#1 Paolo Maldini "Il Capitano"
- Pro Period : 1985 - 2009
- International Career : 1988 - 2002
- 1030 matches - 40 goals - 48 assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m86
- 26 Trophies/30 Individual Awards
#2 Nílton Santos "The Enclyclopedia"
- Pro Period : 1948 - 1964
- International Career : 1949 - 1962
- 796 matches - 14 goals - / assists
- Left-Back - 1m80
- 27 Trophies/8 Individual Awards
#3 Giacinto Facchetti "Il Capitano"
- Pro Period : 1960 - 1978
- International Career : 1963 - 1977
- 733 matches - 79 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Left-Wing Back - 1m91
- 10 Trophies/7 Individual Awards
#4 Ruud Krol
- Pro Period : 1968 - 1986
- International Career : 1969 - 1983
- 741 matches - 35 goals - 63 assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back/Libero - 1m84
- 16 Trophies/5 Individual Awards
#5 Paul Breitner "Der Afro"
- Pro Period : 1970 - 1983
- International Career : 1971 - 1982
- 529 matches - 144 goals - 47 assists
- Left-Back/Right-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m76
- 13 Trophies/19 Individual Awards
#6 Ernest Needham
- Pro Period : 1891 - 1909
- International Career : 1894 - 1902
- 567 matches - 72 goals - 90 assists
- Left-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m70
- 3 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#7 Marcelo "El Loco"
- Pro Period : 2004 -
- International Career : 2006 - 2018
- 711 matches - 57 goals - 118 assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m74
- 31 Trophies/31 Individual Awards
#8 Roberto Carlos "Mr Free-Kick"
- Pro Period : 1990 - 2016
- International Career : 1992 - 2006
- 1079 matches - 137 goals - 167 assists
- Left-Back/Left-Midfielder/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m68
- 25 Trophies/23 Individual Awards
#9 Eddie Hapgood
- Pro Period : 1927 - 1944
- International Career : 1933 - 1939
- 476 matches - 2 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m78
- 15 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#10 Leovegildo Junior "Maestro"
- Pro Period : 1974 - 1993
- International Career : 1979 - 1992
- 1094 matches - 99 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Left-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m72
- 19 Trophies/11 Individual Awards
#11 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger "Volskwagen"
- Pro Period : 1958 - 1975
- International Career : 1958 - 1971
- 640 matches - 19 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back/Libero - 1m80
- 10 Trophies/5 Individual Awards
#12 Andreas Brehme "Andy"
- Pro Period : 1978 - 1998
- International Career : 1984 - 1994
- 774 matches - 98 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Left-Midfielder/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m75
- 9 Trophies/6 Individual Awards
#13 Gerhard Hanappi "Gschropp"
- Pro Period : 1946 - 1965
- International Career : 1948 - 1962
- 543 matches - 135 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Central-Midfielder/Right-Winger - 1m69
- 11 Trophies/5 Individual Awards
#14 Antonio Cabrini "Fidanzato d'Italia"
- Pro Period : 1973 - 1991
- International Career : 1978 - 1987
- 643 matches - 66 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Left-Midfielder - 1m78
- 14 Trophies/1 Individual Award
#15 Ashley Cole "Cashley"
- Pro Period : 1999 - 2019
- International Career : 2001 - 2014
- 808 matches - 21 goals - 79 assists
- Left-Back - 1m72
- 15 Trophies/8 Individual Awards
#16 Denis Irwin
- Pro Period : 1983 - 2004
- International Career : 1990 - 1999
- 899 matches - 44 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Right-Back - 1m73
- 19 Trophies/5 Individual Awards
#17 Silvio Marzolini
- Pro Period : 1959 - 1972
- International Career : 1960 - 1969
