Best Player from Every Decade In Football History

Football has been around for longer than you think. The first set of official rules were drawn up all the way back in 1863!
Sadly, we don’t have much footage from those days, so here is the best footballer from every decade in the last 100 years.
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Best Player from Every Decade in Football History

[@shivamgoyal1207]

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

[@aumkar827]

Than what about *K. RUMMENIGGE* ? He too was the best.... Both of them were like *LIVING BEASTS*

[@truth6074]

@@aumkar827 Lol van Basten was way better

[@aumkar827]

@@truth6074 I never compared both of them....😒

[@ariel2007g]

What about Andrew Watson 1876???

[@yespapaman4444]

Retired at 28? Thats a bit early

[@davidsmith1139]

Another channel that knew football existed before 1992 and actually respects the achievements by players.

[@Jam-iv6xz]

You mean every channel?

[@willsmith5172]

Wdym they aren’t the only football channel that talk about football before 1992 there’s other channels like oh my goal

[@raymondthomas1574]

Soccer not football

[@tg-sus7897]

@@raymondthomas1574 you are not a football fan

[@trudixiaq]

Why 1992

[@Leonmadrileno]

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

[@itspatblox6065]

2020: Neymar & Lewandoski

[@centralbiz5974]

1980´s: Maradona, Platini, and ZICO (Brazil) .... there were simply no distinction in skills among them... journalists back then used to say this.

[@bryceking7871]

@@centralbiz5974 zico so underrated and also matthaus and sanchez were insane too

[@fifamobile__cr7]

@@itspatblox6065 😂

[@Batman1998-]

Zidane was 90s

[@Footie4ever]

Hard to imagine Ronaldo Fenomenon is younger than Zidane by 5 years, but he dominated the 90's while Zidane dominated the 2000's

[@ibikunle07]

Injury bro, o fenomeno could have reigned longer. Best talent of all time

[@kt_al3ngri]

@@ibikunle07 cough. Cough Messi

[@Vaderist.]

@@kt_al3ngri no just no ever heard of Ronaldo Ronaldhino pele the og ronalfo zidane so many more

[@MikeDchy25]

@@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.

[@michaeltrumph121]

@@kt_al3ngri R9 was way more talented than Messi, who can't even do an elastico

[@its_fu3go]

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!

[@joshjohnes4868]

I will cry , tears of joy

[@legendovbago4716]

@The Famous Man United ur the kid,,u missed Cryff and Pele

[@legendovbago4716]

@@Miguel-yx9zg are the best on your screen

[@octomystic1016]

@@Miguel-yx9zg tbf you cant really say this if you’ve never seen them play

[@octomystic1016]

@@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

[@gabrielsantos7050]

Thank you for putting Messi and Ronaldo for best of the 2010s. Respect for you

[@thorstengaming5255]

Yeah

[@ondrejholecek7008]

Yes

[@seyamrahman1002]

Eh they both garbage compared to Jesse Lingard, Lord Karius and Eric Maxim-ChoupoGOATing

[@m4lmg-playmaker154]

@@seyamrahman1002 what about God Zlatan, Andreas Periera, G.O.A.Tstafi

[@suryaks8988]

That is the best part of the vid

[@toniramos3320]

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.

[@habsallways]

In the 50's there was nobody even close to puskas except Kocsis.

[@Mbappe878]

50's should be Puskas tbh, he was phenomenal

[@RenatoBozFilho]

Miss the 90's when football was pure passion! For me ... 95 to 2005 .. best era ever!!! =) And Brazil dominated it all!

[@americanpatriot3759]

Maybe because you are Brazilian

[@resumesfootfr2036]

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

[@r.nageswaranengineer47]

Bro me too

[@mahagurudevinmyheartinmyso829]

Old fart ...every old fart calls their era the most passionate......listen up you asshole!! Every era is unique and respect that ....

