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
@@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.
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
@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.
@@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.
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..
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 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.
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.
@@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)
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.
@@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.
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
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
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
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.
1960 - Pele and Puskas 1970 - Cruff and Beckenbauer 1980 - Maradona and Platini 1990 - Ronaldo and Zidane 2000 - Ronaldinho and Henry 2010 - Messi and Cristiano
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
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.
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... ❤️
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@A123-u7z Really? Ok, let's see... CR7 achievements between 2015-2019: 2015 UCL semifinal with Real, best UCL scorer (shared with Messi and Neymar), Real 2nd in La Liga (just 2 points less than Barca), La Liga Best scorer, 2016 - UCL won with Real, best UCL scorer, UEFA Euro won with Portugal, UEFA Euro Dream Team, European Supercup won with Real, FIFA Club World Cup won with Real, FIFA Club World Cup best scorer and best player award, Balon D'Or winner, 2017 - La Liga won with Real, Spanish Supercup won with Real, UCL won with Real, UCL best scorer, European Super Cup won with Real, FIFA Club World Cup won with Real, FIFA Club World Cup top scorer (shared with 2 other players), FIFA Club World Cup 2nd best player award, UEFA World Cup qualification 2nd best scorer, Balon D'Or, 2018 - UCL won with Real, UCL best scorer, 4 goals scored on FIFA World Cup in Russia (including hattrick vs Spain), Dream Team Fifa World Cup, 2019 - Serie A won with Juventus, Top 3 Serie A scorer, Supercoppa in Italy won with Juventus, UEFA Nations League won with Portugal, best scorer of Final Four and hattrick in semifinal game. Any questions? To sum up, 2 league titles (1 with Real and 1 with Juventus), 2 Super Cup (1 with Real, 1 with Juve), 3 (!!!) UCL won (with Real), 2 European Super Cups won (with Real), 2 Fifa Club World Cup won (with Real), 4 times UCL best scorer, 2 times FIFA Club World Cup best scorer, 2 titles won with Portugal National Team, 2 times Balon d'Or, 3 times World Soccer Magazine World Best Player, 3 goals scored in UEFA Euro 2016 in which he became best UEFA Euro scorer ever (shared with Platini, now he is best after 2021 UEFA Euro), 4 goals scorer in FIFA World Cup in Russia (so far he scored more goals than Messi in FIFA World Cup), is it not enough? So let's compare it with Messis achievements between 2015 and 2019: Messi won 3 league titles in Spain (so it's just 1 title more than CR7 in national competitions), 2 Spanish Super Cup, 2 Copa Del Rey, just 1 UCL, 1 FIFA Club World Cup, 4 times best scorer in La Liga, 2 times UCL best scorer (vs 4 times CR7), no Argentina National Team titles (vs 2 won titles CR7 won with Portugal), just 1 goal scored in FIFA World Cup 2018, 2 times Balon D'Or (same CR7). Who won more? Off cource, CR7 has much more achievements with team and individual than Messi. That's it.
@@mikoajdariuszmackowiak2141 What a nonsense .The question is who is better player not who achieved more. Balon d or never means one is superior than others.Irs the award that given to player that performs+ win important trophies. If you check who is best in competitions it can be simply written as this . Messi- best in la liga 2015, 17,18 and 19. Best in UCL - 2015, 2019. One of best in World Cup - 2014 4 motm golden ball, Best in Copa America 2015- 4 motm, refused golden ball, 2016 3 motm Copa one of best . Won 3 golden boot and 4 playmaker award in time( that's untouchable achievement).And CR doesn't have a single season to rival his 14/15 and 15/19. Best players ever season from 2006/07 is Kaka, C Ronaldo , Xavi,Messi, Messi ,Messi/ C Ronaldo , Messi, C.Ronaldo,Messi, Griezman/ Suarez,C.Ronaldo /Messi,Messi,Messi, Lewa, Lewa/ Messi, Benzema in 21/22. ( 17,18,19 are seasons Messi won golden boot as World's greatest playmaker, nothing stands against that). Saying CR was better then means you don't know nothing about that time football. CR was not even best Portugal player in Euro and never won player of tournament. And a striker who can't beat a playmaker in golden boot race better? Lol
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 👇
I know Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are unbelievable. However Zlatan Ibrahimovic deserves to be up there too. 3 of the world's best footballers of the 2010s.
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.
@@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.
