Top 10 Greatest Football Midfielders Of All Time
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- It is widely believed that whoever wins the midfield battle in a football game is sure to win the game on most occasions. And we definitely agree! After all, midfielders enjoy the possession of the ball more than anyone else and have the opportunity to create and destroy moves. They are the real workhorses of any side and create the transition from defense to attack. Without further ado, here are the top 10 best Midfielder in football history.
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Wait... no way he forgot pirlo this dude is in my top 5
No list of midfielders is complete without PIRLO .
In terms of ability. Mathaus had it all just watch his highlights. Speed, vision, shooting, defense, work rate. He’s a complete player right up there with goats like Messi and Pele. Maradona said he was his greatest opponent. 💯
He was the best central midfielder I have ever seen. No matter on what position....
Iniesta Xavi best duo of all time
Dont know about that, kroos and Modrić...
@@MegaJohnny80 not even close,the understanding of Xavi and iniesta is clear
@@MegaJohnny80LMAO LOOKING FOR 2 EUROS A WORLP CUP, TREBBLES? SEXTUPLE?
How on earth could you miss Zico, ?, world class he was.
Yes furious indeed, Zico one of the All time greats, was a gifted midfielder of another level. Even in todays game he would have stood out as the best. Shocking and unbelievable you missed out Zico, who should have been in the top 4.
Bro Zico was a number 10, he is looking at CM. I think zizou was also a 10 more rather than a CM
Iniesta is the best midfielder of all times,zero doubt about it
The best team all time had the midfield with the best 3 midfielders busquets xavi and iniesta
Maradona fair point but zidanes best scene (no doubt) was his headbut
@@fritzlibuhler4725literally Zero ball knowledge Stat wise Zidane miles clear than Iniesta but I am Not Talking about Stats many greatest player said Zidane as One of the best If not the best of all time even Messi said Messi only asked one player for his shirt and the player was Zidane I know You are a Barca Fan But Zidane miles clear than Iniesta And even Xavi was Better than Iniesta
@@ahadsheikh2989 how stat wise Zidane better ?? 😂 pls search who won more trophies in international and club level between Zidane and Iniesta
@@user-vn7qc6ug6d ONLY fake Football fan Glory Hunters can compare a Player in terms of Trophies.
I think You Don't even know what is stats.
Stats = Goal contribution Zidane have More Goal contribution than Iniesta in less games
I think Paul Scholes of Manchester united should be included here.. he was a central midfielder who made Manchester united thick he was the brain of Manchester he won 11 premier leagues and as a central midfielder he score more than 165 goals who don't take penalties.. his long passes and controlling the tempor of a game was superb if u don't know him check on him.. if I where u I will include him there he deserves it for sure.. he won 2 champions league.
I'm a Liverpool fan but I have to agree with you on that.
Better than Lampard and Gerrard for sure. In terms of midfield abilities. Lampard has the goals, Gerrard has the leadership
Where is Pirlo?
I’m an arsenal fan but yeah he was outstanding he was… He’s up there with the most underrated players let alone midfielders 👍🏻
Yeah Paul scholes was something else I love watching old highlights of him playing I'm glad someone picked on him
Matthaus da 🐐 no cap
Genuine list of all time:- [Maradona was a second striker so not adding him]
1.Zidane👑
2.Iniesta 3.xavi 4.zico 5.Gullit 6.Matthaus 7.Socrates[Brazil] 8.Modric 9.Pirlo 10.Rijkaard!!💯💫
Modric belongs in the top 5 in my opinion
@@flyingpuma9729 how can he be better than those guys?
