Football Players (GOAT Debate)
Football Players (goat Debate) is a structured sports dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Player, Country, Position. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 20 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Editorial
- Data updated
- Mar 4, 2026
Included fields: Player, Country, Position, Era, Ballon d'Or.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Position groups
- 8 distinct values
- Across 20 preview rows
- Ballon d'Or groups
- 8 distinct values
- Across 20 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Player, Country, and Era across sports entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records
Player↕ | Country↕ | Position↕ | Era↕ | Ballon d'Or↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lionel Messi | Argentina | Forward | 2004–present | 8 |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Forward | 2002–present | 5 |
Pelé | Brazil | Forward | 1956–1977 | N/A (pre-era) |
Diego Maradona | Argentina | Attacking Mid | 1976–1997 | 1 (unofficial) |
Zinedine Zidane | France | Midfielder | 1989–2006 | 1 |
Ronaldinho | Brazil | Forward/Mid | 1998–2015 | 1 |
Ronaldo Nazário | Brazil | Striker | 1993–2011 | 2 |
Neymar Jr. | Brazil | Forward | 2009–present | 0 |
Kylian Mbappé | France | Forward | 2015–present | 0 |
Erling Haaland | Norway | Striker | 2016–present | 0 |
Thierry Henry | France | Forward | 1994–2014 | 0 |
Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder | 2002–2023 | 0 |
Xavi Hernández | Spain | Midfielder | 1998–2019 | 0 |
Paolo Maldini | Italy | Defender | 1985–2009 | 0 |
Franz Beckenbauer | Germany | Sweeper | 1964–1983 | 2 |
Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Forward | 1964–1984 | 3 |
Luka Modrić | Croatia | Midfielder | 2003–present | 1 |
Robert Lewandowski | Poland | Striker | 2005–present | 0 |
George Best | Northern Ireland | Winger | 1963–1984 | 1 |
Alfredo Di Stéfano | Argentina/Spain | Forward | 1945–1966 | 2 |
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