*For me* 1950s: Di Stefano & Puskas 1960s: Pele & Eusebio 1970s: Cruyff & Beckenbauer 1980s: Maradona & Platini 1990s: Romario & Baggio 2000s: Zidane & Ronaldo 2010s: Messi & C. Ronaldo 1960s - Most greatest player & another great player 1990s - Most superstar players at that time than another decade 2010s - The best generation of forward position 1960s - From Di Stefano & Puskas for their 30s, prime Pele, Garrincha, Charlton & Eusebio, Yashin the best goalkeeper, Best for his young age, Moore the best defender 1980s - 4 Biggest Players: Zico, Platini, Maradona & Van Basten 1990s - The clash era from players of Van Basten's generation, pure 90s like Romario, Baggio & Maldini, and 2nd half 90s Zidane & Ronaldo's generation
And who was Ronaldinho. Are u really a football watcher. The man who changed the football with unique and dominating skills,, dribbling abilities no one else has ever done before,, the magician,, a wizard who made mostly everyone to love football. The God of skills and 2000 belong to Ronaldinho. Pal
20's Jose Leandro Andrade & Dixie Dean close 2nd 30's Giuseppe Meazza & Gyorgy Sarosi at close 2nd (respect to Josef Bican but Meazza & Sarosi were clutch comeback kings) 40's Jose Manuel Moreno & Stanley Matthews close 2nd 50's Alfredo Di Stefano & Ferenc Puskas close 2nd 60's Pele 70's Johan Cruyff & Franz Beckenbauer close 2nd 80's Diego Armando Maradona 90's Michael Laudrup & Ronaldo Nazario close 2nd & Van Basten close 3rd 2000's Zinedine Zidane & Ronaldinho at 2nd 2010's Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo close 2nd 2020's so far Kylian Mbappe & Erling Haaland close 2nd
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!
we cannot talk about football in the 30s without mentioning Giuseppe Meazza 3 Italian championships and an Italian cup with Inter Milan 2 International Cups and 2 World Cups obviously with the Italian national team this player started the extraordinary tradition of Italian football, and was the best player of his era
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
In the times of Pele if balon d'ors were open to everyone, he could have won like seven of those things. Imagine those and three world cups in your bag. He is the King of football indeed.
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.
@@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.
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.
![Puskas Award • ALL WINNERS [2009 - 2024]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zl1hwop3pgg/mqdefault.jpg)
For me
1950s: Di Stefano & Puskas
1960s: Pelé & Eusébio
1970s: Cruyff & Beckenbauer
1980s: Maradona & Platini
1990s: Ronaldo Nazario & Van Basten
2000s: Zidane & Ronaldinho
2010s: Messi & Ronaldo
2020: Neymar & Lewandoski
1980´s: Maradona, Platini, and ZICO (Brazil) .... there were simply no distinction in skills among them... journalists back then used to say this.
@@centralbiz5974 zico so underrated and also matthaus and sanchez were insane too
@@itspatblox6065 😂
Zidane was 90s
You forgot to mention Marco Van Basten. He's one of the best in 1980s, won 3 ballondor and retired at 28 years of age scoring 300 goals
Than what about *K. RUMMENIGGE* ? He too was the best....
Both of them were like *LIVING BEASTS*
@@aumkar827 Lol van Basten was way better
@@truth6074 I never compared both of them....😒
What about Andrew Watson 1876???
Retired at 28? Thats a bit early
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!
I will cry , tears of joy
@The Famous Man United ur the kid,,u missed Cryff and Pele
@@Miguel-yx9zg are the best on your screen
@@Miguel-yx9zg tbf you cant really say this if you’ve never seen them play
@@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
TL;DW Here are the timestamps
1920s - Dixie Dean 0:15
1930s - Josef Bican 0:57
1940s - Stanley Matthews 1:45
1950s - Alfredo di Stefano 2:32
1960s - Pele 3:27
1970s - Johan Cruyff 4:26
1980s - Diego Maradona 5:10
1990s - Ronaldo Nazario 6:06
2000s - Zinedine Zidane 6:59
2010s - Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo 7:52
Yashin not being in there just shows the sheer level players had over the years
Gerd Muller ???
@@davidelvisdiambitche4083 1970s? Cruyff decade for sure.
Meazza was by far the best in the 1930s lol
Hard to imagine Ronaldo Fenomenon is younger than Zidane by 5 years, but he dominated the 90's while Zidane dominated the 2000's
Injury bro, o fenomeno could have reigned longer. Best talent of all time
@@ibikunle07 cough. Cough Messi
@@kt_al3ngri no just no ever heard of Ronaldo Ronaldhino pele the og ronalfo zidane so many more
@@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.
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R9 was way more talented than Messi, who can't even do an elastico
Another channel that knew football existed before 1992 and actually respects the achievements by players.
You mean every channel?