[@MrThedonhead]

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

[@hellowalkman4506]

Leonidas da Silva shouldn't be forgotten. He was one of the best players in the 1930s.

[@fahimalfaisal7781]

Brazil’s first big superstar before Pelé

[@w.8424]

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

[@OffMuller]

Yashin not being in there just shows the sheer level players had over the years

[@davidelvisdiambitche4083]

Gerd Muller ???

[@justinsm]

@@davidelvisdiambitche4083 1970s? Cruyff decade for sure.

[@sonnyblack9618]

Meazza was by far the best in the 1930s lol

[@adrianvarela8890]

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.

[@bigpig9721]

The best players aren’t only the ones who scores goals you know

[@ambitions3245]

yes best one is messi of all time

[@yaminbhuiyan8854]

@@ambitions3245 messi has 735 goals

[@ambitions3245]

@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.

[@davidjensen5517]

it sounds like something a defender is saying

[@markjordan15]

I’m surprised David Beckham wasn’t even a honourable mention

[@kanzin5259]

Thank you for mentioning Cruyff, everyone forgets about him

[@lakshmimurthy9596]

Also Paolo Rossi. As good as Platini.

[@thanzilnihmath8554]

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

[@vecchioutente]

@Pedro Guedes yeah I mean this is the first time I've heard about him

[@ruaraidhmorrison5879]

@@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

[@rgsvft474]

True

[@thesportsking4620]

No honorable mention for Eusebio for the 60s?? The disrespect😤😤

[@mothusimashigo5244]

Ronaldinho won 2 FIFA Best player awards and ballondor, 2 Uefa CLs and Thee World cup, but apparently Zidane was better 😂😂😂 what a joke

[@Piraba10]

@@mothusimashigo5244 Nah Zidane is better than ronaldhino imo

[@mothusimashigo5244]

@@Piraba10 in the 2000s? How? Prove it

[@barca9093]

@@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.

[@thesportsking4620]

@Alaa Abuseif I think the answer is both, just to to make sure he has facts right🤓🤓

[@Eisenhower1956]

Great video, thank you!

[@bcbitchkkv]

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.

[@student76543]

Except, they were unbeaten for four years minus one game ... which happened to be the world cup finals.

[@wagoomagoo7]

Puskas is defo not better then de stefano tho

[@NoahBodze]

@@wagoomagoo7 Yes he was.

[@romanzincenko411]

I'd pick Puskas for the 50s

[@mikekrautkraemer3915]

Any day. One of the best tot ever play the game.

[@JD-hx7yd]

Di stefano is up there with Maradona and Ronaldo, Puskas isn't.

[@abhishekdas8313]

@@JD-hx7yd he literally has best goal award named after him

[@JD-hx7yd]

@@abhishekdas8313 Wow. That means nothing.

[@commenter489]

@@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

[@mrragaman7270]

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..

[@naedot.9779]

Agreed

[@mohamedabdelkader8665]

Wow we love your Channel thank you for this joy.

[@evertonfrancis640]

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!

[@Akash-nm5fi]

80's belonged to Maradona but Van Basten deserves a mention

[@user-eg3rz1yx2s]

platini ?

[@bmautomotive3337]

So does george best

[@thekububeach]

@@bmautomotive3337 Best rarely played in 1980s

[@ehwassupdoc7901]

Gullit deserves a mention

[@lagunacabarete]

80ies were great: Maradona, Zico, Socrates, Falcao, Platini, Tigana, Schuster, Matthäus, Gullit, van Basten ...

[@ehanhasan1193]

Bro these classic, forgotten players deserve so much more praise- love this video

[@Zephyrthe1nonly]

This guy deserves more subscribers because of his amazing explaining skills and his amazing editing skillz! Cool dude keep it up!!!

[@lukaslambs5780]

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.

[@crospim]

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.

[@naedot.9779]

Jose Andrade has to be it for the 1920s for me

[@AllendeEtAl]

You forgot José Manuel Moreno in the 40s who is for me the best of them!