@@gourmondal5812 guy has 5 champions league and he is carrying my country croatia who has never been in world cup final but he made it possible and brought them here and he brought them again to 3rd spot in world cup 2022, i can say that he is very special player he does everything alone that why he is numero 1. Look at these players you have mentioned they all have played with big stars in their country but modric is just different breed and he is for me goat of midfield. and he has won ballon dor in messi and ronaldo era
@@ivanohdxd1688 "carrying" ??
wow u really watch football from reels
iniesta was the best midfielder itw from 2008-2017[ 9 years] and modric was best in 2017 and 2018 and kdb from 2019-2022
and people talk about longetivity
zlatan was better than r9 at 39 so is he better??lol
@@ivanohdxd1688 bruh
He wasn't carrying shit
He had 0 goals , 0 assists , 0 chances created
How did he carried this world cup
While Croatia went 2 times yo penalties m
1. Modric…the man took a small country like Croatia to the final of the world championship. won everything there is to win with Real Madrid many times. won the golden ball in the era of lm10 and cr7 and still plays like he's 20 years old.
literally.
He didnt carry Croatia alone man, people are overestimating modric's performance way too much, Zidane in other hand is THE reason France won the world cup and the Euro
@@jolien5858 France was the best team in euro at that time wdym 😂and all Croatia had was Modric and Rakitic
@@hrvatdogroba9588 bro hahahaha perisic mandzukic brozovic subasic Lovren Vida rebic. What you say
@@marinbozikovic6517 Lovren and rebic were nothing in 2018🤣no one knew about them expect mandzukic lol and even if they were france had 10x better team they had world best players at that time,Pogba,mppape,grizman,loris and more
Great list. Gonna have to put iniesta at #1. Won his team the World Cup, best vision and dribbling. Although Zizou had a better shot and 1 touch. Both are great regardless
Ik iniesta is good but in my opinion modric in Croatia made better, bc in real madrid is just real madrid as barca is barca
@@bautistagizirian3123 iniesta is far better than modric wtf, iniesta is way more elegant when on the ball
What about Kevin Debruene?
Finally someone with common sense
if he had been playing in the 90s, he would be the best ever
Has everyone forgotten that Maradonna was a CAM. Also, where is Pierlo? Though this list is too tough to make
Don't know if you could call maradona a mid fielder he was more a play maker that would sit behind the centre forward but would agree he was one of a small group who I believe where a head of zidane but zidane was the best centre midfielder that I've seen I would have him in top 3 player's of all time
between xavi and iniesta..there was the Legendary..most underrated/the best midfilder of all time... the Argentine JRR...even zidane waiting him in tunnel to get his jersey..and messi also use his trademark..cupping his ears when celebrated goal..to remind Holland coach in WC quater final..for what he did to Riquelme in Barcelona
yeah right , zidane wooped their asses both combined in national team 😏before he hummiliate brazil by himself
gr8 list but u forgot michael laudrup, and its not just cos hes danish like me, hes peers all praised him a lot! (guardiola, iniesta, raul gonzalez aso!)
my bro really forgot pirlo
nahhhh but overall good list
Never forget the king of Premier League KDB 👑😉
😂😂
me looking for busquets
It's Gerrard
KDB >
😂😂
Top ⚽👑
Einer besser als der andere.
Jeder hat seine Qualität unter Beweis gestellt für die Fußball Geschichte
Xavi and Iniesta never won the Ballon Do'or, because they were humble enough to pass it to Messi.
Zidane for me had some first touch and his vision was as good as maradona and messi great football brain
agree, his first touch and technique were outstanding
Ozil, KdB, etc.
Ozil isnt a midfielder
@@ieat10kittens94 he was???
Socrates, Rui Costa, Savecivic. Falcao, Zizou, Seedorf, Kante, Pirlo.
Lol Kante. Don't support Chelsea, support someone else kid 😜
Savićević was a left winger, not a classic midfielder and Kante is second division compared with such superstars...@@zimbolimbo2408
The best top 10 ive ever watched, respect
Top 2 and 3 played for spain at the same time, plus xabi alonso and busquets, plus 3 all time top defense players, plus arguably the best goalkeeper of all time, plus amazing striker like villa... that team man
Disagree about the keeper…but yeah!! ‘08-‘12 Spain was probably the most iconic era of any national team in terms of legendary players position by position , style and achievements.
