From the user comme on the BigSoccer forum: http://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/the-10 ... e.1636973/

100. Hans KRANKL
99. Klaus FISCHER
98. QUINI
97. Iván ZAMORANO
96. Jef MERMANS
95. Gianluca VIALLI
94. Roberto DINAMITE
93. Ove KINDVALL
92. Ole MADSEN
91. Fernando MORENA
90. Davor ŠUKER

89. REINALDO
88. Filippo INZAGHI
87. VAVÁ
86. José ÁGUAS
85. Rudi VÖLLER
84. Thadée CISOWSKI
83. Pauli JØRGENSEN
82. Alan SHEARER
81. Edmund CONEN
80. Hernán CRESPO

79. Sven RYDELL
78. Stan MORTENSEN
77. Samuel ETO'O
76. / Ernst WILIMOWSKI
75. Christian VIERI
74. Pedro PETRONE
73. Lájos TICHY
72. Beb BAKHUYS
71. Raymond BRAINE
70. Georgi ASPARUHOV

69. Ernest POHL
68. / Paulino ALCÁNTARA
67. Ferenc SZUSZA
66. Emilio BUTRAGUEÑO
65. Paolo ROSSI
64. Jimmy McGRORY
63. Isidro LÁNGARA
62. Preben ELKJÆR LARSEN
61. Fernando PEYROTEO
60. George WEAH

59. David VILLA
58. Gyula ZSENGELLÉR
57. Herminio MASANTONIO
56. Roberto BETTEGA
55. Hansi HORVATH
54. Kick SMIT
53. Adolfo BALONCIERI
52. Anton SCHALL
51. Wlodzimierz LUBAŃSKI
50. Max MORLOCK

49. Ferenc DEÁK
48. Luis ARTIME
47. Ruud VAN NISTELROOY
46. Jean-Pierre PAPIN
45. José SANFILIPPO
44. Abe LENSTRA
43. Eduard STRELTSOV
42. René PONTONI
41. CARECA
40. Imre SCHLOSSER

39. Tommy LAWTON
38. Telmo ZARRA
37. Hughie GALLACHER
36. Manuel SEOANE
35. Gary LINEKER
34. / José ALTAFINI
33. Mario KEMPES
32. György SÁROSI
31. Ian RUSH
30. Arthur FRIEDENREICH

29. Jürgen KLINSMANN
28. ADEMIR
27. Andriy SHEVCHENKO
26. Alberto SPENCER
25. LEÔNIDAS
24. Vivian WOODWARD
23. Hugo SÁNCHEZ
22. Gabriel BATISTUTA
21. Denis LAW
20. Bernabé FERREYRA

19. Just FONTAINE
18. Franz BINDER
17. Luigi RIVA
16. Steve BLOOMER
15. Uwe SEELER
14. Angel LABRUNA
13. Dixie DEAN
12. Arsenio ERICO
11. / Josef BICAN

10. Jimmy GREAVES
9. Silvio PIOLA
8. Sándor KOCSIS
7. ROMÁRIO
6. Gunnar NORDAHL
5. Marco VAN BASTEN
4. EUSÉBIO
3. Gerd MÜLLER
2. RONALDO
1. Ferenc PUSKÁS

Batistuta not in top 10 but this Nordahl did make it, plus Dixie Dean, Bloomer, Binder and Labruna ahead of him makes the entire list pointless..

Stuart, I seriously admire your will to post this 'objective' list.

I don’t know, I’m starting to think it’s not too bad as long as they use the word “greatest” instead of “best”. Batistuta was a phenomenal striker but he won virtually nothing in his career so his “legacy” is certainly smaller than someone like Labruna who won a ton of trophies on top of all his scoring records. I mean, I also consider Pelé the “greatest” player ever, and Alex Ferguson the “greatest” manager ever, but I don’t consider either of them the “best” ever.

Plus the guy that made this list is trying to look at every era as absolutely equal, so being the best player of the 1910s is the same as being the best player of the 1990s. I guess it’s an impossible task to get the balance right since he obviously hasn’t watched every player listed here but I don’t think he did a terrible job considering there’s 1100 players on these lists. I mean, I don’t think I could do better

Actually, I think it is a pretty good list. Some preferences can be discussed but overall it is a very lucid list.

I was just wondering when it was made. I guess 2011 since the bigsoccer's post is from this year. Some seriously changes have already happened with some contemporany players.

Yeah, of course Lewy and Lucho can be named here, both at least top 30.