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The Top Ranked Forwards of the 1950s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rnk |
| 1 | Just Fontaine | 3 |
| 2 | Pele | 4 |
| 3 | Sandor Kocsis | 5 |
| 4 | Helmut Rahn | 6 |
| 5 | Ferenc Puskas | 7 |
| 6 | John Charles | 9 |
| 7 | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | 10 |
| 8 | Stanley Matthews | 17 |
| 9 | Johnny Haynes | 24 |
| 10 | Giampiero Boniperti | 29 |
| 11 | Lennart Skoglund | 30 |
| 12 | Milos Milutinovic | 31 |
| 13 | Oscar Miguez | 34 |
| 14 | Hans Schafer | 35 |
| 15 | Baltazar | 36 |
| 16 | Jacques Fatton | 37 |
| 17 | Tom Finney | 38 |
| 18 | Egisto Pandolfini | 39 |
| 19 | Jean Vincent | 40 |
| 20 | Alfredo Di Stefano | 43 |
| 21 | Francisco Gento | 44 |
| 22 | Ivan Kolev | 45 |
| 23 | Ademir de Menezes | 46 |
| 24 | Agne Simonsson | 47 |
| 25 | Lajos Tichy | 48 |
| 26 | Roger Piantoni | 49 |
| 27 | Julio Botelho | 52 |
| 28 | Uwe Seeler | 53 |
| 29 | Valentin Ivanov | 56 |
| 30 | Zizinho | 58 |
| 31 | Todor Veselinovic | 65 |
| 32 | Aleksandar Petakovic | 66 |
| 33 | Alfred Korner | 67 |
| 34 | Benito Lorenzi | 68 |
| 35 | Bernhard Klodt | 69 |
| 36 | Branko Zebec | 70 |
| 37 | Bror Mellberg | 71 |
| 38 | Charles Antenen | 72 |
| 39 | Ermes Muccinelli | 74 |
| 40 | Jimmy Mullen (1923) | 75 |
| 41 | Julio Perez (1926) | 76 |
| 42 | Rajko Mitic | 79 |
| 43 | Stjepan Bobek | 80 |
| 44 | Tihomir Ognjanov | 81 |
| 45 | Eduard Streltsov | 85 |
| 46 | Tommy Taylor | 93 |
| 47 | Garrincha | 96 |
| 48 | Josef Hugi | 101 |
| 49 | Max Morlock | 102 |
| 50 | Peter McParland | 103 |
| 51 | Vava Pereira | 104 |
| 52 | Carlos Borges | 105 |
| 53 | Chico | 106 |
| 54 | Estanislau Basora | 107 |
| 55 | Ottmar Walter | 109 |
| 56 | Robert Ballaman | 110 |
| 57 | Telmo Zarra | 111 |
| 58 | Zdenek Zikan | 112 |
| 59 | Burhan Sargun | 113 |
| 60 | Ernst Stojaspal | 114 |
| 61 | Juan Hohberg | 115 |
| 62 | Karl-Erik Palmer | 116 |
| 63 | Leopold Anoul | 117 |
| 64 | Nat Lofthouse | 118 |
| 65 | Suat Mamat | 121 |
| 66 | Theodor Wagner | 122 |
| 67 | Anatoli Ilyin | 123 |
| 68 | Atilio Cremaschi | 124 |
| 69 | Derek Kevan | 126 |
| 70 | Florencio Amarilla | 127 |
| 71 | Hasse Jeppson | 128 |
| 72 | Ivor Allchurch | 129 |
| 73 | Ivor Broadis | 130 |
| 74 | Jorge Lino Romero | 131 |
| 75 | Jose Altafini | 132 |
| 76 | Jose Lazaro Robles | 133 |
| 77 | Jose Parodi | 134 |
| 78 | Juan Bautista Aguero | 135 |
| 79 | Julio Abbadie | 136 |
| 80 | Kosta Tomasevic | 137 |
| 81 | Lefter Kucukandonyadis | 138 |
| 82 | Maryan Wisnieski | 139 |
| 83 | Milan Dvorak | 141 |
| 84 | Peter Palotas | 142 |
| 85 | Riccardo Carapellese | 143 |
| 86 | Robert Korner | 144 |
| 87 | Silvestre Igoa | 145 |
| 88 | Vaclav Hovorka | 147 |
