GOAT Rank · 171

Greatest Football Midfielders of all time

This ranking is led by Luis Suárez Miramontes, Kristine Lilly and Hege Riise. GOAT Rank currently ranks 171 eligible Football midfielders using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Luis Suárez Miramontes ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 93.3.

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232

Giancarlo Antognoni

85.4

Sport: Football
Career: 1971–1989
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 85.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Giancarlo Antognoni

234

Graeme Souness

85.3

Sport: Football
Career: 1970–1991
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Graeme Souness

236

Pavel Nedvěd

85.3

Sport: Football
Career: 1991–2009
Country: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Pavel Nedvěd

237

Amel Majri

85.3

Sport: Football
Career: 2011–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Amel Majri

240

Vicky Losada

85.3

Sport: Football
Career: 2007–active
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Vicky Losada

242

Fatmire Alushi

85.3

Sport: Football
Career: 2004–2017
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Fatmire Alushi

249

Ivan Perišić

85.2

Sport: Football
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 83.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 85.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Ivan Perišić

251

Andrea Pirlo

85.1

Sport: Football
Career: 1995–2017
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Andrea Pirlo

268

Clarence Seedorf

84.9

Sport: Football
Career: 1992–2014
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Clarence Seedorf

269

Sócrates

84.9

Sport: Football
Career: 1974–1989
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Sócrates

270

Sara Däbritz

84.9

Sport: Football
Career: 2012–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Sara Däbritz

271

Thomas Jürgen Häßler

84.9

Sport: Football
Career: 1985–2004
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 85.0
Longevity: 85.0

Athlete: Thomas Jürgen Häßler

277

Josef Masopust

84.7

Sport: Football
Career: 1950–1974
Country: 🇨🇿 Czechia

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Josef Masopust

279

Antonio Rattín

84.7

Sport: Football
Career: 1956–1970
Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 75.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 85.0

Athlete: Antonio Rattín

283

Silvia Neid

84.6

Sport: Football
Career: 1979–1996
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Silvia Neid

289

Frank Lampard

84.4

Sport: Football
Career: 1995–2017
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Frank Lampard

302

Ruud Gullit

84.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1979–1998
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Ruud Gullit

304

Emlyn Hughes

84.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1964–1984
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Emlyn Hughes

305

Deco

84.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1997–2013
Country: 🇵🇹 Portugal

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Deco

309

Mario Corso

84.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1958–1975
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Mario Corso

313

Daniele De Rossi

84.1

Sport: Football
Career: 2001–2019
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Daniele De Rossi

314

Malin Andersson

84.1

Sport: Football
Career: 1990–2007
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Malin Andersson

317

Demetrio Albertini

84.1

Sport: Football
Career: 1989–2005
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 85.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Demetrio Albertini

318

Carlos Valderrama

84.1

Sport: Football
Career: 1981–2002
Country: 🇨🇴 Colombia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 75.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Carlos Valderrama

323

Paul Breitner

84.0

Sport: Football
Career: 1970–1983
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Paul Breitner

324

Enzo Fernández

84.0

Sport: Football
Career: 2019–active
Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Enzo Fernández

326

Kheira Hamraoui

84.0

Sport: Football
Career: 2007–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 87.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Kheira Hamraoui

327

Paul Scholes

83.9

Sport: Football
Career: 1993–2013
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Paul Scholes

335

Zvonimir Boban

83.8

Sport: Football
Career: 1985–2002
Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Zvonimir Boban

336

Diego Simeone

83.8

Sport: Football
Career: 1987–2006
Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Diego Simeone

337

Sandrine Soubeyrand

83.8

Sport: Football
Career: 1997–2016
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Sandrine Soubeyrand

338

Didier Deschamps

83.8

Sport: Football
Career: 1986–2001
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 85.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 75.0
Honours: 95.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Didier Deschamps

340

Manuela Giugliano

83.7

Sport: Football
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Manuela Giugliano

346

Grace Geyoro

83.6

Sport: Football
Career: 2014–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Grace Geyoro

353

Nadine Keßler

83.5

Sport: Football
Career: 2006–2016
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Nadine Keßler

354

Claudio Marchisio

83.5

Sport: Football
Career: 2006–2019
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Claudio Marchisio

