Most famous players

The DailyFoot player landscape

Forty-eight iconic players mapped by the number of DailyFoot clues they match and the editions in which they appear. Larger circles mean more valid appearances in archived grid cells.

Popularity leaders

1. Lionel Messi38 Matching clues
2. Cristiano Ronaldo32 Matching clues
3. Pelé do Nascimento18 Matching clues
4. Diego Maradona18 Matching clues
5. Neymar Santos30 Matching clues
6. Zinédine Zidane30 Matching clues
7. David Beckham19 Matching clues
8. Kylian Mbappé30 Matching clues
9. Johan Cruyff10 Matching clues
10. Francesco Totti15 Matching clues
11. Ronaldo de Lima29 Matching clues
12. Zlatan Ibrahimović18 Matching clues

Player directory

1. Lionel Messi38 Matching clues
2. Cristiano Ronaldo32 Matching clues
3. Pelé do Nascimento18 Matching clues
4. Diego Maradona18 Matching clues
5. Neymar Santos30 Matching clues
6. Zinédine Zidane30 Matching clues
7. David Beckham19 Matching clues
8. Kylian Mbappé30 Matching clues
9. Johan Cruyff10 Matching clues
10. Francesco Totti15 Matching clues
11. Ronaldo de Lima29 Matching clues
12. Zlatan Ibrahimović18 Matching clues
13. Franz Beckenbauer16 Matching clues
14. Luis Suárez17 Matching clues
15. Ronaldinho Gaúcho32 Matching clues
16. Luka Modrić20 Matching clues
17. Gianluigi Buffon26 Matching clues
18. Karim Benzema25 Matching clues
19. Andrés Iniesta22 Matching clues
20. Robert Lewandowski12 Matching clues
21. Mesut Özil20 Matching clues
22. Frank Lampard21 Matching clues
23. Michel Platini17 Matching clues
24. Thierry Henry29 Matching clues
25. Mohamed Salah17 Matching clues
26. Miroslav Klose22 Matching clues
27. Wayne Rooney24 Matching clues
28. Antoine Griezmann26 Matching clues
29. Iker Casillas22 Matching clues
30. Kaká Leite23 Matching clues
31. Manuel Neuer18 Matching clues
32. Robin van Persie12 Matching clues
33. Erling Haaland17 Matching clues
34. Steven Gerrard18 Matching clues
35. Xavi Hernández23 Matching clues
36. Eusébio Ferreira18 Matching clues
37. Harry Kane24 Matching clues
38. Josep Guardiola10 Matching clues
39. Pep Guardiola10 Matching clues
40. Ferenc Puskás10 Matching clues
41. Gareth Bale9 Matching clues
42. George Weah10 Matching clues
43. Thomas Müller20 Matching clues
44. Arjen Robben12 Matching clues
45. Eden Hazard20 Matching clues
46. Paul Pogba20 Matching clues
47. Gerard Piqué18 Matching clues
48. Kevin De Bruyne24 Matching clues
49. Didier Drogba12 Matching clues
50. Fernando Torres24 Matching clues
51. Gerd Müller17 Matching clues
52. Lamine Yamal13 Matching clues
53. Lukas Podolski20 Matching clues
54. Roberto Baggio19 Matching clues
55. Sadio Mané20 Matching clues
56. Samuel Eto'o13 Matching clues
57. Alfredo Di Stéfano13 Matching clues
58. James Rodríguez21 Matching clues
59. Sergio Agüero23 Matching clues
60. Sergio Ramos22 Matching clues
61. Franck Ribéry18 Matching clues
62. Gary Lineker16 Matching clues
63. Mario Balotelli18 Matching clues
64. Olivier Giroud24 Matching clues
65. Romelu Lukaku25 Matching clues
66. Carlo Ancelotti9 Matching clues
67. George Best5 Matching clues
68. Lev Yashin6 Matching clues
69. Marco van Basten9 Matching clues
70. Thibaut Courtois22 Matching clues
71. Diego Forlán14 Matching clues
72. Andriy Shevchenko12 Matching clues
73. Marcus Rashford18 Matching clues
74. Ousmane Dembélé26 Matching clues
75. Philipp Lahm16 Matching clues
76. Ryan Giggs5 Matching clues
77. Xabi Alonso23 Matching clues
78. Alessandro Del Piero21 Matching clues
79. Andrea Pirlo22 Matching clues
80. Ángel Di María30 Matching clues
81. Cesc Fàbregas19 Matching clues
82. David Villa26 Matching clues
83. Lothar Matthäus22 Matching clues
84. Toni Kroos19 Matching clues
85. Daniel Alves23 Matching clues
86. Edinson Cavani14 Matching clues
87. Hugo Lloris22 Matching clues
88. Roberto Carlos23 Matching clues
89. Fabio Cannavaro22 Matching clues
90. Raúl González23 Matching clues
91. Bobby Charlton17 Matching clues
92. Percy Liza5 Matching clues
