 7, Cabrini (Ita) 6, Caldow (Sco) 6, Campos (Mex) 6, Carey (Ire) 6, Ceulemans (Blg) 6, Coimbra (Por) 6, A Cole (Eng) 6, Croy (Ger) 6, Causio (Ita) 5, Combi (Ita) 5, Cabanas (Par) 3, Conte (Ita) 3, Chumpitaz (Per) 2, A Clarke (Eng) 2, D Cooper (Sco) 2, Currie (Eng) 2, Colak (Tur) 1, Jordi Cruyff (Hol) 1.

Detori (Hun) 29, Dzajic (Yug) 24, Denilson (Bra) 19, Dunga (Bra) 17, Domingas (Bra) 14, Desailly (Fra) 10, Duff (Ire) 10, Dilman (Tur) 9, Donadoni (Ita) 9, F De Boer (Hol) 6, Deyna (Pol) 6, Drake (Eng) 6, Dumitrescu (Rom) 5, Daei (Irn) 4, Deane (Eng) 4, Del Sol (Spa) 4, Dorigo (Eng) 2, Dasayev (Rus) 1.

Eder (Bra) 14, Edmundo (Bra) 10, England (Wal) 9, Effenberg (Ger) 1, Elder (NI) 1, M Etcheverry (Bol) 1.

Ferrara (Ita) 19, K-H Forster (Ger) 16, Friedenreich (Bra) 11, Fowler (Eng) 10, Figueroa (Chl) 9, Figo (Por) 7, S Froggatt (Eng) 5, Frantzeskos (Gre) 2, Fortunato (Ita) 1.

Greaves (Eng) 24, Gentile (Ita) 22, Gilmar (Hun) 15, Giles (Ire) 14, Gilzean (Sco) 9, Giresse (Fra) 9, Grosics (Hun) 9, Gaetjens (USA) 8, Guardiola (Spa) 7, Goycochea (Arg) 6, Georgiatos (Gre) 3, E Gray (Sco) 3, Gamarra (Par) 2, T Gemmell (Sco) 2, George (Eng) 1, B Gonsalves (USA) 1.

Hierro (Spa) 26, Hassler (Ger) 25, Hurst (Eng) 22, Hidegkuti (Hun) 21, Luis Hernandez (Mex) 20, Higuita (Col) 14, Haller (Ger) 12, Hakan Sukur (Tur) 10, Held (Ger) 8, Howells (Eng) 8, Haan (Hol) 7, Hanappi (Aut) 6, Harder (Ger) 6, Hamman (Ger) 5, M Hughes (Wal) 3, Hellstroem (Swe) 2, Hermann (Swi) 2, Hoeness (Ger) 2, Hamm (USA) 1.

Ikpeba (Nig) 10, Ince (Eng) 5, F Inzaghi (Ita) 2, Illgner (Ger) 1.

J Johnstone (Sco) 23, Jorginho (Bra) 11, Juninho (Bra) 11, James (Sco) 8, Jordao (Por) 7, Julinho (Bra) 7, Junior Baiano (Bra) 5, Josimar (Bra) 4, Jardel (Bra) 3, R Johnstone (Sco) 3, Jurion (Blg) 3, Jarni (Cro) 1.

Kohler (Ger) 29, Kanu (Nig) 25, R Koeman (Hol) 25, Krol (Hol) 14, Kopke (Ger) 13, Roy Keane (Ire) 12, Kluivert (Hol) 12, Kipiani (Rus) 9, Kirkwood (Sco) 7, Kostic (Yug) 6, Kucukandonyadis (Tur) 6, Kiriakov (Rus) 5, Kahn (Ger) 3, Kanchelskis (Rus) 3, Konsel (Aut) 2, Krankl (Aut) 2, Kalb (Ger) 1, Keller (USA) 1, Kirsten (Ger) 1.

Lacatus (Rom) 24, B Laudrup (Den) 24, Labruna (Arg) 21, Leonidas (Bra) 19, Lawton (Eng) 14, H Larsson (Swe) 12, Lentini (Ita) 10, Liddell (Sco) 10, Lato (Pol) 8, Luzhnyi (Ukr) 8, Leonardo (Bra) 5, Leboeuf (Fra) 4, Liedholm (Swe) 4, Letchkov (Bul) 3, Lubanski (Pol) 3, Lerby (Den) 2, Lorimer (Sco) 1, Luis Enrique (Spa) 1.

