10 best Strikers of all time??

Steve_o

Who do ye think are the 10 best strikers of all time?

cournioni

Jeez thats a hard one... I'll name the ones I can remember
1. Pele
2. Best
3. Law
4. Puskas
5. Platini
6. van Nistelrooy

Tellox

Not sure about top10, heres my top5 atm though

1. Van Nistelrooy
2. Beckham
3. Henry
4. Keane
5. Owen

Makaveli

Probably cant think of 10...

Best
Pele
Van Basten
...
Romario

Er I'll think of more tomorrow.

Pigman II

Gerd Muller
Marco VanBasten
Paolo Rossi
Just Fontaine
Jairzinho
Gregorz Lato
Mario Kempes
Gary Lineker
Zico
Sandor Koskis
Eusebio
Hans Krankel
Davor Suker
Ronaldo
Gabriel Batistuta

Pepe LeFrits

Originally posted by Tizlox
Not sure about top10, heres my top5 atm though

1. Van Nistelrooy
2. Beckham
3. Henry
4. Keane
5. Owen

haha

1. Henry
2. Wright
3. Bergkamp
4. Smith

Stinkah

Originally posted by Pigman II
Gerd Muller
Marco VanBasten
Paolo Rossi
Just Fontaine
Jairzinho
Gregorz Lato
Mario Kempes
Gary Lineker
Zico
Sandor Koskis
Eusebio
Hans Krankel
Davor Suker
Ronaldo
Gabriel Batistuta

Some nice choices in there, but I think, to be fair, you'd have to add Alan Shearer and of course Maradona, even though he wasn't always an out and out striker.

PiE

Van Basten
Nordahl
Rush
Klinnsman
Shearer
Hunt
Meazza
Henry

...can't think of rest right now.

Peoples choices are sure to be influenced by teams/leagues they follow though.

eric_the_head

1. Van Basten
2. Maradona
3. Muller
4. Gullit
5. Pele
6. Zico
7. Romario
8. Puskas
9. Klinnsman
10. Andy Cole ( just joking !! ):D

Bob the Unlucky Octopus

1) Pele

2) Cryuff

3) Maradonna

4) Van Basten

5) Gerd Muller

6) Di Stefano

7) Eusebio

8) Platini

9) Puskas

10) Gigi Riva

Really hard to leave out some ppl...Karl-Heinz Rumminege, Koscis, Lineker, Fontaine, Mario Kempes, Vava- but those 10 are as close as we'll get for me I guess :P

nggguitar

1. Van Basten (no contest)
Mario Kempeys
Eric Cantona
Raul
Puskas
Baggio
Pelé
Paolo Rossi
Maradona


Mikkel Beck (worst ever)

ManWithThePlan

Marco Van Basten was the best ever.

He should be in everyone's list imho.

Plagued with injury near the end of his career unfortunatly

SheroN

I can't believe someone included david beckham and not alan shearer in their choice of top 10 strikers??....Actually, I can't believe the lack of Alan Shearer in most people's choices.

cournioni

Originally posted by ManWithThePlan
Marco Van Basten was the best ever.

He should be in everyone's list imho.

Plagued with injury near the end of his career unfortunatly

Yeah, hes on my list now...

Pigman II wrote out a good list. But I can't believe he left out Pele who remember, scored over 1000 goals in his career.

kaimera

Pele
Rossi
Platini
Rummeneger [sp?]
Kempes
Van Basten
Baggio
Romario
Di Stefano
Maradona

MrJoeSoap

Van Basten . No contest, although Van Nistelrooy comes fairly close.

darthmise

Van Basten
Maradonna,
Pele,
Muller,
Eusebio,
Di Stefano,
Henry,( will be regarded as one in time to come i reckon)
Romario,
Charlton,
and either Rossi, Guilitt, Careca (personal Fave), Lineker, Kempes

irishgeo

Cant believe people leave rush of their lists. Sure he didnt to do well with his country put for liverpool he was the best the club ever had.

plastic membrane

Originally posted by ManWithThePlan
Marco Van Basten was the best ever.