[@bullittselysium9177]

1930's Matthias Sindelar can be too - first well-known false 9 and teammate co-striker with Bican in Austrian National Team

[@TotallyNotPaperCup]

I had no idea Dean played in the 1920's!

[@vecchioutente]

@Max McGee ok

[@ehwassupdoc7901]

@@vecchioutente ok

[@theboltonking4204]

@Max McGee ok

[@khurshidy7541]

Ok

[@mazinkhan6517]

@@khurshidy7541 ok

[@sohamm]

Great Video! here's a suggestion Must've added Garrincha in the 60s .. he single handedly carried Brazil to WorldCup glory in 1962

[@TonyLeva]

This has to be the first time I agree with all the entries in a KZbin top 10! Very well done.

[@benaissa9684]

Romario deserves a mention, in the 90s. He was one of the Best of all time.

[@stanbeyani5089]

Roberto Baggio too..

[@AffectedArea]

@@stanbeyani5089 R Baggio > Zidane

[@benaissa9684]

@@AffectedArea 😆😆 Seriously!!

[@AffectedArea]

@@benaissa9684 Yes.

[@dsanchez9703]

Baggio should be best in 90s

[@inam_78]

This channel is so underrated It deserves more subscribers

[@beastyjack2098]

Agreed

[@sebastianvoisard]

@@beastyjack2098 I agree too

[@football_edits5444]

🖕🖕🖕

[@stinkycheesestickscrispapa9776]

@@football_edits5444 😏

[@stinkycheesestickscrispapa9776]

@@football_edits5444 😘😘😘😘🤥😱😶‍🌫️

[@tonyg3091]

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.

[@maciejruszczyk8151]

Finally someone who realised football existed before pele

[@aaravshah1746]

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)

[@gkulshankar4374]

the fans will kill him😂

[@randommemesv.2987]

@@gkulshankar4374 no cap

[@DanielGodlive]

Of course why will you pick. They both arguably two of the greatest to ever play the game. Why wast time picking?

[@itssamaraa]

Ronaldo cough cough

[@snappyego908]

@@itssamaraa messi 6 ballon d'or cough cough

[@ondrejholecek7008]

Thank you for putting Josef 'Pepi' Bican there

[@sarasonsalas3472]

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.

[@yousifmohammed4841]

This is the most making sense video that is discussing who is the best in each era .. 100% agree

[@gastonabt4203]

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.

[@rswn3409]

Pretty equal? I don't think so.

[@nickdrost7401]

Cr7 was pretty limited man

[@dharishimmanuel8059]

I dont think so messi is of another level he defided the way the game should proceed

[@Bg93017]

@@nickdrost7401 not at all wdym he just plays different then messi

[@Bg93017]

@@rswn3409 they r equal just play different they play so differently you can't really compare

[@bismarkyeboah70]

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

[@bismarkyeboah70]

@@djknox2 you are spot on!

[@robertruggiero9999]

The difference is genius v work ethic

[@Zeke_O3773]

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.

[@justinsm]

@@Zeke_O3773 Argentina and Portugal only met in friendlies. This is like like Real Madrid and Barca never face each other in UCL final

[@R10.AE_]

8:24 but now Messi did this He won the fifa world cup 🏆🏆

[@FireFlameYT]

*Argentina won the World Cup*

[@ronniedweetno891]

👏👏👏👏👏👏 official subscribed

[@Hellodinho]

8:41 Allison Becker casually smiling behind them

[@justrelaxandsleep1708]

perfectly defined the football history in just 8 minutes .

[@leemiyako2992]

@Alaa Abuseif someone’s mad 💀

[@marc1755]

@Alaa Abuseif ahhhhwww did your favo player not get get a mansion little boi?

[@danieladebisi4892]

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

[@marc1755]

@@danieladebisi4892 you ma brotha, Dinho the goat frfr

[@slendygamerpro]

The best of the 40's was José Manuel Moreno. The best player on "La Máquina" of River Plate.

