سال 2004 در صد سالگی فیفا، پله لیستی از 100 بازیکن برتر تاریخ فوتبال تا آن زمان منتشر کرد. لیست به این صورت بود:
| Player | Born |
|---|---|
| Gabriel Batistuta | 1969 |
| Hernán Crespo | 1975 |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano | 1926 |
| Mario Kempes | 1954 |
| Diego Maradona | 1960 |
| Daniel Passarella | 1953 |
| Javier Saviola | 1981 |
| Omar Sívori | 1935 |
| Juan Sebastián Verón | 1975 |
| Javier Zanetti | 1973 |
| Jan Ceulemans | 1957 |
| Jean-Marie Pfaff | 1953 |
| Franky Van der Elst | 1961 |
| Carlos Alberto | 1944 |
| Cafu | 1970 |
| Falcão | 1953 |
| Pelé | 1940 |
| Júnior | 1954 |
| Rivaldo | 1972 |
| Rivelino | 1946 |
| Roberto Carlos | 1973 |
| Romário | 1966 |
| Ronaldinho | 1980 |
| Ronaldo | 1976 |
| Djalma Santos | 1929 |
| Nílton Santos | 1925 |
| Sócrates | 1954 |
| Zico | 1953 |
| Hristo Stoichkov | 1966 |
| Roger Milla | 1952 |
| Elías Figueroa | 1946 |
| Iván Zamorano | 1967 |
| Carlos Valderrama | 1961 |
| Davor Šuker | 1968 |
| Josef Masopust | 1931 |
| Pavel Nedvěd | 1972 |
| Brian Laudrup | 1969 |
| Michael Laudrup | 1964 |
| Peter Schmeichel | 1963 |
| Gordon Banks | 1937 |
| David Beckham | 1975 |
| Bobby Charlton | 1937 |
| Kevin Keegan | 1951 |
| Gary Lineker | 1960 |
| Michael Owen | 1979 |
| Alan Shearer | 1970 |
| Eric Cantona | 1966 |
| Marcel Desailly | 1968 |
| Didier Deschamps | 1968 |
| Just Fontaine | 1933 |
| Thierry Henry | 1977 |
| Raymond Kopa | 1931 |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | 1963 |
| Robert Pires | 1973 |
| Michel Platini | 1955 |
| Lilian Thuram | 1972 |
| Marius Trésor | 1950 |
| David Trezeguet | 1977 |
| Patrick Vieira | 1976 |
| Zinedine Zidane | 1972 |
| Michael Ballack | 1976 |
| Franz Beckenbauer | 1945 |
| Paul Breitner | 1951 |
| Oliver Kahn | 1969 |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | 1964 |
| Sepp Maier | 1944 |
| Lothar Matthäus | 1961 |
| Gerd Müller | 1945 |
| Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 1955 |
| Uwe Seeler | 1936 |
| Abédi Pelé | 1964 |
| Ferenc Puskás | 1927 |
| Roberto Baggio | 1967 |
| Franco Baresi | 1960 |
| Giuseppe Bergomi | 1963 |
| Giampiero Boniperti | 1928 |
| Gianluigi Buffon | 1978 |
| Alessandro Del Piero | 1974 |
| Giacinto Facchetti | 1942 |
| Paolo Maldini | 1968 |
| Alessandro Nesta | 1976 |
| Gianni Rivera | 1943 |
| Paolo Rossi | 1956 |
| Francesco Totti | 1976 |
| Christian Vieri | 1973 |
| Dino Zoff | 1942 |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 1977 |
| George Weah | 1966 |
| Hugo Sánchez | 1958 |
| Marco van Basten | 1964 |
| Dennis Bergkamp | 1969 |
| Johan Cruyff | 1947 |
| Edgar Davids | 1973 |
| Ruud Gullit | 1962 |
| René van de Kerkhof | 1951 |
| Willy van de Kerkhof | 1951 |
| Patrick Kluivert | 1976 |
| Johan Neeskens | 1951 |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy | 1976 |
| Rob Rensenbrink | 1947 |
| Frank Rijkaard | 1962 |
| Clarence Seedorf | 1976 |
| Jay-Jay Okocha | 1973 |
| George Best | 1946 |
| Romerito | 1960 |
| Teófilo Cubillas | 1949 |
| Zbigniew Boniek | 1956 |
| Eusébio | 1942 |
| Luís Figo | 1972 |
| Rui Costa | 1972 |
| Roy Keane | 1971 |
| Gheorghe Hagi | 1965 |
| Rinat Dasayev | 1957 |
| Kenny Dalglish | 1951 |
| El Hadji Diouf | 1981 |
| Hong Myung-bo | 1969 |
| Emilio Butragueño | 1963 |
| Luis Enrique | 1970 |
| Raúl | 1977 |
| Rüştü Reçber | 1973 |
| Emre Belözoğlu | 1980 |
| Andriy Shevchenko | 1976 |
| Michelle Akers | 1966 |
| Mia Hamm | 1972 |
| Enzo Francescoli | 1961 |
تا اینجا اومدی، این رو هم ببین: