RedCafe All-Time Top 30 | Strikers | Voting is on!

[Synco]

1	Ronaldo	815
2	Gerd Müller	712
3	Marco van Basten	686
4	Romário	512
5	Denis Law	410
6	Uwe Seeler	394
	Gabriel Batistuta	394
8	Sándor Kocsis	390
9	Andriy Shevchenko	367
10	Luis Suárez	353
11	Robert Lewandowski	284
12	Luigi Riva	263
13	Samuel Eto'o	257
14	Jimmy Greaves	254
15	Ruud van Nistelrooij	209
16	David Villa	190
17	Zlatan Ibrahimović	164
18	Alberto Spencer	163
19	Gunnar Nordahl	161
20	Alan Shearer	160
21	Just Fontaine	136
22	Karim Benzema	117
	Hugo Sánchez	117
24	George Weah	114
	Careca	114
26	Preben Elkjær	112
27	Wayne Rooney	92
28	Christian Vieri	87
29	John Charles	86
30	Josef Bican	71
	Jürgen Klinsmann	71
32	Ademir	70
33	Silvio Piola	64
34	Leônidas	61
35	Hernán Crespo	48
36	Beppe Signori	45
37	Paolo Rossi	44
38	Jean-Pierre Papin	39
	Sergio Agüero	39
40	Dixie Dean	34
41	Robin van Persie	30
42	Arsenio Erico	27
43	Gary Lineker	26
44	Didier Drogba	25
45	Andy Cole	21
46	Pippo Inzaghi	20
47	Stjepan Bobek	19
48	Emilio Butragueño	17
49	Hans Krankl	16
50	Ian Rush	15
	Henrik Larsson	15
	Davor Šuker	15
53	Dwight Yorke	14
54	Josip Skoblar	11
	David Trezeguet	11
56	Edinson Cavani	10
57	Robbie Fowler	7
58	Arthur Friedenreich	6
59	Rudi Völler	5
	Patrick Kluivert	5
	Roberto Dinamite	5
62	Ian Wright	4
	Telmo Zarra	4
	Gonzalo Higuaín	4
65	Pedro Petrone	2
	Fernando Torres	2
67	Abe Lenstra	1
	Harry Kane	1
	Jamie Vardy	1
	Mark Hughes	1

Spoiler: ORIGINAL OP

Post your list of the 30 greatest strikers of all time. This thread will be open until July 17th (unless we decide to extend the vote).

The remaining players have been grouped into three positions*. Please use the right column for voting in this thread:

Spoiler

Wingers/Wide Midfielders​	Forwards​	Strikers​
Figo​	Pelé​	G. Müller​
Beckham​	Messi​	L. Ronaldo​
Best​	Cruyff​	van Basten​
Giggs​	Cristiano​	Romário​
Matthews​	Ronaldinho​	Seeler​
Finney​	Eusébio​	Law​
Garrincha​	Puskás​	Elkjær​
Overmars​	Di Stéfano​	Suárez​
Keizer​	Blokhin​	Kocsis​
Džajić​	Rummenigge​	Greaves​
Nedvěd​	Gullit​	Nordahl​
Rensenbrink​	Jairzinho​	Batistuta​
Rahn​	Kubala​	Shevchenko​
Corso​	F. Walter​	Bican​
Grabowski​	Rivaldo​	Fontaine​
Rep​	Moreno​	Deak​
Lato​	Zizinho​	Vavá​
Gadocha​	Pedernera​	Inzaghi​
Johnstone​	Hidegkuti​	Streich​
Robben​	Sívori​	Villa​
Ribery​	Rocha​	Larsson​
Conti​	Savicevic​	Ademir​
Causio​	Simonsen​	Klinsmann​
Czibor​	T. Müller​	Piola​
Julinho​	Ivanov​	Riva​
Gento​	Arshavin​	Charles​
Hamrin​	Hoeneß​	van Nistelrooij​
Pepe​	Baggio​	Papin​
Zé Roberto​	Henry​	H. Sánchez​
Amancio​	F. Albert​	Lewandowski​
Littbarski​	Neymar​	Rooney​
Barnes​	Stoichkov​	Weah​
Pires​	Bergkamp​	Lineker​
Futre​	Bene​	Völler​
Di Maria​	Kempes​	Eto'o​
Joya​	Del Piero​	Spencer​
Cubilla​	Totti​	Drogba​
B. Laudrup​	Griezmann​	Careca​
Donadoni​	Salah​	Shearer​
Ginola​	Mané​	Vieri​
Ghiggia​	Bale​	Agüero​
Moulijin​	Streltsov​	Torres​
Waddle​	Heynckes​	Rush​
Chislenko​	Francescoli​	Trezeguet​
Jair​	Keegan​	Crespo​
​	Dalglish​	Rossi​
​	Boniek​	Krankl​
​	Vukas​	Kluivert​
​	Van Himst​	​
​	Zola​	​
​	Tostão​	​
​	Raúl​	​
​	Bebeto​	​
​	Tevez​	​

