The legends
The greatest footballers who ever lived — the icons that built the history of the game.
Pelé
Forward / Attacking Midfielder · 1956-1977
Diego Maradona
Attacking Midfielder / Second Striker · 1976-1997
Johan Cruyff
Forward / Attacking Midfielder · 1964-1984
Franz Beckenbauer
Sweeper / Centre-Back · 1964-1983
Zinedine Zidane
Attacking Midfielder · 1989-2006
Ronaldo Nazário
Striker · 1993-2011
Lionel Messi
Forward / Attacking Midfielder · 2004-Present
Cristiano Ronaldo
Forward · 2002-Present
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Forward / Attacking Midfielder · 1945-1966
George Best
Winger / Forward · 1963-1984
Garrincha
Right Winger · 1953-1972
Michel Platini
Attacking Midfielder · 1972-1987
Ferenc Puskás
Forward · 1943-1966
Ronaldinho
Attacking Midfielder / Forward · 1998-2015
Gerd Müller
Striker · 1963-1982
Paolo Maldini
Left-Back / Centre-Back · 1984-2009
Franco Baresi
Sweeper / Centre-Back · 1977-1997
Bobby Charlton
Midfielder / Forward · 1956-1975
Lev Yashin
Goalkeeper · 1950-1971
Eusébio
Forward · 1957-1979
Marco van Basten
Striker · 1981-1995
Ruud Gullit
Midfielder / Forward · 1979-1998
Roberto Baggio
Attacking Midfielder / Forward · 1982-2004
Andrés Iniesta
Central Midfielder · 2001-2024
Xavi Hernández
Central Midfielder · 1998-2019
Kaká
Attacking Midfielder · 2001-2017
Romário
Striker · 1985-2009
Lothar Matthäus
Midfielder / Sweeper · 1979-2000
Zico
Attacking Midfielder · 1971-1994
Bobby Moore
Centre-Back · 1958-1978
George Weah
Striker · 1986-2003
Thierry Henry
Striker / Winger · 1994-2014
Raymond Kopa
Forward / Attacking Midfielder · 1949-1967
Gianluigi Buffon
Goalkeeper · 1995-2023
Iker Casillas
Goalkeeper · 1999-2020
Andrea Pirlo
Deep-Lying Playmaker · 1995-2017
Carlos Alberto
Right-Back · 1963-1982
Hristo Stoichkov
Forward / Winger · 1984-2003
Didier Drogba
Striker · 1998-2018
Sócrates
Attacking Midfielder · 1974-1990
Marta Vieira da Silva
Forward · 2000s-2020s
Mia Hamm
Forward · 1987-2004
Birgit Prinz
Forward · 1994-2011
Abby Wambach
Forward · 2003-2015
Homare Sawa
Midfielder · 1993-2015
Sun Wen
Forward · 1990-2006
Michelle Akers
Forward / Midfielder · 1985-2000
Kristine Lilly
Midfielder · 1987-2010
Carli Lloyd
Midfielder · 2005-2021
Hege Riise
Midfielder · 1990-2004
Birgit Prinz teammate Nadine Angerer
Goalkeeper · 1996-2015
Christine Sinclair
Forward · 2000-2023
Formiga (Miraildes Maciel Mota)
Midfielder · 1995-2021
Megan Rapinoe
Winger · 2006-2023
Alex Morgan
Forward · 2010-2024
Ada Hegerberg
Forward · 2011-present
Lucy Bronze
Defender (Right-back) · 2013-present
Wendie Renard
Defender (Centre-back) · 2007-present
Aitana Bonmati
Midfielder · 2016-present
Alexia Putellas
Midfielder · 2010-present