Wdym they aren’t the only football channel that talk about football before 1992 there’s other channels like oh my goal
Soccer not football
@@raymondthomas1574 you are not a football fan
Why 1992
Thank you for putting Messi and Ronaldo for best of the 2010s. Respect for you
Yeah
Yes
Eh they both garbage compared to Jesse Lingard, Lord Karius and Eric Maxim-ChoupoGOATing
@@seyamrahman1002 what about God Zlatan, Andreas Periera, G.O.A.Tstafi
That is the best part of the vid
Puskas is mentioned as one of the best from the 60's, but he had his best years in the 50's, Eusébio should have been mentioned instead.
In the 50's there was nobody even close to puskas except Kocsis.
50's should be Puskas tbh, he was phenomenal
@@habsallwaysADS was much better than both , Kocsis wasn’t even T5 of the 50s decade
Miss the 90's when football was pure passion! For me ... 95 to 2005 .. best era ever!!! =) And Brazil dominated it all!
Maybe because you are Brazilian
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
Bro me too
Old fart ...every old fart calls their era the most passionate......listen up you asshole!! Every era is unique and respect that ....
No imagination now, all players are the same and all teams play the same, getting boring and it's peaked and gonna start going downhill
The best players aren’t only the ones who scores goals you know
yes best one is messi of all time
@@ambitions3245 messi has 735 goals
@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.
it sounds like something a defender is saying
I’m surprised David Beckham wasn’t even a honourable mention
Thank you for mentioning Cruyff, everyone forgets about him
Also Paolo Rossi. As good as Platini.
Seriously bruh? He revolutionized modern football.I think the number of football fans who remember him will be more than the ones that forget him
@Pedro Guedes yeah I mean this is the first time I've heard about him
@@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
True
80's belonged to Maradona but Van Basten deserves a mention
platini ?
So does george best
@@bmautomotive3337 Best rarely played in 1980s
Gullit deserves a mention
80ies were great: Maradona, Zico, Socrates, Falcao, Platini, Tigana, Schuster, Matthäus, Gullit, van Basten ...
Leonidas da Silva shouldn't be forgotten. He was one of the best players in the 1930s.
Brazil’s first big superstar before Pelé
For me
1950s: Di Stefan
1960s: Pelé
1970s: Cruyff
1980s: Maradona
1990s: Ronaldo Nazario & Zidane
2000s: Ronaldinho
2010s: 1) Messi & 2) Ronaldo
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.
Except, they were unbeaten for four years minus one game ... which happened to be the world cup finals.
Puskas is defo not better then de stefano tho
@@wagoomagoo7 Yes he was.
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..
Agreed
This channel is so underrated
It deserves more subscribers
Agreed
@@beastyjack2098 I agree too
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Romario deserves a mention, in the 90s. He was one of the Best of all time.
Roberto Baggio too..
@@stanbeyani5089 R Baggio > Zidane
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😆😆 Seriously!!
@@benaissa9684 Yes.
Baggio should be best in 90s
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.)
Pele above Ronaldo Nazario, Maradona above Zidane and Yashin above Casillas with no questions asked.
@@johngurlides9157 We, at least, agreed on Cruyff, Beckenbauer and De stefano (50% of the list), not bad my friend :D
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
@@djknox2 you are spot on!
The difference is genius v work ethic
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.
@@Zeke_O3773 Argentina and Portugal only met in friendlies. This is like like Real Madrid and Barca never face each other in UCL final
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.
Jose Andrade has to be it for the 1920s for me
You forgot José Manuel Moreno in the 40s who is for me the best of them!
1930's Matthias Sindelar can be too - first well-known false 9 and teammate co-striker with Bican in Austrian National Team
I'd pick Puskas for the 50s
Any day. One of the best tot ever play the game.
Di stefano is up there with Maradona and Ronaldo, Puskas isn't.
@@JD-hx7yd he literally has best goal award named after him
@@abhishekdas8313
Wow. That means nothing.
@@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)
the fans will kill him😂
@@gkulshankar4374 no cap
Of course why will you pick. They both arguably two of the greatest to ever play the game. Why wast time picking?
Ronaldo cough cough
@@itssamaraa messi 6 ballon d'or cough cough
1900-1909: 1. Woodward, 2. Bloomer, 3. Meredith. 1910-1919: 1. Friedenreich, 2. Schlosser, 3. Romano, 4. Ohaco, 5. Pichichi. 1920-1929: 1. Zamora, 2. H. Scarone, 3. Dean, 4. Nasazzi, 5. Andrade. 1930-1939: 1. Meazza, 2. Sindelar, 3. Leonidas, 4. Sarosi, 5. Piola. 1940-1949: 1. Bican, 2. Moreno, 3. Zizinho, 4. V. Mazzola, 5. Matthews. 1950-1959: 1. Di Stefano, 2. Puskas, 3. Kopa, 4. Didi, 5. Kocsis. 1960-1969: 1. Pele, 2. Garrincha, 3. Eusebio, 4. B. Charlton, 5. Yashin. 1970-1979: 1. Cruyff, 2. Beckenbauer, 3. G. Mueller, 4. Rivellino, 5. Kempes. 1980-1989: 1. Maradona, 2. Platini, 3. Zico, 4. Van Basten, 5. Gullit. 1990-1999: 1. R. Baggio, 2. Romario, 3. Batistuta, 4. Matthaeus, 5. P. Maldini, 2000-2009: 1. Ronaldo, 2. Zidane, 3. Ronaldinho, 4. Raul, 5. Figo. 2010-2019: 1. C. Ronaldo, 2. Messi, 3. Neymar, 4. Iniesta, 5. Xavi.