McManaman (Eng) 28, S Mazzola (Ita) 25, Mancini (Ita) 17, McInally (Sco) 15, McCoist (Sco) 12, Moreno (Arg) 12, Marzolini (Arg) 10, Masopust (Cze) 9, V Mazzola (Ita) 9, Meredith (Wal) 9, D Mackay (Sco) 7, McNeill (Sco) 7, Majid Abdullah (Sau) 6, Moller (Ger) 6, C Maldini (Ita) 5, McGrath (Ire) 5, Mihajlovic (Yug) 5, Moravcic (Cze) 5, Murdoch (Sco) 5, J McIlroy (Ire) 4, Montero (Uru) 4, Mostovoi (Rus) 4, Maddix (Jam) 3, Mannion (Eng) 3, Mijatovic (Yug) 3, McGrain (Sco) 2, W Miller (Sco) 2, Morena (Uru) 2, Machlas (Gre) 1, Martin Vazquez (Spa) 1, Monti (Arg/Ita) 1.

Nicol (Sco) 10, Nikolaidis (Gre) 9, Neal (Eng) 6, Niyilasi (Hun) 6, Nakata (Jap) 1, Nedved (Cze) 1, G Neville (Eng) 1, Nevin (Sco) 1.

Ortega (Arg) 29, Oliseh (Nig) 28, Overath (Ger) 16, Ocwirk (Aut) 7, F Omam-Biyik (Cam) 6, Okocha (Nig) 2, Oktay (Tur) 2.

Piola (Ita) 17, Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) 17, Pearce (Eng) 11, Planicka (Cze) 11, Pirri (Spa) 10, Piyapong (Tha) 10, Petit (Fra) 9, Petrescu (Rom) 5, Preudصhomme (Blg) 5, Papaioannou (Gre) 4, Parvin (Irn) 4, Pedernera (Arg) 4, Platt (Eng) 4, Peruzzi (Ita) 3, Polster (Aut) 3, P Parker (Eng) 2, Parola (Ita) 2, Hugo Perez (USA) 1, Prosinecki (Cro) 1.

Rivera (Ita) 29, Rensenbrink (Hol) 15, Rui Costa (Por) 12, Rufai (Nig) 8, Rosenthal (Isr) 7, Rosler (Ger) 6, C Roberts (Eng) 5, Rava (Ita) 3, Ramos (USA) 2, Redondo (Arg) 2, Rep (Hol) 2, Ravelli (Swe) 1, J Robertson (Sco) 1.

Sindelar (Aut) 29, Stam (Hol) 29, Suarez (Spa) 29, N Santos (Bra) 28, Scirea (Ita) 28, Salas (Chl) 27, Schuster (Ger) 27, Savicevic (Yug) 23, Simeone (Arg) 21, Hugo Sanchez (Mex) 19, Schillaci (Ita) 18, D Santos (Bra) 17, Solskjaer (Nor) 17, Shilton (Eng) 16, Leonel Sanchez (Chl) 13, Seeler (Ger) 12, Santamaria (Uru/Spa) 10, Scifo (Blg) 10, W Steel (Sco) 10, Savrakos (Gre) 9, Schlosser (Hun) 9, Slijvo (Yug) 9, Sono (SAf) 9, Spiegler (Isr) 9, Stabile (Arg) 8, Stojkovic (Yug) 8, Streltsov (Rus) 8, Swift (Eng) 8, Sekularac (Yug) 7, Skoblar (Yug) 7, Shackleton (Eng) 6, Sarti (Ita) 5, Seaman (Eng) 5, Schumacher (Ger) 4, Sharpe (Eng) 4, Stulfauth (Ger) 2, Schroif (Cze) 1, Simoes (Por) 1.

Trautmann (Ger) 26, Thuram (Fra) 13, Tardelli (Ita) 8, Torres (Por) 6, Taffarel (Bra) 4, Tigana (Fra) 4, Toshack (Wal) 4, Peter Thompson (Eng) 3, Phil Thompson (Eng) 3, Thon (Ger) 3, Tueart (Eng) 1.

Ugarte 13.

Vialli (Ita) 26, Van der Sar (Hol) 23, Varela (Uru) 18, Voller (Ger) 17, Veron (Arg) 16, Van Hanegem (Hol) 13, Vava (Bra) 11, Viola (Bra) 7, Van Breukelen (Hol) 6, Vierchowod (Ita) 6, Van Beveren (Hol) 4, Van Tiggelen (Hol) 2, Villa (Arg) 1.

R Wilson (Eng) 17, W Wright (Eng) 15, I Wright (Eng) 14, J White (Sco) 8, Wenger (Fra) 6, Worthington (Eng) 5, F Walter (Ger) 3, Worns (Ger) 2, Waddle (Eng) 1, Wynalda (USA) 1.

Yorke (T&T) 18, A Young (Sco) 7, G Young (Sco) 6, Yeboah (Gha) 5, Yekini (Nig) 1.

Zubizarreta (Spa) 29, Zola (Ita) 26, Zamorano (Chl) 7, Zagallo (Bra) 6, Zenga (Ita) 6, Zalayeta (Uru) 5, Zanetti (Arg) 2.