@@Vaderist. Maradona was the best hands down but you're right there were so many like Kruyff and Best not to mention Del Piero, Zico and the list goes on. But for me Maradona, Kruyff and Best were the greatest outfield players ever, Ronaldo was more of a huge hype than anything cus I wouldn't exactly call him an all round player.
The day Leo Messi and CR7 retire, I'll surely cry! They had the greatest rivalry and the best set of goals! I hope to one day meet them both and get a pic or two with them! To me, Leo Messi and CR7 are the greatest set of players I've ever seen! Plz tell ur kids about The Robot Cristiano Ronaldo and The Alien Lionel Messi!
@@Miguel-yx9zg you’re forgetting that you can’t really compare them as they were different times, Pele didn’t have the equipment that we do now to train etc, plus he played against Bobby Moore, becanbauer (I spelt that wrong) etc. And won. You cant compare messi and ronaldo to Pele as imagine them without modern training equipment, or imagine Pele with that
@Debayan Bagchi go search true facts who has most goals+assists in history. it will be messi because he has vision,playmaking,goalscoring,passing,dribbling and others.
Brazil and France were really good I miss our rivalry i want more games between us, i believe we have the 2 strongest squads and we were supposed to face in the final this year bro
@@lakshmimurthy9596 clearly you have no clue, Paulo Rossi had 1 great World Cup but other than that was never one of the greats. More like a miroslav klose than a world superstar
I'd put Puskas in the 1950s, when Hungary went 4 years unbeaten, and Puskas kept that 1.0-ish goals / game ratio for Budapest Honved & the national team.
Great job! Excellent work! Learned a lot, especially before the 1950s. Have you read biographies of South American players like J: M. Moreno, Leonidas da Silva & A. Erico? It is a hard chore to pinpoint just one footballer for a decade. Sometimes some players' time overlaps. Take for example Pele. From 1958-1970 he was unmatched. Then he played for a couple of more years but was not at his peak. In the 60s,, He admired Best, called the fifth Beatle, who was very talented like Matthews but was not as consistent. At an early age, he won at the club level all the major trophies. Eusebio also appeared and fought for first place in his squad against Pele´s Santos. Beckenbauer was in the 1966 German Squad until 1974. Unfortunately, Cruyff appeared and became the top player for the first half of the decade displacing him but Franz won his two Ballon d'Or. Then came Kempes and in 1978, overshadowed him. His years in Spanish football were amazing and was a superstar. His professional and modest attitude was different from G. Best, Ronaldhino, or Maradona. Probably the reason why he is many times underrated. Kevin Keegan with 2 Ballon d'Or was the top player and competed for the first spot. Therefore neither Cruyff nor Backenbauer were number one at this point. At this same time, young Maradona just like Pele dazzled in Argentino Juniors in the last part of the 1970s. Furthermore, in 1979, he led the Argentine team to the junior world cup. When he went to Europe, the number one was Platini, and both became rivals, especially after the transfer to Italy. Until his third cup appearance in 1990, Maradona was undisputed in the 1980s especially in his early years at Napoli making this small team the top one in Serie A. Rud Gullut and Marco Van Basten both in Milan and the national dutch team out shadowed him at the end of the decade. Van Basten became one of the three players to win 3 Ballon d'Or. The third in 1992. Here is where it is more difficult to define a player for a complete decade. This is confirmed by the multiple players that had won the Ballon d'Or. Ronaldo is the top player in the second half of the decade but Zidane emerged in 1998 to become the number one. The brazilian still was at the top confirmed in 2002 winning the World Cup with Brazil and the Balon d'Or. In the early 1990s, we have Roberto Baggio (Ballon d'Or 1993), Hristo Stoichkov (Ballon d'Or 1994), and George Weah (Ballon d'Or 1995). The last year before Messi-Ronaldo took the lead is 2007 with Kaka. So to say that the complete decade belongs to Zidane is not exact. He had Rivaldo, Figo, Ronaldo, Ronaldhino, and Kaka as his contemporaries at the same level or depending on the year, ahead of him. He could have been crowned in 2006, especially for his performance at the world cup (parallel was Modric). This year, after the world cup, there is no doubt that Messi is superior to Ronaldo but no one can deny that they have owned these last 15 years. They cover a decade and a half! Much more than expected With all of this in mind, although it is convenient to classify by decade, it will cost you precision and truthfulness.