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Please regard the following rules:

• You can post less than 30 names, but not more. Minimum list size is 10 players.
• Players included in the other positional shortlists (including earlier ones for other positions*) are ineligible for this vote. Unlisted players can be included if they fit the position. You can also name missing players in the discussion thread.
• Please only include players with at least one season after the 1950 World Cup.

Lists should be posted in this format:

1. J. O'Shea
2. P. Jones
3. etc.

All discussion goes into this thread: http://www.redcafe.net/threads/redcafes-top-20-by-position.448431/

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* you can find all previous positional votes here and here.

 

[Isotope]

1. L. Ronaldo
2. G. Muller
3. v. Basten
4. Romario
5. D. Law
6. U. Seeler
7. R. Lewandowski
8. G. Batistuta
9. A. Shevchenko
10. S. Kocsis
11. L. Riva
12. L. Suarez
13. S. Eto'o
14. v. Nistelrooy
15. A. Shearer
16. H. Sanchez
17. C. Vieri
18. Signori
19. H. Crespo
20. Ibrahimovic
21. Elkjaer
22. Klinsmann
23. H. Larsson
24. Benzema

 

[Glavisted]

01. RONALDO (Brazil)
02. VAN BASTEN, Marco (Netherlands)
03. ROMÁRIO (Brazil)
04. MÜLLER, Gerd (Germany)
05. HENRY, Thierry (France)
06. SEELER, Uwe (Germany)
07. KOCSIS, Sándor (Hungary)
08. IBRAHIMOVIC, Zlatan (Sweden)
09. ERICO, Arsenio (Paraguay)
10. LEÔNIDAS (Brazil)

11. NORDAHL, Gunnar (Sweden)
12. BATISTUTA, Gabriel (Argentina)
13. GREAVES, Jimmy (England)
14. SUÁREZ, Luis (Uruguay)
15. SHEVCHENKO, Andriy (Ukraine)
16. ADEMIR Marques de Menezes (Brazil)
17. BICAN, Josef (Austria/Czechoslovakia)
18. PIOLA, Silvio (Italy)
19. RIVA, Luigi (Italy)
20. LEWANDOWSKI, Robert (Poland)

21. SÁNCHEZ, Hugo (Mexico)
22. DEAN, Dixie (England)
23. KLINSMANN, Jürgen (Germany)
24. VAN NISTELROOY, Ruud (Netherlands)
25. LAW, Denis (Scotland)
26. FRIEDENREICH, Arthur (Brazil)
27. FONTAINE, Just (France)
28. ZARRA, Telmo (Spain)
29. SHEARER, Alan (England)
30. ETO'O, Samuel (Cameroon)

31. VILLA, David (Spain)
32. PAPIN, Jean-Pierre (France)
32. McGRORY, Jimmy (Scotland)
33. AGÜERO, Sergio (Argentina)
35. CHARLES, John (Wales)
36. SPENCER, Alberto (Ecuador)

I'd add Henry in this category, especially considering that you include Greaves, Shevchenko or Villa, strikers who came out of the area and lateralized as much or much than the French, however, if he doesn't meet the requirements I'd include one of the 6 below.

I would not classify Rooney here, but as a support striker/forward by sure.

I loved Weah, but I think his prime was too short, while I think Drogba had very variable performances between seasons.

I'm not sure which category Labruna should be in.

