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Didi
​Xavi
​​Luis Suarez
Luka Modric
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​Paulo Roberto Falcao
​​​Jozsef Bozsik
​Josef Masopust
​Johan Neeskens
​​Paul Breitner
​Andrea Pirlo
​Ernst Ocwirk
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​​Jean Tigana
​Toni Kroos
​Antonio Sastre
​​Steven Gerrard
​​​​Willem Van Hanegam
​Gerhard Hanappi
​Mario Coluna
​​​​Marco Tardelli
​​Gerson
​​​​​​Pirri
Clarence Seedorf
​Bryan Robson​
​​Patrick Vieira
​​​Roy Keane
Billy Bremner
​Alain Giresse
​Paul Scholes
​Frank Lampard
​​​​Alex James
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​​​Igor Netto
​​Xabi Alonso
​Edgar Davids
​​​Herbert Prohaska
​​​​​Graeme Souness
​​Ossie Ardiles
​​​​​​​Cesc Fabregas
​​​​​​​​Dragoslav Sekularac
​Yaya Toure
​N'Golo Kante
​​​​Michael Ballack
​Stefan Effenberg
​Jim Baxter
​​​Bastian Schweinsteiger
​​​Carlos Valderamma
​Paul Pogba
​​Cesar Cueto
​​​​Alan Ball​
​​​​​Wilfried Van Moer

​​​Juan Sebastian Veron
​​​​​​Felix Magath
​​​​​​Martin Peters
​​Luis Del Sol
​​​Colin Bell
​​​​Karl Koller
​​​​​Gaizka Mendieta
​​​​Arturo Vidal
​​​Johnny Giles
​Marco Veratti​
​​Thiago Alcantara​
​Daniele De Rossi
​​​​Giancarlo De Sisti
​​​​​Dino Sani
​​​Giacomo Bulgarelli
​​Demetrio Albertini
​Soren Lerby
​​​​Arie Haan
​​Fulvio Bernardini
​​Vladimir Jugovic
​​​Luis Aragones
​​​​Pedri
​​Robert Prosinecki
​​​Michael Essien
​​​Ilkay Gundogan
​​​​​Bo Larsson
​​​​Amilcar Barbuy
​​​​Jude Bellingham
​​​​​​​​​Ivan Rakitic
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Diego Simeone
​​​Oleksandr Zavarov
​​​​​​​​Juninho Pernambucano
​​Walter Nausch
​​​​​​​Olaf Thon
​​​​​Salvatore Bagni
​​​​Puck Van Heel
​​​Giuseppe Gianinni
​​Heinz Flohe
​Volodymyr Muntyan
Branko Oblak
​​​​​Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
​​​​​​​​Ernesto Lazatti
Manuel Fleitas Solich
​​Lajos Detari
​​Federico Valverde
​​Yuriy Voynov
Paul Ince
​​Bobby Murdoch
​​​​​​​Iosif Petschovschi
​​​​Willy Van De Kerkhof
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​PLATINUM V

GOLD I
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​SILVER I
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Lothar Matthaus
Lothar Matthaus
Bundesliga *6
Serie A *1
DFB Pokal *2
UEFA Cup *1
World Cup *1
Euros *1
Balon D'Or *1
Didi
Didi
Cariocao *4
World Cup *2
​Highest SA POTY Rank: N/A
Xavi
Xavi
La Liga *8
Copa Del Rey *3
Champions League *4
World Cup *1
Euros *2
3rd Balon D'Or *3​
Jozsef Boszik
Luis Suarez
La Liga *2
Serie A*3
Copa Del Rey*2
European Cup*2
Euros *1
Balon D'Or *1
2nd Balon D'Or*2
3rd Balon D'Or *1
Luka Modric
Luka Modric
La Liga *3
Copa Del Rey *2
Champions League *4
Balon D'Or *1

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Nicolo Barella
Leonid Buryak
​Segundo Castillo
​​​​Albin Kitzinger​​
​Ezio Loik
​Ruben Marcos
​Eliseo Mourino
Victor Munoz
​Zeljko Perusic
​​Vladimir Petrovic
​Vitinha
Renato Zaccarelli

ITA
​UKR
PER
​​GER
ITA
​CHI
​ARG
​SPA
​CRO
​​SER
​POR
ITA

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World Class No.8s by Nation
10 - Spain
8 - England , Germany , Italy
5 - Brazil , France , Netherlands
4 - Austria , Scotland
3 - Argentina, Croatia
2 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Belgium , Chile , Colombia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Ghana , Hungary , Ivory Coast , North Macedonia , Peru , Portugal , Russia , Serbia, Sweden
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​World Class No.8s by Decade