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.
Pretty equal? I don't think so.
Cr7 was pretty limited man
I dont think so messi is of another level he defided the way the game should proceed
@@nickdrost7401 not at all wdym he just plays different then messi
@@rswn3409 they r equal just play different they play so differently you can't really compare
No honorable mention for Eusebio for the 60s?? The disrespect😤😤
Ronaldinho won 2 FIFA Best player awards and ballondor, 2 Uefa CLs and Thee World cup, but apparently Zidane was better 😂😂😂 what a joke
@@mothusimashigo5244 Nah Zidane is better than ronaldhino imo
@@Piraba10 in the 2000s? How? Prove it
@@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.
@Alaa Abuseif I think the answer is both, just to to make sure he has facts right🤓🤓
I had no idea Dean played in the 1920's!
@Max McGee ok
@@vecchioutente ok
@Max McGee ok
Ok
@@khurshidy7541 ok
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
Finally someone who realised football existed before pele
8:24 but now Messi did this
He won the fifa world cup 🏆🏆
*Argentina won the World Cup*
perfectly defined the football history in just 8 minutes
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@Alaa Abuseif someone’s mad 💀
@Alaa Abuseif ahhhhwww did your favo player not get get a mansion little boi?
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
@@danieladebisi4892 you ma brotha, Dinho the goat frfr
RONALDO FENOMENO THE BRAZILIAN!!! WHAT A PLAYER!!! THANK YOU GOD!!!
O fenomeno..... greatest of all :')
greastest striker of all time, I never get tried of watching him
I watched him in real time, France 98. Boy the way he moved with the ball, eissshhh he was breathing fire..
@@stanbeyani5089 i wish i was alive at that time, ur so luckyyyy!!!
Best player ever, skill wise, dribbling, speed, intelligence. No none comes close.
so true. Even maradona said it that, if it wasn't for his injuries, we wouldn't have been arguing who is the best ever.
According to me
1950s: Di stefano
1960s: Pele
1970s: Cryuff
1980s: Maradona
1990s: Nazario
2000s: Ronaldinho
2010s: Messi
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
Thank you for putting Josef 'Pepi' Bican there
8:41 Allison Becker casually smiling behind them
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.
1960 - Pele and Puskas
1970 - Cruff and Beckenbauer
1980 - Maradona and Platini
1990 - Ronaldo and Zidane
2000 - Ronaldinho and Henry
2010 - Messi and Cristiano
May 2021:- messi failed to win international trophy for his country
Messi in July 2021:- and i took it personally
Again messi in Dec 2022:- talk now🤫🐐
Who's here after Pele died🥺😭
Me
Me
Me
Me
Me
Need a mention for Maldini surely
The best of the 40's was José Manuel Moreno. The best player on "La Máquina" of River Plate.
Messi now has Copa America, Finalissima and ofc the WORLD CUP 2022 for Argentina .
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
good video. You forgot Phil Jones :D
And his partnership with Maguire 🔥🔥
So funny 😞
Lingardinho too, and chris smalldini
I think that in the 20"s it'll be Mmabpe and Haland who will be the two best this decade
yeah
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.
Mi opinion:
50’s: Di Stefano. HM: Puskas/Kubala
60’s: Pele. HM: Eusebio
70’s: Cruyff. HM: Beckenbauer
80’s: Maradona. HM: Van Vasten
90’s: Ronaldo. HM: Romario
00’s: Ronaldinho. HM: Zidane/Henry
10’s: Messi. HM: CR7
0:16 - 0:56 Dixie Dean
0:58 - 1:45 Josef Bican
1:48 - 2:31 Stanley Matthews
George Best, Roberto Baggio should get a mention
... and Romario.
Best yes, Baggio no!
@@lagunacabarete If diving is a measurement in greatness then sure, why not!
@@MrCyberSlacker Baggio did score 9 goals for Italy in World Cups, he was the No 10 in early 90s by far
Why doesn’t Dixie Dean have an icon
Cuz we dont have footage of him so we dont know his pace ect
Fifa is shit anyway…Since fifa 18.
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... ❤️
They can be split Messi is far better
@@brianfitzpatrick9949They can’t be split doesn’t matter if Messi won the World Cup.
