TOP 5 PREMIER LEAGUE ARTISTS RANKED!

‪@RoryJenningsFootball‬, ‪@TurkishLDN‬, ‪@AdamMcKola‬ and Steven McInerney ‪@EsteemedKompany‬ rank the Top 5 Premier League artists of all time on the latest episode of The Playlist.
01:21 Top 5s revealed
02:38 Is David Silva Man City's greatest player?
05:35 Do stats do Gianfranco Zola justice?
06:58 Did Bergkamp mean his goal against Newcastle?
07:58 Honourable mentions
10:30 Is Cantona clear on this list?
11:30 Are modern players artists?
13:30 Top 5s confirmed
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[@ThePlaylistFootball]

Who's the No. 1 artist in Premier League history? Tell us in the comments!

[@Sibstajimjam1719]

Based on pure sexiness and flair, Özil is first.

[@kaushalyadav8605]

Cantona with Bergkamp close second. Honourable mention : Jay Jay Okocha

[@gabremichaels6853]

@@kaushalyadav8605 thank you

[@tris87don16]

Bergkamp 🔴⚪️

[@martyfakenewsman101]

bergkamp all day

[@why_so_sirius]

People are forgetting how good Ozil was, literally was the best no.10 in the world at his peak. His career haul pales in comparison to the rest except for Zola but there's a reason Madrid bought him at such a young age. He was the closest thing to Zidane in terms of elegance & artistry, the last pure playmaker. He was just unfortunate that his peak started to coincide with the recent changes in football ie systems, pressing, athletism heavy focused etc. 1. Bergkamp / Cantona 3. Ozil 4. Silva 5. Zola

[@boss2868]

THANK YOU! I thought i was going crazy. I even argue with mates about this constantly

[@binayaknag6154]

If you talk about pure art, ozil is on another level. His skill with hitting the ball on the ground to chip it over the goalkeeper was mad.

[@zombieruler9724]

In the prem he was very underwhelming

[@rudymurillo4844]

that shot is almost a myth. No one even tries it and Ozil made it look easy.

[@why_so_sirius]

@@zombieruler9724 not the point of the debate

[@carrot2556]

The bounce shot is fairly irrelevent but the artistry of ozil is above david silva atleast for me. The ridiculous flicked passes and attacks where ozil is waltzing through a team playing 1-2s. His assist vs leicester one of the best goals i've seen and I think there was a similar one against crystal palace Scholes an underrated shout as well

[@Hammez-vq1uz]

Ozil so overrated that it's unbelievable

[@osmanaidarus767]

Bergkamp’s the most artistic and majestic player in PL history.

[@musdiop3624]

Bergkamp all day long. On pure technical ability its not even that close. Rory overlooked Bergkamp won goal of the month 1st/2nd/3rd for 1st time ever on Motd. Henry rates him the best player he's ever played with, & he was @ barca with Messi...Best technical player iv ever seen in the premier league, tho he was as consistent on international level too. Absolute incredible player

[@WengerBall23]

Ozil was underrated but understandably as his career at Arsenal was also underwhelming due to to the squad, but pure technique wise Ozil is top 3 in my opinion

[@shashankjha8851]

Unpopular opinion: Cazorla gets lost in the wake of Ozil conversations, but he did more for Arsenal in the crunch moments and, more importantly, against Big 6 opponents at away grounds. He did the dirty work, the pressing, playing deep. And whenever he had the chance, he showed silky smooth magic with both feet. Santi Cazorla is the definition of underrated because he's underrated by Arsenal fans themselves.

[@Maj1794]

Everyone seems to have forgotten just how good prime ozil actually was.

[@EsteemedKompany]

Tried my best to defend David Silva here but I just can't deny Bergkamp and Cantona have that immensely pleasing aesthetic. Incredible footballers 🔥

[@Ccirgrg]

Everyone made fair points. David Silva made enough art to create a museum around it but the centrepiece belongs to Bergkamp

[@mayukhbasu1742]

DB10 is the best out of these players technically, Cantona technically prolly not even top 2 but he did have the aura, and a great strike on him...Prime Ozil had probably the best final ball out of the lot while Zola had probably the best dribbling...but I feel like bergkamp was just a more artistic mix of all these things

[@priyesh0071]

I feel Turkish doesn't add much adjectives or rather justify how good was Dennis Bergkamp especially him being a Gooner. He is miles ahead in that list, and is not even being discussed properly with his iconic moments like how they are speaking of Cantona, Zola etc. Turkish needs to big up man. Had it been Don Robbie, he would have articulated it with perfection about DB10. ❤

[@walshy3430]

Typical arsenal fan bias the whole point is to forget your bias and make and objective decision

[@Sibstajimjam1719]

Turkish forced players like Özil out the club, so what would he know about artistry and sexiness?