I can't believe some people don't have Modric in at least top 5
But for me its: 1. Zidane
2. Iniesta
3. Modric
4. Xavi
5. Pirlo
Modric LMAO
I think de bruyne should be on the lst
Lothar Matthäus #1 for me, he legitimately had it all. Everything. Best midfielder I’ve seen.
#2 Iniesta
#3 Zidane
#4 Xavi
#5 Pirlo
Cmon bro Modric has to be in that top 5
@@nocommentary470he's clearly a hater.
Zidane Is clear while modric is the second
@@sherifsani modric isn't 2nd don't be delusional
@@beverleydobson5648 my list, my rankings
@@sherifsanimadridiots are delusional. Modric is good, not even Lampard or Gerrard level. Varane also has 5 champions but puyol is clear of him
Platini, Zidane, Zico, Guillt, Xavi, Iniesta, Pirlo, Mathes, Modric, the only british player can barely fit the list is Charlton.
What about Scholes? Or david beckham
@@whydiihaveto5486 Maybe around 20, I guess?
They extremely lack national team success, and are not as impressive as those giants mentioned above when it comes to skill and creative.
@@weihuatang171 ahh you're one of those people..
@@whydiihaveto5486 sorry to say that, but between 90 to 2004, EPL is just 3rd or 4th league in Euro and MU is way better than his competitors, so win many EPLs does‘t speak much.
English is the most influential language in the world so most British players are highly overrated except Owen. Like Scholes, he got 0 vote in ballon d'or but still considered (by British people) as one of the best mids.
@@weihuatang171What about kdb???
What sort of limited list is this??? Where is Andrea Pirlo? Where are Platini, Neeskens, Rivera, Socrates, Tardelli, Seedorf, Czibor, Valderrama, Falcao, Ancelotti, Hagi, Masopust, Overath, Rivelino, Gerson? And so on. Very biased toward Premier League players I'd say... 😂
Rivellino was a number 10, so was hagi.
KDB be like Lemme Talk!!
Zidane and Xavi are the two greatest midfielders I have ever seen. They deserve to be #1 and #2. Iniesta was great but Zidane and Xavi were on another level.
Kevin De Bruyne Deserves to be in this list....Zico....
Wait 2-3 more years and kdb will be on this list .
probably
Nope, not even top 30
5 years atleast
Sucks
If my life was on the line and needed to win a match, I would want Zidane and Xavi conducting the midfield.
Modric! Modric! and again Modric! The GOAT!❤💯
1 Zidane no doubt, he is on a whole another level. 2 Iniesta. 3 Modric, 4 Xavi. Iniesta Modric and Xavi are very close. But i like Iniestas play style even if i am Real Madrid fan. Modric is a very completed player. He has the intelligence, he also can shoot better then Iniesta and Xavi, but i prefer Iniesta's class and skills over his. Xavi is very intelligent, but less classy then both. Zidane doesnt need a comment. He is arguably even inside top 5 footballers ever.
Zidane is in the same tier with Cr7, Messi, Pele, Maradona, R9, Johan Cruyf. In less words, one of thr goats and the absolute Goat Midfielder.
I agree with you Zidane number one midfielder of all time
matthausss 🔥
Andres Ineasta methodology, the greatest of all time no debating.
Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff, Platini, Zico...
Zico and Maradona much better than most on the list!!!!
i agree that maradona was the best midfielder at using their hand to score
@@Ice14BS bruh
Don't act like mardaona isn't one if the greatest of all time
@@Ice14BS kid
@@leo_lm1066 he wasnt a midfielder
@@ieat10kittens94 he's kinda a midfielder but as a attacking midfielder
Maybe KDB
Bro Kevin de bruyne
Although a striker I want to emulate the diehard spirit of the midfielders
Kdb 💙
Feel like kdb got be top 7
1. Maradona
2. Di Stefano
3. Platini
4. Zico
5. Didi
6. Zidane
7. Matthaus
8. Xavi
9. Iniesta
10. Charlton
Andre Pirlo one of the greatest midfielder forever 🗿
I think beckham should be on the list... not like on top of it. but he should be on it
My guy forgot
Xavi should be 2nd
Kaka should be 3rd
Pirlo should be 5th
♥️
1.Zidane
2.Modric
3.Iniesta
4.Xavi
5.Gullit
Matthaus is far better than others, only zidane is comparable
He is most complete not better
We know Zidane is #1 but Xavi is clearly #2 then Iniesta. Matthaus was great but not better than those 3.
