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Soccer Players

Soccer Players Community Rankings

The cumulative ranking of all 32 entrants, built from 17 completed Soccer Players brackets and 527 head-to-head picks. Lionel Messi currently leads on win rate.

Last updated August 17, 2026

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17

brackets completed

527

picks recorded

32

entrants with results

Full community ranking

  1. 1
    Lionel Messi

    Lionel Messi

    70W - 7L · won 10 brackets

    91%

    win rate

  2. 2
    Cristiano Ronaldo

    Cristiano Ronaldo

    47W - 16L · won 1 bracket

    75%

    win rate

  3. 3
    Pele

    Pele

    40W - 15L · won 2 brackets

    73%

    win rate

  4. 4
    Zinedine Zidane

    Zinedine Zidane

    37W - 15L · won 2 brackets

    71%

    win rate

  5. 5
    Diego Maradona

    Diego Maradona

    35W - 16L · won 1 bracket

    69%

    win rate

  6. 6
    Ronaldo Nazario

    Ronaldo Nazario

    30W - 17L

    64%

    win rate

  7. 7
    Johan Cruyff

    Johan Cruyff

    26W - 17L

    60%

    win rate

  8. 8
    Ronaldinho

    Ronaldinho

    22W - 17L

    56%

    win rate

  9. 9
    Neymar Jr.

    Neymar Jr.

    16W - 17L

    48%

    win rate

  10. 10
    Andres Iniesta

    Andres Iniesta

    16W - 17L

    48%

    win rate

  11. 11
    Paolo Maldini

    Paolo Maldini

    15W - 17L

    47%

    win rate

  12. 12
    Kevin De Bruyne

    Kevin De Bruyne

    13W - 16L · won 1 bracket

    45%

    win rate

  13. 13
    Franz Beckenbauer

    Franz Beckenbauer

    13W - 17L

    43%

    win rate

  14. 14
    Luka Modric

    Luka Modric

    13W - 17L

    43%

    win rate

  15. 15
    Robert Lewandowski

    Robert Lewandowski

    13W - 17L

    43%

    win rate

  16. 16
    Kylian Mbappe

    Kylian Mbappe

    12W - 17L

    41%

    win rate

  17. 17
    Gerd Muller

    Gerd Muller

    12W - 17L

    41%

    win rate

  18. 18
    Alfredo Di Stefano

    Alfredo Di Stefano

    12W - 17L

    41%

    win rate

  19. 19
    Sergio Ramos

    Sergio Ramos

    11W - 17L

    39%

    win rate

  20. 20
    Xavi

    Xavi

    9W - 17L

    35%

    win rate

  21. 21
    Zlatan Ibrahimovic

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic

    9W - 17L

    35%

    win rate

  22. 22
    Thierry Henry

    Thierry Henry

    8W - 17L

    32%

    win rate

  23. 23
    George Best

    George Best

    8W - 17L

    32%

    win rate

  24. 24
    Toni Kroos

    Toni Kroos

    8W - 17L

    32%

    win rate

  25. 25
    Erling Haaland

    Erling Haaland

    7W - 17L

    29%

    win rate

  26. 26
    David Beckham

    David Beckham

    7W - 17L

    29%

    win rate

  27. 27
    Michel Platini

    Michel Platini

    5W - 17L

    23%

    win rate

  28. 28
    Wayne Rooney

    Wayne Rooney

    4W - 17L

    19%

    win rate

  29. 29
    Vinicius Jr.

    Vinicius Jr.

    3W - 17L

    15%

    win rate

  30. 30
    Virgil van Dijk

    Virgil van Dijk

    2W - 17L

    11%

    win rate

  31. 31
    Jude Bellingham

    Jude Bellingham

    2W - 17L

    11%

    win rate

  32. 32
    Aitana Bonmati

    Aitana Bonmati

    2W - 17L

    11%

    win rate

How this ranking works

How is the Soccer Players community ranking calculated?

Every completed Soccer Players bracket adds one result to the pool. Each head-to-head pick is recorded as a win for one entrant and a loss for the other, and entrants are ordered by win rate across all 527 matchups played so far. Champion counts are tracked separately so a lucky draw cannot pass as a favourite.

Why use win rate instead of how often something wins the bracket?

Brackets are shuffled, so an entrant can reach the final without beating anything difficult. Win rate counts every matchup an entrant appeared in, which is a fairer read on how people actually feel about it. Champion counts are shown next to it for the entrants that keep taking the title.

How often does this ranking update?

Continuously. The page rebuilds every few minutes, so a bracket you finish now shows up here shortly afterwards. Last refreshed August 17, 2026.

Does my own ranking have to match this one?

No — this is the aggregate, not a verdict. Play the rank soccer players yourself and you get a private result page with your own order, which you can share and compare against the community list here.