1980s
60 players peaked in the 1980s, ranked by peak rating.
Diego Maradona
Argentine · CAM · Peak 1987
Michel Platini
French · CAM · Peak 1984
Ruud Gullit
Dutch · CAM · Peak 1989
Falcão
Brazilian · CM · Peak 1985
Júnior
Brazilian · LB · Peak 1986
Claudio Gentile
Italian · CB · Peak 1985
Gaetano Scirea
Italian · CB · Peak 1986
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
German · ST · Peak 1985
Graeme Souness
Scottish · CM · Peak 1985
Marco Tardelli
Italian · CM · Peak 1981
Bryan Robson
English · CM · Peak 1984
Jorge Valdano
Argentine · ST · Peak 1986
Zico
Brazilian · CAM · Peak 1980
Ian Rush
Welsh · ST · Peak 1984
Zbigniew Boniek
Polish · CAM · Peak 1986
Butragueño
Spanish · ST · Peak 1986
Wim Kieft
Dutch · ST · Peak 1983
Sócrates
Brazilian · CAM · Peak 1982
Bruno Conti
Italian · RW · Peak 1983
Míchel
Spanish · CM · Peak 1987
Trevor Francis
English · ST · Peak 1980
Kenny Dalglish
Scottish · ST · Peak 1980
Søren Lerby
Danish · CM · Peak 1985
John Barnes
English · LW · Peak 1989
Peter Beardsley
English · ST · Peak 1989
Bernd Schuster
German · CM · Peak 1984
Massimo Mauro
Italian · CM · Peak 1985
Emilio Butragueño
Spanish · ST · Peak 1987
Goikoetxea
Spanish · CB · Peak 1982
Martín Vázquez
Spanish · CM · Peak 1986
Paolo Rossi
Italian · ST · Peak 1982
Gerald Vanenburg
Dutch · LM · Peak 1985
Martín Vásquez
Spanish · CM · Peak 1987
Liam Brady
Irish · CM · Peak 1985
Ronnie Whelan
Irish · CM · Peak 1988
Hans van Breukelen
Dutch · GK · Peak 1985
Jan Wouters
Dutch · CDM · Peak 1985
Gary Lineker
English · ST · Peak 1988
Cha Bum-kun
South Korean · ST · Peak 1984
Norman Whiteside
Northern Irish · CAM · Peak 1985
Rainer Bonhof
German · CM · Peak 1980
Karl-Heinz Förster
German · CB · Peak 1982
David O'Leary
Irish · CB · Peak 1983
John Aldridge
Irish · ST · Peak 1988
Dieter Hoeness
German · ST · Peak 1981
Óscar Ruggeri
Argentine · CB · Peak 1986
Berry van Aerle
Dutch · RB · Peak 1985
Packie Bonner
Irish · GK · Peak 1987
Alain Giresse
French · CM · Peak 1981
Jean Tigana
French · CM · Peak 1986
Gordon Strachan
Scottish · CM · Peak 1983
Jan Ceulemans
Belgian · ST · Peak 1983
Adri van Tiggelen
Dutch · LB · Peak 1988
Rabah Madjer
Algerian · ST · Peak 1987
Charlie Nicholas
Scottish · ST · Peak 1982
Igor Belanov
Soviet · ST · Peak 1989
Mo Johnston
Scottish · ST · Peak 1986
Alan Hansen
Scottish · CB · Peak 1984
Roger Milla
Cameroonian · ST · Peak 1986
Ivan Lendl
Czech · CM · Peak 1982