[@zuhayrcubing8740]

Messi now has Copa America, Finalissima and ofc the WORLD CUP 2022 for Argentina .

[@matrixyoda]

George Best, Roberto Baggio should get a mention

[@lagunacabarete]

... and Romario.

[@MrCyberSlacker]

Best yes, Baggio no!

[@MrCyberSlacker]

@@lagunacabarete If diving is a measurement in greatness then sure, why not!

[@EVOZORE]

@@MrCyberSlacker Baggio did score 9 goals for Italy in World Cups, he was the No 10 in early 90s by far

[@ritterforce3570]

I think that in the 20"s it'll be Mmabpe and Haland who will be the two best this decade

[@dummybirb3148]

yeah

[@NoahDB5]

Need a mention for Maldini surely

[@TimberTiMbErlAkE]

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.)

[@johngurlides9157]

Pele above Ronaldo Nazario, Maradona above Zidane and Yashin above Casillas with no questions asked.

[@TimberTiMbErlAkE]

@@johngurlides9157 We, at least, agreed on Cruyff, Beckenbauer and De stefano (50% of the list), not bad my friend :D

[@temetnosche]

2020's?...definitely CV19...Covid19...that dude changed mankind forever..

[@nileshmandal1838]

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).

[@tipsy3]

Zidane won 1 Ballon d’Or but 3 FIFA World Player of the year. Speak all the facts

[@ChristianBaleBatman]

I really like the ranking. I think it is pretty accurate. The only thing I would disagree is that Cruyff is the player of the 1970s. Of course, he was legendary. His impact on the game is huge. But his legacy for modernising the game did also come from his achievements in coaching. He was a superb coach. If we are talking about players, I would go with Franz Beckenbauer. He is the only defender in history to win the Ballon D`or twice. Therefore he is widely regarded as the greatest defensive player of all time. Nevertheless you did a good job with the list.

[@mamoudoucamara8310]

Cruyff is the man behind modern fotball.

[@Brotatoe_2008]

Who's here after Pele died🥺😭

[@angelakellett2635]

Me

[@Gaming_with_the_boy123]

Me

[@helenhechenliu1218]

Me

[@jeffreyperez9271]

Me

[@Nbafan129]

Me

[@gcpopadompaperdata50]

If it said 1910’s I would say billy meredith

[@variousgames157]

O fenomeno..... greatest of all :')

[@jiren6637]

greastest striker of all time, I never get tried of watching him

[@stanbeyani5089]

I watched him in real time, France 98. Boy the way he moved with the ball, eissshhh he was breathing fire..

[@jiren6637]

@@stanbeyani5089 i wish i was alive at that time, ur so luckyyyy!!!

[@ElMakz]

Best player ever, skill wise, dribbling, speed, intelligence. No none comes close.

[@emmanueluwaifo3045]

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.

[@RezaMohseni]

There's one thing that differentiates Ronaldinho to anyone else on football,, namely his introduction of 3D football, he added a dimention to football no one else has done in as magnificent style as Ronaldinho, by lifting the ball. ZiZo was great, but no Ronaldinho!! Great video non the less, and good save on not splitting Messi and CR7 :D

[@nhhh1088]

First Maradona now pelé may you both rest in peace

[@mohammedal-ogaili548]

You forgot to mention Roberto Bajjio and Romario in the 90s (88-98) the prime of these 2.

[@bostonceltics3055]

Exactly that. And Van Basten in the 80s and Eusebio in the 60s

[@averagemfdoomenjoyer4961]

Wow didn't expect the ending

[@elbestia]

not only Van Basten (which is a shame) but you forgot Italy in general....Gigi Riva in the 60s, Roberto Baggio comes into mind for the 90s... Alex Del Piero and Buffon in the 2000s

[@sanjiv.2172]

Tbh 2010s actually belong to both the players..This channel did a great job by putting both the players..

