# The greatest FC Barcelona players of all time

The 25 legends of FC Barcelona according to the all-time rankings of Sports Mole and Sports Illustrated: from Kubala and Cruyff to Messi, Xavi and Iniesta. Vote for your favourite.

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## Top 25

1. **Lionel Messi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Record appearances (778) and goals (672), ten league titles and four Champions Leagues (2004-2021).
2. **Andrés Iniesta** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 35 trophies, the goal at Stamford Bridge and the 2010 World Cup final winner (2002-2018).
3. **Xavi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The brain of the best Barça: 767 games, eight league titles and four Champions Leagues (1998-2015).
4. **Johan Cruyff** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Won the 1974 league as a player and, as coach, the club's first European Cup (1992).
5. **Ronaldinho** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ballon d'Or 2005; brought the smile back to the Camp Nou and won the 2006 Champions League.
6. **Ladislao Kubala** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 194 goals in 281 games; his fame led to the building of the Camp Nou (1950-1961).
7. **Sergio Busquets** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 722 games and 32 trophies as the holding midfielder of Guardiola's Barça (2008-2023).
8. **César Rodríguez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 232 goals and five league titles (1942-1955).
9. **Carles Puyol** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The captain: 593 games and 18 trophies (1999-2014).
10. **Paulino Alcántara** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first great goalscorer: 395 goals in 399 games.
11. **Luis Suárez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Part of the MSN trio with Messi and Neymar, and 2016 Golden Shoe winner (2014-2020).
12. **Ronald Koeman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Wembley free kick that won the first European Cup in 1992.
13. **Ronaldo Nazário** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A single season (1996-97), with 47 goals and the goal at Compostela.
14. **Hristo Stoichkov** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ballon d'Or 1994 and star of the Dream Team.
15. **Samuel Eto'o** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Scorer in two Champions League finals, 2006 and 2009 (2004-2009).
16. **Rivaldo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ballon d'Or 1999 and the bicycle kick against Valencia (1997-2002).
17. **Neymar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The third man of MSN; 2015 Champions League (2013-2017).
18. **Diego Armando Maradona** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two seasons of genius and injuries (1982-1984).
19. **Pep Guardiola** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Holding midfielder of the Dream Team and later coach of the 2009 treble.
20. **Michael Laudrup** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Danish genius of Cruyff's Dream Team.
21. **Andoni Zubizarreta** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Goalkeeper of the first European Cup and four league titles in a row.
22. **Luis Suárez Miramontes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — For decades the only Spaniard with a Ballon d'Or (1960).
23. **Dani Alves** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The right-back of six league titles and three Champions Leagues (2008-2016).
24. **Carles Rexach** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sixteen seasons in the first team; later Cruyff's assistant on the bench.
25. **Gerard Piqué** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Centre-back of three Champions Leagues and the treble (2008-2022).

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