| 89 | Zeljko Cajkovski | 148 |
| 90 | Aleksandr Ivanov | 149 |
| 91 | Alfredo dos Santos | 151 |
| 92 | Amleto Frignani | 152 |
| 93 | Andres Prieto | 153 |
| 94 | Atilio Lopez | 154 |
| 95 | Bobby Collins | 156 |
| 96 | Carlo Galli | 157 |
| 97 | Cayetano Re | 158 |
| 98 | Cesar Lopez Fretes | 159 |
| 99 | Dennis Wilshaw | 160 |
| 100 | Ernesto Vidal | 161 |
| 101 | Erol Keskin | 162 |
| 102 | Fernando Riera | 163 |
| 103 | Frank Wallace | 165 |
| 104 | Friaca | 166 |
| 105 | George Robledo | 169 |
| 106 | Gino Pariani | 171 |
| 107 | Hans Cieslarczyk | 173 |
| 108 | Henri Coppens | 175 |
| 109 | Horacio Casarin | 176 |
| 110 | Jackie Mudie | 179 |
| 111 | Javier Ambrois | 181 |
| 112 | Jimmy Murray (1935) | 182 |
| 113 | Jiri Feureisl | 183 |
| 114 | Joe Gaetjens | 184 |
| 115 | Jose Luis Lamadrid | 186 |
| 116 | Jozsef Bencsics | 187 |
| 117 | Jozsef Toth (1929) | 188 |
| 118 | Karoly Sandor | 189 |
| 119 | Ludovico Avio | 190 |
| 120 | Maneca | 191 |
| 121 | Mario Zagallo | 192 |
| 122 | Nikita Simonyan | 194 |
| 123 | Norberto Menendez | 195 |
| 124 | Radivoje Ognjanovic | 196 |
| 125 | Rene Bader | 197 |
| 126 | Richard Herrmann | 198 |
| 127 | Sammy Baird | 199 |
| 128 | Stan Mortensen | 201 |
| 129 | Terry Medwin | 202 |
| 130 | Tomas Balcazar | 203 |
| 131 | Wilf Mannion | 205 |
| 132 | Yvon Douis | 206 |
| 133 | Wilbur Cush | 208 |
| 134 | Bernard Vukas | 212 |
| 135 | Carlos Blanco | 215 |
| 136 | Carlos Septien | 216 |
| 137 | Francisco Rodrigues | 222 |
| 138 | Gino Cappello | 227 |
| 139 | Jose Naranjo (1926) | 236 |
| 140 | Kazimir Gajdos | 238 |
| 141 | Robert Dienst | 248 |
| 142 | Tadeusz Kraus | 251 |
| 143 | Walter Schleger | 257 |
| 144 | Willie Fernie | 259 |
| 145 | Bruno Nicole | 262 |
| 146 | Dezso Bundzsak | 264 |
| 147 | Florian Albert | 265 |
| 148 | Laszlo Kubala | 270 |
| 149 | Pepillo II | 272 |
| 150 | Thadee Cisowski | 274 |
| 151 | Adam Wolanin | 277 |
| 152 | Adaozinho | 278 |
| 153 | Agustin Gainza | 281 |
| 154 | Alan A'Court | 287 |
| 155 | Aldo Campatelli | 293 |
| 156 | Alex Scott | 296 |
| 157 | Alfred Bickel | 304 |
| 158 | Alfred Kelbassa | 305 |
| 159 | Alfredo Rojas | 311 |
| 160 | Alfredo Torres | 312 |
| 161 | Allan Brown | 314 |
| 162 | Amedeo Amadei | 317 |
| 163 | Andre Strappe | 320 |
| 164 | Angel Berni | 321 |
| 165 | Angel Labruna | 322 |
| 166 | Anton Malatinsky | 327 |
| 167 | Archie Robertson | 334 |
| 168 | Armando Segato | 337 |
| 169 | Arne Selmosson | 339 |
| 170 | Bedford Jezzard | 345 |
| 171 | Benedicto Godoy | 347 |
| 172 | Benigno Gutierrez | 349 |
| 173 | Benjamin Maldonado | 350 |
| 174 | Billy Bingham | 359 |
| 175 | Billy Simpson | 360 |
| 176 | Bobby Charlton | 361 |
| 177 | Bobby Combe | 362 |
| 178 | Bobby Johnstone | 363 |