[@ryanairtm6717]

Glad to see Ozil considered for this

[@kaushalyadav8605]

How could they forget about OKOCHA? Pure Artist.

[@sgh9114]

Thank you, was about to post it. I grew up on la liga primarily, but I still remember JJ at Bolton, such a baller man

[@Cslicksmusic91]

Same here was thinking also

[@waymond1502]

Agreement, but Matt Le Tissier is number one. I'm a united fan but look at videos of him on KZbin a true artist in football if ever there was one

[@rudymurillo4844]

Artistically, Bergkamp Ozil Cantona Zola Silva Im not taking their medals or success. Ozil may be the best but Bergkamp stood out in an era of players jumping into the stands and kicking fans. Van Persie and Henry could make the list for sure.

[@AdamMcKola]

The King 👑

[@fordy423]

There was a moment Thomas Rosicky was called Little Mozart. He was an artist

[@AziDNanA]

What Cantona have and others might not is, when it matters, he there. Whole stadium knows, the opponent knows, his squad knows, the ref knows, the commentators knows, the media knows, that he will do something to win a game. Might be a simple pass, a penalty, a crazy skill, a sudden outrageous pass, but it will always end with his team winning. That makes him top of the list for me.

[@galariajaved]

Ozil was on another level of artistry

[@OniLink97]

What impressed about Zola was that he joined Chelsea at 30 and almost transformed that team

[@RandomVideosFirst]

Cantona had the most positively profound effect on United and their history . Winning Uniteds first league title in decades and the very first prem title and went on to help them win subsequent more titles and doubles in the 90. Scored crucial goals for them and set until on a run. Cantona affect on united was for more superior than Bergkamps at Arsenal .

[@scarredanima1232]

That wasn't the question though

[@JK-hq1nj]

I’m glad Adam Mikola said Berba because you can’t have artistry list without at least mentioning berba

[@as5850]

Modern day game skillful artistic player, Bobby Firmino has to be mentioned. He had artistry and elegance in his play, what a joy to watch.

[@cgopie1]

In terms of artistry, surely Coutinho deserves a mention over Firmino...?

[@cgopie1]

For modern day mentions, Coutinho has to be mentioned at least. Was an absolute joy to watch when he was at Liverpool. In terms of other players who deserve a slight mention who wasn't mentioned in the video, Jay Jay Okocha, Juninho, Benayoun, Arshavin, Hleb, Nasri, Berbatov, Maddison, Mkhitaryan, Mata, and so on. Probs missed a load myself too.

[@AngloCelticChristian]

Lool rory having zola above Bergkamp and Silva is just mind boggling

[@nicolausbagaskara3549]

shout out to Jay Jay Okocha. Too bad he was not noticed because he was playing for Bolton and not a top 6 team. He was flawless, effortless and so elegant

[@CoachNiklas]

I just wished that the EPL had experienced Zlatan at his peak, in his Inter days; 6”5 but with brazilian skills. His artistery and creativity was simply incredible but he actually changed his playing style to be more of a pure goalscorer …

[@LnnrtHo]

Bergkamp and Cantona are top, but Modric at Spurs deserves a mentioning, every touch he made was silk

[@daze77gaming]

i think Ozil was better than Silva as a creator

[@City_Reuploaded]

And KDB eats Ozil for breakfast in that same category.

[@oliver_burch11]

@@City_Reuploadedman city fans always have to find a way to make it ahout there players don’t they 😭

[@City_Reuploaded]

@@oliver_burch11 and it is funny how every other player is better than a City player, when they can't even boast of the same success and consistency. 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@City_Reuploaded]

@@kingdarwin8953 KDB is so so far ahead of Ozil that you don't even want to start a comparison here. Do you? 🤣

[@City_Reuploaded]

@@kingdarwin8953 KDB as a no 8, has been more efficient on chance creation and goal scoring than Ozil has ever been in #10 position. Only Messi has created more chances or assisted more goals per match than De Bruyne in the 21st Century.

[@r.i.psteez929]

Absolutely loving these vids, I think an underrated players for every position would be cool. Not position for position but just basic like underrated midfielders, defenders, and attackers. I just wanna see Moussa Dembele shown some love cause when you talk about GLIDING on a football pitch, HE WAS THAT.

[@Sibstajimjam1719]

How is Özil last? This is about sexiness and flair. Özil Is first.