93. Sergio Busquets20 Matching clues
94. David de Gea14 Matching clues
95. Ivan Rakitić9 Matching clues
96. Oliver Kahn17 Matching clues
97. Paolo Maldini13 Matching clues
98. Vinícius Júnior21 Matching clues
99. Eric Cantona18 Matching clues
100. Jordi Alba21 Matching clues
101. Jorge Alba18 Matching clues
102. Luís Figo24 Matching clues
103. Marcelo Vieira16 Matching clues
104. Michael Ballack19 Matching clues
105. Romário Faria23 Matching clues
106. Carles Puyol19 Matching clues
107. Garrincha dos Santos13 Matching clues
108. John Terry16 Matching clues
109. Michael Owen20 Matching clues
110. Paulo Dybala10 Matching clues
111. Rivaldo Ferreira25 Matching clues
112. Didier Deschamps24 Matching clues
113. Hernán Crespo19 Matching clues
114. Jérôme Boateng13 Matching clues
115. Raphaël Varane21 Matching clues
116. Riyad Mahrez18 Matching clues
117. Carlos Casemiro25 Matching clues
118. Dennis Bergkamp11 Matching clues
119. Edwin van der Sar10 Matching clues
120. Jude Bellingham18 Matching clues
121. Jürgen Klinsmann21 Matching clues
122. Marco Reus13 Matching clues
123. Nemanja Vidić5 Matching clues
124. Robinho de Souza24 Matching clues
125. Son Heung-min14 Matching clues
126. Wesley Sneijder11 Matching clues
127. Bastian Schweinsteiger19 Matching clues
128. Carlos Tévez21 Matching clues
129. David Silva22 Matching clues
130. Diego Godín10 Matching clues
131. Jordan Henderson18 Matching clues
132. Mario Götze13 Matching clues
133. N'Golo Kanté17 Matching clues
134. Pepe Ferreira22 Matching clues
135. Alan Shearer14 Matching clues
136. Gonzalo Higuaín25 Matching clues
137. Mario Mandžukić14 Matching clues
138. Mats Hummels13 Matching clues
139. Pepe Reina17 Matching clues
140. Petr Čech10 Matching clues
141. Philippe Coutinho23 Matching clues
142. Raheem Sterling18 Matching clues
143. Ruud van Nistelrooy11 Matching clues
144. Sami Khedira14 Matching clues
145. Yaya Touré10 Matching clues
146. Alisson Becker21 Matching clues
147. Arturo Vidal12 Matching clues
148. Henrikh Mkhitaryan10 Matching clues
149. Javier Mascherano25 Matching clues
150. Juan Mata16 Matching clues
151. Keisuke Honda9 Matching clues
152. Lilian Thuram19 Matching clues
153. Nani da Cunha20 Matching clues
154. Rio Ferdinand18 Matching clues
155. Ruud Gullit9 Matching clues
156. Víctor Valdés16 Matching clues
157. Virgil van Dijk11 Matching clues
158. Zico Coimbra12 Matching clues
159. Alexis Sánchez16 Matching clues
160. David Luiz20 Matching clues
161. Diego Costa12 Matching clues
162. Giorgio Chiellini22 Matching clues
163. Paul Scholes13 Matching clues
164. Pierre Cardin picha grande12 Matching clues
165. Thiago Silva23 Matching clues
166. Aaron Ramsey8 Matching clues
167. Hidetoshi Nakata6 Matching clues
168. Hristo Stoichkov10 Matching clues
169. Ivan Perišić18 Matching clues
170. Keylor Navas7 Matching clues
171. Mario Gómez16 Matching clues
172. Roberto Firmino14 Matching clues
173. Wojciech Szczęsny9 Matching clues
174. Achraf Hakimi22 Matching clues
175. Álvaro Arbeloa19 Matching clues
176. Andrey Arshavin9 Matching clues
177. Arda Turan17 Matching clues
178. Ashley Cole21 Matching clues
179. Diogo Jota15 Matching clues
180. Javier Zanetti19 Matching clues
181. Michael Laudrup10 Matching clues
182. Patrick Vieira23 Matching clues
183. Rodri Hernández24 Matching clues
184. Xherdan Shaqiri11 Matching clues
185. Álvaro Morata26 Matching clues
186. Anderson Deco18 Matching clues
187. Ashley Young13 Matching clues
188. Dani Carvajal16 Matching clues
189. Dunga Verri17 Matching clues
190. Emmanuel Adebayor12 Matching clues
191. Frank Rijkaard7 Matching clues
192. Harry Maguire12 Matching clues
193. Kevin Keegan16 Matching clues
194. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar12 Matching clues
195. Leonardo Bonucci20 Matching clues
196. Marc-André ter Stegen16 Matching clues
197. Nicolas Anelka20 Matching clues
198. Paolo Rossi13 Matching clues
199. André Schürrle16 Matching clues