Best striker i've ever seen anyway...

hussey

Pele
Best
Maradona
Van Bastan
Gorincha
Di Stefiano
Romario
Batistuta
Ronaldo
Muller
Puskas

insomniac

Van Nistelrooy does not belong on that list - I hope you were just taking the piss. All he is is a bloody goal poacher but nobody seems to notice.

Ian Wright anyway and a couple of others such as Robbie Fowler(remember a few years ago), definitely Alan Shearer and Eric Cantona(just for the collar and the Crystal Palace game!)

Runfree

Its to hard to make a proper list but here is a list of some the best and not necessary the best

Van Basten (oh am I proud to be dutch for this man)
Pele
Maradona(maybe not a striker but still magical)
Batistuta
Di Stefano
Cruyff(Johan not his son cause he was just useless)
Romario(without doubt he was one of the best brazilians after Pele close to follow is Ronaldo though)
Ruud Gullit(had to include him because he is dutch)
Henry(he is going to be big aswell as Zidane)

ok and now I have to put this man in even though I dont like him but still he did good for his country.

Klinsman

I could think of many more great strikers but I am leaving it at this.

Sposs

Pele
Ronaldo
Maradona
Van Basten
Shearer
Bastituta
Puskas
Lineker
Romario
Hughes
Quinn

Honourable mention , Klinnsman,Voller,bebeto,zico,owen.

Wouldnt have Henry in just yet,his one on one with Keepers is still fairly poor.

the fnj

Van Basten
Pele
Cantona
Best
Shearer
Maradonna
Cryuff
Romario
Batistuta

Frank Stapleton

Niall Quinn

PS Duff during the Big Mick reign of terror

Thanx 4 The Fish

Pele
Garrincha
Rush
Van Basten
Romario
Batistuta
Suker (back in the day)
Shearer
Ronaldo
Cryuff

Xterminator

Shearer
Klinnsman
Platini
VanBasten
Batistuta
Rush
Henry
Romario
Cantona
Lineker

X

Praetorian

Maradona
Best
Van Bastan
Shearer
Van Nistelrooy (all he does is goal poach my a$$)
Batistuta

The best for last

David Connolly
and me...well actually im well better than Connolly

thegills

JPP - anyone who can score with a backheel from 18 yards should make the list.

What about the Saudi Arabian striker with 200+ caps and 1500+ goals??

Rush is without doubt one of the best and should always appear above Cantona and Van Kneesalright purely on statistics alone, its not as if either one has done well internationally!

Raul, Maradona, Puskas, Matthews, Zico, Pele, Van Basten, Rush, Boniek, Rossi.

Dempsey

Glad to see Garrincha on some people's lists, he is abit of a forgotten hero, he could turn a game around in the blink of an eye.

that saudi Arabian player wouldn't get on my list because he probably scored most of them against poor opposition although scoring 1500+ goals is not an easy task. How many of them were against world class opposition.

Pele scored over 1000 against the best of opposition, great striker but my favourite player would be maradona followed closely by Marco van Basten. Marco would be higher up on everyone's lists only for his career ending injury, me thinks.

I dont have a list done yet, still thinking about it.

Space Coyote

Maradona (i'm saying he was a striker)
Van Basten (my fave of all time)
Cruyff, Johann
Baggio,Robbie (he was a genius)
Batistuta
Puskas
Rush
Romario
Weah
Brian Clough (if you've read his autobiography you'll know how many goals he got, phenomenal)

that list is a very rough draft, ye could spend weeks thinking of lads...

P.S. I left out Pelé coz of those Viagra ads he's doing...christ !

ManWithThePlan

Originally posted by Space_Coyote
Baggio,Robbie (he was a genius)

True.

P.S. I left out Pelé coz of those Viagra ads he's doing...christ !

Haven't heard of this!
Tell me more.

Space Coyote

Yeah! Think I saw the ad on Sky One, ye hear some bloke singing in the shower...then he comes out and it's bleedin Pelé for sheet sake!!! and then he starts babbling on about Viagra...someone give him a job.

knobbles

i've have to do complete serious research to order them but here's ten i'd nominate...

Van Basten - most skillful, acrobatic and prolific striker i've seen
Zico
Maradona
Pele
Puskas
Eusebio
Muller
Klinsmann
Best
Dixie Dean

ManWithThePlan

Van Basten is my favourite player of all time.