@@mothusimashigo5244 Zidane has carried France during the 1998 World Cup and was clearly the best player. almost alone man he decided the match and won for France World Cup 1998. In Euro 2000 he took them again to the final and won plus he was named the best player. then he also came in the World Cup final again with France against Italy in 2006 and where he was again clearly the best player and crushed Ronaldinho and Brazil almost alone man, he was clearly the best player and also scored to 1-0 and France was clearly it best team and they were on their way to winning the 2006 World Cup and he was on his way to being named the best player again. but then he nodded Materazzi a skull and was thrown out and France lost for that reason and they had to give Cannavaro the award as the best player. then there was the champions league final with juventus where he lost and again the champions league final where he won with real madrid and even decided the match on a nice goal. You can not compare Zidane and Ronaldinho. Zidane has been at the top since 1995 until 2006. Ronaldinho had a few years with Barcelona.
@@JD-hx7yd Have you even watched any of Puskas’ highlights from the 50s? The man ended almost ever season with more goals the appearances, and even at the age of 39, was still consistently scoring goals for Madrid. Puskas was no doubt the best player of the 50s
He’s scared to pick between Ronald and messi Edit:- I started a fanbase war in the comments 😂(I feel like messi is better and he will win his 7 ballan'dor)
I love the fact that you had Messi and Ronaldo together. We can argue about who is better between the two, but the fact is, there is no separating the two in terms of their standing in the game and that is why they are so great. Never have we seen two of the best footballers ever compete like these two in the same era. Never. And we will probably never see it again either
It’s a shame that Argentina and Portugal never played a meaningful game against one another during this era. I feel that it gives it an additional level to a rivalry.
I would put Jose Leandro Andrade for 1920s...winning local league, Copa America twice, Olympic twice and the first ever World Cup in 1930..he is the best ever cdm of all-time debatable with Matthaus..
Arthur Friedenreich played in 1920's, counting unoficially games, he scored more than 1000 goals, he's just a legend. 1930's is Meazza in my opinion, with honorable mentions for Leonidas da Silva (bycicle kick inventor) and Bican. 1940's had Obdulio Varela, Zizinho, Valentino Mazzola, Stanley Mathews and Ademir Menezes. But in my opinion Varela is the best of those by far.
Well Messi did reached a world cup finals in 2014, also this year he won the "Copa America" and most likely another ballondor thanks to that, but this is 2021 in 2010-20 they are pretty equal.
The history of football cannot be complete without ronaldinho....no disrespect....but he brought the x factor to football. Nevertheless u did a good job
Hristo Stoichkov in the 90s. The dude brought to his country a semifinal at the World Cup-something that will happen again in about 2 million years. Won the CL with Barcelona and Balon D’or.
Thanks for including Yashin!Yashin has to be in any one of these conversations at the very least. I get that as a goalie it is hard to be called “the best player” but he really was that good in my opinion.
Thanks for this sensible production as there were different rules eg Pele and Best etc had to put up with body checks and tackles from behind etc. Modern defenders are fitter. My favourite dribbler was Maradonna, greatest for assists Pele, total football obviously Cruyff, pure goal scorer Ronaldo ( Brazilian ), best at free kicks Zico! I love them all! I reckon Baggio should also get a mention and would have if Italy had won a World Cup with him!