| 179 | Bobby Robson | 364 |
| 180 | Bobby Smith | 365 |
| 181 | Bobby Trainor | 366 |
| 182 | Borje Tapper | 368 |
| 183 | Bryan Douglas | 374 |
| 184 | Carlos Calderon | 380 |
| 185 | Carlos Carus | 381 |
| 186 | Carlos Gonzalez | 382 |
| 187 | Carlos Ibanez | 384 |
| 188 | Carlos Romero | 386 |
| 189 | Celestino Algaranaz | 390 |
| 190 | Cesar Rodriguez | 391 |
| 191 | Chung-Min Choi | 399 |
| 192 | Claudio Lezcano | 400 |
| 193 | Cliff Jones | 401 |
| 194 | Colin Webster | 403 |
| 195 | Coskun Tas | 405 |
| 196 | Crescencio Gutierrez | 406 |
| 197 | Dario Jara Saguier | 408 |
| 198 | Denis Houf | 414 |
| 199 | Derek Dougan | 417 |
| 200 | Dida (1934) | 420 |
| 201 | Dionizije Dvornic | 422 |
| 202 | Drazan Jerkovic | 427 |
| 203 | Ed Souza | 430 |
| 204 | Eddie Baily | 431 |
| 205 | Egon Jonsson | 437 |
| 206 | Eligio Insfran | 439 |
| 207 | Eliseo Insfran | 441 |
| 208 | Eliseo Prado | 443 |
| 209 | Emil Pazicky | 444 |
| 210 | Emilio Caprile | 445 |
| 211 | Enrique Avalos | 446 |
| 212 | Enrique Sesma | 447 |
| 213 | Ernest Schultz | 450 |
| 214 | Ernie Copland | 451 |
| 215 | Eugen Meier | 455 |
| 216 | Fay Coyle | 458 |
| 217 | Ferdinando Riva | 463 |
| 218 | Ferenc Machos | 464 |
| 219 | Feridun Bugeker | 466 |
| 220 | Francisco Sosa | 473 |
| 221 | Gennadi Gusarov | 480 |
| 222 | Genrich Fedosov | 481 |
| 223 | George Hamilton | 485 |
| 224 | Gerhard Lusenti | 486 |
| 225 | German Apukhtin | 487 |
| 226 | Gilberto Penayo | 490 |
| 227 | Gino Pivatelli | 492 |
| 228 | Gosta Lofgren | 498 |
| 229 | Graham Leggat | 499 |
| 230 | Guillermo Diaz (1930) | 505 |
| 231 | Hans Buzek | 512 |
| 232 | Hans Siegenthaler | 513 |
| 233 | Hans Sturm | 514 |
| 234 | Hans-Peter Friedlander | 515 |
| 235 | Harry Hooper | 517 |
| 236 | Helmut Senekowitsch | 523 |
| 237 | Henry Kallgren | 526 |
| 238 | Herbert Ninaus | 527 |
| 239 | Hilarion Osorio | 531 |
| 240 | Hippolyte Van Den Bosch | 532 |
| 241 | Humberto Tozzi | 534 |
| 242 | Ian McMillan | 536 |
| 243 | Ilijas Pasic | 540 |
| 244 | Il-Kap Park | 541 |
| 245 | Indio | 543 |
| 246 | Ingvar Rydell | 546 |
| 247 | Jackie Henderson | 553 |
| 248 | Jackie Milburn | 554 |
| 249 | Jackie Scott | 555 |
| 250 | Jaroslav Borovicka | 561 |
| 251 | Jaroslav Kosnar | 562 |
| 252 | Jean Tamini | 563 |
| 253 | Jimmy Binning | 569 |
| 254 | Jimmy McIlroy | 571 |
| 255 | Jiri Pesek | 574 |
| 256 | Joel Antonio Martins | 580 |
| 257 | John Coyle | 584 |
| 258 | John Mackenzie | 587 |
| 259 | John Souza | 588 |
| 260 | Jose Juncosa | 591 |
| 261 | Jose Luis Borbolla | 592 |
| 262 | Jose Raul Aveiro | 595 |
| 263 | Jose Sanfilippo | 596 |
| 264 | Jose Velazquez | 598 |
| 265 | Josef Hamerl | 600 |
| 266 | Josef Majer | 601 |
| 267 | Joseph Mermans | 605 |
