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The Top Ranked Soccer Forwards of the
1970s
Notes: Players
are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
Ranking Explanation
|
Rnk |
Athlete |
Overall Decade Rnk |
|
1 |
Johan Cruyff |
1 |
|
2 |
Kevin Keegan |
3 |
|
3 |
Gerd Muller |
4 |
|
4 |
Allan Simonsen |
5 |
|
5 |
Rob Rensenbrink |
6 |
|
6 |
Hristo Bonev |
15 |
|
7 |
Dragan Dzajic |
17 |
|
8 |
Roberto Bettega |
23 |
|
9 |
Hans Krankl |
24 |
|
10 |
Grzegorz Lato |
25 |
|
11 |
Ralf Edstrom |
27 |
|
12 |
Paolo Rossi |
30 |
|
13 |
Mario Kempes |
33 |
|
14 |
Pele |
34 |
|
15 |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
35 |
|
16 |
Dieter Muller |
37 |
|
17 |
Kenny Dalglish |
41 |
|
18 |
Uli Hoeness |
46 |
|
19 |
Jairzinho |
49 |
|
20 |
Johnny Rep |
50 |
|
21 |
Jurgen Grabowski |
58 |
|
22 |
Andrzej Szarmach |
62 |
|
23 |
Joe Jordan |
64 |
|
24 |
Oleg Blokhin |
66 |
|
25 |
Alessandro Mazzola |
67 |
|
26 |
Dudu Georgescu |
68 |
|
27 |
Eusebio |
69 |
|
28 |
Hans-Jurgen Kreische |
75 |
|
29 |
Jupp Heynckes |
77 |
|
30 |
Piet Keizer |
78 |
|
31 |
Tibor Nyilasi |
81 |
|
32 |
Wlodzimierz Lubanski |
82 |
|
33 |
Uwe Seeler |
84 |
|
34 |
Florea Dumitrache |
86 |
|
35 |
Joachim Streich |
87 |
|
36 |
Roland Sandberg |
88 |
|
37 |
Angelo Domenghini |
90 |
|
38 |
Geoff Hurst |
92 |
|
39 |
Peter Lorimer |
95 |
|
40 |
Walter Schachner |
97 |
|
41 |
Roberto Boninsegna |
106 |
|
42 |
Luis Cubilla |
113 |
|
43 |
Josip Skoblar |
120 |
|
44 |
Marian Masny |
121 |
|
45 |
Zdenek Nehoda |
126 |
|
46 |
Luigi Riva |
127 |
|
47 |
Andras Torocsik |
129 |
|
48 |
Benny Wendt |
131 |
|
49 |
Denis Law |
135 |
|
50 |
Francis Lee |
138 |
|
51 |
Giorgio Chinaglia |
140 |
|
52 |
Klaus Fischer |
144 |
|
53 |
Paul Van Himst |
147 |
|
54 |
Robert Gadocha |
149 |
|
55 |
Santillana |
150 |
|
56 |
Anatoliy Byshovets |
154 |
|
57 |
Leopoldo Luque |
155 |
|
58 |
Dusan Bajevic |
156 |
|
59 |
Roberto Dinamite |
158 |
|
60 |
Daniel Bertoni |
161 |
|
61 |
Emmanuel Sanon |
163 |
|
62 |
Hector Yazalde |
166 |
|
63 |
Ivica Surjak |
167 |
|
64 |
Javier Valdivia |
168 |
|
65 |
Ladislav Petras |
169 |
|
66 |
Raoul Lambert |
171 |
|
67 |
Stanislav Karasi |
172 |
|
68 |
Tostao |
173 |
|
69 |
Alexandru Neagu |
175 |
|
70 |
Allan Clarke |
177 |
|
71 |
Andras Toth |
178 |
|
72 |
Bernard Lacombe |
180 |
|
73 |
Dani Ruiz-Bazan |
186 |
|
74 |
Dick Nanninga |
187 |
|
75 |
Hassan Rowshan |
195 |
|
76 |
Houmane Jarir |
197 |
|
77 |
Ilija Petkovic |
199 |
|
78 |
Javier Fragoso |
202 |
|
79 |
Marc Berdoll |
213 |
|
80 |
Martin Hoffmann |
214 |
|
81 |
Mordechai Spiegler |
219 |
|
82 |
Pietro Anastasi |
221 |
|
83 |
Reinaldo de Lima |
223 |
|
84 |
Reinhard Libuda |
224 |
|
85 |
Ruben Ayala |
228 |
|
