FIFA Player of the Century

Diego Maradona (left) and Pelé (right) were both named FIFA Player of the Century

FIFA Player of the Century was an award created by FIFA. It was only given once. The award was given to the best football player of the 20th century. The award was given to Diego Maradona and Pelé.

Internet vote

	Player	Nationality	Percentage
1	Diego Maradona	Argentina	53.60%
2	Pelé	Brazil	18.53%
3	Eusébio	Portugal	6.21%
4	Roberto Baggio	Italy	5.42%
5	Romário	Brazil	1.69%
6	Marco van Basten	Netherlands	1.57%
7	Ronaldo	Brazil	1.55%
8	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany	1.50%
9	Zinedine Zidane	France	1.34%
10	Rivaldo	Brazil	1.19%
11	Zico	Brazil	1.15%
12	Garrincha	Brazil	1.08%
13	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands	0.87%
14	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina	0.68%
15	Michel Platini	France	0.58%
16	Bobby Charlton	England	0.39%
17	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	0.37%
18	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	0.37%
19	Lev Yashin	Soviet Union	0.36%
20	George Best	Northern Ireland	0.32%

Magazine and grand jury vote

	Player	Nationality	Percentage
1	Pelé	Brazil	72.75%
2	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina	9.75%
3	Diego Maradona	Argentina	6.0%
4	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany	2.5%
5	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands	2.0%
	George Best	Northern Ireland	2.0%
7	Roberto Baggio	Italy	1.0%
	Garrincha	Brazil	1.0%
	Zico	Brazil	1.0%
	Michel Platini	France	1.0%
	Gerd Müller	Germany	1.0%