- 439 matches - 10 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m82
- 7 Trophies/1 Individual Award
#18 Renzo De Vecchi "Il Figlio di Dio"
- Pro Period : 1909 - 1929
- International Career : 1910 - 1925
- 393 matches - 47 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m63
- 3 Trophies/1 Individual Award
#19 Umberto Caligaris "Berto"
- Pro Period : 1919 - 1937
- International Career : 1922 - 1934
- 459 matches - 18 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m75
- 8 Trophies/1 Individual Award
#20 Pietro Rava
- Pro Period : 1935 - 1952
- International Career : 1936 - 1946
- 423 matches - 21 goals - / assists
- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m75
- 5 Trophies/0 Individual Award
TOP 25 Right-Backs
#1 Djalma Santos "La Muralha"
- Pro Period : 1948 - 1971
- International Career : 1952 - 1968
- 1062 matches - 48 goals - / assists
- Right-Back - 1m73
- 21 Trophies/7 Individual Awards
#2 Carlos Alberto "El Capitan"
- Pro Period : 1963 - 1982
- International Career : 1959 - 1977
- 818 matches - 72 goals - 91 assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m80
- 25 Trophies/9 Individual Awards
#3 Cafu "Pendolino"
- Pro Period : 1989 - 2008
- International Career : 1990 - 2006
- 849 matches - 56 goals - / assists
- Right-Back, Right-Midfielder - 1m78
- 26 Trophies/14 Individual Awards
#4 Dani Alves "Dani Boy"
- Pro Period : 2001 - 2023
- International Career : 2006 - 2022
- 995 matches - 69 goals - 199 assists
- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m73
- 43 Trophies/31 Individual Awards
#5 Philipp Lahm "Magic Dwarf"
- Pro Period : 2003 - 2017
- International Career : 2004 - 2014
- 700 matches - 24 goals - 94 assists
- Right-Back/Left-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m70
- 22 Trophies/18 Individual Awards
#6 Nick Ross
- Pro Period : 1880 - 1893
- International Career : /
- 179 matches - 68 goals - 27 assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back/Striker - 1m86
- 1 Trophy/0 Individual Award
#7 Giuseppe Bergomi "Zio"
- Pro Period : 1980 - 1999
- International Career : 1982 - 1998
- 837 matches - 34 goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m84
- 7 Trophies/6 Individual Awards
#8 Lilian Thuram "Monsieur Propre"
- Pro Period : 1990 - 2008
- International Career : 1994 - 2008
- 825 matches - 15 goals - 27 assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m85
- 11 Trophies/13 Individual Awards
#9 Berti Vogts "Der Terrier"
- Pro Period : 1965 - 1979
- International Career : 1967 - 1978
- 634 matches - 46 goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m68
- 10 Trophies/20 Individual Awards
#10 Javier Zanetti "The Tractor"
- Pro Period : 1992 - 2014
- International Career : 1994 - 2011
- 1063 matches - 36 goals - 42 assists
- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m78
- 17 Trophies/16 Individual Awards
#11 Tarcisio Burgnich "La Roccia"
- Pro Period : 1958 - 1977
- International Career : 1963 - 1974
- 669 matches - 9 goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back/Libero - 1m75
- 12 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#12 Claudio Gentile "Kadhafi"
- Pro Period : 1971 - 1988
- International Career : 1975 - 1984
- 673 matches - 17 goals - 11 assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back/Libero - 1m78
- 12 Trophies/3 Individual Awards
#13 Wim Suurbier
- Pro Period : 1964 - 1982
- International Career : 1966 - 1978
- 710 matches - 25 goals - 69 assists
- Right-Back/Left-Back - 1m81
- 18 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#14 José Leandro de Souza Ferreira "Peixe-Frito"
- Pro Period : 1978 - 1990
- International Career : 1981 - 1986
- 448 matches - 16 goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m82
- 22 Trophies/2 Individual Awards
