Discussions, predictions, analysis and controversy have been taking place and will continue to occur in the coming months in order to determine who is the player who deserves the title of "the best player in the history of the game of football".

In the end, it's all down to personal opinion, so there's no right, wrong, or definitive answer.

That is why Dr. Tom Crawford, a mathematician at the famous British University of Oxford, tried to put an end to this debate and controversy once and for all in a scientific way.

At the request of a famous mathematical website, for the first time, mathematics was introduced to help answer the eternal question, and it was exciting to serve the numbers and arithmetic operations used by Dr. Crawford to millions of global fans.

An index is more than just a score, for us it helps settle a debate that has been going on for generations.

In order to qualify for the Best Player in History shortlist, players must have won at least two Ballon d'Or awards.

Selected players must also score high points in 7 different categories to enter the top 10 list:

  • First category: nicknames

  • Category Two: International Titles

  • Category 3: The goals scored by the player for his team or teams

  • Category Four: International Objectives

  • Category Five: Golden Balls

  • Category Six: Records

  • Category VII: Player Contributions and Leadership to Glory

The final list of the top 10 players was as follows:

  • Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo

  • Argentine Lionel Messi

  • Brazilian Pele

  • Argentine Diego Maradona

  • Dutch Marco van Basten

  • Dutch Johan Cruyff

  • Hungarian Ferenc Puskas

  • Argentinian Alfredo Di Stefano

  • Brazilian Ronaldo

  • France's Michel Platini

    • In other words, the mathematical operations crowned the Portuguese Ronaldo on the throne of world football.

    “As a huge football fan, I discussed for a long time with my friends who is the greatest player of all time,” says Dr. Crawford. “I have loved introducing mathematics to fans over the past few years, so being able to show how it is used in the world of football has been a lot of fun.” .

    "Ronaldo came out on top with my algorithm, obviously all the other players' stats are pretty amazing, and I'm sure the debate will continue!"