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Top Rated Players
All-time peak ratings
#1
Lionel Messi
Argentine·RW
97
2012
22 seasons ratedView profile →
#2
Franco Baresi
Italian·CB
96
1990
21 seasons ratedView profile →
#3
Diego Maradona
Argentine·CAM
96
1986
13 seasons ratedView profile →
#4
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukrainian·ST
96
2004
16 seasons ratedView profile →
#5
Marco van Basten
Dutch·ST
95
1990
15 seasons ratedView profile →
#6
Alessandro Nesta
Italian·CB
95
2006
20 seasons ratedView profile →
#7
Ronaldo Nazário
Brazilian·ST
95
1996
15 seasons ratedView profile →
#8
Michel Platini
French·CAM
94
1984
16 seasons ratedView profile →
#9
ML
Michael Laudrup
Danish·CAM
94
1992
16 seasons ratedView profile →
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