RedCafe's top 50 footballers of all-time

[Revan]

1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Pele
5. Zidane
6. C.Ronaldo
7. Fat Ronaldo
8. Beckenbauer
9. Di Stefano
10. Platini

 

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All lists updated.

 

[Kaos]

1.Zidane
2.Maradona
3.Messi
4.Fat Ronaldo
5.Ronaldo
6.Del Piero
7.Pavel Nedved
8.Paolo Maldini
9.Ronaldinho
10. Pirlo

 

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Just for any reading this, since some newbies have asked if they're allowed to send lists, then I'm just confirming that you're all more than welcome to send them in to me if you have one.

 

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Pm'd lists have all been updated.

 

[kietotheworld]

1. Lionel Messi
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
3. Diego Maradona
4. Pele
5. Zinedine Zidane
6. Andres Iniesta
7. George Best
8. Xavi Hernandez
9. Garrincha
10. Paul Scholes

 

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Lists have been updated.

 

[Randall Flagg]

From my lifetime

Messi
Maradona
Zidane
Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
Ronaldinho
Van Basten
Iniesta
Cantona
Maldini

 

[Skorenzy]

1. Diego MARADONA
2. PELÉ (Edison Arantes do Nascimento)
3. Alfredo DI STÉFANO
4. Lionel MESSI
5. Paolo MALDINI
6. Ferenc PUSKÁS
7. Giacinto FACCHETTI
8. Franco BARESI
9. Johan CRUYFF
10. RONALDO (Luís Nazário de Lima)

 

[Rob Bowman]

1) Pele
2) Maradona
3) Di Stephano
4) Cryuff
5) Best
6) Beckenbauer
7) Puskas
8) Messi
9) Zidane
10) Maldini

 

[redspoony]

That I have seen...

1. Lionel Messi
2. Diego Maradona
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Zinedine Zidane
5. Ronaldo
6. Paul Scholes
7. Dennis Bergkamp
8. Roberto Baggio
9. Lothar Matthaus
10. Cristiano Ronaldo

 

[Annihilate Now!]

1. Maradona
2. Pele
3. Zidane
4. Beckenbauer
5. Best
6. Gerd Müller
7. Messi
8. Fat Ronaldo
9. Michael Laudrup
10. Di Stéfano

 

[A grade]

B.C., based on technical ability:

1. Messi
2. Zidane
3. Ronaldo
4. Ronaldinho
5. Fat Ronaldo
6. Scholes
7. Iniesta
8. Xavi
9. Redondo
10. Berbatov

A.D., based on what I have seen in videos:

1. Garrincha
2. Maradona
3. Pele
4. George Best
5. Di Stefano
6. Puskas
7. Cruyff
8. Beckenbauer
9. Charlton
10. Asparuhov

 

[Stretch]

I think what just amazes me is how low some here rate Christiano yet he's been pushing most people's number one, Messi for a solid few years now. Just an observation.

 

[VP]

From what I've seen:

Messi
C. Ronaldo
Fat Ronaldo
Henry
Keane
Scholes
Zidane
Xavi
Iniesta
Ronaldinho

Top 2 nailed on, struggling with the order for the rest.

 

[Donaldo]

Messi
Theirry Henry
Paul Scholes
Dennis Bergkamp
Zinedine Zidane
Paolo Maldini
H Xavi
C Ronaldo
Fat Ronaldo
Ronaldinho

 

[Ronaldo No.9]

Ronaldo
Messi
Ronaldinho
C Ronaldo
Rivaldo
Iniesta
Zidane
Henry
Batistuta
Nesta

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

1. Pele
2. Maradona
3. Di Stefano
4. Beckenbauer
5. Fat Ronaldo
6. Cruyff
7. Platini
8. Zidane
9. Best
10. Ronaldinho

 

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B.C., based on technical ability:

1. Messi
2. Zidane
3. Ronaldo
4. Ronaldinho
5. Fat Ronaldo
6. Scholes
7. Iniesta
8. Xavi
9. Redondo
10. Berbatov

A.D., based on what I have seen in videos:

1. Garrincha
2. Maradona
3. Pele
4. George Best
5. Di Stefano
6. Puskas
7. Cruyff
8. Beckenbauer
9. Charlton
10. Asparuhov

As I've said to others, you'll either have to merge the two lists or choose one. There's nothing I can do with both of them.

 

[Amar__]

1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Ronaldinho
4. Ronaldo(original)
5. Scholes
6. Xavi
7. Iniesta
8. Zidane
9. Henry
10. Cristiano Ronaldo

 

[Duffy]

1st-Zizou
2nd-Pele
3rd-Maradonna
4th-Cristiano Ronaldo
5th-Messi
6th-Ronaldo
7th-Maldini
8th-Giggs
9th-Charlton
10th-Scholes

 

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Lists updated.

 

[Cheesy]

How long do people think I should run it for before closing the chance to send lists?

 

[Cold_Boy]

I think till Sunday and keep bumping the thread maybe?

Also can you pm me the results so far?

 

[Cheesy]

I'm not going to PM you the full results. Maybe a wee hinter or two is fine though. I'll see how it goes. Response has been good so far but for an effective top 50 list I'll need maybe into next week? It's decent so far but I'd like the lower 10 or so to maybe have some more points before posting.

 

[Cold_Boy]

Maybe Sunday next week then.

 

[Cheesy]

Yeah I'll see. Midweek might do but I'll see how it goes. As I said response has been good but I could still do with some more.

 

[Crustanoid]

Maradona
Pele
Cruyff
Best
Puskas
Ronaldo
Garrincha
Beckenbauer
Zico
Baresi

 

[Cold_Boy]

Yeah I'll see. Midweek might do but I'll see how it goes. As I said response has been good but I could still do with some more.

Yeah many people so far have forgotten Ronaldinho as well.

 

[Cheesy]

Yeah many people so far have forgotten Ronaldinho as well.

He's actually featured quite a lot so far to be honest. About as much as I expected him to.

 

[Cold_Boy]

He's actually featured quite a lot so far to be honest. About as much as I expected him to.

Also his inability to maintain himself in recent years ahs much to do with it.

Literally threw it away, the genius idiot.

 

[Cheesy]

Also his inability to maintain himself in recent years ahs much to do with it.

Literally threw it away, the genius idiot.

Yep, unfortunately so. Had he kept at it he'd be a contender to win in these sorts of lists.

 

[Stack]

Pele
Maradonna
Best
Cryuff
Di Stefano
Baresi
Beckenbauer
Zidane
Puskas
Messi

 

[MaroonPondlife]

I'll base it on the last 30 yrs; a time-frame in which I've followed the game.

Messi
Maradona
Maldini
Zidane
Xavi
Baresi
Ronaldo de Lima
Ronaldinho
Baggio
Buffon

 

[Mainoldo]

Ronaldo
Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldinho
Zidane
Romario
Giggs
Figo
Del Piero
Henry

I kind of had a thing for strikers...

 

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Lists updated.

 

[Cheesy]

Giving this a little bump since I want to tie up the final lists fairly soon.

 

[Lynk]

1. Messi
2. Maradonna
3. Pele
4. Best
5. Beckenbauer
6. Charlton
7. C. Ronaldo
8. Cruyff
9. Zidane
10. Xavi

 

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Lists added.

 

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All PM'd lists have been updated too.