Who is the best player in Serie A history?

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

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.

2

Michel Platini

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

3

Marco van Basten

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

4

Roberto Baggio

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

5

Paolo Maldini

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

6

Franco Baresi

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

7

Francesco Totti

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

8

Alessandro Del Piero

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

9

Gianluigi Buffon

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

10

Andrea Pirlo

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

11

Zinedine Zidane

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

12

Ronaldo Nazario

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

13

Gabriel Batistuta

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

14

Giuseppe Meazza

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

15

Gunnar Nordahl

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

16

Silvio Piola

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

17

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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

18

Cristiano Ronaldo

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