| 268 | Juan Burgueno | 609 |
| 269 | Juan Canete | 610 |
| 270 | Juan Guerra (1927) | 613 |
| 271 | Julio Cesar Britos | 615 |
| 272 | Kadri Aytac | 619 |
| 273 | Ken Leek | 627 |
| 274 | Ki-Joo Li | 628 |
| 275 | Kook-Chin Chung | 631 |
| 276 | Kurt Svensson | 633 |
| 277 | Ladislav Hlavacek | 635 |
| 278 | Ladislav Kacani | 636 |
| 279 | Lajos Csordas | 637 |
| 280 | Laszlo Lachos | 638 |
| 281 | Leon Glovacki | 648 |
| 282 | Leonardo Navarro | 651 |
| 283 | Leongino Unzaim | 652 |
| 284 | Ligorio Lopez | 655 |
| 285 | Lorenzo Calonga | 657 |
| 286 | Luc Van Hoyweghen | 659 |
| 287 | Luis Castro (1921) | 661 |
| 288 | Luis Mayanes | 664 |
| 289 | Luis Rijo | 666 |
| 290 | Luka Liposinovic | 668 |
| 291 | Manuel Munoz | 675 |
| 292 | Marcel Mauron | 678 |
| 293 | Marcial Avalos | 680 |
| 294 | Mario Mena | 682 |
| 295 | Mate Fenyvesi | 684 |
| 296 | Mauro Raphael | 689 |
| 297 | Max Prieto | 690 |
| 298 | Miguel Gutierrez (1931) | 699 |
| 299 | Mihaly Toth | 700 |
| 300 | Mihaly Vasas | 701 |
| 301 | Moises Jinich | 707 |
| 302 | Nak-Woon Sung | 709 |
| 303 | Necmi Onarici | 713 |
| 304 | Neil Mochan | 715 |
| 305 | Nicholas DiOrio | 719 |
| 306 | Norberto Boggio | 723 |
| 307 | Omar Mendez | 728 |
| 308 | Oscar Aguilera | 731 |
| 309 | Osvaldo Cruz | 732 |
| 310 | Otto Hemele | 736 |
| 311 | Owe Ohlsson | 737 |
| 312 | Paul Kozlicek | 741 |
| 313 | Pavol Molnar | 744 |
| 314 | Pepe (1935) | 747 |
| 315 | Peter Brabrook | 748 |
| 316 | Peter Broadbent | 749 |
| 317 | Pieter Van Den Bosch | 751 |
| 318 | Prvoslav Mihajlovic | 754 |
| 319 | Rafael Souto | 757 |
| 320 | Raimundo Infante | 758 |
| 321 | Ranulfo Cortes | 760 |
| 322 | Raul Arellano (1935) | 762 |
| 323 | Ricardo Infante | 770 |
| 324 | Robert Craddock | 775 |
| 325 | Roberto Capparelli | 779 |
| 326 | Roger Vonlanthen | 786 |
| 327 | Ron Hewitt | 787 |
| 328 | Rosendo Hernandez | 790 |
| 329 | Roy Bentley | 791 |
| 330 | Roy Vernon | 793 |
| 331 | Ruben Moran | 794 |
| 332 | Rubens da Costa | 795 |
| 333 | Salvador Reyes (1936) | 801 |
| 334 | Sammy McCrory | 804 |
| 335 | Sang-Kwon Woo | 809 |
| 336 | Sergei Salnikov | 813 |
| 337 | Soo-Nam Lee | 820 |
| 338 | Stellan Nilsson | 822 |
| 339 | Stephane Bruey | 823 |
| 340 | Stewart Imlach | 824 |
| 341 | Tommy Casey | 833 |
| 342 | Ulrich Biesinger | 839 |
| 343 | Valentin Bubukin | 841 |
| 344 | Víctor Brown | 847 |
| 345 | Víctor Ugarte | 849 |
| 346 | Vladimir Firm | 853 |
| 347 | Walter Beerli | 859 |
| 348 | Walter Haummer | 861 |
| 349 | Walter Horak | 862 |
| 350 | Walter Schneiter | 863 |
| 351 | Willie Ormond | 871 |
| 352 | Yung-Keun Choi | 875 |
| 353 | Yuri Falin | 877 |
| 354 | Zoltan Friedmanszky | 882 |
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