Post your list of 20 best physical stoppers of all-time. I'll close the thread on 28th of July (unless we decide to extend the vote).
Note: you have to keep in mind that this is a second category for center-backs; the first one was "ball-playing center-backs", so try not to include them and instead focus on physical, defence-first players that usually acted as a stopper. Defence-first center backs that didn't get in the first list because you don't see them as ball-playing can be nominated as well.
Note: all discussion goes to this thread - http://www.redcafe.net/threads/redcafes-top-20-by-position.448431/
Note: you can post less than 20 names, but not more
The list should be posted in the required format:
20.
NB: After careful consideration, only players that had played at least a season after the 1950 WC are eligible.
Note: you have to keep in mind that this is a second category for center-backs; the first one was "ball-playing center-backs", so try not to include them and instead focus on physical, defence-first players that usually acted as a stopper. Defence-first center backs that didn't get in the first list because you don't see them as ball-playing can be nominated as well.
Note: all discussion goes to this thread - http://www.redcafe.net/threads/redcafes-top-20-by-position.448431/
Note: you can post less than 20 names, but not more
The list should be posted in the required format:
- C. Smalling
- P. Jones
20.
NB: After careful consideration, only players that had played at least a season after the 1950 WC are eligible.
The final list. Stoppers.
1 Jürgen Kohler 738
2 Marcel Desailly 408
3 Fabio Cannavaro 385
4 Jaap Stam 321
5 Karlheinz Förster 263
6 Alessandro Nesta 251
7 Pietro Vierchowod 203
8 Paolo Maldini 183
9 Giuseppe Bergomi 173
10 Nemanja Vidić 166
11 Oscar Ruggeri, Lilian Thuram 155
13 Diego Godin 149
14 Jose Santamaria 144
15 Claudio Gentile 120
16 John Terry 107
17 Sol Campbell 97
18 Ciro Ferrara 95
19 Paul McGrath 76
20 Alessandro Costacurta 72
21 Lucio 56
22 Carles Puyol 56
23 Roberto Rosato 54
24 Frank Rijkaard 50
25 Albert Shesternyov 42
26 Tony Adams 38
27 Elías Figueroa 35
28 Hector Chumpitaz 31
29 Luis Pereira 28
30 Roberto Perfumo 27
31 Carlos Mozer 24
32 Vincent Kompany 19
33 Carlos Gamarra 17
34 Giorgio Chiellini, Roberto Ayala 16
36 Billy McNeill, Aldair 13
38 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Murtaz Khurtsilava 11
40 Germano de Figueiredo 10
41 Mats Hummels 8
42 Paolo Montero, Emlyn Hughes, Riccardo Ferri, Jan Popluhar 7
46 Walter Samuel, Alan Hansen, Tarcisio Burgnich 6
49 Marco Materazzi, Raphael Varane, Neil Franklin 5
52 Billy Wright 3
53 Richard Gough 2
54 Kenny Burns 1