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The Top Ranked Defenders of the 1950s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rnk |
| 1 | Gerhard Hanappi | 13 |
| 2 | Ernst Ocwirk | 19 |
| 3 | Ladislav Novak | 22 |
| 4 | Djalma Santos | 23 |
| 5 | Nilton Santos | 33 |
| 6 | Robert Jonquet | 59 |
| 7 | Roger Marche | 60 |
| 8 | Vujadin Boskov | 61 |
| 9 | Victor Rodriguez Andrade | 63 |
| 10 | Jose Antonio Roca | 83 |
| 11 | Bengt Gustavsson | 87 |
| 12 | Orvar Bergmark | 91 |
| 13 | Titus Bubernik | 92 |
| 14 | Yuriy Voynov | 94 |
| 15 | Erik Nilsson | 95 |
| 16 | Hilderaldo Bellini | 97 |
| 17 | Jose Parra | 98 |
| 18 | Jose Santamaria | 99 |
| 19 | Mihaly Lantos | 140 |
| 20 | Jaime Belmonte | 180 |
| 21 | Joe Maca | 185 |
| 22 | Mustafa Ertan | 193 |
| 23 | Andre Neury | 209 |
| 24 | Bela Karpati | 211 |
| 25 | Bobby Evans | 213 |
| 26 | Branko Stankovic | 214 |
| 27 | Ernst Happel | 219 |
| 28 | Eusebio Tejera | 220 |
| 29 | Frantisek Safranek | 224 |
| 30 | Herbert Erhardt | 229 |
| 31 | Jorge Romo | 235 |
| 32 | Leopold Barschandt | 240 |
| 33 | Mauro Ramos | 242 |
| 34 | Paul Halla | 245 |
| 35 | Raymond Kaelbel | 247 |
| 36 | Roger Bocquet | 249 |
| 37 | Tomislav Crnkovic | 252 |
| 38 | Tommy Docherty | 253 |
| 39 | William Martinez | 258 |
| 40 | Willy Kernen | 260 |
| 41 | Campanal II | 263 |
| 42 | Joan Segarra | 268 |
| 43 | Agustin Miranda | 282 |
| 44 | Ahmet Berman | 283 |
| 45 | Ake Johansson | 284 |
| 46 | Akgun Kacmaz | 285 |
| 47 | Alberto Acha | 290 |
| 48 | Alberto Gonzalez | 292 |
| 49 | Alex Parker | 295 |
| 50 | Alex Wilson | 297 |
| 51 | Alf McMichael | 298 |
| 52 | Alf Ramsey | 299 |
| 53 | Alfons Van Brandt | 300 |
| 54 | Alfonso Montemayor | 301 |
| 55 | Alfonso Portugal | 302 |
| 56 | Alfredo Perez | 309 |
| 57 | Alfredo Ramos | 310 |
| 58 | Ali Beratligil | 313 |
| 59 | Anatoli Maslyonkin | 318 |
| 60 | Andre Lerond | 319 |
| 61 | Anton Krasnohorsky | 326 |
| 62 | Antonio Cabrera | 329 |
| 63 | Antonio Greco | 331 |
| 64 | Ardico Magnini | 335 |
| 65 | Arne Mansson | 338 |
| 66 | Arturo Farias | 340 |
| 67 | Attilio Giovannini | 341 |
| 68 | Augusto da Costa | 342 |
| 69 | Basri Dirimlili | 344 |
| 70 | Bill Eckersley | 355 |
| 71 | Boris Kuznetsov | 367 |
| 72 | Bozo Broketa | 369 |
| 73 | Brandaozinho | 370 |
| 74 | Bruno Belin | 372 |
| 75 | Byung-Dae Min | 376 |
| 76 | Carlo Annovazzi | 378 |
| 77 | Casiano Cespedes | 387 |
| 78 | Chang-Wha Han | 395 |
| 79 | Colin Baker | 402 |
| 80 | Constant Huysmans | 404 |
| 81 | Dario Segovia | 409 |
| 82 | David Acevedo | 412 |
| 83 | Derrick Sullivan | 418 |
| 84 | Dick Keith | 419 |
| 85 | Don Howe | 425 |
| 86 | Edelmiro Arevalo | 435 |
| 87 | Eligio Echague | 438 |
| 88 | Elioro Paredes | 440 |
| 89 | Eric Caldow | 448 |
| 90 | Erich Juskowiak | 449 |
| 91 | Federico Edwards | 459 |
| 92 | Federico Vairo | 460 |
| 93 | Felipe Zetter | 462 |
| 94 | Ferenc Sipos | 465 |
| 95 | Fernando Roldan | 468 |
| 96 | Francisco Antunez | 469 |
| 97 | Francisco Lombardo | 472 |
| 98 | Francisco Urroz | 474 |
| 99 | Franz Swoboda | 476 |
| 100 | Fritz Laband | 478 |
| 101 | Gabriel Alonso | 479 |
| 102 | Geoff Coombes | 482 |
| 103 | Georg Stollenwerk | 483 |
| 104 | Giovanni Giacomazzi | 494 |
| 105 | Gregorio Gomez | 501 |
| 106 | Guido Vincenzi | 503 |
| 107 | Gunnar Johansson | 507 |
| 108 | Gustav Mraz | 509 |
| 109 | Gyula Lorant | 510 |