1. Zidane 2. Modric 3. Iniesta
Scholes done dirty here!
Requalema my favorite midfielder
Id always have Roy Keane in my all tike CM. You need a player like Keane there. Not many dirty players were world class but he certainly was
Such a big shame not to include Andreas Pirlo
Sederoff
😬
In my opinion it’s 1.zidane 2.iniesta 3.modric
1.zidane
2.iniesta
3.xavi
4.modric
5.sedrof
Without Kevin De Bruyne this whole thing is biased 😂😂😂
De Bruyne isn't on those players levels
@@beverleydobson5648😂😂😂 He is better than more than half of them - Gerard, Lampard, Modrich, on the level of Xavi and Iniesta and Zidane as well, you clearly haven't watched Kevin De Bruyne
@@hristianslavchev6726i like kdb a lot. I wont disagree with him being better than the englishmen. But not on zidane, xavi nor iniesta’s level. Just right behind them.
@@josedeejay Xavi and Iniesta are masters of short passes not long ones!
@@hristianslavchev6726that is sooo not true. Xavi and Iniesta were great at any type of pass.
It's better to do different positions of midfielders bc u can't compare like (for example) busquets and ozil
Like maradona as an offensive midfielder, Zidane too, modric, Xavi and Iniesta as midfielders and Sergio Busquets and Rijkaard as Defensive ones
Also zico counts as a midfielder? It's very offensive in my opinion
Very true
1 Maradona
2 Cruffy
3 Zidane
4 Di Stefano
5 Platini
6 Zico
7 Bobby Charlton
8 Matthaus
9 Iniesta
10 Xavi
Raymond Kopa? Luis Suarez Miramontes? Gianni Rivera? Rivellino? P.R. Falcao? Francescoli? And actually Maradona was midfielder too, and he was the best midfielder ever. To be honest, Maradona was best midfielder, best playmaker, best winger, best offensive midfielder and best forward.
For me the greatest alle time top 10 midf are
1- zidane
2- xavi
3 - inesta
4- modric
5- scholse
6- pirlo
7- gerrard
8- lampard
9- toni kroos
10- david bekham
Defensive midfielder is a thing too... why do everyone sleep on them
Matthaus?
Where is Ronaldinho
Kaka!!!
Gullit matthaus rijkaard Socrates zico???😂😂
Where?
Where is Kevin De Bruyne?
In this list
1) Zidane
2) Charlton
3) Matthaus
4) Iniesta
5) Xavi
6) Didi
7) Rijkaard
8) Modric
9) Gerrard
10) Lampard
How can you put Gerrard & Lampard on this list?
Even many legends far better than him including - Michael Laudrup, Luis Suarez (1960s), Gianni Rivera, Andrea Pirlo, Ruud Gullit
And in terms of 'Midfielder' - You should include any role in the midfielder
And of course legends like Diego Maradona, Michel Platini, Zico, Garrincha
But if it is just a central midfielder you must justify it.
Can't believe lampard anywhere near this list . List lost a lot of credibility immediately but I'm going to continue watching
Lampard and gerrard over pirlo, kroos and seedorf is wild
Modric and Zidane are the best they share 1st spot
Hell no
Mardaona , xavi ,Iniesta ?
kid haha
@@leo_lm1066 Maradona wasn’t a midfielder, he was attacker
@@leo_lm1066 Xavi is not even in top 5, your barca fun, so u hate when Modric embarrasses your club
@@m_ma156 he was attacking midfielder
what😮 what 😮 what😮 omaygod kdb best paleyer of All time and Muller now inesta😅
Zidane and modric..xavi and iniesta..and ronaldinho and pirlo..my top 6
Ronaldinho is not a mf
Clarence Seedorf💯
Kaka is definitely missing here
where is kdb and ozil
Guess Maradona, Cruyff & Platini played golf.