[@garymaidman625]

Bergkamp was more than just an artist, he was purely majestic. I loved Zola, as a Liverpool fan I hated Cantona, but that's because he was ridiculously good. Mesut Ozil was a different type of player, but still ridiculously good. But Bergkamp. Wow. I'm surprised Matt Le Tissier isn't part of the five. Glad he is an honorable mention. The only player who is close in pure majesty to Bergkamp is Luc Nilis. His Premier League career was unfortunately cut short, but his career at PSV. R9 says Nilis is the best player he has ever played with.

[@Vince-ct5zr]

No Roberto Firmino! Shocking! Won everything and was key in one of the best front three's. Great goals, assists and a pure joy to watch.

[@kabirulenana8483]

Bergkamp in 97 September, had goal of the month.. 1,2,3..man was competing with himself.

[@caps8723]

What about Jay Jay Okocha he was flicking the ball over players heads in the tightest of spaces

[@ThisGuy4]

I was waiting to see if they would mention Matt Le tissier! What a player!!

[@bluecarefreeforever]

Defo. in top ten for sure 👍🏼 I’m amazed Ronaldo is not in the top 5! There were 3 years particularly at Man U as PL titles and he was unplayable and as a Chelsea fan!

[@Me-gs3uu]

1. Bergkamp 2. Cantona 3. Silva 4. Zola 5. Le Tissier

[@jamrockgunners]

The magician of all magicians to ever grace the Premier League is "The Iceman" himself...Dennis Bergkamp.

[@minatodroger7890]

Zola and cantona were something else in the 90s. I shame he retired before that 98 world cup would have loved to see him in that france team. Dennis was really just majestic.

[@RoryJenningsFootball]

Love a nostalgic angle, what an era for the PL this was...

[@boubahdiallo2903]

You can add Santi Carzola there.

[@MiteyMighty]

How is JJ Okocha not here?

[@ahmednooor]

Ozil is being misjudged here. Arsenal were struggling while he was there but on pure artistry and skill he was up there with the best.

[@jamiehowarth534]

Bergkamp scored the same goal against Leicester

[@stevenosullivan187]

Thiago deserves a shout out

[@Truthwillbetold]

Ozil goal against Ludogrets is the most composed, smooth, effortless goal you will ever see, under so much pressure for Arsenal to win...UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!Now that's quality.

[@clayedwards7191]

I remember watching west ham games just to see Dimitri Payet that one season

[@aaronjones432]

Great ep! Loved this!

[@gooner_duke2756]

All great players lets be honest, but I of course love Bergkamp. His first touch, no one has that today and could thread the ball through a needle. He told Ian Wright, "trust me, make the runs and I will find you". Quoting Ian Wright himself.

[@ujjayantbhattacharyya6372]

A true and unbiased ranking: Özil Cantona Bergkamp Zola Silva ÖZIL WAS FREAKIN BEAUTIFUL WITH THE BALL!

[@Vharl]

Ozil clears all. It's not even a debate

[@hirhirr]

What an episode love this type of topics

[@entangleddiscussions6893]

DB10 followed by Zola, Silva, Cantona, Ozil (Silva and Cantona either way around) ..... Honourable mentions to Jay Jay Okocha, Andrei Kanchelskis and Anders Limpar.

[@ossnips9329]

As a Arsenal fan, the disrespect to Mesut Ozil

[@mrfeather2732]

as a pure number 10 artist. Ozil is the best of all time. I dont give a fxck how hard you work or how many trophies you won. Judging on pure talent and skill. Ozil puts them all in his pocket.

[@ciamgranda5786]

Ozil at his Peak even Messi couldn't catch up with him in terms of assists and chance creation.

[@CV15058]

Man City fan has no time being in this convo. When Bergkamp played for Arsenal Cantona played for United Zola at Chelsea City had Niall Quinn 😂😂

[@tris87don16]

I’m not gonna diss Quinn former Arsenal man still 😂 but Kinkladze was their guy

[@Sibstajimjam1719]

Based on pure sexiness. 1. Özil 2. Bergkamp 3. Zola 4. Cantona 5. Silva

[@jackjohnson156]

Turkish is actually least deluded guy on aftv ,people dont mention this

[@mddi1420]

dan potts

[@YG-qg1hs]

Other shouts for me are Jay Jay Okocha, Robert Pires & Juninho.

[@jfedererj]

Modern day game magician, even though he's basically retired now, has to be Cazorla

[@doubleaceprod]

If we're talking art? Okocha is up there... and Adel Taarabt. The streets will never forget

[@Kev_Cos]

Honourable mention for Jay-Jay Okocha

[@Canonlit]

the only time cantona didn't win the league at united was the season he was suspended.....absolute genius.