1    Lothar Matthaus
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2    Didi
​3    Xavi
​4    Luis Suarez
5    Luka Modric
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​6    Paulo R. Falcao
7    Jozsef Bozsik
8    Josef Masopust
9    Johan Neeskens
​10   Paul Breitner
​11   Andrea Pirlo
​12   Ernst Ocwirk

​13   Jean Tigana
​14   Toni Kroos
15   Antonio Sastre
​​16   Steven Gerrard
​​17   W. Van Hanegam
18   Gerhard Hanappi
​19   Mario Coluna
​​​​20   Marco Tardelli
​​21   Gerson
​​​22   Pirri
23   Clarence Seedorf
​24   Bryan Robson
​​25   Patrick Vieira
​​26   Roy Keane
27   Billy Bremner
​28   Alain Giresse
​29   Paul Scholes
30   Frank Lampard
​​​​31   Alex James
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​​​32   Igor Netto
​​33   Xabi Alonso
​​34   Edgar Davids
​​35   Herbert Prohaska
​​​36   Graeme Souness
​​37   Ossie Ardiles
​38   Cesc Fabregas
​​​​​39   D. Sekularac
​40   Yaya Toure
​41   N'Golo Kante
42   Michael Ballack
​43   Stefan Effenberg
​44   Jim Baxter
​​​45   B. Schweinsteiger
​​​46   C. Valderamma
47   Paul Pogba
​​48   Cesar Cueto
​​​49   Alan Ball​
​​​50   W. Van Moer

​​​51   Juan S. Veron
​​​​​52   Felix Magath
​​​​​​53   Martin Peters
​​54   Luis Del Sol
55   Colin Bell
​​56   Karl Koller
​​​​​​57   Gaizka Mendieta
​58   Arturo Vidal
​​59   Johnny Giles
​​60   Marco Veratti​
​​61   Thiago Alcantara​
​​​​62   Daniele De Rossi
​​​63   Giancarlo De Sisti
​​​​​64   Dino Sani
​​​65   G. Bulgarelli
​​​​66   D. Albertini
67   Soren Lerby
​​​​​​68   Arie Haan
​​​69   Fulvio Bernardini
​​70   Vladimir Jugovic
​​​71   Luis Aragones
​​​72   Pedri
​​73   Robert Prosinecki
​​​74   Michael Essien
​​​75   Ilkay Gundogan
​​​​76   Bo Larsson
​​77   Amilcar Barbuy
​​​​78   Jude Bellingham
​​79   ​Ivan Rakitic

​​​​​80   Diego Simeone
​​​81   Ol. Zavarov
​​​​​​​​82   Juninho Per.
​​83   Walter Nausch
​​​​​84   Olaf Thon
​​​​​85   Salvatore Bagni
​86   Puck Van Heel
​​​87   Giuseppe Gianinni
​​88   Heinz Flohe
89   V. Muntyan
​​​​​​90   Branko Oblak
​​​​91   OMykhaylychenko
​​​​​​​92   Ernesto Lazatti
​​93   M. Fleitas Solich
​94   Lajos Detari
​95   Fede Valverde
​​96   Yuriy Voynov
​​97   Paul Ince
​​​​​​​98   Bobby Murdoch
​​​​​​​89   Iosif Petschovschi
​​​100  ​​​​W. VD. Kerkhof
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​HON. MENTIONS
Nicolo Barella
​Leonid Buryak
​Segundo Castillo
​​​​Albin Kitzinger​​
​Ezio Loik
​Ruben Marcos
Eliseo Mourino
​Victor Munoz
Zeljko Perusic
Vladimir Petrovic
​Vitinha
Renato Zaccarelli

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World Class No.8s by Nation
10 - Spain
8 - England , Germany , Italy
5 - Brazil , France , Netherlands
4 - Austria , Scotland
3 - Argentina, Croatia
2 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Belgium , Chile , Colombia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Ghana , Hungary , Ivory Coast , North Macedonia , Peru , Portugal , Russia , Serbia, Sweden
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​World Class No.8s by Decade

New List Entries since 2022:
  • 2023: Jude Bellingham
  • 2024: Federico Valverde
  • 2025: Pedri