Best playmaker of the last 20 years?

Berkamp was arsenals best player ever IMO and wold class so should be put along side alonso but not Kaka, Kaka in his prime was a far superior player to xavi for me and I could not really split him apart from inesta but thats at his absolute peak.

One player I think should be on this list is Deco, where the hell is Deco?

From what your saying iniesta is a lot better than xavi? It's hard to really call between the two, I could go either way. Deco was good but not in the same league as xavi/iniesta/zidane


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I could put easily five players ahead of him probably more. Don't get me wrong he was a good player but Xavi and Iniesta are players people will talk about in 50 years, I can't see the same for Deco really


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No one talks about Gabril Batistuta yet he is still regarded as one of greatest strikers of all time by many. Not all of the greats are remembered well enough IMO, not everyone can be as lucky as Heskey.

Batistuta wasn't a playmaker though


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He wasn't a play maker in his prime though. He was a right winger.

my point was that he wont be remembered in 50 years but he will still be one of the best

But not at the same standard as strikers who will be remembered for the next 50 years like van basten, muller, pele, puskas etc.


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he was better than van basten, van basten is only known for that stupid goal in the euros lol

And for winning a horde of trophies and having great goal scoring records. That often separates the great players, how successful they were. To say van basten was only known for a great goal (one of the best volleys ever) is very ignorant and shows a lack of knowledge


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you dare question my football knowledge

I have an issue with some of the players in this poll because it sometimes confuses attacking midfielders for playmakers. Some attacking midfielders can be playmakers (Zidane, Riquelme, for example), but some are definitely not (Totti was never a playmaker).

For a deeper playmaker, it's difficult to argue against Xavi, who is an all-time great footballer and one of the best ever in his position. Won everything, MOTM performances in big games, consistent, great range of passing and exceptional movement. My honourable mention would go to Pirlo.

For a more advanced playmaker, I have to agree with those who say Zidane. Again, big performances, the ability to control a game and drag teams single handedly. After Zidane, I'd say Rui Costa was the next best. People often forget how good he was in the late 90's and early 00's (probably because there was a load of fantastic players also playing in that position).

I voted Zidane because he was the best on the list but he was a playmaker-plus, he wasn't just a playmaker.

As others have noted I am surprised at the omission of Bergkamp who seems to be generally underrated but was an incredible talent, IMO he was the best player that has played in the Premier League.

I agree with yaboy too, people forget how good Deco was as he wasn't that good when he came to Chelsea.

Also you could have included Cantona on this list.