- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2021
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
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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- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1992–2000
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1974–1991
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1975–1997
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1970–1988
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1998–2013
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–2025
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1962–1983
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–2019
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1967–1980
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1954–1971
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2004
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–2004
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2003–2021
- Country
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2006
- Country
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2011
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1959–1976
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2023
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1991–2014
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–2025
- Country
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–2006
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2004–2023
- Country
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1995–2012
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1995–2013
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1992–2013
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2019
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1968–1984
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2005
- Country
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–2020
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 70.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2014
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 83.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2016
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1982–1999
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1998–2015
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1983–1996
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2015
- Country
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1976–1995
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1993–2013
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1972–1988
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 70.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 412 | Blaise Matuidi | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2005–2021 | 82.5 |
| 418 | Tisha Venturini | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1992–2000 | 82.4 |
| 419 | Bruno Conti | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1974–1991 | 82.4 |
| 420 | Georginio Wijnaldum | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 2007–active | 82.4 |
| 422 | Bryan Robson | Football | 🏴 England | 1975–1997 | 82.3 |
| 435 | Alain Giresse | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1970–1988 | 82.1 |
| 437 | Amandine Henry | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2007–active | 82.1 |
| 441 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | Football | 🇳🇴 Norway | 1998–2013 | 82.1 |
| 442 | Amanda Sampedro | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2010–active | 82.1 |
| 445 | Christian Eriksen | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2010–2025 | 82.1 |
| 449 | Alan Ball | Football | 🏴 England | 1962–1983 | 82.0 |
| 452 | Valentina Cernoia | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2008–active | 82.0 |
| 457 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2002–2019 | 81.9 |
| 460 | Heinz Flohe | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1967–1980 | 81.9 |
| 471 | Mário Coluna | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1954–1971 | 81.7 |
| 475 | Luis Enrique | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1990–2004 | 81.6 |
| 479 | Stefan Effenberg | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1987–2004 | 81.5 |
| 482 | Antonio Valencia | Football | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 2003–2021 | 81.5 |
| 485 | Roy Keane | Football | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 1990–2006 | 81.3 |
| 490 | Patrick Vieira | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1994–2011 | 81.2 |
| 494 | Adelardo Rodríguez | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1959–1976 | 81.2 |
| 498 | Sebastian Larsson | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2005–2023 | 81.2 |
| 502 | Edgar Davids | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1991–2014 | 81.0 |
| 505 | Dušan Tadić | Football | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 2007–2025 | 81.0 |
| 509 | Arianna Caruso | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2016–active | 80.9 |
| 510 | Katia Serra | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1987–2006 | 80.9 |
| 512 | Elin Rubensson | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2011–active | 80.8 |
| 519 | Marek Hamšík | Football | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 2004–2023 | 80.6 |
| 522 | Michael Ballack | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1995–2012 | 80.5 |
| 524 | Pamela Conti | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1995–2013 | 80.5 |
| 529 | David Beckham | Football | 🏴 England | 1992–2013 | 80.2 |
| 539 | Virginia Torrecilla | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2012–active | 79.9 |
| 542 | Rafael van der Vaart | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 2000–2019 | 79.8 |
| 544 | Sir Trevor David Brooking | Football | 🏴 England | 1968–1984 | 79.8 |
| 548 | Patri Guijarro | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2015–active | 79.6 |
| 550 | Mario Götze | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2010–active | 79.6 |
| 551 | Zlatko Zahovič | Football | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 1990–2005 | 79.6 |
| 552 | Gabi Fernández | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2002–2020 | 79.4 |
| 553 | Park Ji-sung | Football | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2000–2014 | 79.4 |
| 556 | Adriana Silva | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2007–active | 79.4 |
| 558 | Louisa Nécib | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2005–2016 | 79.3 |
| 560 | Giuseppe Giannini | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1982–1999 | 79.2 |
| 561 | Marcos Senna | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1998–2015 | 79.2 |
| 563 | Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko | Football | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1983–1996 | 79.1 |
| 567 | Álvaro Recoba | Football | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 1994–2015 | 78.9 |
| 568 | Verónica Boquete | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2005–active | 78.8 |
| 575 | Alexis Mac Allister | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 2017–active | 78.6 |
| 584 | Glenn Hoddle | Football | 🏴 England | 1976–1995 | 78.1 |
| 601 | Juninho Pernambucano | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1993–2013 | 77.4 |
| 602 | Marco Tardelli | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1972–1988 | 77.3 |
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How is this ranking calculated?
Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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