 

[Enigma_87]

1. Ronaldo
2. Gerd Muller
3. Marco Van Basten
4. Romario
5. Batistuta
7. Henry
8. Law
9. Seeler
10. Shevchenko
11. Kocsis
12. Greaves
13. Eto'o
14. D. Villa
15. L. Suarez
16. A. Spencer
17. Careca
18. Lewandowski
19. Signori
20. A. Shearer
21. Ruud van Nistelrooy
22. Riva
23. Fontaine
24. Elkjær
25. Vieri
26. Weah
27. Crespo
28. Rush
29. Rooney
30. Klinsmann

 

[Invictus]

1. Ronaldo Luís
2. Gerd Müller
3. Marco van Basten
4. Romário
5. Sándor Kocsis
6. Luis Suárez
7. Gunnar Nordahl
8. Leônidas
9. Denis Law
10. Uwe Seeler
11. Gabriel Batistuta
12. David Villa
13. Andriy Shevchenko
14. Luigi Riva
15. Josef Bican
16. Alberto Spencer
17. Just Fontaine
18. Silvio Piola
19. Ademir de Menezes
20. Samuel Eto'o
21. Robert Lewandowski
22. Jimmy Greaves
23. Dixie Dean
24. Careca
25. Preben Elkjær
26. Ruud van Nistelrooy
27. Arsenio Erico
28. Karim Benzema
29. Pedro Petrone
30. Abe Lenstra

 

[BlackShark_80]

1. Ronaldo
2. M. Van Basten
3. G. Muller
4. Romario
5. S. Kocsis
6. U. Seeler
7. G. Nordahl
8. J. Greaves
9. G. Batistuta
10. L. Riva
11. Leonidas
12. D. Law
13. D. Villa
14. L. Suarez
15. A. Shevchenko
16. Ademir
17. S. Piola
18. J. Bican
19. R. Lewandowski
20. J. Fontaine

 

[Joga Bonito]

1) G. Müller
2) M. Van Basten
3) Ronaldo
4) Romario
5) S. Kocsis
6) L. Suarez
7) D. Law
8) U. Seeler
9) A. Shevchenko
10) D. Villa
11) G. Batistuta
12) S. Eto'o
13) L. Riva
14) Careca
15) A. Spencer
16) P. Elkjaer
17) C. Vieri
18) J. Greaves
19) R. Lewandowski
20) R. Van Nistelrooy
21) H. Crespo
22) W. Rooney
23) J. Klinsmann
24) G. Signori
25) J. Fontaine
26) K. Benzema
27) H. Sanchez
28) A. Shearer
29) Z. Ibrahimovic
30) P. Rossi

 

[harms]

1. G. Müller
2. M. van Basten
3. L. Ronaldo
4. Romario
5. D. Law
6. U. Seeler
7. S. Kocsis
8. A. Shevchenko
9. G. Batistuta
10. L. Riva
11. A. Spencer
12. J. Greaves
13. L. Suárez
14. G. Nordahl
15. P. Elkjær
16. A. Shearer
17. R. van Nistelrooy
18. J. Fontaine
19. W. Rooney
20. J. Klinsmann
21. R. Lewandowski
22. G. Weah
23. S. Eto'o
24. J. Charles
25. Z. Ibrahimović
26. K. Benzema
27. Careca
28. P. Rossi
29. D. Villa
30. H. Krankl

 

[Šjor Bepo]

1. Muller
2. Van Basten
3. Ronaldo
4. Romario
5. Seeler
6. Law
7. Benzema
8. Shevchenko
9. Suarez
10. Villa
11. Eto'o
12. Lewandowski
13. Batistuta
14. Elkjaer
15. Kocsis
16. Rooney
17. Spencer
18. Riva
19. Greaves
20. Van Nistelrooy
21. Fontaine
22. Weah
23. Shearer
24. Rossi
25. Larsson
26. Careca
27. Rush
28. Vieri
29. Signori
30. Vardy

 

[oneniltothearsenal]

1. Ronaldo
2. Van Basten
3. Muller
4. Romario
5. Henry (if moved to striker)
6. Kocsis
7. Seeler
8. Suarez
9. Batistuta
10. Lewandowski
11. Law
12. Shevchenko
13. Zlatan
14. Shearer
15. Riva
16. Greaves
17. Krankl
18. Careca
19. Elkjaer
20. Van Nistelrooy
21. Fontaine
22. Vieri
23. Eto'o
24. Villa
25. Van Persie
26. Hugo Sanchez
27. R.Dinamite

*Can't adequately rank Leonidas, Bican, Ademir, Piola, and another one or two.

