The Top Ranked Soccer Forwards of the 1980s Help Keep the Site Ad Free By Supporting us at Patreon
AinsworthSports.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Top Ranked Soccer Forwards of the 1980s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rnk |
| 1 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 3 |
| 2 | Marco van Basten | 4 |
| 3 | Preben Elkjaer | 7 |
| 4 | Kenny Dalglish | 9 |
| 5 | Gary Lineker | 10 |
| 6 | Emilio Butragueno | 12 |
| 7 | Rudi Voller | 18 |
| 8 | Ian Rush | 20 |
| 9 | Alessandro Altobelli | 25 |
| 10 | Paulo Futre | 28 |
| 11 | Tibor Nyilasi | 29 |
| 12 | Gianluca Vialli | 35 |
| 13 | Mark Hateley | 36 |
| 14 | Paolo Rossi | 39 |
| 15 | Jesper Olsen | 41 |
| 16 | Erwin Vandenbergh | 42 |
| 17 | Pierre Littbarski | 43 |
| 18 | Klaus Allofs | 44 |
| 19 | Horst Hrubesch | 50 |
| 20 | Oleg Blokhin | 59 |
| 21 | Wlodzimierz Smolarek | 60 |
| 22 | Norman Whiteside | 65 |
| 23 | Steve Archibald | 66 |
| 24 | Dominique Rocheteau | 70 |
| 25 | Fernando Gomes | 74 |
| 26 | John Barnes | 76 |
| 27 | Ladislav Vizek | 77 |
| 28 | Jean-Pierre Papin | 82 |
| 29 | Trevor Francis | 84 |
| 30 | Walter Schachner | 85 |
| 31 | Francesco Graziani | 88 |
| 32 | Grzegorz Lato | 89 |
| 33 | Julio Salinas | 91 |
| 34 | Peter Beardsley | 96 |
| 35 | Ramaz Shengelia | 97 |
| 36 | Jorge Valdano | 107 |
| 37 | Gerry Armstrong | 108 |
| 38 | Billy Hamilton | 110 |
| 39 | Salah Assad | 112 |
| 40 | Djamel Zidane | 116 |
| 41 | Franky Vercauteren | 118 |
| 42 | Rabah Madjer | 123 |
| 43 | Sergey Rodionov | 124 |
| 44 | Tedj Bensaoula | 126 |
| 45 | Jurgen Klinsmann | 130 |
| 46 | Torbjorn Nilsson | 137 |
| 47 | Allan Simonsen | 138 |
| 48 | Andras Torocsik | 139 |
| 49 | Oleh Protasov | 147 |
| 50 | Safet Susic | 150 |
| 51 | Stoycho Mladenov | 151 |
| 52 | Vahid Halilhodzic | 155 |
| 53 | Zdenek Nehoda | 157 |
| 54 | Zlatko Vujovic | 158 |
| 55 | Careca | 162 |
| 56 | Laszlo Kiss | 164 |
| 57 | Nico Claesen | 165 |
| 58 | Abderrazak Khairi | 167 |
| 59 | Daniel Bertoni | 168 |
| 60 | Didier Six | 169 |
| 61 | Eder Alexio | 171 |
| 62 | Gabor Poloskei | 175 |
| 63 | Jorge Burruchaga | 176 |
| 64 | Klaus Fischer | 178 |
| 65 | Laszlo Fazekas | 179 |
| 66 | Roberto Cabanas | 181 |
| 67 | Serginho Chulapa | 182 |
| 68 | Yannick Stopyra | 184 |
| 69 | Abdelkrim Merry | 185 |
| 70 | Abdullah Al-Buloushi | 186 |
| 71 | Ahmed Radhi | 187 |
| 72 | Alain Couriol | 188 |
| 73 | Alexandre Czerniatynski | 189 |
| 74 | Andrzej Szarmach | 192 |
| 75 | Antonio Alzamendi | 193 |
| 76 | Colin Clarke | 195 |
| 77 | Daniel Veyt | 196 |
| 78 | Eduardo Laing | 198 |
| 79 | Eloy Olaya | 199 |