[@christianosullivan994]

Coutinho has to be in the conversation of semi-recent magicians with the ball. He produced more of these magic moments than hazard did, although both are similar in that sense

[@tejasvinsingh6788]

missing on giving Fabregas at least a mention is criminal

[@camfitzhugh]

An artist, a true magician, Turkish’s handwriting is clear here.

[@Sean-sf1qx]

Firmino honourable mention

[@princeofsomalia1231]

Can’t believe nobody mentioned RIYAD MAHREZ

[@badilamu]

How about ashavin

[@acahn8505]

At his best, coutinho was magic

[@Canonlit]

jay jay okocha is a good shout

[@tavo31]

I'd add Dimitri Payet to the "'Just a few seasons' Wonder" list

[@faisalabrahams7414]

Surprised Firmino doesn't make the list

[@iamankitbishnudash]

The amount of disrespect for Ozil is criminal. The list should have Guti from Real Madrid as well. Silky and Pure.

[@yinkaakinwumiju3436]

Jay Jay Okocha for sheer artistry and impudence

[@franklingoodwin]

Ignore 80% of everything Turkish says about Ozil. His hate for Ozil has him lying - like saying he only had one stand out season for Arsenal. He was outstanding from the 13/14 - 15/16 season for Arsenal. He started dropping off in the 16-17 season and spent half his time out with back problems after that. By Wenger's last season at Arsenal in the 2018 season he was pretty much washed up but still had his moments. And after the World Cup in 2018 he seemed like he'd given up.

[@jayalexander7763]

Modern day: Bernardo Silva would make this list… Modric… Bruno Fernandes… Joao Moutinho… Coutinho… they are all magic

[@Arty2senis]

It's just pure on art and inteligence - Bergkamp and Ozil. Cantona pure karate artist🤣

[@jayalexander7763]

Also ima good shoutout that you all forgot is Dembele the Belgian who for Fulham & Tottenham… Pure beast magician

[@MichaelDavis-kf9lk]

Thiago when fit is the closest to them. He’s magic

[@luthunderr]

Dimitri Payet for honourable mention

[@what9331]

I am pretty sure these guys didn't understand the concept of "artist", especially Rory and Adam. Özil slows down time and does a one touch move perfectly and creates art. Bergkamp is classy, silky and has that crazy first touch. He also controls the tempo, slows down time and he's the closest thing I've seen to Zidane. Cantona is like a superior figure on the pitch whenever he plays. He convinces his opponents that he is a different class. He can manipulate the game with his feet and is always one step ahead of the difender. These three are far more artists than Silva and Zola, which are artists themselves, with all due respect to them. Iconic moments and general consensus aside, Begkamp is biggest artist of them all according to the eye test.

[@alexikyriakides-xr7jl]

As an artist, magician, Bergkamp is clear here.

[@waymond1502]

How is Le Tissier not top of the list? The man literally never tracked back and had more grace than any PL player I've ever seen

[@SaifulIslam-ux9gf]

jay jay okocha?coutinho at Liverpool?

[@rachitvas]

Denis Bergkamp Best EPL player of all time

[@3asabird128]

I think Jay-Jay Okocha and Patrick Berger deserve a shout to

[@cjchaworth]

Honourable mentions: Berbatov, Ginola, Le Tissier, Gazza

[@redders3487]

Roberto Firminho? Luis Suarez?

[@tombowles1]

1966 was a great year for English football. Eric Cantona was born.

[@anthonyjohn-cyrus3695]

the fact no one said payet is criminal

[@dj44640]

how is Suarez not even mentioned??????

[@cuff02]

Hatem Ben Arfa deserves a shout, not on the same level as Cantona.. Bergkamp.. etc but what a player

[@Leo-S-Ellen]

If I take Bergkamp out purely as I support the gunners I have to put Cantona on top. I rly like Zola n D.Silva but the aura of that mad man was top

[@the13mas]

In modern days, Yannick Bolasie fits this list. But the boys are right; you don’t see these types of players succeed anymore.

[@tris87don16]

Matt Le Tissier should have got a shout & I’m a Arsenal supporter severely underrated 😂 commented before i saw the video whoops

[@Audiostyleable]

In terms of modern magicians, Carzorla has the crown for me. Simply sublime to watch, could get out of any press 1, 2, 5 men and he would just sell them a dream and move on.

[@alarrim29574]

Modric imo

[@kieran4435]

A lot of people here must be kids who have forgotten about David silva, that man was untouchable with a ball, never lost it

[@qwertyvypez]

what lol, that makes no sense. Silva is the most recent player on that list other than ozil

[@sondres5831]

Not an honoarble mention for Adel Taarabt??

[@rdholyfield965]

Bergkamp was magical