Just how GOOD was Paolo Maldini Actually? 

Imagine giving Maldini a 7/10 for consistency

Maldini is by far the best defender I had seen in my life.

Maldini was to defenders what Maradona was to offensive midfielders.

How can he have 8/10 in the technical ability? When he was the best and also cleanest defender of the century.. just 2 red cards in 25 yrs!

Maldini:like Beckenbour:Comment

Mentality 8??? What?! Pure 11!!

Maldini really was a great defender. Worth remembering the older generation of Italian defenders he learned from too: Baresi, Bergomi, Ferri, Vierchowod etc

Phisicality 8/10 Mentality 8/10 Consistency 7/10 Icon factor 9/10 You unfairly took away 5-6 points from him.

10:47 icon factor 9/10 😂 Dude even after 100 years you’ll find Maldini 100 out of 10 at this term

I have argued Maldini as the best footballer of all time. I do not consider him just the best defender, he is probably up there with Messi, Maradona, and Pele for greatest to ever do it.

Maldini is so good that I keep him next to me when I’m entering the dark web so can intercept any hackers coming at me.

Best defender I've seen. He really had it all: speed, strength, stamina, aerial prowess/heading, concentration, intelligence, class, timing, flawless tackling, positioning, anticipation, marking, reading of the game, tactical sense, versatility, two-footedness, technique, distribution, elegance, leadership, consistency, precociousness, longevity, mentality, and organisational skills. Won it all at club level and came so close with Italy, with great performances, only missing out on a title due to bad luck. The only thing he possibly lacked was the prolific goalscoring of other defenders (but for me this is a bonus, not the most important aspect of being a defender, as they should be able to defend first and foremost), but he was so complete regardless and still scored a decent amount of goals. But he was world class in any defensive position, and he was a top defender from his teenage years up until his 40s.

Great job man! Letting us young generation get a glimpse of these great legends' illustrious careers. Keep the good work going💪🏼

Maldini was the Michael Jordan of football. Everyone looked up over him, when he talked everyone was silenced even the opponents. Most respected player and best defender ever. True Captain.

He is God of defense art, one of the best defenders in the world.

Best left back ever. No weakness. Roberto Carlos with his suspect positioning and reliance on natural ability and shortness doesn't come close enough.

Consistency should be 10/10

Maldini is 10/10 in everything

Nice video. For me Maldinis mentality is an easy 10. Playing for such a long time at an absolute peak and beeing the captain for most of the time....No unnecesary card, always classy, my favourite defender ever.

I was lucky to have watched him play.😊✌

To good for nowadays standards, considering the fact he faced Maradona, Stoichkov, and some of the best players ever played during 80'-90'- and 2000 in Serie A and Europe

Finally, Maldini is getting some love. Man...I was born a little too late to appreciate this guy.

The greatest defender of all time

The reason I love football & AC Milan is because of Maldini & Roberto Baggio. When Roberto Baggio joined Milan, my love becomes fanatism

One of my all time favourite. A great leader. An incomparable player no one was ever dedicated and consistent as he was. Probably the first defender to get stardom. A true legend. Salute.

THANK YOU!! he is my childhood hero being milan fans in the 90s

He’s literally a 10 in everything

This channel underrated

Best defender ever. No debate. Puyol, Baresi, Nesta, Vidic, Terry, Ferdinand were no where near him. The closest in overall ability is Ramos due to his versatility, range of passing and on the ball play, however his rage, dirty play and propensity for red cards keep him ranked below even those other center halves.

Legendary player and a class man- from a Liverpool fan

Those AC Milan teams from thr very late 80's, early 90's were absolutely dominant on both ends. The 3 Dutchmen coupled by a dominant defense, they had no weakness.

I watched Maldini from the very early 90s. He was a modern day laft back even then. BUT Franco Baresi is by far the best defender Ive ever seen. The man literally had it all and more.

This was the player that inspired me to switch to defense from striker. I had his Milan jersey (my first jersey), and caught as many matches as I could. I know he isn't the "best" ever but he was my favourite player back in the 90s, back when serie a was the restorative in Europe (the world).

Palolo, really? Baresi joined Maldini at the back? Really?

In my opinion, he was the best player to ever play

Consistency 10/10 Physicality 10/10 Mentality 10/10

Should have a 10 for consistency and mentality in my opinion.

Maldini and Nesta at Milan was arguably the greatest defense of all time just with those two alone.