For me heres five best in each decade 50s:Pele Puskas Garrincha Di stefano Vavá 60s:Pele Eusebio Garrincha Puskas Lev Yashin 70s: Johan Cruyff Beckenbauer Muller Pele Maradona 80s: Zico Maradona Kempes Mathaüs Platini 90s: Zidane Romario Ronaldo(9) Bebéto Cafú 2000s: Ronaldo(9) Ronaldinho Rivaldo Kaká Zidane 2010s: Ronaldo(7) Messi Neymar Suarez Iniesta 2020s-2023s: Mbappe Haaland Benzema Vinicius JR Bellingham
In my personal opinion, based on individual skills, I choose: Best Striker of all time : Ronaldo (Brazilian) Best Forward of all time : Cruyff Best Middle-fielder of all time : Zidane Best Defender of all time : Beckenbauer Best Goalkeeper of all time : Casillas (at his prime) Best Complete player of all time : De Stefano Special mentions to all the rest (Messi, Platini, Maradona, Best, Eusebio, Puskas, Pele, Rummenigue, Van Basten, Ronaldinho, Romario, Baggio, Figo, Zico, Garincha, Yashin, Kahn, etc.)
I am so genuinely happy that you put both Ronaldo & Messi in the same decade rather than choosing one and ignoring other. They both are legends of the game & they both deserve equal Respect.
Sub goats of football: R9, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldinho Vice Goats of football: Pelé, Neymar and Diego Maradona The Goats of football: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Creators of football: Zlatan Ibrahimović and Harry Maguire Like if u agree 👇
Was playing FIFA 21 and used the Soccer Aid Legends team, was shocked how they included the likes Larsen and Keane yet left out legends like Cryuff, Platini, De Stefano, Van Basten, Ronaldo etc.
Puskas - not DiStefano - was considered the best player in the 1950s but, when Eusebio came up in the early 1960s, he clearly outshone them both. He deserves honourable mention for that decade.
1960 - Pele and Puskas 1970 - Cruff and Beckenbauer 1980 - Maradona and Platini 1990 - Ronaldo and Zidane 2000 - Ronaldinho and Henry 2010 - Messi and Cristiano
I love this guy... He has ended a debate already... Ronaldo and Messi cannot be split... They the greatest footballers and there might not be anymore players better than them... Not really a football fan but I respect Leo Messi and CR7 a lot... ❤️
In my opinion : 10's : Arthur Friedenreich 20's : José Andrade 30's : Giuseppe Meazza 40's : José Moreno 50's : Alfredo Di Stefano 60's : Pelé 70's : Franz Beckenbauer 80's : Diego Maradona 90's : Ronaldo Nazario 00's : Zinédine Zidane 10's : Lionel Messi
I think Eusebio should have been mentioned for the '60s, Rivaldo for the '90 and Xavi&Iniesta in the same decade with Messi and Cristiano. Otherwise, even though my favorite is Ronaldinho, I agree Zidane had a longer career and was a true leader. Both of them really great players, maestros.
@@jaisontm5804 No, in real life. Ronaldinho was way faster, a far better dribbler and free kick scorer. And he could match Zidane in terms of vision and passing.
@@spvggvirtuos8316 It's just the way it is. I know what you mean. I can do best defenders list, it's not a problem. I respect defenders, however we need to be aware that most of defenders are not football artists, if you know what I mean...
@@spvggvirtuos8316 Paolo Maldini is probably Top 3 defenders ever. Currently I work on Top 20-Top 30 list of every each year since 1930. There is no chance to make same list since 1900. However, we can make Top 5 list of 1900-1904 and 1905-1910, Top 10 list of 1910-1914 and 1915-1919, Top 20 list of 1920-1924 and 1925-1929, and then Top 30 of every year since 1930 till 2021.
And one more thing. I think that we should not call it "best player of the year', we just should call it "Player of The Year", because we can't compare Lev Yashin with Pele or Dino Zoff with Diego Maradona. It's normal, because they had to do completely different work.
@@michaeltrumph121 Yeah, of course Pelé is because he won against farmers that didn't even try to stop him, with a team that was overall very good for the times back then... I bet this is your opinion. He was very goot, but of course isn't the best ever anymore.
