Football fans love to debate over the greatest player of all time.

These days, it's Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo who dominate the debate.

Those two superstars have been at the very top for well over a decade now.

Between them, they boast 11 Ballon d'Or wins and have pretty much had a monopoly on the individual prize for the last 10 years.

But is either one of them really the greatest footballer of all time?

Apparently not.

That's because fans over at TheTopTens have been ranking the best ever - and they haven't picked Messi or Ronaldo.


SHOCKING, right? But let's get into the list:


10. David Beckham

9. Franz Beckenbauer

8. Ronaldinho

7. Ronaldo

6. Johan Cruyff

5. Zinedine Zidane

4. Pele

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

2. Lionel Messi

1. Diego Maradona


Let's start at the top. Number 10. Beckham was a great player, yes. But the 10th best of all time? You must be joking.

Further down the list, Ronaldinho appears. Once again - a great footballer with real flair. But to suggest he's the eight greatest to play the game is a bit of a stretch.

Ronaldinho could be ranked too high
Zidane also ranks higher than Cruyff, which is a bit of an insult to the legendary Dutchman. He should arguably be in the top five.

Then we come to the top. Maradona over Messi? Come on. Just because the former won a World Cup, it doesn't make him better.

Most fans believe the debate is really between Ronaldo and Messi, but the Portuguese star is only 3RD on this list.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Who ranked that drug lord ahead of messi? Op u guys should be carefull of the way u do this ur ranking. If messi is not in the number one spot, then rewrite it and put messi there before i invoke sango and thunder to strike, distroy and kill somebody now

Who are the fans? Abi na only you be FANS?

Coz what am seeing their is ur own top10

funny enough PELE is Ranked 4?
#wtf

Messi should be 1st on that list not 2nd
All of dem fans can eat shitt