1920's György Orth - José Andrade
1930's György Sárosi - Giuseppe Meazza
1940's José Manuel Moreno - Stanley Matthews
1950's Di Stefano - Puskas
1960's Pelé - Eusebio
1970's Cruyff - Beckenbauer
1980's Maradona - Zico
1990's Romario - Maldini
2000's Ronaldinho - Zidane
2010's Messi - Ronaldo
Best Player of The Year Since 1st World Cup: 1930 - Jose Nasazzi, 1931 - Raimundo Orsi, 1932 - Matthias Sindelar, 1933 - Matthias Sindelar, 1934 - Giuseppe Meazza, 1935 - Gyorgi Sarosi, 1936 - Giuseppe Meazza, 1937 - Silvio Piola, 1938 - Leonidas, 1939 - Arsenio Erico, 1940 - Josef Bican, 1941 - Jose Manuel Moreno, 1942 - Josef Bican, 1943 - Zizinho, 1944 - Telmo Zarra, 1945 - Angel Labruna, 1946 - Adolfo Pedernera, 1947 - Valentino Mazzola, 1948 - Stanley Matthews, 1949 - Ademir, 1950 - Juan Alberto Schiaffino, 1951 - Gunnar Nordahl, 1952 - Ladislao Kubala, 1953 -Ferenc Puskas, 1954 - Sandor Kocsis, 1955 - Raymond Kopa, 1956 - Alfredo Di Stefano, 1957 - Alfredo Di Stefano, 1958 - Didi, 1959 - Pele, 1960 - Lev Yashin, 1961 - Pele, 1962 - Garrincha, 1963 - Pele, 1964 - Luis Suarez Miramontes, 1965 - Pele, 1966 - Eusebio, 1967 - Bobby Charlton, 1968 - George Best, 1969 - Gianni Rivera, 1970 - Pele, 1971 - Johan Cruyff, 1972 - Gerd Muller, 1973 - Johan Cruyff, 1974 - Franz Beckenbauer, 1975 - Oleg Blokhin, 1976 - Franz Beckenbauer, 1977 - Kevin Keegan, 1978 - Mario Kempes, 1979 - Diego Maradona, 1980 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, 1981 - Zico, 1982 - Paolo Rossi, 1983 - Michel Platini, 1984 - Michel Platini, 1985 - Diego Maradona, 1986 - Diego Maradona, 1987 - Diego Maradona, 1988 - Ruud Gullit, 1989 - Marco Van Basten, 1990 - Diego Maradona, 1991 - Lothar Matthaeus, 1992 - Hristo Stoichkov, 1993 - Roberto Baggio, 1994 - Romario, 1995 - George Weah, 1996 - Ronaldo, 1997 - Ronaldo, 1998 - Zinedine Zidane, 1999 - Rivaldo, 2000 - Luis Figo, 2001 - Raul, 2002 - Ronaldo, 2003 - Thierry Henry, 2004 - Andryi Schevchenko, 2005 - Ronaldinho, 2006 - Andrea Pirlo, 2007 - Kaka, 2008 - Cristiano Ronaldo, 2009 - Lionel Messi, 2010 - Xavi, 2011 - Lionel Messi, 2012 - Andres Iniesta, 2013 - Cristiano Ronaldo, 2014 - Manuel Neuer, 2015 - Lionel Messi, 2016 - Cristiano Ronaldo, 2017 - Cristiano Ronaldo, 2018 - Luka Modrić, 2019 - Lionel Messi, 2020 - Robert Lewandowski, 2021 - Karim Benzema.
Not bad, but I see almost Striker and Midfielder.
1994 I would choose Maldini for example.
@@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.
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.
Messi belongs there alone
Yeah nowadays it’s not really a competition
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.
Ronaldinho was better than Zidane.
@@michaeltrumph121 only in your dreams
@@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.
Zidane won 1 Ballon d’Or but 3 FIFA World Player of the year. Speak all the facts
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.
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.
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.
@@leandrorizzatogasparotto5259
Nobody was better than prime R9.
And I liked Baggio too, but he was not better than R9.
@@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.
2020's?...definitely CV19...Covid19...that dude changed mankind forever..
Did u just like assume its gender? Well not even the almighty can save you now against the rage of the SJW crowd(read: cult).