86 |
Rudiger Abramczik |
229 |
|
87 |
Sergio Ahumada |
232 |
|
88 |
Thomas Sjoberg |
234 |
|
89 |
Tom Turesson |
236 |
|
90 |
Valdomiro Vaz |
237 |
|
91 |
Victor Rangel |
238 |
|
92 |
Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi |
239 |
|
93 |
Bozhidar Grigorov |
244 |
|
94 |
Edu Americo |
247 |
|
95 |
Gigi Riva |
248 |
|
96 |
Hugo Sotil |
254 |
|
97 |
Inge Ejderstedt |
255 |
|
98 |
Marek Kusto |
259 |
|
99 |
Paolo Pulici |
263 |
|
100 |
Ali Kemal Denizci |
281 |
|
101 |
Antal Dunai |
283 |
|
102 |
Don Givens |
287 |
|
103 |
Ferenc Bene |
288 |
|
104 |
Franny Lee |
290 |
|
105 |
Jose Altafini |
297 |
|
106 |
Kees Kist |
298 |
|
107 |
Martin Chivers |
301 |
|
108 |
Tony Woodcock |
307 |
|
109 |
Trevor Francis |
308 |
|
110 |
Aaron Padilla |
311 |
|
111 |
Abderraouf Ben Aziza |
315 |
|
112 |
Adrian Alston |
322 |
|
113 |
Agustin Balbuena |
324 |
|
114 |
Ahmed Alaoui |
325 |
|
115 |
Ahmed Faras |
326 |
|
116 |
Alberto Gomez (1944) |
329 |
|
117 |
Aldo Poy |
333 |
|
118 |
Anatoliy Puzach |
351 |
|
119 |
Andrej Kvasnak |
353 |
|
120 |
Andrzej Iwan |
355 |
|
121 |
Atanas Mihaylov |
369 |
|
122 |
Attila Abonyi |
370 |
|
123 |
Behtash Fariba |
374 |
|
124 |
Bela Varady |
375 |
|
125 |
Branko Buljevic |
387 |
|
126 |
Carlos Caszely |
393 |
|
127 |
Cesar Maluco |
398 |
|
128 |
Christian Dalger |
400 |
|
129 |
Claude Barthelemy |
401 |
|
130 |
Cristobal Ortega |
408 |
|
131 |
Dada Maravilha |
409 |
|
132 |
Danilo Popivoda |
414 |
|
133 |
David Cabrera |
418 |
|
134 |
Denis Milar |
422 |
|
135 |
Derek Johnstone |
423 |
|
136 |
Dieter Herzog |
426 |
|
137 |
Dimitar Marashliev |
427 |
|
138 |
Dimitar Yakimov |
428 |
|
139 |
Eberhard Vogel |
436 |
|
140 |
Eladio Reyes |
443 |
|
141 |
Eli Ben Rimoz |
444 |
|
142 |
Elmer Acevedo |
445 |
|
143 |
Enrique Borja |
447 |
|
144 |
Ernesto Aparicio |
456 |
|
145 |
Fernando Morena |
470 |
|
146 |
Flavius Domide |
471 |
|
147 |
Francesco Graziani |
472 |
|
148 |
Frans Janssens |
482 |
|
149 |
Franz Oberacher |
484 |
|
150 |
Fritz Leandre |
486 |
|
151 |
Garry Manuel |
488 |
|
152 |
Gennady Yevriuzhikin |
491 |
|
153 |
Georgi Popov |
497 |
|
154 |
Ghafour Jahani |
504 |
|
155 |
Gil |
508 |
|
156 |
Giora Spiegel |
509 |
|
157 |
Givi Nodia |
514 |
|
158 |
Guillermo La Rosa |
519 |
|
159 |
Guillermo Yavar |
522 |
|
160 |
Guy Saint-Vil |
527 |
|
161 |
Hamid Majd Teymouri |
531 |
|
162 |
Hannes Lohr |
532 |
|
163 |
Hans Pirkner |
533 |
|
164 |
Harry Lubse |
537 |
|
165 |
Helmut Haller |
546 |
|
166 |
Herbert Zimmermann |
554 |
|
167 |
Horacio Lopez Salgado |
556 |
|
168 |
Hossein Faraki |
557 |
|
169 |
Hugo Rodriguez |
561 |
|
170 |
Hugo Sanchez |
562 |
|
171 |
Isidoro Diaz |
566 |
|
172 |
Jaime Portillo |
583 |
|
173 |
Jan Capkovic |
585 |
|
174 |
Jan Domarski |
586 |
|
175 |
Jean Kalala N'Tumba |
600 |
|
176 |
Jeff Astle |
607 |
|
177 |
Joe Harper |
619 |
|
178 |
Johan Devrindt |
622 |
|
179 |
John Robertson (1953) |
624 |
|
180 |
Jorge Mendonca |
628 |
|
181 |
Jose del Castillo |
635 |
|
182 |
Jose Gomez (1949) |
638 |
|
183 |
Jozef Adamec |
648 |
|
184 |
Juan Carlos Oblitas |
652 |
|
185 |
Juan Munante |
655 |
|
186 |
Juan Silva |
659 |
|
187 |
Juanito Gomez |
660 |
|
188 |
Julio Losada |
665 |
|
189 |
Julio Morales |
666 |
|
190 |
Kakoko Etepe |
673 |
|
191 |
Karol Jokl |
678 |
|
192 |
Kazimierz Kmiecik |
680 |
|
193 |
Kiril Milanov |
692 |
|
194 |
Krasimir Borisov |
696 |
|
195 |
Laszlo Fazekas |
704 |
|
196 |
Laszlo Pusztai |
707 |
|
197 |
Leonardo Veliz |
715 |
|
198 |
Lou Macari |
723 |
|
199 |
Majid Bishkar |
735 |
|
200 |
Maranon |
740 |
|
201 |
Marin Tufan |
744 |
|
202 |
Mario Medina |
750 |
|
203 |
Mario Monge |
751 |
|
204 |
Mavuba Mafuila |
757 |
|
205 |
Mayanga Maku |
761 |
|
206 |
Mbungu Ekofa |
762 |
|
207 |
Milan Albrecht |
769 |
|
208 |
Mirandinha da Silva |
771 |
|
209 |
Mircea Lucescu |
772 |
|
210 |
Mohamed Akid |
777 |
|
211 |
Mohamed Ben Moussa |
778 |
|
212 |
Mohammed El Filali |
780 |
|
213 |
Mokhtar Hasni |
784 |
|
214 |
Nasser Nouraei |
793 |
|
215 |
Nejib Limam |
796 |
|
216 |
Nicolae Dobrin |
798 |
|
217 |
Ohman Chehaibi |
810 |
|
218 |
Olivier Rouyer |
811 |
|
219 |
Oscar Ortiz |
817 |
|
220 |
Oscar Zubia |
818 |
|
221 |
Osvaldo Castro |
820 |
|
222 |
Oswaldo Ramirez |
821 |
|
223 |
Pavel Panov |
830 |
|
224 |
Pedro Pablo Leon |
832 |
|
225 |
Petar Zhekov |
835 |
|
226 |
Peter Ducke |
839 |
|
227 |
Peter Osgood |
841 |
|
228 |
Pierino Prati |
846 |
|
229 |
Pierre Carteus |
849 |
|
230 |
Quini |
853 |
|
231 |
Rachamim Talbi |
854 |
|
232 |
Raul Isiordia |
861 |
|
233 |
Roberto |
873 |
|
234 |
Roberto Mosquera |
875 |
|
235 |
Roger Saint-Vil |
885 |
|
236 |
Roman Jakobczak |
890 |
|
237 |
Ronald Worm |
893 |
|
238 |
Ruben Bareno |
897 |
|
239 |
Ruben Cano |
898 |
|
240 |
Ruben Corbo |
899 |
|
241 |
Salvador Cabezas |
909 |
|
242 |
Sanny Aslund |
913 |
|
243 |
Sergio Gori |
918 |
|
244 |
Sigfried Held |
923 |
|
245 |
Slah Karoui |
924 |
|
246 |
Slava Metreveli |
925 |
|
247 |
Temime Lahzami |
934 |
|
248 |
Tomas Nordahl |
939 |
|
249 |
Torbjorn Nilsson |
946 |
|
250 |
Valeriy Porkujan |
952 |
|
251 |
Voyn Voynov |
962 |
|
252 |
Wilfried Puis |
967 |
|
253 |
Wilhelm Kreuz |
968 |
|
254 |
Willie Morgan |
971 |
|
255 |
Wlodzimierz Mazur |
974 |
|
256 |
Wolfram Lowe |
980 |
|
257 |
Yechezekel Chazom |
982 |
|
258 |
Yehoshua Feigenbaum |
984 |
|
259 |
Zdzislaw Kapka |
989 |
|
260 |
Ze Sergio Presti |
991 |
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