@@firelayer1544 Your comment reeks of ignorance and cluelessness. First of all, the Brazilian league was the best in the world back then. Second of all, Santos was not a big team until Pele came along. He made them a force. And he destroyed all the top European teams. In fact, Pele's goal ratio against European teams is better than against Brazilian teams. Brazil had also never won a World Cup until Pele came along. It does not matter how good Pele is compared to modern footballers, all that matters is what he did in his own era. That's how you compare players from different generations, by what they have achieved.
Well we enjoyed the Messi Ronaldo era the most .........But its sad to see Ronaldo taking the step down......... GGs to Messi to become the God of Football........But Ronaldo will always remain the Monster of Football
@@d.g.990 Well, Puskás was undoubtedly an exceptionel striker yet Don Alfredo playing everywhere on the pitch was the true heart of Real Madrid's side. But having those two together in your team was simply unfair.
@@Tuberkulinum What I think is remarkable is that Puskas was not allowed to play soccer for two years after he participated in the Hungarian uprising due to politics (teams were afraid of offending the Soviet Union by taking Puskas). He traveled throughout Europe looking for team before landing on Madrid (due to Franco's fierce anti-communist stand). And after two years of inactivity he still played amazing soccer.
To be honest, it's hard to talk about decades. Look, Friedenreich became great player in 10s of XX century, but he was great also in 20s. Jose Manuel Moreno became great after 1935, but he was greatest in 40s. Same Zizinho. Garrincha - great in 50s, but his biggest achievement is 1962. That's why I say that it's better to do best players list of every 5 years. However, if I think about decades... 1900-1909: 1. Vivian Woodward, 2. Steve Bloomer, 3. Bill Meredith. 1910-1919: 1. Arthur Friedenreich, 2. Angel Romano, 3. Imre Schlosser, 4. Ohaco, 5. Pichichi. 1920-1929: 1. Ricardo Zamora, 2. Hector Scarone, 3. Jose Nasazzi, 4. Jose Leandro Andrade, 5. Dixie Dean, 6. Manuel Seoane, 7. Pedro Petrone, 8. Jimi McGrory, 9. Jose Samitier, 10. Sven Rydell. 1930-1939: 1. Giuseppe Meazza, 2. Matthias Sindelar, 3. Leonidas, 4. Gyorgy Sarosi, 5. Arsenio Erico, 6. Silvio Piola, 7. Josef Bican, 8. Luis Monti, 9. Raimundo Orsi, 10. Frantiśek Planićka. 1940-1949: 1. Jose Manuel Moreno, 2. Zizinho, 3. Josef Bican, 4. Valentino Mazzola, 5. Adolfo Pedernera, 6. Stanley Matthews, 7. Ademir, 8. Angel Labruna, 9. Telmo Zarra, 10. Obdulio Varela. 1950-1959: 1. Alfredo Di Stefano, 2. Ferenc Puskas, 3. Didi, 4. Raymond Kopa, 5. Juan Alberto Schiaffino, 6. Sandor Kocsis, 7. Laszlo Kubala, 8. Gunnar Nordahl, 9. Fritz Walter, 10. John Charles. 1960-1969: 1. Pele, 2. Garrincha, 3. Eusebio, 4. Bobby Charlton, 5. Lev Yashin, 6. George Best, 7. Omar Sivori, 8. Luis Suarez Miramontes, 9. Gianni Rivera, 10. Jose Altafini. 1970-1979: 1. Johan Cruyff, 2. Franz Beckenbauer, 3. Gerd Muller, 4. Rivellino, 5. Mario Kempes, 6. Kevin Keegan, 7. Dino Zoff, 8. Sepp Maier, 9. Jairzinho, 10. Kazimierz Deyna. 1980-1989: 1. Diego Maradona, 2. Michel Platini, 3. Zico, 4. Marco Van Basten, 5. Ruud Gullit, 6. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, 7. Hugo Sanchez, 8. Franco Baresi, 9. Paolo Rossi, 10. Zbigniew Boniek. 1990-1999: 1. Roberto Baggio, 2. Romario, 3. Gabriel Batistuta, 4. Lothar Matthaeus, 5. Paolo Maldini, 6. Dennis Bergkamp, 7. Hristo Stoichkov, 8. Michael Laudrup, 9. Jurgen Klinsmann, 10. Gheorghe Hagi. 2000-2009: 1. Ronaldo, 2. Zinedine Zidane, 3. Ronaldinho, 4. Raul, 5. Luis Figo, 6. Iker Casillas, 7. Gianluigi Buffon, 8. Thierry Henry, 9. Roberto Carlos, 10. Andriy Shevchenko. 2010-2019: 1. Lionel Messi, 2. Cristiano Ronaldo, 3. Neymar, 4. Andres Iniesta, 5. Xavi, 6. Andrea Pirlo, 7. Manuel Neuer, 8. Robert Lewandowski, 9. Zlatan Ibrahimović, 10. Luis Suarez.
