لیست برترین بازیکنان قرن ۲۰ فوتبال توسط نشریه فرانس فوتبال که از رای گیری توسط برندگان توپ طلا به دست آمد

1. "PELÉ" (Brazil) 122 pts (17 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 1) 2. Diego MARADONA (Argentina) 65 ( 3 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 1) 3. Johan CRUYFF (Netherlands) 62 ( 1 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 2) 4. Alfredo DI STEFANO (Argentina/Spain) 44 ( 4 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 1) 5. Michel PLATINI (France) 40 ( 1 - 5 - 1 - 3 - 6) 6. Franz BECKENBAUER (Germany) 35 ( 2 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 6) 7. Ferenc PUSKAS (Hungary) 12 ( 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 0) 8. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 11 ( 0 - 0 - 3 - 1 - 0) 9. Artur Antunes Coimbra "ZICO" (Brazil) 7 ( 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0) 10. Gerd MÜLLER (Germany) 5 ( 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0) Lev YASHIN (Soviet Union) 5 ( 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1) 12. Enzo FRANCESCOLI (Uruguay) 4 ( 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0) "GARRINCHA" (Brazil) 4 ( 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1) George BEST (Northern Ireland) 4 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 0) 15. Rafael GORDILLO (Spain) 3 ( 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0) 16. Bobby CHARLTON (England) 2.5 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3) 17. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 2 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0) 18. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1) Oleg BLOKHIN (Soviet Union) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1) Just FONTAINE (France) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1) Raymond KOPA (France) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1) Fritz WALTER (Germany) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1) Dino ZOFF (Italy) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1) 24. Roger MILLA (Cameroon) 0.5 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)