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200 retired legends · 19,900 comparisons

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Head-to-head stats, radar charts, trophy breakdowns and verdicts for the greatest retired footballers. Search any two names — every page is pre-rendered and indexable.

200 players 19,900 matchups 1,530 major honours

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Top matchups within each position group, ranked by combined popularity.

Forwards

83 players
vs
Diego Maradona vs Pelé
Forward / Playmaker · Forward
Goals
293·757
Trophies
6·14
vs
Diego Maradona vs Ronaldo Nazário
Forward / Playmaker · Striker
Goals
293·414
Trophies
6·8
vs
Pelé vs Ronaldo Nazário
Forward · Striker
Goals
757·414
Trophies
14·8
vs
Diego Maradona vs Garrincha
Forward / Playmaker · Right Winger
Goals
293·245
Trophies
6·9
vs
Pelé vs Garrincha
Forward · Right Winger
Goals
757·245
Trophies
14·9
vs
Diego Maradona vs Eusébio
Forward / Playmaker · Striker
Goals
293·623
Trophies
6·9
PeléBRADiego MaradonaARGRonaldo NazárioBRAGarrinchaBRAEusébioPORThierry HenryFRAGerd MüllerGERSergio AgüeroARGRomárioBRAGeorge BestNIRKenny DalglishSCOZlatan IbrahimovićSWEEric CantonaFRADavid VillaESPGabriel BatistutaARGMarco van BastenNEDHristo StoichkovBULAlan ShearerENGArjen RobbenNEDIan RushWALGary LinekerENGRobin van PersieNEDFranck RibéryFRARuud GullitNEDAlfredo Di StéfanoARGFerenc PuskásHUNRaúlESPAlessandro Del PieroITAWayne RooneyENGChristian VieriITAFilippo InzaghiITAGeorge WeahLBRJürgen KlinsmannGERDavor ŠukerCROPatrick KluivertNEDFrancesco TottiITASamuel Eto'oCMRMichael OwenENGCarlos TevezARGHugo SánchezMEXPaolo RossiITAKevin KeeganENGBebetoBRAJairzinhoBRAFernando MorientesESPAndriy ShevchenkoUKRFernando TorresESPDidier DrogbaCIVMario KempesARGRoger MillaCMRKarl-Heinz RummeniggeGERGeoff HurstENGLandon DonovanUSAMiroslav KloseGERRuud van NistelrooyNEDGonzalo HiguaínARGDiego ForlánURUNwankwo KanuNGAUwe SeelerGERJust FontaineFRADavid TrezeguetFRAMarc OvermarsNEDCuauhtémoc BlancoMEXIván ZamoranoCHIEnzo FrancescoliURURudi VöllerGERTeddy SheringhamENGRobbie FowlerENGNicolas AnelkaFRARaymond KopaFRACarecaBRATostãoBRAAdrianoBRAHernán CrespoARGMarcelo SalasCHIPeter CrouchENGHakan ŞükürTURZbigniew BoniekPOLClint DempseyUSAAli DaeiIRNNuno GomesPORPauletaPORPredrag MijatovićYUG

Midfielders

71 players
vs
Zinédine Zidane vs Johan Cruyff
Attacking Midfielder · Forward / Playmaker
Goals
156·401
Trophies
7·16
vs
Zinédine Zidane vs Bobby Charlton
Attacking Midfielder · Attacking Midfielder
Goals
156·249
Trophies
7·9
vs
Zinédine Zidane vs Luka Modrić
Attacking Midfielder · Attacking Midfielder
Goals
156·90
Trophies
7·9
vs
Zinédine Zidane vs Ronaldinho
Attacking Midfielder · Attacking Midfielder / Winger
Goals
156·282
Trophies
7·8
vs
Zinédine Zidane vs Roberto Baggio
Attacking Midfielder · Attacking Midfielder
Goals
156·318
Trophies
7·9
vs
Zinédine Zidane vs Zico
Attacking Midfielder · Attacking Midfielder
Goals
156·525
Trophies
7·9
Zinédine ZidaneFRAJohan CruyffNEDRonaldinhoBRABobby CharltonENGLuka ModrićCRORoberto BaggioITAZicoBRADavid BeckhamENGToni KroosGERXaviESPAndrés IniestaESPLothar MatthäusGERLuis SuárezESPClarence SeedorfNEDMichael LaudrupDENClaude MakéléléFRAGheorghe HagiROUMichel PlatiniFRALuís FigoPORKakáBRASteven GerrardENGFrank RijkaardNEDDavid SilvaESPJuan Román RiquelmeARGFrank LampardENGRyan GiggsWALMichael BallackGERSócratesBRARivelinoBRAWesley SneijderNEDFalcãoBRADennis BergkampNEDAndrea PirloITADungaBRALuis EnriqueESPMesut ÖzilGERJay-Jay OkochaNGAPaul GascoigneENGRivaldoBRAPaul ScholesENGPatrick VieiraFRAPep GuardiolaESPJavier MascheranoARGCarlos ValderramaCOLMichael EssienGHABastian SchweinsteigerGERFernando RedondoARGAbedi PeléGHAGianni RiveraITAGennaro GattusoITADaniele De RossiITABryan RobsonENGRobert PirèsFRARui CostaPORDecoPORIvan RakitićCROHidetoshi NakataJPNPark Ji-sungKOREsteban CambiassoARGMarco TardelliITAMichael CarrickENGEmmanuel PetitFRAYouri DjorkaeffFRAEdgar DavidsNEDDejan SavićevićYUGZvonimir BobanCROPavel NedvědCZETeófilo CubillasPERPaul InceENGRafael van der VaartNEDRobert ProsinečkiCRO

Defenders

33 players
vs
Franz Beckenbauer vs Roberto Carlos
Sweeper / Centre-Back · Left-Back
Goals
81·113
Trophies
16·9
vs
Franz Beckenbauer vs Cafu
Sweeper / Centre-Back · Right-Back
Goals
81·53
Trophies
16·9
vs
Franz Beckenbauer vs Paolo Maldini
Sweeper / Centre-Back · Centre-Back / Left-Back
Goals
81·40
Trophies
16·19
vs
Franz Beckenbauer vs Bobby Moore
Sweeper / Centre-Back · Centre-Back
Goals
81·27
Trophies
16·3
vs
Franz Beckenbauer vs Javier Zanetti
Sweeper / Centre-Back · Right-Back
Goals
81·28
Trophies
16·9
vs
Roberto Carlos vs Cafu
Left-Back · Right-Back
Goals
113·53
Trophies
9·9
Franz BeckenbauerGERRoberto CarlosBRACafuBRAPaolo MaldiniITAJavier ZanettiARGBobby MooreENGJohn TerryENGNemanja VidićSRBCarles PuyolESPFrank de BoerNEDPhilipp LahmGERDaniel PassarellaARGFranco BaresiITAFabio CannavaroITARio FerdinandENGLilian ThuramFRAAlessandro NestaITARafael MárquezMEXMatthias SammerGERAshley ColeENGMarcel DesaillyFRANilton SantosBRAGary NevilleENGSol CampbellENGJamie CarragherENGGiovanni van BronckhorstNEDDjalma SantosBRADavid LuizBRAPer MertesackerGERGiuseppe BergomiITALaurent BlancFRABixente LizarazuFRAElías FigueroaCHI

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