Absolutely agree with everything on here, with 1 exception. So glad you said Ronaldo for 90s, best player I have ever seen. With regards to messi v Ronaldo - you say yo7 can’t split them - and on goals I agree - but messi has hundreds of more assists whilst having the same goal record. Case closed
Ronaldo (il fenomeno) was the best only during 2 seasons in the 90's, (97 and 98) before that he was too young and didn't take parte in high level matches (he never played a single minute during 94 world cup) and after that he got injured and came back in 2002, winning the world cup. During the 90's we saw amazing players like van basten, baggio, gullit, maldini and you didn't bother to mention any of them. Also Zidane was surely a player of the 90's scoring 2 goals in the world cup final and winning the balon d'or, while he only played in the first half of the 2000's.
R9 was the best player of the 90s by a country mile. He was clearly the best in the World from 95/96 to around 99, when he got injured. Baggio, Laudrup and Romario take the next spots after R9. Van Basten was great too, but he did not play at all after his anckle injuries in 92, so he's not really a 90s player. Gullit was also at his best in the 80s, when he won the Ballon D'Or. Maldini is a defender, so he doesn't belong in the conversation. As for Zidane, he's the second most overrated player in history, after Messi. He was never the best in the world in the 90s. R9 was the best player in the 98 World Cup. Zidane did nothing apart from those 2 headers in the final. He did not deserve the Ballon D'Or in 98.
@@michaeltrumph121 I tend to agree to almost everything you said. R9 is surely one of my fav players ever, during his peak he was probably the best player in football history. I made the post only to say that before 96 he was nobody (he only played 1 year in PSV and got injured too) and after the 98 final never recovered till summer 2002, he didn't come back as the god he was but he was still a solid player who deserved his other balon d'or.
@@michaeltrumph121 Well, on Ronaldo' Prime, Baggio was better than him on Seasons 97-98 (playing by Bologna) and 98-99 playing together on Internazionale Milano. I am Italiano and I see It alive on San Siro.
@@michaeltrumph121 Well, on Ronaldo' Prime, him never wins a Série A Italiana (always loses to Juventus of Zidane and Del Piero) or Champions League (even with Galácticos Madrid or Strong Internazionale 98-99), loses Olympiks of 96 and World Cup of 98. Only scores around 450 Goals. But the Italianos was stupids to call him "the Fenômeno" without him wins lots of National Leagues, Champions or scoring more than at less 50 Goals by Seasons.
I really like the ranking. I think it is pretty accurate. The only thing I would disagree is that Cruyff is the player of the 1970s. Of course, he was legendary. His impact on the game is huge. But his legacy for modernising the game did also come from his achievements in coaching. He was a superb coach. If we are talking about players, I would go with Franz Beckenbauer. He is the only defender in history to win the Ballon D`or twice. Therefore he is widely regarded as the greatest defensive player of all time. Nevertheless you did a good job with the list.
2020's will probably be messi's for the most part. He's 34 but by far the best right now and close to his 7th ballon d'or. He will play for at least 4-5 more years too.