The Best defender in my books.

Thank you for making these videos.

Great video mate. What a player

What's more insane is how many more trophies he could have actually won He won 5 out of 8 UCL finals. He lost two finals in euro and world cup. and lost another two semi-finals. In total missing out on potentially an additional 7 international trophies.

When i learned to read..i spelled Legend by saying these letters: M.A.L.D.I.N.I

Let me correct your markings. - 10/10 in Marking and Tackling is obvious, giving that we are talking about the probably best defender of all times. Maybe only Baresi and Backenbauer are on par with him in pure defensive abilities. - 8/10 in Physicality is justifiable, since he was strong yet not the strongest and he was quick yet not the quickest. He reached top level in both strenght and speed, but lacked exceptionality in both. - 8/10 in Technical Ability is justifiable only if we are considering all roles of the game. Because if we look only among defenders Maldini is easily 9/10 regarding game vision, ball control and ball passing, with very few defenders being more technical than him. Only comparing them to midfielders and forwards his skills become 8/10. For the sake of comparing him with icons playing in other roles, I will accept this. - 8/10 in Mentality is wrong. You don't play for almost 30 years at top level, captaining one of the biggest club and national teams of the world for decades, figuring as starter in 10 massive international finals among Champions, World Cup and Euros, becoming an absolute legend of the game without a 10/10 mentality. What else do you want from a guy able to handle the biggest stages as pure routine? I'm trying to find a reason to give him only a 9/10, but no one comes to my mind. Correction: 10/10 in Mentality. - 7/10 in Consistency is by far the worst error in your rating. The guy simply stayed to much at peak football, performing at top level and winning so much to get fewer than a 9/10 in consistency. His perfomance level almost never dropped and this is not just a matter of longevity. Maldini was always there when a top performance was needed. He show excellence both as centerback and wingback. He was great in defending, but also in creating game and attacking. Sure, he lost 3 UCL finals and two major international finals, but he was by no means the cause of it. And the not leaving Italy is a stupid argument, since Serie A was the best league in the world for the most of his career. Sure, in an extraordinary 30-year career there would be some mistakes preventing a 10/10 mark, even thought I doubt anyone can think of someone topping Maldini in terms of consistency. But I will be satisfied by adding 2 points. Correction: 9/10 in Consistency. - 7/10 in Flair is justifiable again is we consider all roles of the game. Because if we look only at defenders, he is easily a 9/10. - 9/10 in Throphy Cabinet is justifiable. It is true that 7 League Titles and 5 Champions League are a record impossible to overcome, but the guy himself regrets having not won with the national team. So detracting a point is right. - 10/10 in Longevity is obviously right and no words are needed. - 9/10 in Icon Factor is justifiable only if we consider guys like Pelè, Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Ronaldo il Fenomeno, etc. But he is an undeniable legend of the game and, as far as defenders are concerned, THE LEGEND of the game (so it would be a 10/10). In conclusion, my overall score for Paolo is 90/100, rightfully increasing his marks in Mentality and Consistency. And I think I have lowballed it, other people would have easily gave him a 92. Imaging to consider only pure defenders I gave him a 94 and someone more generous might give a 96. Absolute Legend.

25 year career, over a thousand games at top level. 7 out of 10 for consistency. reckon he low balled him so he wouldn't overtake cruyff

What make them legend is not how they reach top quality, but how long they can maintain at the highest level for years. There's a lot of player reach their peak at top club, but only to be forgotten in the next one or two season as they're quality drop significantly.

In my opinion maldini is the G.O.A.T. of football.

one word : goat

People forget that Paolo Maldini was a LEFT-BACK

Best ever. And loyal like no other, ever - for three generations. The only man who turned down Manchester United AND Real Madrid. Brilliant captain and ambassador for the club as well.

💪🏼love ur videos

Maldini is fantastis

amazing video my guy. keep it up!

Love it !

Cool vids man, keep it up!!