 

[TheReligion]

I'm pretty amazed to see how highly rated Luis Suarez is by some!

 

[Synco]

1. Müller
2. Ronaldo
3. van Basten
4. Romário
5. Kocsis
6. Seeler
7. Law
8. Shevchenko
9. Lewandowski
10. Benzema
11. Suárez
12. Greaves
13. Charles
14. Nordahl
15. Batistuta
16. Eto'o
17. Riva
18. Fontaine
19. H. Sánchez
20. Villa
21. Klinsmann
22. van Nistelrooy
23. Spencer
24. Weah
25. Rush
26. Lineker
27. Rooney
28. Careca
29. Shearer
30. Crespo

fecking hard to do, will probably edit around a lot.

Deák, Piola, Bican, Ademir should probably be in, but impossible to judge. No idea what to do with Rossi.

 

[2mufc0]

1. MvB
2. Ronaldo
3. Muller
4. Romario
5. Law
6. Batistuta
7. Kocsis
8. Seeler
9. Sheva
10. Eto
11. L. Suarez
12. van. Nistelrooy
13. Benzema
14. Weah
15. Lewandoski
16. Shearer
17. Yorke
18. Greaves
19. Rooney
20. Ibrahimovic
21. Riva
22. Andy Cole
23. Klinsmann
24. Rvp
25. H. Sanchez
26. Aguero
27. Rossi
28. Signori
29. Inzaghi
30. Kane

 

[Gio]

1. Ronaldo
2. Muller
3. Van Basten
4. Romario
5. Batistuta
6. Kocsis
7. Suarez
8. Spencer
9. Seeler
10. Law
11. Riva
12. Shevchenko
13. Greaves
14. Eto’o
15. Ibrahimovic
16. Weah
17. Lewandowski
18. Charles
19. Nordahl
20. Fontaine
21. Careca
22. Villa
23. Papin
24. Crespo
25. Benzema
26. Vieri
27. Sanchez
28. Rooney
29. Elkjaer
30. Larsson

 

[berbasloth4]

Luis Ronaldo
van basten
batistuta
muller
romario
shearer
law
van nistelrooy
greaves
rossi
etoo
drogba
aguero
suarez
rvp
suker
zlatan
lewandowski
cole
sheva
lineker
inzaghi
villa
fowler
weah
papin
ian wright
sanchez
vieri
sparky
rush

 

[wm442433]

Hi,
I cast my vote as I followed the voting process, the results, read the write-ups for the other categories. Nice work!

1. Ronaldo
2. Van Basten
3. Romario
4. Müller
5. Weah
6. Henry
7. Shevchenko
8. Suarez
9. Careca
10. Kocsis
11. Ibrahimovic
12. Seeler
13. Bobek
14. Ademir
15. Butragueno
16. Papin
17. Fontaine
18. Riva
19. Lewandowski
20. Eto'o
21. Skoblar
22. Van Nistelrooy
23. Greaves
24. Law
25. Lineker
26. Shearer
27. Crespo
28. Batistuta
29. Klinsmann
30. Völler

"Did not make the cut" :
Onnis, Nordahl, Charles, Rush, Cole, Signori, Altobelli, Krankl, Spencer, Rossi, Sanchez, Suker, Szarmach, Lubanski, Kluivert, Vieri, Pippo, Benz, Villa-Torres, Klose...

Since 1950.

 

[Physiocrat]

This is a tough list to create.

