Who is the best player in Serie A history?

By YPB Team
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From postwar prolific scorers to global icons in azzurro and bianconero, this lineup spans every era of Italian football. Cast your vote!

Diego Maradona - ranking option ranked #1

Diego Maradona

Argentine genius who led Napoli to two Serie A titles in the late 1980s and remains the league's most mythologised import.

1/18
Michel Platini - ranking option ranked #2

Michel Platini

French playmaker and three-time Ballon d'Or winner who dominated Serie A with Juventus in the mid-1980s.

2/18
Marco van Basten - ranking option ranked #3

Marco van Basten

Dutch striker whose AC Milan years produced two Ballons d'Or and some of Serie A's most iconic goals.

3/18
Roberto Baggio - ranking option ranked #4

Roberto Baggio

Italian fantasista who lit up Serie A across five clubs and was the league's last truly universal idol.

4/18
Paolo Maldini - ranking option ranked #5

Paolo Maldini

AC Milan one-club legend whose 25-year Serie A career set the standard for left-back and centre-back play.

5/18
Franco Baresi - ranking option ranked #6

Franco Baresi

Imperious AC Milan sweeper who anchored the unbeaten 1991-92 side and won six Serie A titles.

6/18
Francesco Totti - ranking option ranked #7

Francesco Totti

Roma's eternal captain, Serie A top scorer in 2007 and the league's romantic one-club icon of the 2000s.

7/18
Alessandro Del Piero - ranking option ranked #8

Alessandro Del Piero

Juventus number 10 who scored 188 Serie A goals across 19 seasons and lifted six Scudetti.

8/18
Gianluigi Buffon - ranking option ranked #9

Gianluigi Buffon

Record-holding Serie A goalkeeper whose Juventus and Parma years span four decades of the league.

9/18
Andrea Pirlo - ranking option ranked #10

Andrea Pirlo

Deep-lying playmaker who reinvented midfield at Milan and Juventus, winning six Serie A titles.

10/18
Zinedine Zidane - ranking option ranked #11

Zinedine Zidane

French maestro whose five seasons at Juventus included two Serie A titles and a Ballon d'Or.

11/18
Ronaldo Nazario - ranking option ranked #12

Ronaldo Nazario

Brazilian phenomenon whose Inter spell produced the 1998 UEFA Cup and unforgettable Serie A nights before injuries.

12/18
Gabriel Batistuta - ranking option ranked #13

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine bomber who scored 184 Serie A goals for Fiorentina and Roma and finally won the title in 2001.

13/18
Giuseppe Meazza - ranking option ranked #14

Giuseppe Meazza

Inter and Milan icon of the 1930s and arguably the greatest Italian footballer of the pre-war era.

14/18
Gunnar Nordahl - ranking option ranked #15

Gunnar Nordahl

Swedish striker whose 225 Serie A goals for AC Milan remain the all-time league record.

15/18
Silvio Piola - ranking option ranked #16

Silvio Piola

Serie A's all-time top scorer with 274 goals across a career spanning the 1930s, 40s and 50s.

16/18
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - ranking option ranked #17

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Swedish striker who won Serie A titles with Juventus, Inter and Milan across two decades.

17/18
Cristiano Ronaldo - ranking option ranked #18

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese superstar who won two Serie A titles and a Capocannoniere during three seasons at Juventus.

18/18

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