The iconic number is worn by ageless legends, electric wingers and clinical match-winners across the game right now. Who wears it best?
1Cristiano RonaldoAl-Nassr's legendary striker and the most famous modern number 7.1000pts
2Xavi SimonsNetherlands playmaker who wears number 7 at Tottenham Hotspur, inheriting the shirt from Son Heung-min.943pts
3Bukayo SakaArsenal's number 7 and England attacking star.491pts
4Son Heung-minSouth Korea captain who wears number 7 at Los Angeles FC after a decade at Tottenham, where he won the 2025 Europa League.0pts
5AntonyBrazil winger who wears number 7 at Real Betis, where he revived his career after leaving Manchester United.0pts
6Vinícius JúniorReal Madrid's number 7 and Brazil forward who won the 2024 Champions League and was named The Best FIFA Men's Player for 2024.
7Khvicha KvaratskheliaGeorgian winger in Paris Saint-Germain's number 7 shirt who starred in the club's first Champions League triumph in 2025 after winning Serie A with Napoli.
8Florian WirtzGerman playmaker who took Liverpool's number 7 after a record move from Bayer Leverkusen in 2025, having won the unbeaten 2023–24 Bundesliga title.
9Mason MountEngland midfielder wearing Manchester United's number 7 since 2023, after winning the 2021 Champions League with Chelsea.
10Pedro NetoPortuguese winger in Chelsea's number 7 shirt since 2024, winning the Conference League and the Club World Cup in his first season.
11Serge GnabryBayern Munich's long-serving number 7, a Germany winger who won the 2020 Champions League treble and several Bundesliga titles in Munich.
12Francisco ConceiçãoPortuguese winger who wears number 7 at Juventus, known for direct dribbling on the right flank since arriving from Porto in 2024.
13Piotr ZielińskiPolish midfielder wearing Inter's number 7 since 2024 after eight seasons at Napoli, where he won the 2023 Scudetto.
14Fermín LópezBarcelona academy midfielder who took the club's number 7 for 2026–27, an Olympic gold medallist with Spain in 2024.
15Antoine GriezmannFrance's 2018 World Cup winner who wears number 7 at Orlando City after leaving Atlético Madrid as the club's all-time leading scorer.
16Rodrigo De PaulArgentina's World Cup and two-time Copa América winner who wears number 7 for both his country and Inter Miami.
17Gabriel MartinelliBrazilian winger who joined Al-Hilal from Arsenal in September 2026 for a reported £60 million and was handed the number 7 shirt.
18Jobe BellinghamEnglish midfielder and younger brother of Jude who wears number 7 at Borussia Dortmund after joining from Sunderland in 2025.
19John McGinnScotland midfielder and Aston Villa captain in the number 7 shirt, who helped Villa reach the Champions League quarter-finals in 2025.
20JoelintonBrazilian midfielder in Newcastle's number 7 shirt who won the 2025 League Cup, the club's first major domestic trophy in 70 years.
21Lorenzo PellegriniRoma's number 7 and Italy midfielder who captained his boyhood club to the 2022 Conference League title.
22Iliman NdiayeSenegal forward who joined Manchester City from Everton in 2026 and inherited the number 7 shirt once worn by Raheem Sterling.
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Barcelona's number 7 against the men who made the number famous, where a single World Cup medal counts for very little: https://youpick.best/articles/how-many-ways-to-rank-ferran-torres
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