Best African Footballers, Soccer Icons & Global Legends
This page discusses world soccer/football from a Nigerian and African perspective. It give a fair and balance perspective that would be satisfactory to all soccer/football fan around the world. It shows players like Pele, Maradona, and may African players that are usually omitted from the list even by Pele. This Nigerian and African soccer/football perspective will even be appreciated by FIFA and it has videos to back up our top 100 soccer stars in the world. This Nigerian and African soccer/football perspective also took great consideration to include women players, who too have contributed to world football.
| Rank | Star | Country | Highlights |
| 1 | Pele | Brazil | Video1 Video2 Video3 |
| 2 | Diego Maradona | Argentina | Video1 Video2 Video3 |
| 3 | Poalo Maldini | Italy | Video1 Video2 Video3 |
| 4 | Peter Schmeichel | Denmark | Video1 Video2 |
| 5 | Humphrey Edobor | Nigeria | Video needed |
| 6 | Roger Milla | Cameroon | Video1 Video2 |
| 7 | Eusebio | Portugal | Video1 Video2 |
| 8 | Zenadine Zedane | France | Video1 Video2 |
| 9 | Poalo Rossi | Italy | Video1 Video2 |
| 10 | Lillian Thuram | France | Video1 Video2 |
| 11 | Théophile Abega | Cameroon | Video 1 |
| 12 | Dino Zoff | Italy | Video1 Video2 |
| 13 | George Best | Ireland | Video1 Video2 |
| 14 | Segun “Mathematical” Odegbami | Nigeria | Video1 Video 2 |
| 15 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Video1 Video2 |
| 16 | George Weah | Liberia | Video1 Video2 |
| 17 | Zico | Brazil | Video1 Video2 |
| 18 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | Video1 Video2 |
| 19 | Austin “Jay-Jay” Okocha | Nigeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 20 | Thierry Henry | France | Video1 Video2 |
| 21 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | Video1 Video2 |
| 22 | Abedi Pele | Ghana | Video1 Video2 |
| 23 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | Video1 Video2 |
| 24 | Enzo Francescoli | Uruguay | Video1 Video2 |
| 25 | Peter Rufai | Nigeria | Video1 |
| 26 | Romario | Brazil | Video1 Video2 |
| 27 | Baptistuta | Argentina | Video1 Video2 |
| 28 | Rabah Madjer | Algeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 29 | Kaká | Brazil | Video1 Video2 |
| 30 | Rigobert Song | Cameroon | Video1 |
| 31 | Harnan Crespo | Argentina | Video1 Video2 |
| 32 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Video1 Video2 |
| 33 | John Barnes | England | Video1 Video2 |
| 34 | Julius Aghahowa | Nigeria | Video1 |
| 35 | Gheorghe Hagi | Romania | Video1 Video2 |
| 36 | Marcel Desailly | France | Video1 |
| 37 | Jules Bocande | Senegal | Video1 |
| 38 | Henry Nwosu | Nigeria | Video1 |
| 39 | Gary Lineker | England | Video1 Video2 |
| 40 | Michel Platini | France | Video1 Video2 |
| 41 | Thomas Hassler | Germany | Video1 Video2 |
| 42 | Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | Video1 Video2 |
| 43 | El-hadji Diouf | Senegal | Video1 Video2 |
| 44 | Oliver Kahn | Germany | Video1 Video2 |
| 45 | Marco Van Basten | Netherlands | Video1 Video2 |
| 46 | Samuel Etoo | Cameroon | Video1 Video2 |
| 47 | Samson Ozogula | Nigeria | Video needed |
| 48 | Jean Tigana | France | Video1 |
| 49 | Frank Rijkaard | Netherlands | Video1 |
| 50 | Bruce Grobbelaar | Zimbabwe | Video1 |
| 51 | Kersey Keller | USA | Video1 |
| 52 | Marta | Brazil | Video1 Video2 |
| 53 | Badou Zaki | Morocco | Video1 |
| 54 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria | Video1 |
| 55 | Lakhdar Belloumi | Algeria | Video1 |
| 56 | Tony Yeboah | Ghana | Video1 Video2 |
| 57 | Abby Wambach | USA | Video1 Video2 |
| 58 | Stephen Keshi | Nigeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 59 | Joseph-Antoine Bell | Cameroon | Video1 |
| 60 | Victor Ikpeba | Nigeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 61 | Emmanuel Amunike | Nigeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 62 | Thomas N’kono | Cameroon | Video1 Video1 |
| 63 | Nwankwo Kanu | Nigeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 64 | Michael Essien | Ghana | Video1 Video2 |
| 65 | Frédéric Kanouté | Mali | Video1 Video2 |
| 66 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Video1 Video2 |
| 67 | David James | England | Video1 Video2 |
| 68 | Obafemi Martins | Nigeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 69 | Michael Owens | England | Video1 Video2 |
| 70 | Birgit Prinz | Germany | Video1 |
| 71 | Ronaldinho | Brazil | Video1 Video2 |
| 72 | Daniel Amokachi | Nigeria | Video1 |
| 73 | Mohammed Timoumi | Morocco | Video1 Video2 |
| 74 | Luís Figo | Portugal | Video1 Video2 |
| 74 | Mia Hamm | USA | Video1 Video2 |
| 76 | Francois Oman-Biyik | Cameroon | Video1 Video2 |
| 77 | Ndukka Ugbade | Nigeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 78 | Sun Wen | China | Video1 |
| 79 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | Video1 Video2 |
| 80 | Daniela | Brazil | Video1 |
| 81 | Abdel Aziz Bouderbala | Morocco | Video1 Video2 |
| 82 | Christian Chukwu | Nigeria | Video1 |
| 83 | Kristine Lilly | USA | Video1 Video2 |
| 84 | Trifon Ivanov | Bulgaria | Video1 Video2 |
| 85 | Cristiane | Brazil | Video1 |
| 86 | Hristo Stoitchkov | Bulgaria | Video1 Video2 |
| 87 | Sunday Oliseh | Nigeria | Video1 Video2 |
| 88 | Peter Ndlovu | Zimbabwe | Video1 |
| 89 | Manuel Negrete | Mexico | Video1 |