1. G. Müller
2. van Basten
3. Ronaldo
4. Romário
5. Batistuta
6. Law
7. Kocsis
8. Riva
9. Seeler
10. Shevchenko
11. van Nistelrooy
12. A. Spencer
13. D. Villa
14. C. Vieri
15. Lewandowski
16. Greaves
17. Shearer
18. G. Signori
19. H. Sánchez
20. Eto'o

 

[Michaelf7777777]

1. Ronaldo
2. Gerd Müller
3. Romário
4. John Charles
5. Denis Law
6. Luigi Riva
7. Sándor Kocsis
8. Alberto Spencer
9. Uwe Seeler
10. Marco van Basten
11. Gabriel Batistuta
12. Gunnar Nordahl
13. Silvio Piola
14. Preben Elkjær
15. Andriy Shevchenko
16. Hugo Sánchez
17. Samuel Eto'o
18. Ademir
19. Wayne Rooney
20. Luis Suárez
21. David Villa
22. Josef Bican
23. Alan Shearer
24. Robert Lewandowski
25. George Weah
26. Careca
27. Hernán Crespo
28. Just Fontaine
29. Ruud van Nistelrooy
30. Zlatan Ibrahimović

 

[Jim Beam]

1. Marco van Basten
2. Gerd Müller
3. Ronaldo
4. Romário
5. Uwe Seeler
6. Denis Law
7. Sandor Kocsis
8. Gabriel Batistuta
9. Andriy Shevchenko
10. Luis Suarez
11. Luigi Riva
12. Samuel Eto'o
13. Karim Benzema
14. Preben Elkjaer
15. Robert Lewandowski
16. David Villa
17. Jimmy Greaves
18. Gunnar Nordahl
19. Alberto Spencer
20. Just Fontaine
21. Ruud van Nistelrooy
22. Christian Vieri
23. Careca
24. John Charles
25. Alan Shearer
26. Wayne Rooney
27. George Weah
28. Didier Drogba
29. Henrik Larsson
30. Sergio Aguero

 

[paulscholes18]

1 Ronaldo
2 Van Basten
3 Romario
4 D. Law
5 G. Muller
6 G. Batistuta
7 H. Sanchez
8 Z. Ibrahimovic
9 A. Shevchenko
10 R. Van Nistelrooy
11 R. Lewandowski
12 S. Eto’o
13 D. Villa
14 K. Benzema
15 W. Rooney
16 S. Aguero
17 A.Shearer
18 L. Suarez
19 C. Vieri
20 D. Trezeguet
21 E. Cavaini
22 F. Inzaghi
23 P. Rossi
24 J. Klinsmann
25 H. Crespo
26 P. Kluivert
27 G. Higuian
28 D. Drogba
29 F. Torres
30 J. Charles

 

[Physiocrat]

@harms

Are we going to get the results?

 

[harms]

@harms

Are we going to get the results?

You are at some point. The more you will tag me/message me, the better the chance of it happening sooner rather than later

I don’t have much time at the moment but at the same time I’m using this a lot as an excuse, so any external pressure is welcome.

 

[Physiocrat]

You are at some point. The more you will tag me/message me, the better the chance of it happening sooner rather than later

I don’t have much time at the moment but at the same time I’m using this a lot as an excuse, so any external pressure is welcome.

Don't worry, I know where you live Ed

 

[General_Elegancia]

1.Ronaldo
2.Gerd Muller
3.Marco Van Basten
4.Romario
5.Uwe Seeler
6.Sandor Kocsis
7.Luis Suarez
8.Thierry Henry
9.Robert Lewandowski
10.Josef Bican
11.Dennis Law
12Jimmy Graves
13.Zlatan Ibrahimovic
14.Gunnar Nordahl
15.Gabriel Batistuta
16.Dixie Dean
17.Andriy Shevchenko
18.Luigi Riva
19.John Charles
20.Hugo Sanchez
21.Ruud Van Nistelroy
22.Jean Pierre Papin
23.Sivio Piola
24.George Weah
25.Just Fortaine
26.Samuel Eto
27.Juergen Klinsmann
28.Gary Liniker
29.Rudi Voller
30.Careca

 

[Physiocrat]

You are at some point. The more you will tag me/message me, the better the chance of it happening sooner rather than later

I don’t have much time at the moment but at the same time I’m using this a lot as an excuse, so any external pressure is welcome.

How are the results coming along?

 

[harms]

How are the results coming along?

I’ll do something over the weekend (forcing my hand my tagging me is encouraged!).

 

[Synco]

And the results for the strikers vote, R9 takes the coveted Draft Forum Trophy (outside of the picture).