Best 3 Players from Every 5 years since 1920-2019: 1920-1924: 1. H. Scarone, 2. Friedenreich, 3. Seoane, 1925-1929: 1. Dean, 2. Zamora, 3. Nasazzi, 1930-1934: 1. Sindelar, 2. Meazza, 3. Monti, 1935-1939: 1. Meazza, 2. Leonidas, 3. Piola, 1940-1944: 1. Moreno, 2. Bican, 3. Sarosi, 1945-1949: 1. Mazzola, 2. Zizinho, 3. Matthews, 1950-1954: 1. Puskas, 2. Kubala, 3. Nordahl, 1955-1959: 1. Di Stefano, 2. Kopa, 3. Didi, 1960-1964: 1. Pele, 2. Garrincha, 3. Yashin, 1965-1969: 1. Eusebio, 2. Pele, 3. B. Charlton, 1970-1974: 1. Cruyff, 2. Beckenbauer, 3. G.Muller, 1975-1979: 1. Zico, 2. Kempes, 3. Keegan, 1980-1984: 1. Platini, 2. Maradona, 3. Zico, 1985-1989: 1. Maradona, 2. Van Basten, 3. Gullit, 1990-1994: 1. R.Baggio, 2. Romario, 3. Matthaeus, 1995-1999: 1. Ronaldo, 2. Figo, 3. Batistuta, 2000-2004: 1. Zidane, 2. Ronaldo, 3. Raul, 2005-2009: 1. Ronaldinho, 2. Xavi, 3. Pirlo, 2010-2014: 1. Messi, 2. C.Ronaldo, 3. Iniesta, 2015-2019: 1. C.Ronaldo, 2. Messi, 3. Neymar.
Surprise how no one has mention ZOLA ,for Italy and Chelsea,
@@Giovanni60smandear Zola was very good player and I remember him.
How the hell is 2015-19 c.ronaldo?? What a nonsense.
@@A123-u7z Really? Ok, let's see... CR7 achievements between 2015-2019: 2015 UCL semifinal with Real, best UCL scorer (shared with Messi and Neymar), Real 2nd in La Liga (just 2 points less than Barca), La Liga Best scorer, 2016 - UCL won with Real, best UCL scorer, UEFA Euro won with Portugal, UEFA Euro Dream Team, European Supercup won with Real, FIFA Club World Cup won with Real, FIFA Club World Cup best scorer and best player award, Balon D'Or winner, 2017 - La Liga won with Real, Spanish Supercup won with Real, UCL won with Real, UCL best scorer, European Super Cup won with Real, FIFA Club World Cup won with Real, FIFA Club World Cup top scorer (shared with 2 other players), FIFA Club World Cup 2nd best player award, UEFA World Cup qualification 2nd best scorer, Balon D'Or, 2018 - UCL won with Real, UCL best scorer, 4 goals scored on FIFA World Cup in Russia (including hattrick vs Spain), Dream Team Fifa World Cup, 2019 - Serie A won with Juventus, Top 3 Serie A scorer, Supercoppa in Italy won with Juventus, UEFA Nations League won with Portugal, best scorer of Final Four and hattrick in semifinal game. Any questions? To sum up, 2 league titles (1 with Real and 1 with Juventus), 2 Super Cup (1 with Real, 1 with Juve), 3 (!!!) UCL won (with Real), 2 European Super Cups won (with Real), 2 Fifa Club World Cup won (with Real), 4 times UCL best scorer, 2 times FIFA Club World Cup best scorer, 2 titles won with Portugal National Team, 2 times Balon d'Or, 3 times World Soccer Magazine World Best Player, 3 goals scored in UEFA Euro 2016 in which he became best UEFA Euro scorer ever (shared with Platini, now he is best after 2021 UEFA Euro), 4 goals scorer in FIFA World Cup in Russia (so far he scored more goals than Messi in FIFA World Cup), is it not enough? So let's compare it with Messis achievements between 2015 and 2019: Messi won 3 league titles in Spain (so it's just 1 title more than CR7 in national competitions), 2 Spanish Super Cup, 2 Copa Del Rey, just 1 UCL, 1 FIFA Club World Cup, 4 times best scorer in La Liga, 2 times UCL best scorer (vs 4 times CR7), no Argentina National Team titles (vs 2 won titles CR7 won with Portugal), just 1 goal scored in FIFA World Cup 2018, 2 times Balon D'Or (same CR7). Who won more? Off cource, CR7 has much more achievements with team and individual than Messi. That's it.