[@ruaraidhmorrison5879]

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

[@khosta6690]

Stfu assists arent making anyone better than anyone. Ronaldo dont need assists to be decisive. He is a beast. Both of them are GOATs

[@controllered8909]

Looking at this today I am so happy both have a international trophy

[@blackmore4]

I don't know about players before the 1960s but, from the 60s and after, it'd be tough arguing against the choices here.

[@Qasim_Raza725]

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.

[@brianfitzpatrick9949]

Messi belongs there alone

[@whysoloopy]

Yeah nowadays it’s not really a competition

[@samitghosh686]

2 of the best ever are missing.. Eusebio and Van basten. Never the less a great video.. The legacy and the bar set by LM10 and CR7 is so high that even an upcoming sensation like Mbape or Halland seems dwarf in front of them.. May be we will see an unknown product from Latin America during this decade..

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Only 1 a decade

[@williamolivie2177]

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

[@honda0789]

Nice one. I was thinking of how you will deal with Ronaldo and Messi 😹😹

[@souparnadas1284]

It'll be 11 ballon d'ors between Messi and CR7 for your kind information.

[@supernova2351]

Yeh but only 9 in the 2010s

[@25sumedhkadam58]

9 ballon d ors from 2010 to 2020

[@Bg93017]

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.

[@Oscar-pe5ve]

good video. You forgot Phil Jones :D

[@kris-qi7xj]

And his partnership with Maguire 🔥🔥

[@chaseradcliffe4251]

So funny 😞

[@kalibatamantab8092]

Lingardinho too, and chris smalldini

[@user-lr4oy1jf3l]

0:16 - 0:56 Dixie Dean 0:58 - 1:45 Josef Bican 1:48 - 2:31 Stanley Matthews

[@SCOMPLETE7]

Nice

[@galaninio]

RONALDO FENOMENO THE BRAZILIAN!!! WHAT A PLAYER!!! THANK YOU GOD!!!

[@simas2626]

Valentino Mazzola for the 40’s and that’s fax

[@anemosadamastos9467]

Imagine the times before even Pelé how different they were with all these names i heard for first time I respect them for the unlimited stories they have to tell

[@stevenmichienzi9833]

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

[@ar.arnabsinha1037]

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

[@Standard____]

Dixie Dean is so forgotten today, yet he was so good, and all this is coming from a Liverpool fan

[@annemariehuntington6890]

probably

[@patrickhauser588]

Still wasn't the best footballer of the 1920s. Andrade was absolutely dominant during that era

[@noelleni22]

1960 - Pele and Puskas 1970 - Cruff and Beckenbauer 1980 - Maradona and Platini 1990 - Ronaldo and Zidane 2000 - Ronaldinho and Henry 2010 - Messi and Cristiano

[@davidereverberi5279]

Sivori, Eusebio, Van Basten and Roberto Baggio need mention and even Ibrahimovic for the 2010s

[@ephraimnketiahanongmah7987]

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... ❤️

[@brianfitzpatrick9949]

They can be split Messi is far better

[@FireFlameYT]

⁠@@brianfitzpatrick9949They can’t be split doesn’t matter if Messi won the World Cup.

[@sebastianradu2693]

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.

[@michaeltrumph121]

Ronaldinho was better than Zidane.

[@jaisontm5804]

@@michaeltrumph121 only in your dreams

[@michaeltrumph121]

@@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.

[@damasek219]

2020 now comes time for Akinfenwa. He has been in the shadow of Messi and Ronaldo all the time. Now he can shine.

[@mikoajdariuszmackowiak2141]

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.

[@carlo9524]

If FIFA crowned Pele as Player of the Century then his legacy can't be questioned.

[@fernandoencisoestrada1013]

Feel like a Uruguay should’ve been the best player of the 20’s they were the best team of that era.

[@lagunacabarete]

... or Brazil: Arthur Friedenreich. Pelé always mentioned him as the greatest player.