Is it true he's a physio now?
If so, for what club?

Space Coyote

not sure what he's doing now but here's a factfile on his career...not bad

Marco Van Basten

knobbles

....didn't realise he was only 23 in Euro 88,
5 goals in their 5 games and of course that volley!

ManWithThePlan

Originally posted by knobbles
....didn't realise he was only 23 in Euro 88,
5 goals in their 5 games and of course that volley!

Yea he retired quite early

And that volley is one of the best goals evarr imho .

woodyg

Pele
Van Basten
Cruyf
Di Stefinao
Garincha(the little bird)
Robbie Baggio
Romario
Puskas
Papain
Gerd Mueller

Honourable Mention Klinsman,Bebbeto,Fointainne,Zico,Leineker,Stoichkov,Hagi,
Batistuta,Rossi,

Bateman

>Papain

I hope thats a joke

No-one beats Van Basten, for me.

uch

Marco Van Basten and Rudi Voller have to be in the top 5 !

Hairy Homer

Originally posted by Pigman II

Hans Krankel

Hans Krankel?? That’s just showing off. (Or showing your age) :-)

Here’s ten in reverse order

10 George Camsell (my bid to outdo Pigman for the Golden Anorak award) any one who can score 59 league goals in a single season has got to be a serious contender

9 Dixie Dean Anyone who can score 60 league goals in a single season is an even more serious contender

8 Ronaldo The first World Cup golden boot winner to end up with a tally of more than six goals in 32 years (that’s surely the Golden Anorak safe). Not as good to watch as some of the others though, IMHO.

7 Dennis Law By way of complete contrast, superb to watch but never won anything internationally. (Scottish, poor chap) Even missed out on United’s moment of European glory in 1968. Place was taken by some teenager called Kidd who scored on the night.

6 Paolo Rossi Even better in 1978 than he was in 1982.

5 Dennis Bergkamp Unbelievable first touch. As good as Cruyff, who is only omitted from this list for not being primarily a striker. Ditto Platini.

4 Gerd Muller Goalscoring machine. How he managed to swing those massive thighs was a mystery of nature.

3 Eusebio Big and strong like Van Nistlerooy but for skill and shooting power left him in the ha’penny place. Hardest shot I’ve ever seen. ‘Oh my word. Have you ever seen anything like that?’

2 Van Basten Elegant, skillful, deadlly finisher. Gets ahead of Bergkamp by actually winning something internationally.

1 Pele Simply the best. At everything. Ever. Pace. Skill. Balletic grace. Cheek. Most memorable moments are all misses (chip from halfway, header saved by Banks, dummy around Uruguayan keeper in 1970 World Cup) and yet he still scored over 1,000 goals.

Steve_o

Ok heres my top 10 in no particular order

10.Romario
9.Roberto Baggio
8.Mario Kempez
7.Michel Platini
6.Diego Maradona
5.Marco VanBasten
4.Johann Cruyff
3.Zico
2.Gary Lineker
1.Pelé

Pigman II

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
Hans Krankel?? That’s just showing off. (Or showing your age) :-)

Purely showing off I assure you. Did Gregorz Lato not send the alarm bells off?

Johnny_the_fox

Robbie Fowler <in his early days>

Englands most natural striker

da_deadman

No particular order:

Marco Van Basten
Gabriel Batistuta
Pele
Ferenc Puskas
Diego Maradona
Roberto Baggio
Alan Shearer
Gerd Muller

the last two could come from a few others like Romario, Edmundo(such a talented player), Jurgen Klinnsman, Dixie Dean, Stanley Matthews, Paolo Rossi and maybe Dennis Bergkamp. In the near future the likes of Totti, Del Piero, Vieri, Henry, Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy could be considered

jonno

I'll go with Fowler when he started off. Then there's Ian Rush, Pele, Batistuta, Lineker, Maradona and of coarse Van Basten.

Have to say though my all time favourite is Rushie. Pity about the dodgy moustaush

Mnemoniac

Originally posted by ManWithThePlan
Van Basten is my favourite player of all time.

Is it true he's a physio now?
If so, for what club?

He's currently an assistant trainer at Ajax.