#15 Phil Neal
- Pro Period : 1968 - 1989
- International Career : 1976 - 1983
- 943 matches - 95 goals - 43 assists
- Right-Back/Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m80
- 27 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#16 Jorge de Amorim Campos "Jorginho"
- Pro Period : 1982 - 2002
- International Career : 1987 - 1995
- 847 matches - 74 goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder/Libero - 1m75
- 16 Trophies/4 Individual Awards
#17 Manuel Amoros
- Pro Period : 1980 - 1996
- International Career : 1982 - 1992
- 672 matches - 49 goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Left-Back - 1m72
- 8 Trophies/4 Individual Awards
#18 Maicon "M13"
- Pro Period : 2001 - 2017
- International Career : 2003 - 2014
- 556 matches - 41 goals - 79 assists
- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder - 1m84
- 21 Trophies/11 Individual Awards
#19 Gianluca Zambrotta "Cremina"
- Pro Period : 1994 - 2014
- International Career : 1999 - 2010
- 718 matches - 34 goals - 55 assists
- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder/Left-Back - 1m81
- 9 Trophies/6 Individual Awards
#20 Paul Janes
- Pro Period : 1930 - 1951
- International Career : 1932 - 1942
- / matches - / goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m78
- 6 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#21 Walter Arnott
- Pro Period : 1882 - 1895
- International Career : 1883 - 1893
- / matches - / goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - /
- 3 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#22 Mauro Tassotti "Il Tasso"
- Pro Period : 1978 - 1997
- International Career : 1992 - 1994
- 656 matches - 12 goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m77
- 23 Trophies/2 Individual Awards
#23 Ernst Örvar Bergmark
- Pro Period : 1948 - 1965
- International Career : 1951 - 1965
- 387 matches - 26 goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m80
- 3 Trophies/2 Individual Awards
#24 Severino Minelli
- Pro Period : 1927 - 1946
- International Career : 1930 - 1943
- / matches - / goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m74
- 14 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#25 Norberto Yacono
- Pro Period : 1938 - 1962
- International Career : 1942 - 1951
- 408+ matches - / goals - / assists
- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m62
- 16 Trophies/0 Individual Awards
TOP 25 Center-Backs
#1 Franz Beckenbauer "Kaizer"
- Pro Period : 1964 - 1983
- International Career : 1965 - 1977
- 840 matches - 109 goals - 132 assists
- Libero/Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m81
- 21 Trophies/53 Individual Awards
#2 Franco Baresi "Il Capitano"
- Pro Period : 1977 - 1997
- International Career : 1980 - 1994
- 800 matches - 34 goals - 24 assists
- Libero/Center-Back - 1m76
- 22 Trophies/12 Individual Awards
#3 José Nasazzi "El Mariscal"
- Pro Period : 1918 - 1937
- International Career : 1923 - 1936
- / matches - / goals - / assists
- Center-Back/Libero/Right-Back - 1m82
- 14 Trophies/5 Individual Awards
#4 Elías Figueroa "El Coloso"
- Pro Period : 1964 - 1982
- International Career : 1966 - 1982
- 838 matches - 41 goals - / assists
- Libero/Center-Back - 1m85
- 16 Trophies/27 Individual Awards
#5 Bobby Moore
- Pro Period : 1958 - 1978
- International Career : 1962 - 1973
- 945 matches - 31 goals - / assists
- Center-Back/Libero - 1m78
- 14 Trophies/18 Individual Awards
#6 Gaetano Scirea "Gai"
- Pro Period : 1972 - 1988
- International Career : 1975 - 1986
- 700 matches - 36 goals - 9 assists
- Libero/Center-Back - 1m78
- 15 Trophies/3 Individual Awards
#7 Daniel Passarella "El Pistolero"
- Pro Period : 1971 - 1989
- International Career : 1976 - 1986
- 608 matches - 184 goals - / assists
- Libero/Center-Back/Left-Back - 1m73