| 110 | Hans Bauer | 511 |
| 111 | Harry Haddock | 516 |
| 112 | Harry Keough | 518 |
| 113 | Hector Vilches | 519 |
| 114 | Heinz Wewers | 522 |
| 115 | Henri Dirickx | 524 |
| 116 | Hermann Nuber | 528 |
| 117 | Ian McColl | 535 |
| 118 | Ignacio Achucarro | 537 |
| 119 | Ivan Horvat | 547 |
| 120 | Ivano Blason | 549 |
| 121 | Ivica Horvat | 550 |
| 122 | Jacques Grimonpon | 556 |
| 123 | Jae-Seung Park | 557 |
| 124 | Jan Popluhar | 560 |
| 125 | Jef Van Der Linden | 565 |
| 126 | Jeno Buzanszky | 566 |
| 127 | Jesus del Muro | 567 |
| 128 | Jim Taylor (1917) | 568 |
| 129 | Jiri Trnka | 575 |
| 130 | Jock Aird | 579 |
| 131 | John Aston Sr. | 583 |
| 132 | John Hewie | 586 |
| 133 | Jong-Kap Li | 589 |
| 134 | Jose Bustamante | 590 |
| 135 | Jose Ramos Delgado | 594 |
| 136 | Jose Villegas (1934) | 599 |
| 137 | Josef Posipal | 603 |
| 138 | Josep Gonzalvo | 604 |
| 139 | Juan Carlos Gonzalez | 611 |
| 140 | Juan Gomez (1924) | 612 |
| 141 | Juvenal Amarijo | 618 |
| 142 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 623 |
| 143 | Ken Green (1924) | 626 |
| 144 | Kurt Rey | 632 |
| 145 | Kyu-Chung Park | 634 |
| 146 | Laszlo Sarosi | 639 |
| 147 | Laurie Hughes | 640 |
| 148 | Laurie Scott | 641 |
| 149 | Lazare Gianessi | 643 |
| 150 | Len Graham | 646 |
| 151 | Lennart Samuelsson | 647 |
| 152 | Leonid Ostrovskiy | 653 |
| 153 | Luis Gini | 663 |
| 154 | Manuel Alvarez | 670 |
| 155 | Manuel Gavilan | 672 |
| 156 | Manuel Gutierrez | 673 |
| 157 | Manuel Machuca | 674 |
| 158 | Marcel Dries | 676 |
| 159 | Marcel Fluckiger | 677 |
| 160 | Matias Gonzalez (1925) | 685 |
| 161 | Maurice Norman | 687 |
| 162 | Mel Hopkins | 693 |
| 163 | Miguel Flores | 698 |
| 164 | Miljan Zekovic | 702 |
| 165 | Milorad Milutinovic | 703 |
| 166 | Miodrag Jovanovic (1922) | 704 |
| 167 | Mirto Davoine | 705 |
| 168 | Naci Erdem | 708 |
| 169 | Narciso Lopez | 712 |
| 170 | Nedim Gunar | 714 |
| 171 | Nena Rodrigues | 716 |
| 172 | Nikola Radovic | 720 |
| 173 | Nilton De Sordi | 721 |
| 174 | Novak Tomic | 725 |
| 175 | Orlando Pecanha | 730 |
| 176 | Osvaldo Fattori | 733 |
| 177 | Oszkar Szigeti | 735 |
| 178 | Pal Varhidi | 740 |
| 179 | Paulinho de Almeida | 743 |
| 180 | Pedro Dellacha | 745 |
| 181 | Peter Sillett | 750 |
| 182 | Prawitz Oberg | 752 |
| 183 | Rafael Lesmes | 756 |
| 184 | Ratko Colic | 761 |
| 185 | Ridvan Bolatli | 771 |
| 186 | Robert Annis | 774 |
| 187 | Robert Mouynet | 777 |
| 188 | Rodrigo Ruiz (1923) | 782 |
| 189 | Roger Byrne | 783 |
| 190 | Roger Mathis (1921) | 784 |
| 191 | Ron Staniforth | 788 |
| 192 | Rudolf Gyger | 797 |
| 193 | Sandor Matrai | 808 |
| 194 | Saturnino Martinez | 811 |
| 195 | Schubert Gambetta | 812 |
| 196 | Sergio Bravo | 814 |
| 197 | Sergio Cervato | 815 |
| 198 | Sima Milovanov | 818 |
| 199 | Sinisa Zlatkovic | 819 |
| 200 | Stuart Williams | 825 |
| 201 | Sven Axbom | 827 |
| 202 | Tommy Banks | 832 |
| 203 | Tommy Hamill | 834 |
| 204 | Trevor Edwards | 838 |
| 205 | Vasilije Sijakovic | 842 |
| 206 | Vicente Asensi | 846 |
| 207 | Vladimir Kesarev | 854 |
| 208 | Vladimir Popovic | 856 |
| 209 | Vladimir Yerokhin | 857 |
| 210 | Werner Kohlmeyer | 866 |
| 211 | Werner Liebrich | 867 |
| 212 | Willi Steffen | 868 |
| 213 | Willie Cunningham (1925) | 869 |
| 214 | Willie Cunningham (1930) | 870 |
| 215 | Zeffiro Furiassi | 879 |
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