125 players Pelé selected as the best living players (2004) Quiz

Country	Player
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Belgium
Belgium
Belgium
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Chile
Chile

Country	Player
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Denmark
Denmark
Denmark
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
France
France
France
France
France
France
France
France
France
France
France
France
France
France
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany

Country	Player
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Ghana
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Japan
Korea Republic
Liberia
Mexico
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands

Country	Player
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Nigeria
Northern Ireland
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Portugal
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Scotland
Senegal
Spain
Spain
Spain
Turkey
Turkey
Ukraine
Uruguay
United States
United States

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	JohnJF:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 05:20 GMT		0 points
	18/125. Grand. Which is more likely to happen: Somebody types in "Abedi Pele" and not the creator of this list or somebody types in Pelé, for some reason giving the effort to put the accent in?

	ku_sucks:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 06:24 GMT		6 points
	man, how did lev yashin not crack this list?

	Arnee:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 06:56 GMT		12 points
	Haha I love how Pele chose himself to go on the list, how modest!

	GoonerLover66:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 07:50 GMT		7 points
	Pat, Yashin is no longer alive. It's the best living players. Obviously this is now outdated as George Best has since died. BTW, Rustu and Emre should be acceptable answers for the two turkish players. They are mostly known by the first names and not Recber and Belozoglu respectively. It was cool to a see a woman on the list. But I'm really confused as to why Pele chose Saviola for this list!

	jesus:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 08:19 GMT		25 points
	Can't you accept Cruyff for Johann Cruijff. Thats how everyone else knows him.

	BenUK:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 10:06 GMT		27 points
	I'm not sure how you can take any top 125 footballers list seriously if includes George Best and leaves out Titus Bramble

	johnboy:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 10:41 GMT		0 points
	where's nicky butt, pele's man of WC2004??

	StubbsyPVFC:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 11:08 GMT		6 points
	Why o why are El Hadji Diouf and Jay-jay okocha on this list????

	spuntz:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 11:21 GMT		0 points
	12 min for 125 answers is not nearly enough. When do the Sporcle people learn that they only ruin the fun of these quizzes by the bloody clock.

	KingLatifah:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 11:26 GMT		8 points
	There was no World Cup in 2004! It was in 2002!

	Freddie:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 11:28 GMT		1 point
	It's a baffling list from Pele, I remember he got a lot of flak for it when it came out. I think the idea of best 'living' footballers is always going to be tough, and he seems to fail in the balance between players who were big at the time (in 2004) and past legends. Some players seem to be on the list purely because of their performances in World Cup 2002 (Diouf, Emre etc). Ah well, was reasonably fun. p.s: Cryuff should DEFINETELY be accepted.

	:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 11:37 GMT		-1 points
	not as crazy a selection as i expected from pele. the only ones that i instantly thought should definitely not be on the list were diouf, rustu, emre, saviola, nakata and myung-bo.

	Wasim:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 11:52 GMT		2 points
	had 78 out of 125 and was just warming up - still had the likes of matthaus, ronaldinho, etc to type in - BUT TIME RAN OUT!!! I know Pele's list is a joke and it was only out of politeness that he included S. Korea, Senegal and Turkey - BUT PLEASE SPORCLE - MORE TIME!!

	AdamL:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 12:12 GMT		4 points
	This list made me irate at the time and still does. Putting dross like Diouf on was purely pandering to minor countries in a pc mad "must include some African and Asian footballers" drive.

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	DerKomissar:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 12:15 GMT		0 points
	Why the best living players? Is Pele saying that everybody who died isn't good?

	banutzu:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 12:25 GMT		-4 points
	its CRUYFF not cruiff

	lostnone:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 12:29 GMT		1 point
	Seeing as Pele was trying to include someone from every continent, its not so surprising that Diouf and Okocha are on the list. In 2002 Diouf was African Player of the Year and in the team of the tournament at the World Cup and Okocha was joint top scorer and player of the tournament at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. I would guess Pele didnt do that much research himself into his fringe selections......

expat:

Apr 26th, 2009 at 13:08 GMT

11 points

ya gotta love the two US reps are women, it says a lot.

	tobinw:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 13:38 GMT		11 points
	El Hadji Diouf? Really Pele? REALLY?

	Nelroy:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 13:53 GMT		7 points
	What's with people dissing Okocha? He was fully beast.