Fun Fact: Maldini has played against Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi......talk about consistency

Very good mini documentary

I feel bad for his international career he came so close to win a trophy and not just once but many time in 1990 WC he came so close to win the WC in his home soil but got knocked out by Defending Champions 🇦🇷 Argentina on penalties in 1994 he finished second losing to eventual winners 🇧🇷 Brazil again on penalties in 2000 euros he was just seconds away from winning the euros but 🇫🇷 France has equalise and eventually won the match in 2002 he got knocked out by 🇰🇷 South Korea and got frustated and decided not to participate in 2006 WC if he would have participated in that WC he finally would have won a trophy for his country as 🇮🇹 Italy won the 2006 WC he must be feeling very bad

maldini Is one of the few players in all of sports, who could have been enjoyed by a father and son(or mother and daughter) at winning at the highest level. A lot of people have beckenbauer as their best defender of all time, but for me it easily is Maldini. vidic and van dijk are close, but maldini is number 1 for me

Maldini was one of the best defenders ever

Icon Factor 9 / 10 Madness, he is greatest defender of all time 7 / 10 for consistency? the guy played for 25 years and held the record for the most matches played in Serie A History until buffon beat it this year, And you marked him down points for trophy cabinet when the guy has 5 champions League winners medals and 7 league title. I'm sorry but he should be on 90 points minimum.

Kids these days only know Messi and CR7.. boy did they miss out. Glad I got to see Messi and CR7 literally grow up as well though 🔥

Since when he did not get into a international final? He played in 94 world cup and 2000 euro cup final. You get a dislike for that.

He's not only the captain, he's the LEGEND of MILAN.

Nice work man keep going

His first competitive competition for Italy was the world cup of 1994

Maldini and Nasta were Italian essence on the pitch. Ellegance, dignified and pure. Just like Opera, fashion or refined Italian car, but not ferrari. More like Maserati Quatroporte. And pleasure to watch just like Italian food to eat.

Very nice video, just a question, why the images do not pair the narration? I find a little confusing hearing something and seeing something totally different... anyway thansk for the hard job mate!

Biggest winner of all time! 🤴

The art of defending paolo maldini

great!

goat defender

He will forever and always be the best defender... 1. Maldini 2. Baresi 3. Beckenbauer 4. Nesta 5. Cafu....

Consistency: 7/10? This just dropped the consistency of your ratings a level lower for me.

Appreciate this informative video but it is distracting to watch video on two halves of the screen. I f I am focusing on the right then missing out on the left screen. Thanks for making video about Paolo Maldini. Regards from Bangladesh.

make a leaderboard for the players as you rank them. Would be really cool

You must be fucking kidding with the Ibra score :DDDDDDD Also i would like to see the methodology behind the numbers.... lmao

Royalty! a Real Captain!

That 1990 Italy team in World Cup was crazy Maldini, Baresi, Zenga, Baggio, Schillaci. Too bad they were not lucky in the penalties.

Maldini deserves at least 9.5 for consistency

Fantastic footballer

7:24 Goal of xabi Alonso is iconic moment in pes mobile ! Rewind and check 🤣👍👍.

Very enjoyable videos. He is a great commentator and a storyteller. But the video editing needs help. The two panel video view is very distracting and often one of them is not related to the part that he is talking about.

Damn that face…….thats the definition of beautiful

This is a player that deserves 10/10 on almost every aspect. How the fuck is Maldini 7 in consistency? He was a monster right from the beginning right until the very end. I don't there was anyone else except Maldini or maybe Zizou who was so universally looked up to and respected that they could hold an absolute hot head like Gattuso by collar and demand him to just shut the fuck up and play. Maldini did that to him while I fully believe Zizou could too, had they played together.

It would interest to here about Gattuso

best defender in history

Maldini was so charismatic on the field, great captain. One thing in particular that i love about that era was the banner carriers of teams. Such loyalty Maldini - Milan Zanetti - Inter Totti - Roma Del Piero - Juve Batistuta - Fiorentina Puyol - Barca Raul - Real Beckham - Man U etc

Cruyff is number one in your ranking system? Outrageous

He was amazing

he defended so well, AC Milan/Italy could reach in finals and end up 2nd.

How did he only 9 for icon? And seven for consistency?

You do know that the split screen with the guy on the right holding Maldini’s shirt is Roberto Baggio?

I'm sorry. I'm a big fan of your channel.. Infact massive. But for maldinis rating, I think you got some rsyingsu massively wrong. I surely cNnot be giving Maldini a 7 for consistency.. Thsts outrageous.. I need not even go further.. No bias here

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The GOD OF FÚTBOL Diego Armando Maradona says hi. Nothing comes even remotely close to him, technically leadership, you name it

'International' doesn't mean what DDOF thinks it means

Easily the GOAT

I'd love to see one on Elias Figueroa.

Please do Cannavaro!!