@@mikoajdariuszmackowiak2141 What a nonsense .The question is who is better player not who achieved more. Balon d or never means one is superior than others.Irs the award that given to player that performs+ win important trophies. If you check who is best in competitions it can be simply written as this . Messi- best in la liga 2015, 17,18 and 19. Best in UCL - 2015, 2019. One of best in World Cup - 2014 4 motm golden ball, Best in Copa America 2015- 4 motm, refused golden ball, 2016 3 motm Copa one of best . Won 3 golden boot and 4 playmaker award in time( that's untouchable achievement).And CR doesn't have a single season to rival his 14/15 and 15/19. Best players ever season from 2006/07 is Kaka, C Ronaldo , Xavi,Messi, Messi ,Messi/ C Ronaldo , Messi, C.Ronaldo,Messi, Griezman/ Suarez,C.Ronaldo /Messi,Messi,Messi, Lewa, Lewa/ Messi, Benzema in 21/22. ( 17,18,19 are seasons Messi won golden boot as World's greatest playmaker, nothing stands against that). Saying CR was better then means you don't know nothing about that time football. CR was not even best Portugal player in Euro and never won player of tournament. And a striker who can't beat a playmaker in golden boot race better? Lol
Great Video! here's a suggestion
Must've added Garrincha in the 60s .. he single handedly carried Brazil to WorldCup glory in 1962
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
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It'll be 11 ballon d'ors between Messi and CR7 for your kind information.
Yeh but only 9 in the 2010s
9 ballon d ors from 2010 to 2020
Should be 10 in the 2010s the 2018 CR7 deserved and if they wanted to rob him so badly messi should have been 2nd after him anyway.
Me waiting.for Braithwaite 😣
jokes aside, braithwaite is pretty good
Hi
Ronaldinho is clearly the player of the decade for 2000s
Nope
messi watched the video: ok
after a year: copa america , world cup
I know Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are unbelievable. However Zlatan Ibrahimovic deserves to be up there too. 3 of the world's best footballers of the 2010s.
Ronaldinho is still my favorite
My Too. But he is not the GOAT
@@kauanxavier9819 Don RAVIE team r my favourites allways.
I'd take Ronaldinho for the 2000s
Ronaldinho and ronaldo themselves tell you zidane was the best player they ever seen lol
Agree
@@ticol1602 actually Ronaldinho said that is Messi.
He just humble and paying respect.......I'll take dingo for the 2000s.....he peaked in that decade and in my opinion his peak was never matched
Ronaldinho *
*Ronaldinho was the best player of the 2000s. He won the world cup in 2002 and turned Barcelona into the best team in the world.*
2010’s is just Messi there cannot be 2. Just 1 honorable mention in 2010s for CR7.
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.
Feel like a Uruguay should’ve been the best player of the 20’s they were the best team of that era.
... or Brazil: Arthur Friedenreich. Pelé always mentioned him as the greatest player.
Won world title in 24, 28 & 30 not even a mention of their players.
José Andrade
Cr7 & leo. ❤️🐐☺️
Neither is GOAT.
@@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.
Dixie Dean is so forgotten today, yet he was so good, and all this is coming from a Liverpool fan
probably
Still wasn't the best footballer of the 1920s. Andrade was absolutely dominant during that era
*For me*
1950s: Di Stefano & Puskas
1960s: Pele & Eusebio
1970s: Cruyff & Beckenbauer
1980s: Maradona & Platini
1990s: Romario & Baggio
2000s: Zidane & Ronaldo
2010s: Messi & C. Ronaldo
1960s - Most greatest player & another great player
1990s - Most superstar players at that time than another decade
2010s - The best generation of forward position
1960s - From Di Stefano & Puskas for their 30s, prime Pele, Garrincha, Charlton & Eusebio, Yashin the best goalkeeper, Best for his young age, Moore the best defender
1980s - 4 Biggest Players: Zico, Platini, Maradona & Van Basten
1990s - The clash era from players of Van Basten's generation, pure 90s like Romario, Baggio & Maldini, and 2nd half 90s Zidane & Ronaldo's generation
And who was Ronaldinho. Are u really a football watcher. The man who changed the football with unique and dominating skills,, dribbling abilities no one else has ever done before,, the magician,, a wizard who made mostly everyone to love football. The God of skills and 2000 belong to Ronaldinho. Pal
Ronaldo was easily the best of the 90s
20's Jose Leandro Andrade & Dixie Dean close 2nd
30's Giuseppe Meazza & Gyorgy Sarosi at close 2nd (respect to Josef Bican but Meazza & Sarosi were clutch comeback kings)
40's Jose Manuel Moreno & Stanley Matthews close 2nd
50's Alfredo Di Stefano & Ferenc Puskas close 2nd
60's Pele
70's Johan Cruyff & Franz Beckenbauer close 2nd
80's Diego Armando Maradona
90's Michael Laudrup & Ronaldo Nazario close 2nd & Van Basten close 3rd
2000's Zinedine Zidane & Ronaldinho at 2nd
2010's Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo close 2nd
2020's so far Kylian Mbappe & Erling Haaland close 2nd
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!
Tbh 2010s actually belong to both the players..This channel did a great job by putting both the players..
Josef bica played 530 game score and socred 805 goals with 1.52 ratio
I don’t understand how they can have 0.5 goals
@@carkaygames6842 are you stupid?
