De Association of Football Statisticians (AFS) top 100 is een lijst met de volgens hen 100 beste voetballers aller tijden. De lijst is louter op basis van statistische gegevens berekend. Men keek onder andere naar de gewonnen prijzen, de competitiesterkte waarin de speler voetbalde, aanvoerderschap en positiespecifieke statistieken, zoals het aantal goals bij een aanvaller en het aantal ‘clean sheets’ bij een keeper. Doordat de lijst volgens objectieve standaarden is samengesteld, claimde de Association of Football Statisticians dat deze top 100 nauwkeuriger was dan andere soortgelijke lijsten. Desondanks werd de top 100, die in november 2007 werd gepubliceerd, met veel kritiek ontvangen.
De lijst met voetballers die wij hebben samengesteld is niet hetzelfde als die van de AFS want de meningen verschillen over de voetballers. de één vind bijvoorbeeld Messi beter dan Ronaldo of Maradonna beter dan Cruijff. kijk nu snel naar onze top lijst
- Pele Brazil forward
- Ronaldo Brazil forward
- Luis Figo Portugal forward
- Zinedine Zidane France midfielder
- Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal midfielder/forward
- Lionel Messi Argentina midfielder/forward
- Roberto Carlos Brazil defender/left back
- Paolo Maldini Italy defender/left back
- Romario Brazil forward
- Johan Cruyff Netherlands midfielder
- Cafu Brazil defender/right back
- Diego Maradona Argentina midfielder
- Franz Beckenbauer Germany defender
- Ronaldinho Brazil midfielder
- David Beckham England midfielder
- Raul Spain forward
- Thierry Henry France forward
- Rivaldo Brazil forward
- Lothar Matthaus Germany midfielder
- Marco van Basten Netherlands forward
- Xavi Spain midfielder
- Gerd Muller Germany forward
- Andres Iniesta Spain midfielder
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic Sweden forward
- Michel Platini France midfielder
- Alfredo Di Stefano Spain forward
- Andrea Pirlo Italy forward
- Sepp Maier Germany goalkeeper
- Zico Brazil midfielder
- Ruud Gullit Netherlands midfielder
- Patrick Vieira France midfielder
- Iker Casillas Spain goalkeeper
- Philipp Lahm Germany defender
- Kenny Dalglish Scotland forward
- Carlos Puyol Spain defender
- Bastian Schweinsteiger Germany midfielder
- David Villa Spain forward
- Edwin van der Sar Netherlands goalkeeper
- Lilian Thuram France defender
- Jurgen Klinsmann Germany forward
- Alessandro Costacurta Italy centre back
- Ryan Giggs Wales midfielder
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany forward
- Paul Scholes England midfielder
- Didier Deschamps France midfielder
- Enzo Francescoli Uruguay midfielder
- Alessandro Del Piero Italy forward
- Frank Rijkaard Netherlands midfielder
- Oliver Kahn Germany goalkeeper
- Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands forward
- Sergio Ramos Spain defender
- Gianluigi Buffon Italy goalkeeper
- Fernando Hierro Spain defender/midfielder
- Bixente Lizarazu France full back
- Eusebio Portugal forward
- Gary Neville England defender/right back
- Samuel Eto’o Cameroon forward
- Pavel Nedved Czech Republic midfielder
- Gabriel Batistuta Argentina forward
- Marcel Desailly France defender/centre back
- Clarence Seedorf Netherlands midfielder
- Landon Donovan United States midfielder
- Arjen Robben Netherlands midfielder
- Fernando Torres Spain forward
- Xabi Alonso Spain midfielder
- Michael Laudrup Denmark midfielder/forward
- Wesley Sneijder Netherlands midfielder
- Peter Schmeichel Denmark goalkeeper
- Fabien Barthez France goalkeeper
- Claudio Taffarel Brazil goalkeeper
- Demetrio Albertini Italy midfielder
- Miroslav Klose Germany forward
- Bobby Charlton England midfielder/forward
- Alessandro Nesta Italy defender/centre back
- Lukas Podolski Germany forward
- Javier Zanetti Argentina midfielder
- Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria forward
- Fabio Cannavaro Italy defender/centre back
- Jurgen Kohler Germany centre back
- Michael Ballack Germany midfielder
- Sylvain Wiltord France forward
- Ally McCoist Scotland forward
- Djalma Santos Brazil defender
- Ferenc Puskás Hungary midfielder
- Gerard Pique Spain defender/centre back
- Rafael Marquez Mexico defender/centre back
- Frank De Boer Netherlands defender/centre back
- Paul Breitner Germany defender
- Jean-Pierre Papin France forward
- Lucio Brazil defender/centre back
- Phil Thompson England defender
- Didier Drogba Ivory Coast forward
- Paolo Rossi Italy forward
- Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine forward
- Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria forward
- Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands forward
- Mark van Bommel Netherlands midfielder
- Ali Daei Iran forward
- Phil Neal England defender
- Henrik Larsson Sweden forward