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The Guardian 100 Best Male Footballers in the World is a list of the current best male footballers published annually by the British newspaper The Guardian.From its inception to 2017, it was known as The Guardian 100 Best Footballers in the World.
The FIFA 100 is a list compiled by Brazilian professional footballer Pelé featuring his choices of the "greatest living footballers" at the time of its release. The list was unveiled on 4 March 2004 during a gala ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London, England, as part of the celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de ...
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 ...
Player to win top scorer awards in most continents: 3 – Isidro Lángara, 1930–1948 [note 39] Player to win top scorer awards in most first tier national leagues: 4 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [137] [note 40] Most domestic top scorer awards: 15 – Romário, 1985–2009 [138] [note 41] [note 42]
In 2010, the FIFA World Player of the Year award combined with the Ballon d'Or to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership. [3] FIFA presided over the FIFA Ballon d'Or after agreeing to pay £13million for the merge of the two major player awards with France Football.
The U.S. Soccer Player of the Year is given by the United States Soccer Federation to the American soccer players judged best in the calendar year. It is considered the highest accolade for American soccer players. [1] The U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year award originated in 1984, followed by the Female Player of the Year in 1985.
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The top twenty are most likely accurate as no players before the mid-1980s amassed more than twenty or thirty caps. For example, Boris Bandov , the player active before 1980 with the highest number of caps, played 33 times between 1976 and 1983, while Perry Van der Beck played 23 times between 1979 and 1985.