	Steesh:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 13:53 GMT		5 points
	Okocha was great! He was loved in the Premiership during his time with Bolton and was a genuine talent. So good they named him twice! Stupid list though, too political to be taken with any seriousness. And yeah Cruyff needs to be accepted. It's just like Kuyt/Kuijt, they are both acceptable.

	josh23:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 15:21 GMT		2 points
	it's funny how some people didn't get pele. And of course he put himself on the list, no one that good is so modest that he doesn't consider himself in the top 125.

	JohnJF:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 15:22 GMT		-1 points
	@mark: I for one found that cringe-worthy. It's not to insult women's soccer/football or Hamm/Akers, who can unashamedly say are far better than I am, but can anyone honestly say with a straight face that Mia Hamm is better than even such Americans as Cobi Jones, Eric Wynalda, Landon Donovan, or Kasey Keller?

	Zalx:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 15:28 GMT		-2 points
	Sporcle! You have been making some strange selctions as to what is acceptable in the past week or so. Cruyff is how he was known. He would probably make it onto any top five players of all time list, but he under 10% of people have got him yet. Please change this.

	pbysr:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 15:32 GMT		1 point
	Okocha's prime wasn't in the Premiership so people who remember him just from Bolton are not getting the whole story. Anyways this list is somewhat strange even if you allow it to be a somewhat random mix of old and current players. Three Belgians but no Gerets or Scifo? No Larrson or Litmanen. Ian Rush, Sounness, Gerson, no Salas. But this list redeems itself with the legend Rob Rensenbrink.

	Wales:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 15:40 GMT		3 points
	Cruyff should be accepted, as should "Emre".

	delToro87:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT		3 points
	A lot of the list is pure rubbish, but its part of what makes it good I suppose, the answers aren't as obvious as they might be. Plus has the challenge of seeing if you can remember who was hot in 2004 but has fades since, like Saviola, who was another of these 'next Maradonas' Argentina throws up every few years (though they may have found a genuine one in Messi)

	schoopdawoop:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 17:00 GMT		0 points
	I got...5

	DRB:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 19:06 GMT		5 points
	Someone needs to tell Pele that Jimmy Greaves is still alive. With the possible exception of Gerd Muller, the best goalscorer of the last sixty years. And indubitably a far better footballer than Gary Lineker or David Beckham, just to use the English ones as an example.

	Banterman:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 19:36 GMT		5 points
	No Giggs!!!!!!! How Bizarre...

	AndrewBarbarash:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 20:10 GMT		3 points
	This list is so laughable.... Also if were talking about greatest players ever what the HELL are 2 women doing on here??? Diouf... top 125 players of all time ... hahahahahahaha

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	lulubelles:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 20:36 GMT		8 points
	So agree with you Banterman. How weird to see El Hadji Diouf on there, a disgusting spitter who was the only player in history to wear Liverpool's number 9 and never score.....in 2003/04. Nice one Pele

	AddiSnow:	Apr 27th, 2009 at 01:30 GMT		-1 points
	Saviola, Nakata, Diouf and two women amongst (no offense, just simply stating the truth) men on this list and no Gerrard, Lampard, Giggs or Scholes just to name a few. Well done Pele :p Don't diss Okocha. He was tremendous. Just because he didn't play for the biggest teams doesn't mean he wasn't a great footballer. His ball skills were amazing.

	lezardvaleth:	Apr 27th, 2009 at 03:00 GMT		4 points
	Agreed.. Diouf and Saviola (who was only 22 when the list came out) over Giggs and Larsson is a bit of a joke.

	universallove:	Apr 27th, 2009 at 03:31 GMT		2 points
	I can't believe he didn't even mention Dragan Djaic, who played with Pele several times when it came to the top 11 playes in the world!!!

	The_Snakes:	Apr 27th, 2009 at 04:08 GMT		-2 points
	No Chris Waddle? DISGUSTING!

	Lauro:	Apr 27th, 2009 at 08:57 GMT		0 points
	@Addisnow: In 2004 Gerrard and Lampard souldn´t belong to the best 125! Scholes still not and never will...

	pdu:	Apr 27th, 2009 at 10:24 GMT		2 points
	When do the sporcle people learn how german umlauts work. ä = ae, ö = oe, ü = ue. If you accept e.g. ä = a that's fine, I can see how it's difficult for people who don't speak german. But when the correct form is not allowed something's wrong.