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Every table the crowd has built, one duel at a time.
All-Time
The 100 qualifiers
Positions
Ten positions · four eras
Traits
6 ladders
Rivalries
15 head-to-heads
Goalkeepers
Centre Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
No.6
No.8
No.10
Wingers
Second Strikers
Strikers
1930s–60s
1 to Friday
1970s–80s
2 to Friday
1990–2009
3 to Friday
2010–now
3 to Friday
All eras
from all-era days
35 players
Player
Pos
Elo
Record
Duels
1
Xavi Hernández
Barcelona
No.8
1230
19
–2
21
2
Luka Modrić
Real Madrid
No.8
1228
20
–4
24
3
Cesc Fàbregas
Arsenal
No.8
1191
19
–4
23
4
Jude Bellingham
Real Madrid
No.8
1173
18
–5
23
5
Paul Pogba
Juventus
No.8
1136
21
–8
29
6
Federico Valverde
Real Madrid
No.8
1127
8
–0
8
7
Pedri
Barcelona
No.8
1124
8
–1
9
8
Xabi Alonso
Liverpool
No.8
1110
19
–13
32
9
Yaya Touré
Man City
No.8
1099
15
–7
22
10
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bayern Munich
No.8
1095
14
–10
24
11
Marco Verratti
PSG
No.8
1085
12
–5
17
12
Ilkay Gündoğan
Man City
No.8
1064
13
–9
22
13
Moussa Dembélé
Tottenham
No.8
1055
4
–1
5
14
Ivan Rakitić
Barcelona
No.8
1050
14
–12
26
15
Claudio Marchisio
Juventus
No.8
1050
6
–5
11
16
Koke
Atlético Madrid
No.8
1040
6
–3
9
17
Toni Kroos
Real Madrid
No.8
1038
11
–11
22
18
Frenkie de Jong
Barcelona
No.8
1033
6
–3
9
19
Nicolò Barella
Inter Milan
No.8
1032
5
–3
8
20
Thiago Alcântara
Bayern Munich
No.8
1029
14
–11
25
21
Blaise Matuidi
PSG
No.8
1002
4
–4
8
22
Leon Goretzka
Bayern Munich
No.8
996
3
–3
6
23
Jordan Henderson
Liverpool
No.8
988
3
–4
7
24
Vitinha
PSG
No.8
987
3
–3
6
25
João Neves
PSG
No.8
977
2
–4
6
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