357

Steven Gerrard

83.4

Sport: Football
Career: 1998–2016
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Steven Gerrard

360

Lena Oberdorf

83.4

Sport: Football
Career: 2018–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 91.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Lena Oberdorf

362

Jude Bellingham

83.4

Sport: Football
Career: 2019–active
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 89.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 65.0

Athlete: Jude Bellingham

365

Bernardo Silva

83.3

Sport: Football
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇵🇹 Portugal

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Bernardo Silva

372

Javier Mascherano

83.3

Sport: Football
Career: 2003–2020
Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Javier Mascherano

374

Arturo Vidal

83.2

Sport: Football
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇨🇱 Chile

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Arturo Vidal

381

Kim Källström

83.1

Sport: Football
Career: 1999–2018
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 87.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Kim Källström

386

Álex Aguinaga

83.1

Sport: Football
Career: 1984–2005
Country: 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Peak: 85.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Álex Aguinaga

388

Billy Bremner

83.0

Sport: Football
Career: 1959–1982
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Billy Bremner

391

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

83.0

Sport: Football
Career: 1994–2010
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 85.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Giovanni van Bronckhorst

395

Rosana dos Santos

82.9

Sport: Football
Career: 2002–2019
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Rosana dos Santos

397

Peter Lorimer

82.8

Sport: Football
Career: 1962–1986
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Peter Lorimer

398

Koke Resurrección

82.8

Sport: Football
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Koke Resurrección

408

Emmanuel Petit

82.6

Sport: Football
Career: 1988–2004
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Emmanuel Petit

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
232	Giancarlo Antognoni	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1971–1989	85.4
234	Graeme Souness	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1970–1991	85.3
236	Pavel Nedvěd	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1991–2009	85.3
237	Amel Majri	Football	🇫🇷 France	2011–active	85.3
240	Vicky Losada	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2007–active	85.3
242	Fatmire Alushi	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2017	85.3
249	Ivan Perišić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2009–active	85.2
251	Andrea Pirlo	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2017	85.1
268	Clarence Seedorf	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1992–2014	84.9
269	Sócrates	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1974–1989	84.9
270	Sara Däbritz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2012–active	84.9
271	Thomas Jürgen Häßler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–2004	84.9
277	Josef Masopust	Football	🇨🇿 Czechia	1950–1974	84.7
279	Antonio Rattín	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1956–1970	84.7
283	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.6
289	Frank Lampard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1995–2017	84.4
302	Ruud Gullit	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1979–1998	84.2
304	Emlyn Hughes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1964–1984	84.2
305	Deco	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1997–2013	84.2
309	Mario Corso	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1958–1975	84.2
313	Daniele De Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2019	84.1
314	Malin Andersson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1990–2007	84.1
317	Demetrio Albertini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1989–2005	84.1
318	Carlos Valderrama	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	1981–2002	84.1
323	Paul Breitner	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1970–1983	84.0
324	Enzo Fernández	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2019–active	84.0
326	Kheira Hamraoui	Football	🇫🇷 France	2007–active	84.0
327	Paul Scholes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1993–2013	83.9
335	Zvonimir Boban	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2002	83.8
336	Diego Simeone	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1987–2006	83.8
337	Sandrine Soubeyrand	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2016	83.8
338	Didier Deschamps	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2001	83.8
340	Manuela Giugliano	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2013–active	83.7
346	Grace Geyoro	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–active	83.6
353	Nadine Keßler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–2016	83.5
354	Claudio Marchisio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2019	83.5
357	Steven Gerrard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1998–2016	83.4
360	Lena Oberdorf	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2018–active	83.4
362	Jude Bellingham	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2019–active	83.4
365	Bernardo Silva	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2013–active	83.3
372	Javier Mascherano	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2003–2020	83.3
374	Arturo Vidal	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2006–active	83.2
381	Kim Källström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2018	83.1
386	Álex Aguinaga	Football	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1984–2005	83.1
388	Billy Bremner	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1959–1982	83.0
391	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1994–2010	83.0
395	Rosana dos Santos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2019	82.9
397	Peter Lorimer	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1962–1986	82.8
398	Koke Resurrección	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2009–active	82.8
408	Emmanuel Petit	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2004	82.6

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