| 80 | Enzo Francescoli | 201 |
| 81 | Faisal Al-Dakhil | 202 |
| 82 | Gerard Soler | 204 |
| 83 | Guillermo La Rosa | 206 |
| 84 | Gustavo Moscoso | 207 |
| 85 | Hans Krankl | 208 |
| 86 | Hugo Sanchez | 210 |
| 87 | Joe Jordan | 216 |
| 88 | John Eriksen | 217 |
| 89 | John Robertson (1953) | 218 |
| 90 | Jong-Boo Kim | 219 |
| 91 | Juan Carlos Letelier | 224 |
| 92 | Juanito (1954) | 225 |
| 93 | Lazar Szentes | 229 |
| 94 | Luis Flores | 231 |
| 95 | Luis Ramirez Zapata | 232 |
| 96 | Marton Esterhazy | 234 |
| 97 | Nasko Sirakov | 236 |
| 98 | Paul Mariner | 239 |
| 99 | Pedro Pasculli | 240 |
| 100 | Ramon Diaz | 242 |
| 101 | Roberto Lopez Ufarte | 247 |
| 102 | Soon-Ho Choi | 251 |
| 103 | Steve Wooddin | 254 |
| 104 | Uwe Reinders | 257 |
| 105 | Wlodzimierz Ciolek | 260 |
| 106 | Bruno Bellone | 265 |
| 107 | Paul Sturrock | 290 |
| 108 | Raymond Mommens | 293 |
| 109 | Sammy McIlroy | 296 |
| 110 | Ally McCoist | 304 |
| 111 | Andreas Thom | 306 |
| 112 | Flemming Povlsen | 314 |
| 113 | Frank Stapleton | 315 |
| 114 | Karl-Heinz Riedle | 320 |
| 115 | Robby Langers | 325 |
| 116 | Roberto Mancini | 326 |
| 117 | Rodion Camataru | 327 |
| 118 | Rui Jordao | 328 |
| 119 | Sokol Kushta | 330 |
| 120 | Tanju Colak | 331 |
| 121 | Toni Polster | 334 |
| 122 | Abdelfettah Rhiati | 339 |
| 123 | Abdelmajid Bourebbou | 344 |
| 124 | Abdulaziz Al-Anberi | 347 |
| 125 | Abdulaziz Al-Buloushi | 348 |
| 126 | Alan Brazil | 355 |
| 127 | Aldo Serena | 360 |
| 128 | Alfredo Mendoza | 365 |
| 129 | Ali Bencheikh | 366 |
| 130 | Anad Abid | 374 |
| 131 | Andrey Zhelyazkov | 375 |
| 132 | Andrzej Iwan | 376 |
| 133 | Andrzej Zgutczynski | 377 |
| 134 | Armando Betancourt | 387 |
| 135 | Atanas Pashev | 391 |
| 136 | Bela Bodonyi | 401 |
| 137 | Bernard Lacombe | 403 |
| 138 | Bobby Campbell | 411 |
| 139 | Boycho Velichkov | 413 |
| 140 | Branko Segota | 416 |
| 141 | Bum-Kun Cha | 420 |
| 142 | Byung-Joo Byun | 422 |
| 143 | Carl Valentine | 424 |
| 144 | Carlos Aguilera (1964) | 426 |
| 145 | Carlos Caszely | 428 |
| 146 | Carlos Hermosillo | 430 |
| 147 | Celso Guity | 435 |
| 148 | Charlie Nicholas | 442 |
| 149 | Cristobal Ortega | 450 |
| 150 | Dale Mitchell | 451 |
| 151 | Daniel Xuereb | 452 |
| 152 | Daniele Massaro | 453 |
| 153 | Dariusz Dziekanowski | 456 |
| 154 | Davie Cooper | 462 |
| 155 | Davie Provan | 463 |
| 156 | Dieter Hoeness | 465 |
| 157 | Djamel Menad | 468 |
| 158 | Edivaldo Martins | 476 |
| 159 | Ernest Ebongue | 494 |
| 160 | Eufemio Cabral | 496 |
| 161 | Evaristo Isasi | 498 |
| 162 | Ever Hernandez | 499 |
| 163 | Fathi Kameel | 503 |