- 10 Trophies/5 Individual Awards
#8 José Santamaría
- Pro Period : 1948 - 1966
- International Career : 1952 - 1962
- / matches - / goals - / assists
- Libero/Center-Back - 1m79
- 21 Trophies/1 Individual Award
#9 Sergio Ramos "El Capitano"
- Pro Period : 2003 -
- International Career : 2005 - 2021
- 996 matches - 140 goals - 50 assists
- Center-Back/Right-Back - 1m84
- 29 Trophies/45 Individual Awards
#10 Bob Crompton
- Pro Period : 1896 - 1916
- International Career : 1902 - 1914
- 571 matches - 14 goals - / assists
- Center-Back/Right-Back - 1m78
- 3 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#11 Alessandro Nesta "Tempesta Perfetta"
- Pro Period : 1993 - 2014
- International Career : 1996 - 2006
- 705 matches - 13 goals - 2 assists
- Center-Back - 1m87
- 20 Trophies/18 Individual Awards
#12 Billy Wright "Snowy"
- Pro Period : 1939 - 1959
- International Career : 1946 - 1959
- 646 matches - 19 goals - / assists
- Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m73
- 5 Trophies/7 Individual Awards
#13 Ronald Koeman "Snowflake"
- Pro Period : 1980 - 1997
- International Career : 1983 - 1994
- 762 matches - 253 goals - 98 assists
- Libero/Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m81
- 19 Trophies/4 Individual Awards
#14 Alan Hansen "Mister Cool"
- Pro Period : 1973 - 1991
- International Career : 1979 - 1987
- 732 matches - 20 goals - 19 assists
- Center-Back - 1m88
- 26 Trophies/10 Individual Awards
#15 Marcel Desailly "The Rock"
- Pro Period : 1986 - 2006
- International Career : 1993 - 2004
- 797 matches - 31 goals - 13 assists
- Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m88
- 13 Trophies/8 Individual Awards
#16 Armando Picchi
- Pro Period : 1954 - 1969
- International Career : 1964 - 1968
- 421 matches - 6 goals - / assists
- Libero/Center-Back/Right-Back - 1m71
- 7 Trophies/1 Individual Award
#17 Marius Trésor "La Tour de Contrôle"
- Pro Period : 1969 - 1984
- International Career : 1971 - 1983
- 580 matches - 23 goals - / assists
- Libero/Center-Back - 1m82
- 4 Trophies/2 Individual Awards
#18 Laurent Blanc "Le Président"
- Pro Period : 1983 - 2003
- International Career : 1989 - 2000
- 817 matches - 152 goals - / assists
- Center-Back/Libero/Attacking-Midfielder - 1m92
- 15 Trophies/11 Individual Awards
#19 Matthias Sammer "Der Roter Baron"
- Pro Period : 1985 - 1998
- International Career : 1986 - 1997
- 475 matches - 115 goals - / assists
- Libero/Defensive-Midfielder/Center-Back - 1m80
- 15 Trophies/11 Individual Awards
#20 Domingos Da Guia "The Divine Master"
- Pro Period : 1929 - 1948
- International Career : 1931 - 1946
- 597 matches - 2 goals - / assists
- Center-Back - 1m85
- 15 Trophies/3 Individual Awards
#21 Carles Puyol "Tiburón"
- Pro Period : 1999 - 2014
- International Career : 2000 - 2013
- 693 matches - 21 goals - 17 assists
- Center-Back/Right-Back/Left-Back - 1m78
- 28 Trophies/22 Individual Awards
#22 Fabio Cannavaro "The Berlin Wall"
- Pro Period : 1992 - 2011
- International Career : 1997 - 2010
- 830 matches - 21 goals - 8 assists
- Center-Back - 1m76
- 10 Trophies/16 Individual Awards
#23 Fernando Hierro "El Gran Capitan"
- Pro Period : 1986 - 2005
- International Career : 1989 - 2002
- 796 matches - 163 goals - 36 assists
- Center-Back/Libero/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m88
- 17 Trophies/6 Individual Awards
#24 Robert Jonquet "Le Héros de Higbury"
- Pro Period : 1945 - 1962
- International Career : 1948 - 1960
- 688 matches - 13 goals - / assists
- Libero/Center-Back - 1m76
- 12 Trophies/0 Individual Award
#25 Héctor Chumpitaz "Captain America"
- Pro Period : 1964 - 1984
- International Career : 1965 - 1981
- 570 matches - 68 goals - / assists
- Center-Back - 1m71
- 9 Trophies/2 Individual Awards