Forward
Zico!!!!!! Zico and Maradona are the best player 80s decade
Yea, and what about Ronaldo, Messi, Ibrahimović and Henry bro. They definetly belong onto the list
Platini,Pirlo,Bernd Schuster,Socrates,Rivera
Lothar Matthäus. Still haven't seen a better Central midfielder....since 1988.
What about Garrincha the man who Brazilians love more than Pele in the late fifties to mid sixties
Garrincha is a right winger , not a midfielder
Iniesta is the best midfielder of all time. Zidane was amazing and def top 3 but iniesta was miles better.
Iniesta best 👑
Lampard, Gerrard, Rijkard were great, however I don't think that they are Top 10 midfielders ever...
Andrea Iniesta is the best
Bro actually put Zidane on top of Maradona 💀
They are not considering Maradona as midfieler, of course Maradona would be the best
No Scholes, Yaya Toure, David Silva, Pirlo, Ronaldinho, Kaka
10FANK larmbart 9bobby Carlton
8STIEVI Gerard 7Ruud full it
6lother mattheus 5luka Modris
4iniester 3Xavi
2Johan grout.1Zidan
Kevin de bruyne
Not a bad list but Ozil and Beckham should be in this debate and the player quickly climbing onto this list is Bellingham.
Waaaaay too early about bellingham. Beckham and ozil? Well… its a top 10. Many great ones will be left out.
Iniesta🙏👊
Zidane G.O.A.T
if you include Zidane as an attacking midfielder, then Platini, Maradona and Ronaldinho were all attacking midfielders and should be on this list instead of Lampard, Gerrard and Modric. you have a recency and geographical bias (and Lampard, Gerrard and Modric are all great legends)
No Xavi and you put Didi for whom we have two blurred videos. Hilarious.
Bruh Where is KAKA 😭 and pirlo
and scholes
Why is mattaüs ranked higher than modrić
U dont need to pin my comment, just answer
Because he is better... why do u guys always think football started in 2010...
@@santanafarraj276 no he isnt
Did matthaüs win 5 ucl
Did he play at a world class level at the age of 37
@@RKJ4Cqd9 he played till he was like 40🤡 u just proved u have no idea about him and still want to argue... embarrassing af. And even when he retired they still said he retired too early cuz of how good he still was.. In case u didn't know football started before 2018. And using team trophies to prove how good an invidual player is.. i guess kroos is better than zidane now
Because....... He's better?
Xavi is nowhere near Iniesta, Mosric or Zidane... Just worlds apart.
You need to watch some barca/spain games. Xavi was the brain, the control master, the one that pushed everything forward with such a smooth style.
How about KDB
How about not
Let me talk
Why about kbd😂
Ozil deserves to be in this list!
Ronaldinho? No way!!
Of course you're gonna rank Mr. Overrated himself, Zizou himself, to be the best midfielder of all time. He was way more inconsistent than Modric and Iniesta, and had very bad goal and assist ratio, making a measly 0.19 goals per match and 0.11 assist per match. Try and compare that to Zico, Rivellino, Cruyff, Messi, and Baggio, who played in exactly the same positions. He was elegant, but that doesn't mean he was the best!
Pirlo left the chat💀
Solid list but you missed legendary players (I'm assuming you excluded attacking midfielders like.. Maradona and Platini, despite you included Charlton.) IMO it goes:
1. Zidane
2. Zico
3. Xavi
4. Iniesta
5. Matthaus
6. Gullit
7. Modric
8. Socrates
Why on earth would people not mention Zico, Gullit and Socrates.