Hall Of Fame - The Best Football Players of All Time

So far, only 65 players in history managed to have a Goalimpact of more than 160. Here is the full list in order of entry.

Number	Date of Entry	Name	Team
1	04/1976	Gerd Müller	Bayern München
2	04/1976	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern München
3	12/1976	Sepp Maier	Bayern München
4	04/1980	Berti Vogts	Bor. Mönchengladbach
5	05/1981	Paul Breitner	Bayern München
6	05/1985	Felix Magath	Hamburger SV
7	06/1985	Bodo Rudwaleit	BFC Dynamo
8	04/1986	Dieter Hoeneß	Bayern München
9	06/1986	Klaus Augenthaler	Bayern München
10	12/1986	Norbert Trieloff	BFC Dynamo
11	05/1987	Erich Obermayer	Austria Wien
12	06/1987	Manfred Kaltz	Hamburger SV
13	12/1987	Uli Stein	Eintracht Frankfurt
14	06/1988	Herbert Prohaska	Austria Wien
15	04/1990	Hans Pflügler	Bayern München
16	11/1993	Zubizarreta	FC Barcelona
17	10/1994	Bernd Schuster	Bayer Leverkusen
18	06/1995	Leo Lainer	RB Salzburg
19	10/1997	Sanchis	Real Madrid
20	10/1998	Lothar Matthäus	Bayern München
21	04/2002	Andreas Möller	FC Schalke 04
22	03/2003	Oliver Kahn	Bayern München
23	02/2006	Patrick Vieira	Juventus
24	03/2006	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United
25	10/2006	Claude Makelele	Chelsea FC
26	11/2006	Paul Scholes	Manchester United
27	12/2006	Gary Neville	Manchester United
28	10/2007	Luis Figo	Inter
29	12/2008	Thierry Henry	FC Barcelona
30	12/2008	John Terry	Chelsea FC
31	02/2009	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United
32	10/2009	Puyol	FC Barcelona
33	10/2009	Xavi	FC Barcelona
34	11/2009	Frank Lampard	Chelsea FC
35	03/2010	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
36	06/2010	Ashley Cole	Chelsea FC
37	06/2010	Victor Valdes	FC Barcelona
38	06/2010	Petr Cech	Chelsea FC
39	07/2010	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona
40	11/2010	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
41	12/2010	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Bayern München
42	03/2011	Alessandro Nesta	AC Milan
43	04/2011	Ricardo Carvalho	Real Madrid
44	05/2011	Dani Alves	FC Barcelona
45	07/2011	Philipp Lahm	Bayern München
46	09/2011	Iniesta	FC Barcelona
47	10/2011	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United
48	10/2011	Xabi Alonso	Real Madrid
49	11/2011	Kaka	Real Madrid
50	11/2011	Busquets	FC Barcelona
51	12/2011	Cesc Fabregas	FC Barcelona
52	02/2012	Lucio	Inter
53	03/2012	Patrice Evra	Manchester United
54	05/2012	Mesut Özil	Real Madrid
55	05/2012	Pedro	FC Barcelona
56	06/2012	Arbeloa	Real Madrid
57	08/2012	Pique	FC Barcelona
58	08/2012	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
59	10/2012	Mark van Bommel	PSV Eindhoven
60	12/2012	Thomas Müller	Bayern München
61	12/2012	Alex	Paris Saint-Germain
62	12/2012	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Paris Saint-Germain
63	03/2013	Arjen Robben	Bayern München
64	04/2013	Javier Mascherano	FC Barcelona
65	05/2013	Manuel Neuer	Bayern München

Goalimpact allows, in principle, for inter-temporal comparison. However, we can see that today more player per year enter the list than in the 1990s and before. One reason for this is the emergence of more leagues in my database and a resulting score inflation. Another reason is the higher amount of games played by a single player today as compared to the 'good old times'. This makes the job easier for the algorithm to differentiate between good and bad players and good players therefore can easier reach higher values.

I like historical analysis and if I come around data from the old times that are missing at the moment, I'll try to add them to my database and update this list. One league that comes to mind is the Dutch Eredivisie. I have it only from 2003 onward. Johan Cruyff was at his time in he top 30 of the players all along, but could never reach 160+ because I recorded too few minutes of him and his scored therefore suffered from the regression to the mean. I'd love to add his time at Ajax.