Soccer Players Community Rankings
The cumulative ranking of all 32 entrants, built from 97 completed Soccer Players brackets and 2,879 head-to-head picks. Lionel Messi currently leads on win rate.
Last updated October 1, 2026
Play the Soccer Players bracket97
brackets completed
2,879
picks recorded
32
entrants with results
Full community ranking
- 1
Lionel Messi
299W - 59L · won 33 brackets
84%
win rate
- 2
Cristiano Ronaldo
267W - 66L · won 27 brackets
80%
win rate
- 3
Pele
189W - 82L · won 11 brackets
70%
win rate
- 4
Diego Maradona
163W - 87L · won 4 brackets
65%
win rate
- 5
Ronaldo Nazario
148W - 93L · won 1 bracket
61%
win rate
- 6
Zinedine Zidane
133W - 91L · won 3 brackets
59%
win rate
- 7
Ronaldinho
129W - 92L · won 2 brackets
58%
win rate
- 8
Johan Cruyff
110W - 93L
54%
win rate
- 9
Neymar Jr.
103W - 92L · won 1 bracket
53%
win rate
- 10
Kylian Mbappe
100W - 91L · won 2 brackets
52%
win rate
- 11
Andres Iniesta
93W - 91L · won 1 bracket
51%
win rate
- 12
Luka Modric
80W - 92L
47%
win rate
- 13
Thierry Henry
74W - 90L · won 1 bracket
45%
win rate
- 14
Paolo Maldini
72W - 95L · won 1 bracket
43%
win rate
- 15
Robert Lewandowski
69W - 92L · won 1 bracket
43%
win rate
- 16
Erling Haaland
69W - 95L · won 1 bracket
42%
win rate
- 17
Kevin De Bruyne
64W - 93L · won 2 brackets
41%
win rate
- 18
Franz Beckenbauer
62W - 91L
41%
win rate
- 19
Sergio Ramos
59W - 90L · won 1 bracket
40%
win rate
- 20
Jude Bellingham
58W - 91L · won 2 brackets
39%
win rate
- 21
Xavi
58W - 92L
39%
win rate
- 22
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
55W - 93L
37%
win rate
- 23
George Best
53W - 94L
36%
win rate
- 24
David Beckham
51W - 92L · won 2 brackets
36%
win rate
- 25
Gerd Muller
50W - 93L
35%
win rate
- 26
Alfredo Di Stefano
48W - 93L
34%
win rate
- 27
Vinicius Jr.
46W - 92L
33%
win rate
- 28
Wayne Rooney
44W - 92L · won 1 bracket
32%
win rate
- 29
Toni Kroos
43W - 95L
31%
win rate
- 30
Virgil van Dijk
40W - 93L
30%
win rate
- 31
Michel Platini
33W - 92L
26%
win rate
- 32
Aitana Bonmati
17W - 92L
16%
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 2,879 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 October 1, 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.