The Association of Football Statisticians has drawn up a list of the top 100 footballers of all time. This list cannot be correct, only 1 African Player on it? What happens to the likes of George Weah? I salute the Great Kanu, his name deserved to appear on it

The AFS Top 100 In Full:

1 Pele Brazil

2 Ronaldo Brazil

3 Romario Brazil

4 Luis Figo Portugal

5 Zinedine Zidane France

6 Diego Maradona Argentina

7 Lothar Matthaus Germany

8 Gerd Muller Germany

9 Franz Beckenbauer Germany

10 Cafu Brazil

11 Roberto Carlos Brazil

12 Marco van Basten Holland

13 Michel Platini France

14 Rivaldo Brazil

15 Paolo Maldini Italy

16 Zico Brazil

17 Raul Spain

18 Ruud Gullit Holland

19 Eusebio Portugal

20 Ferenc Puskas Hungary

21 Johan Cruyff Holland

22 Alfredo di Stefano Argentina

23 Bobby Charlton England

24 Jurgen Klinsmann Germany

25 Kenny Dalglish Scotland

26 Ali Daei Iran

27 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany

28 Gabriel Batistuta Argentina

29 Michael Laudrup Denmark

30 Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria

31 Dennis Bergkamp Holland

32 Frank Rijkaard Holland

33 Thierry Henry France

34 Pavel Nedved Czech Rep

35 Gheorghe Hagi Romania

36 Peter Schmeichel Denmark

37 Andrei Shevchenko Ukraine

38 Sepp Maier Germany

39 Didier Deschamps France

40 Lilian Thuram France

41 Enzo Francescoli Uruguay

42 Hakan Sukur Turkey

43 Paolo Rossi Italy

44 David Beckham England

45 Jean-Pierre Papin France

46 Kevin Keegan England

47 Marcel Desailly France

48 Oliver Kahn Germany

49 Alessandro Costacurta Italy

50 Clarence Seedorf Holland

51 Dino Zoff Italy

52 Patrick Kluivert Holland

53 Jari Litmanen Finland

54 Daniel Passarella Arg

55 Bixente Lizarazu France

56 Gary Lineker England

57 Ronaldhino Brazil

58 Sylvain Wiltord France

59 Bebeto Brazil

60 Alessandro Del Piero Italy

61 Davor Suker Croatia

62 Ryan Giggs Wales

63 David Trezeguet France

64 Demetrio Albertini Italy

65 Patrick Vieira France

66 Jurgen Kohler Germany

67 Laurent Blanc France

68 Michael Owen England

69 Youri Djorkaeff France

70 Frank De Boer Holland

71 Emilio Butragueno Spain

72 Hugo Sanchez Mexico

73 Rudi Voller Germany

74 Djalma Santos Brazil

75 Giacinto Facchetti Italy

76 Kanu Nigeria

77 Franco Baresi Italy

78 Gianni Rivera Italy

79 Roberto Baggio Italy

80 Oscar Ruggeri Argentina

81 Gheorghe Popescu Romania

82 Jon D Tomasson Denmark

83 Raymond Kopa France

84 Carlos Valderrama Colombia

85 Rui Costa Portugal

86 Gary Neville England

87 Edgar Davids Holland

88 Claudio Taffarel Brazil

89 Paul Scholes England

90 Diego Simeone Argentina

91 Bryan Robson England

92 Roy Keane Rep of Ireland

93 Brian Laudrup Denmark

94 Henrik Larsson Sweden

95 Fabien Barthez France

96 Michael Ballack Germany

97 Jan Koller Czech Republic

98 Edwin van der Sar Holland

99 Robert Pires France

100 Johan Neeskens Holland

Carlo Garganese

Where is George Weah on that list yet we have Sylvain Wiltord. Another crazy listing

I saw this useless list on The Sun, it was drawn up from stats, points were given for goals scored, i think International goals were worth more than club level goals and every trophy won was worth some more extra points no matter what level you played at.

That explains why 26 Ali Daei Iran is ranked so highly, apparently he scored over 100 goals for Iran in over 100 games, i'm guessing against the likes of Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait etc.

The list obviously looks like something a drunk man composed, how else do u explain the inclusion of

Taffarel
Voller
Wiltord
Linekar
Ali Daei

chuckdee4:


The list obviously looks like something a drunk man composed

Lol!

The statisticians who compiled that list were said to have pored through reams of data meticulously but they seemed to have failed to do one other important thing-actually watch football.

Luis Figo is better than Maradona and Cafu better than Cryuff,Gary Nevillie is the 82nd best ever.What about Olumide Harris. . . .his name should be there

Sometime these people compile stupid list

I just finish reading the same thing on Soccernet and came around to see if it was mentioned here. It is trully some drunken men that composed that list. I learnt it is coming out as a book

Who go buy this kind of book?

The best team in the world according to the Association of Football Statisticians*

• GK - Peter Schmeichel

• LB - Roberto Carlos
• CB - Lothar Matthaus
• CB - Franz Beckenbauer
• RB - Cafu

• LM - Johan Cruyff
• CM - Zinedine Zidane
• CM - Michel Platini
• RM - Luis Figo

• ST - Ronaldo
• ST - Pele

No Diego in the first eleven?

This is the craziest of all the world's best footballers I have ever seen o.

Read more at the link below, the list really got a very good bashing

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=479862&root=england&cc=3888&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos1

I think they based their stuff on something we don't know

well i dont know their criterial but i did not see Goerge Weah,Roger Milla,and other african legends.It is a wish wash award.

its a stupid and absurd list. I couldn't read through it. such a boring list.
By the way why is figo ahead of Zidane.
a more usefull list could be 20 football of all time.

• GK - Peter Schmeichel

• LB - Roberto Carlos
• CB - Lothar Matthaus
• CB - Franz Beckenbauer
• RB - Cafu

• LM - Johan Cruyff
• CM - Zinedine Zidane
• CM - Michel Platini
• RM - Luis Figo

• ST - Ronaldo
• ST - Pele

ur(or their) list is robbish.why Peter Schmeichel when we have legends like zoff, buffon and this russian keeper?( his name has eluded me) where is maldini and baresi. Franz Beckenbauer is ok though, i never knew Lothar Matthaus was a defender !
Platini is a striker and not a midfielder. there should be a defensive midfielder, viera, kean, Albertini or some other players to support ur ultra offencive attack.

and that midfield is pathetic. where is maradona

No george Weah in the whole list