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?

1. 1
   Johan Cruyff

   Ajax visionary, three-time Ballon d'Or winner and architect of Total Football in the Eredivisie.
2. 2
   Marco van Basten

   Ajax striker who scored 128 Eredivisie goals before becoming a Milan and Ballon d'Or icon.
3. 3
   Ruud Gullit

   Dreadlocked Feyenoord and PSV star who won the 1986 Eredivisie title and the 1987 Ballon d'Or.
4. 4
   Ruud van Nistelrooy

   PSV striker who finished as Eredivisie top scorer twice before joining Manchester United.
5. 5
   Dennis Bergkamp

   Elegant Ajax forward who won three Eredivisie titles and three Dutch top-scorer awards.
6. 6
   Wim van Hanegem

   Feyenoord left-footed midfielder who anchored the 1970 European Cup-winning side.
7. 7
   Johan Neeskens

   Ajax all-action midfielder, key cog in the Total Football machine of the early 1970s.
8. 8
   Frank Rijkaard

   Ajax centre-back and midfielder who later returned to win another Eredivisie title.
9. 9
   Edwin van der Sar

   Ajax goalkeeper who won four Eredivisie titles and the Champions League before joining Juventus.
10. 10
    Jaap Stam

    PSV centre-back whose dominant 1997-98 season earned him a move to Manchester United.
11. 11
    Romario

    Brazilian striker who scored 128 Eredivisie goals across five seasons at PSV.
12. 12
    Ronaldo Nazario

    Teenage Brazilian whose 30-goal 1994-95 season at PSV catapulted him to global stardom.
13. 13
    Patrick Kluivert

    Ajax academy striker who scored the winning goal in the 1995 Champions League final.
14. 14
    Edgar Davids

    Ajax pitbull midfielder who lifted the 1995 Champions League before joining Juventus.
15. 15
    Arjen Robben

    Groningen and PSV winger who won the Eredivisie before moving to Chelsea and beyond.
16. 16
    Robin van Persie

    Feyenoord prodigy whose breakthrough Eredivisie years preceded his Arsenal and Manchester United glory.
17. 17
    Luis Suarez

    Uruguayan striker whose 81 Eredivisie goals for Ajax included a record 35 in his final season.
18. 18
    Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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

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