Pelé. Maradona. Messi. Ronaldo. How does one measure the beauty and joy generated from such legends stepping on a pitch? How do you impose order onto the history of soccer, a sport that's more known ...
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the two highest-scoring men's football players in history, and they can both still add ...
Ranking the best footballers of all time is no easy task. The game has evolved so much over its history that comparing a ...
As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...
As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted ...
Only three players have touched the top 10 since the turn of the century. Who will be next?