[@richardthompson3346]

Won world title in 24, 28 & 30 not even a mention of their players.

[@naedot.9779]

José Andrade

[@shouvaniksamaddar-6154]

In 90s era we have to mention romario.He won world cup In 1994, score loads of goals in club and international level

[@maxdestroycity]

messi watched the video: ok after a year: copa america , world cup

[@anthonygordonszns2929]

Why doesn’t Dixie Dean have an icon

[@FlareooGD]

Cuz we dont have footage of him so we dont know his pace ect

[@m2s745]

Fifa is shit anyway…Since fifa 18.

[@Tuberkulinum]

Dixie Dean surely was great but there's hardly a way any player of the Twenties could surpass Arthur Friedenreich who revolutionized the game.

[@d.g.990]

The 50s choice was wrong too. Ferenc Puskás.

[@Tuberkulinum]

@@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.

[@d.g.990]

@@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.

[@thefutbolfollower8326]

I'd pick 2 from each decade (plus the 19th century combined) and those would be the "football royalty". XIX Century: John Goodall and G.O. Smith. 1910s: Steve Bloomer and Vivian Woodward. 1920s: Hector Scarone and Jose Leandro Andrade. 1930s: Giuseppe Meazza and Matthias Sindelar. 1940s: Stanley Matthews and Jose Manuel Moreno. 1950s: Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas. 1960s: Pele, Lev Yashin, Eusebio, George Best and Garrincha (one of 2 where i make an exception to the rules). 1970s: Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff. 1980s: Diego Maradona, Zico, and Michel Platini. 1990s: Ronaldo and Romario. 2000s: Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldinho. 2010s: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

[@frederikibrahim887]

You should do the top 3 best players of the decade

[@bushgreen260]

*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.*

[@suryaprataptyagi4535]

Josef bica played 530 game score and socred 805 goals with 1.52 ratio

[@carkaygames6842]

I don’t understand how they can have 0.5 goals

[@jetscheme2125]

@@carkaygames6842 are you stupid?

[@Piraba10]

@@carkaygames6842 one goal every two games bruh

[@MotivationalVideos_Quotes]

he played in farmers league like pele lmao

[@darauw2120]

@@MotivationalVideos_Quotes hopefully this is a joke if you think that today's leagues are the same as back then

[@mansoorsaleh5731]

Legend never die Maradona 💪🇦🇷❤️🇦🇪

[@gerardomalazdrewicz7514]

WC Italy 1990. Semifinall Italy-Argentina, in Napoli. Italy were not the home team. (If Argentina had won their group, would had stayed in Napoli until quarterfinals, then go elsewhere for semifinal. But didn't, went elsewhere for eight/quarterfinal, came back to Napoi for semifinal). Only one person could do that.

[@jesperbachpedersen5540]

Ronaldinho is still my favorite

[@kauanxavier9819]

My Too. But he is not the GOAT

[@michaelpower4372]

@@kauanxavier9819 Don RAVIE team r my favourites allways.

[@SinghViraj]

Ronaldinho is clearly the player of the decade for 2000s

[@GLOBE_TALKS]

Nope

[@ATKTLPRI1]

According to me 1950s: Di stefano 1960s: Pele 1970s: Cryuff 1980s: Maradona 1990s: Nazario 2000s: Ronaldinho 2010s: Messi

[@johngurlides9157]

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.

[@michaeltrumph121]

They were both old when Eusebio appeared.

[@damasek219]

True

[@juliomontori9942]

Pele el mejor que existio el mas grande el superdotado. El inmenso. El rey eterno el dios del futbol. El maestro por antonomasia. Unico. Maravilloso. Pele siempre Pele. 🇧🇷

[@juliomontori9942]

Pele el mago. Y no existitira. Otro. Igaual.

[@beniciogaudio9484]

no

[@FireFlameYT]

@@beniciogaudio9484He is lol