@@carkaygames6842 one goal every two games bruh
he played in farmers league like pele lmao
@@MotivationalVideos_Quotes hopefully this is a joke if you think that today's leagues are the same as back then
For me 3 best players
1950s Di Stefano - Puskas - Kocsis
1960s Pele - Eusebio - Luis Suarez
1970s Cruyff - Beckenbauer - Gerd Muller
1980s Maradona - Platini - Van Basten
1990s Ronaldo - Baggio - Laudrup
2000s Henry - Kaka - Zidane
2010s Messi - Cristiano Ronaldo - Neymar
we cannot talk about football in the 30s without mentioning Giuseppe Meazza
3 Italian championships and an Italian cup
with Inter Milan
2 International Cups and 2 World Cups obviously with
the Italian national team
this player started the extraordinary tradition of Italian football, and was the best player of his era
This is the most making sense video that is discussing who is the best in each era .. 100% agree
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
Stfu assists arent making anyone better than anyone. Ronaldo dont need assists to be decisive. He is a beast. Both of them are GOATs
First Maradona now pelé may you both rest in peace
In the times of Pele if balon d'ors were open to everyone, he could have won like seven of those things. Imagine those and three world cups in your bag. He is the King of football indeed.
Facts Messi and Ronaldo are good but it’s just a hype
Pelle wasn't in Europe. Balon dor is only Europe I think.
@@indikpelyhe1345 argentina isnt in Europe my Brother 😂😂😂😂
@@matinaz9 ballon d'or only for european until 1996. From 1997 it open for everyone in this planet
If FIFA crowned Pele as Player of the Century then his legacy can't be questioned.
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.
Stop dreaming. 2020's will be anyone's but Messi.
He's already 34 and only has 1 or 2 years tops at the highest level
@@michaeltrumph121 messi will play till 40 and you will cry like a little girl
@@docdoc5880 bruh I guess that won't coz now itself he can't run like old time🥺
It won't be Messi I think it's gonna be a young talent Like havertz or Chiesa.
@@tinderuser1151 halland maby also he is just a physical beast.
2020’s
Mbappe vs Holland
Fati vs Vinicius JR
Sancho vs Felix
Phoden x ??
Yup. Missed that one
Damn I didn’t realise mbappé was against a whole country
Phoden Pedri
Zlatan still be playing even when all of these players retire😹😹
Dixie Dean surely was great but there's hardly a way any player of the Twenties could surpass Arthur Friedenreich who revolutionized the game.
The 50s choice was wrong too. Ferenc Puskás.
@@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.
1960s is the greatest PELE, GARRINCHA, BEST, CHARLTON, LAW, MOORE, ESEUBIO, BECKENBAUER no other decade produced that level of legends.
You forgot Lev Yashin! Honourable mention goes to Florian Albert and Georgie Best.
Alberto Spencer, Elías Figueroa, Mazurkiewicz, Yashin, Didí, Zoff, Banks, Rivera, Gerd Müller, Puskás, Pedro Rocha, Amadeo Carrizo, Luís Suarez, Kopa, Maravilha, Nilton Santos, etc.
Best Player from Every 5 years since 1900 untill 2019: 1900-1904 - Steve Bloomer, 1905-1909 - Vivian Woodward, 1910-1914 - Imre Schlosser, 1915-1919 - Arthur Friedenreich, 1920-1924 - Hector Scarone, 1925-1929 - Dixie Dean, 1930-1934 - Matthias Sindelar, 1935-1939 - Giuseppe Meazza, 1940-1944 - Jose Manuel Moreno, 1945-1949 - Valentino Mazzola, 1950-1954 - Ferenc Puskas, 1955-1959 - Alfredo Di Stefano, 1960-1964 - Pele, 1965-1969 - Eusebio, 1970-1974 - Johan Cruyff, 1975-1979 - Zico, 1980-1984 - Michel Platini, 1985-1989 - Diego Maradona, 1990-1994 - Roberto Baggio, 1995-1999 - Ronaldo, 2000-2004 - Zinedine Zidane, 2005-2009 - Ronaldinho, 2010-2014 - Lionel Messi, 2015-2019 - Cristiano Ronaldo.
You forgot to mention Roberto Bajjio and Romario in the 90s (88-98) the prime of these 2.
Exactly that. And Van Basten in the 80s and Eusebio in the 60s
how can you skip Romario and Van Basten ?!!!
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.
They were both old when Eusebio appeared.
True
Today , Messi won his first title for his country , Argentina !
Messi and Ronaldo will dominate football for atleast 2-3 years i hope
Right??
for me 1950s Puskas & Di stefano 1960s Pele & Garrnicha 1970s Cruyff & Sanchez 1980s Maradona & socrates 1990s Lothar Matthaus & Van Basten 2000s Zidane & Ronaldinho 2010s Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo