The best world footballers according to...

If you're feeling sad and upset just take a look at this list realeased by a bunch of comedians who work for UK-based firm which deals with football stats.

1.Pelé (Brasil)
2.Ronaldo (Brasil)
3.Romário (Brasil)
4.Luís Figo (Portugal)
5.Zinedine Zidane (França)
6.Diego Maradona (Argentina)
7.Lothar Matthäus (Alemanha)
8.Gerd Müller (Alemanha)
9.Franz Beckenbauer (Alemanha)
10.Cafu (Brasil)
11.Roberto Carlos (Brasil)
12.Marco van Basten (Holanda)
13.Michel Platini (França)
14.Rivaldo (Brasil)
15.Paolo Maldini (Itália)
16.Zico (Brasil)
17.Raúl (Espanha)
18.Ruud Gullit (Holanda)
19.Eusébio (Portugal)
20.Ferenc Puskas (Hungria)
21.Johan Cruyff (Holanda)
22.Alfredo di Stefano (Argentina)
23.Bobby Charlton (Inglaterra)
24.Jürgen Klinsmann (Alemanha)
25.Kenny Dalglish (Escócia)
26.Ali Daei (Irã)
27.Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Alemanha)
28.Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina)
29.Michael Laudrup (Dinamarca)
30.Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgária)
31.Dennis Bergkamp (Holanda)
32.Frank Rijkaard (Holanda)
33.Thierry Henry (França)
34.Pavel Nedved (República Checa)
35.Gheorghe Hagi (Romênia)
36.Peter Schmeichel (Dinamarca)
37.Andrei Shevchenko (Ucrânia)
38.Sepp Maier (Alemanha)
39.Didier Deschamps (França)
40.Lilian Thuram (França)
41.Enzo Francescoli (Uruguai)
42.Hakan Sukur (Turquia)
43.Paolo Rossi (Itália)
44.David Beckham (Inglaterra)
45.Jean-Pierre Papin (França)
46.Kevin Keegan (Inglaterra)
47.Marcel Desailly (França)
48.Oliver Kahn (Alemanha)
49.Alessandro Costacurta (Itália)
50.Clarence Seedorf (Holanda)
51.Dino Zoff (Itália)
52.Patrick Kluivert (Holanda)
53.Jari Litmanen (Finlândia)
54.Daniel Passarella (Argentina)
55.Bixente Lizarazu (França)
56.Gary Lineker (Inglaterra)
57.Ronaldhino (Brasil)
58.Sylvain Wiltord (França)
59.Bebeto (Brasil)
60.Alessandro Del Piero (Itália)
61.Davor Suker (Croácia)
62.Ryan Giggs (País de Gales)
63.David Trezeguet (França)
64.Demetrio Albertini (Itália)
65.Patrick Vieira (França)
66.Jürgen Kohler (Alemanha)
67.Laurent Blanc (França)
68.Michael Owen (Inglaterra)
69.Youri Djorkaeff (França)
70.Frank de Boer (Holanda)
71.Emilio Butragüeño (Espanha)
72.Hugo Sánchez (México)
73.Rudi Völler (Alemanha)
74.Djalma Santos (Brasil)
75.Giacinto Facchetti (Itália)
76.Kanu (Nigéria)
77.Franco Baresi (Itália)
78.Gianni Rivera (Itália)
79.Roberto Baggio (Itália)
80.Oscar Ruggeri (Argentina)
81.Gheorghe Popescu (Romênia)
82.Jon D. Tomasson (Dinamarca)
83.Raymond Kopa (França)
84.Carlos Valderrama (Colômbia)
85.Rui Costa (Portugal)
86.Gary Neville (Inglaterra)
87.Edgar Davids (Holanda)
88.Taffarel (Brasil)
89.Paul Scholes (Inglaterra)
90.Diego Simeone (Argentina)
91.Bryan Robson (Inglaterra)
92.Roy Keane (Irlanda)
93.Brian Laudrup (Dinamarca)
94.Henrik Larsson (Suécia)
95.Fabien Barthez (França)
96.Michael Ballack (Alemanha)
97.Jan Koller (República Checa)
98.Edwin van der Sar (Holanda)
99.Robert Pires (França)

The list was made basing on punctuation of forwards are awarded through goals scored and defensors who avoid more goals....also they were given more points taking account of the cups obtained throughout their career....such a silly criteria coming from pinhead guys.

Well, a list in which Maradona has obtained the 6th position, Zico 16th, Johan Cruyff 21st and the Hungary's Puskas only 20th???.....pure absurd!!!....

Both Van Basten and Hugo Sanchez worse than Iran's Ali Daiei????.....hahahahahaha....I [beep!] myself laughing!

excuse me?

Van Basten is 12th, Ali Daei is 25th

On a whole i would agree with that list. Maybe there's a couple that i dont agree with, but on a whole is pretty accurate imo.

Sukur, Lizarazu, Litmanen, Hagi, Daei,..... better than Ronaldinho???

Zico was worst than Cafu, Roberto Carlos and Rivaldo?

Such lists are always biased towards modern players. As the "superb" modern players are remembered whereas the "superb" players of the past aren't, and so it becomes a collaboration of the majestic players of the past and the majestic/exceptional/superb players of recent years.

Read about this. No George Best but yet he's on the cover off the book. And no Scott McDonald, WTF?!

No English players at all in there!

Scholes, Owen, Robson, Neville Linaker, Charlton & Beckham are there.

I think we should write a formal complaint on behalf of Celtic and Australian football fans! [/b]

Exceptionally sh*t list, but that's the norm with this kinda thing. They are all so bad.

The thing is, it's impossible (or very difficult, at least) to compare one era's players with another era's players.

Ballack you're kidding me!

Ballack is amazing. Much, much better than Jan Koller.

Who made that list? my gf ?

How is this possible..
Ruud Gullit on number 18 And Dennis Bergkamp on number 31.


Bergkamp is way better then Gullit.

Who make this list???

comedians.

So maybe its meant to make us laugh?

Yea i think so...

ha-ha-ha