| 164 | Faustino Alonso | 504 |
| 165 | Felix Healy | 507 |
| 166 | Flemming Christensen | 513 |
| 167 | Francisco Alcaraz | 515 |
| 168 | Francisco Javier Cruz | 516 |
| 169 | Franco Navarro | 522 |
| 170 | Franco Selvaggi | 523 |
| 171 | Francois Van Der Elst | 526 |
| 172 | Frank McAvennie | 528 |
| 173 | Gabriel Calderon | 534 |
| 174 | George Pakos | 542 |
| 175 | Gernot Jurtin | 550 |
| 176 | Geronimo Barbadillo | 551 |
| 177 | Giuseppe Galderisi | 559 |
| 178 | Graeme Sharp | 562 |
| 179 | Guillermo Ragazzone | 566 |
| 180 | Hipolito Rincon | 581 |
| 181 | Hussein Saeed | 587 |
| 182 | Ian Stewart | 589 |
| 183 | Igor Vrablic | 592 |
| 184 | Jacques N'Guea | 602 |
| 185 | Jan Furtok | 614 |
| 186 | Jan Urban | 619 |
| 187 | Jasem Yaqoub | 621 |
| 188 | Jesus Maria Satrustegui | 628 |
| 189 | Jimmy Quinn | 631 |
| 190 | Jorge da Silva | 646 |
| 191 | Jose Maria Rivas | 661 |
| 192 | Jose Roberto Figueroa | 664 |
| 193 | Jozsef Kiprich | 677 |
| 194 | Juan Carlos Oblitas | 681 |
| 195 | Kalman Kovacs | 690 |
| 196 | Karim Saddam | 693 |
| 197 | Kerry Dixon | 700 |
| 198 | Kevin Keegan | 701 |
| 199 | Kostadin Kostadinov | 706 |
| 200 | Kurt Welzl | 709 |
| 201 | Laszlo Dajka | 717 |
| 202 | Magico Gonzalez | 733 |
| 203 | Marek Kusto | 742 |
| 204 | Marian Masny | 744 |
| 205 | Mario Kempes | 747 |
| 206 | Mark Caughey | 752 |
| 207 | Max Hagmayr | 759 |
| 208 | Miguel Angel Gamboa | 766 |
| 209 | Milos Sestic | 774 |
| 210 | Muayad Al-Haddad | 782 |
| 211 | Muller | 784 |
| 212 | Mustafa Merry | 786 |
| 213 | Noel Brotherston | 802 |
| 214 | Oscar Eyobo | 812 |
| 215 | Patricio Yanez | 818 |
| 216 | Paul Bahoken | 820 |
| 217 | Pedro Uralde | 831 |
| 218 | Percy Rojas | 833 |
| 219 | Peter Withe | 839 |
| 220 | Petr Janecka | 840 |
| 221 | Quini | 855 |
| 222 | Rachid Harkouk | 858 |
| 223 | Rahim Hameed | 861 |
| 224 | Ramon Hicks | 863 |
| 225 | Roberto Bailey | 881 |
| 226 | Roberto Dinamite | 882 |
| 227 | Roger Milla | 887 |
| 228 | Rui Aguas | 893 |
| 229 | Santiago Santamaria | 908 |
| 230 | Santillana | 910 |
| 231 | Sergey Andreyev | 913 |
| 232 | Sergio Almiron | 914 |
| 233 | Stjepan Deveric | 930 |
| 234 | Tae-Ho Lee | 933 |
| 235 | Thomas Allofs | 942 |
| 236 | Tomas Kriz | 947 |
| 237 | Tony Woodcock | 952 |
| 238 | Vasil Dragolov | 958 |
| 239 | Venancio Ramos | 960 |
| 240 | Vlastimil Petrzela | 968 |
| 241 | Walter Casagrande | 971 |
| 242 | Wilmar Cabrera | 975 |
| 243 | Wynton Rufer | 978 |
| 244 | Yong-Se Kim | 981 |
| 245 | Zvonko Zivkovic | 992 |
[Home] [Updates] [Sports] [Upcoming/Recent Events] [Polls] [Contact Us] [Links] [Our Facebook Page] [Our Twitter Page]