World Soccer players of the 20th century
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In the December 1999 issue of World Soccer Magazine, a readers poll listing the 100 greatest football players of the 20th century was published. Here is that list, in order, from positions 1-100:
- Pelé
- Diego Maradona
- Johan Cruyff
- Franz Beckenbauer
- Michel Platini
- Alfredo Di Stéfano
- Ferenc Puskás
- George Best
- Marco Van Basten
- Eusébio
- Lev Yashin
- Bobby Charlton
- Ronaldo
- Bobby Moore
- Gerd Müller
- Roberto Baggio
- Stanley Matthews
- Zico
- Franco Baresi
- Garrincha
- Paolo Maldini
- Kenny Dalglish
- Gabriel Batistuta
- Éric Cantona
- Gheorghe Hagi
- Romário
- Jairzinho
- Zinedine Zidane
- Ruud Gullit
- John Charles
- Lothar Matthäus
- Gordon Banks
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Dennis Bergkamp
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- Gary Lineker
- Giuseppe Meazza
- Rivelino
- Didi
- Ian Rush
- Peter Schmeichel
- Paolo Rossi
- George Weah
- Michael Owen
- Just Fontaine
- Duncan Edwards
- Dino Zoff
- Hristo Stoichkov
- David Beckham
- Tom Finney
- Rivaldo
- Claudio Caniggia
- Tostão
- Frank Rijkaard
- José Luis Chilavert
- Kevin Keegan
- Paul Gascoigne
- Roger Milla
- Michael Laudrup
- Andriy Shevchenko
- David Ginola
- Glenn Hoddle
- Sócrates
- Roberto Carlos
- Alan Shearer
- Daniel Passarella
- Davor Suker
- Dixie Dean
- Sándor Kocsis
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino
- Christian Vieri
- Mario Kempes
- Johan Neeskens
- Luigi Riva
- Jose Nasazzi
- Günter Netzer
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Carlos Valderrama
- Ricardo Zamora
- Enzo Francescoli
- Edgar Davids
- Francisco Gento
- Jim Baxter
- Falcão
- Ryan Giggs
- Sepp Maier
- Zbigniew Boniek
- Pat Jennings
- György Sárosi
- Giacinto Facchetti
- Alan Hansen
- Raymond Kopa
- Bryan Robson
- Matthias Sammer
- Ladislav Kubala
- Neville Southall
- Gérson
- Paulo Futre
- Preben Elkjær-Larsen
- Bebeto