Who is the best player in Eredivisie history?

Total Football innovators, prolific imports and academy-grown geniuses — the Dutch top flight has built and exported some of the game's all-time greats. Which will win?

Johan Cruyff

Ajax visionary, three-time Ballon d'Or winner and architect of Total Football in the Eredivisie.

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Marco van Basten

Ajax striker who scored 128 Eredivisie goals before becoming a Milan and Ballon d'Or icon.

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Ruud Gullit

Dreadlocked Feyenoord and PSV star who won the 1986 Eredivisie title and the 1987 Ballon d'Or.

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Ruud van Nistelrooy

PSV striker who finished as Eredivisie top scorer twice before joining Manchester United.

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Dennis Bergkamp

Elegant Ajax forward who won three Eredivisie titles and three Dutch top-scorer awards.

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Wim van Hanegem

Feyenoord left-footed midfielder who anchored the 1970 European Cup-winning side.

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Johan Neeskens

Ajax all-action midfielder, key cog in the Total Football machine of the early 1970s.

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Frank Rijkaard

Ajax centre-back and midfielder who later returned to win another Eredivisie title.

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Edwin van der Sar

Ajax goalkeeper who won four Eredivisie titles and the Champions League before joining Juventus.

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Jaap Stam

PSV centre-back whose dominant 1997-98 season earned him a move to Manchester United.

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Romario

Brazilian striker who scored 128 Eredivisie goals across five seasons at PSV.

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Ronaldo Nazario

Teenage Brazilian whose 30-goal 1994-95 season at PSV catapulted him to global stardom.

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Patrick Kluivert

Ajax academy striker who scored the winning goal in the 1995 Champions League final.

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Edgar Davids

Ajax pitbull midfielder who lifted the 1995 Champions League before joining Juventus.

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Arjen Robben

Groningen and PSV winger who won the Eredivisie before moving to Chelsea and beyond.

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Robin van Persie

Feyenoord prodigy whose breakthrough Eredivisie years preceded his Arsenal and Manchester United glory.

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Luis Suarez

Uruguayan striker whose 81 Eredivisie goals for Ajax included a record 35 in his final season.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Swedish forward whose three Ajax seasons brought two Eredivisie titles and global breakout.

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