1. Andy Cole
   Tony Yeboah
2. Alan Shearer
   Paul Gascoigne

Alan Shearer was a Newcastle player who is now a beloved pundit noted for his insightful commentary. He was the England captain for a while and was noted for his level head and good tactical mind.

1. Matt Le Tissier
   Dwight Yorke
2. David Ginola
   David Beckham

He's married to a Spice Girl turned successful fashion designer, he looks like a Greek deity, and he somehow has the voice of a cartoon character. David Beckham would be an interesting figure even if he were not also a uniquely talented footballer whose corner kicks were the stuff of legend.

1. Eric Cantona
   Paul Gascoigne
2. Gianfranco Zola
   Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker mostly played for Tottenham, where he was unusually level-headed and known as just an all-round nice guy. This earned him a hilarious endorsement deal with Walkers' Crisps that lastest some years, in which the joke was that the nice guy was a charade, and Lineker would go around taking crisps away from sweet children and little old ladies. He is also a very successful football pundit.

1. Gareth Southgate
   Thierry Henry
2. Sol Campbell
   Paul McGrath

Gareth Southgate was once the most hated man in England when he missed a crucial penalty at the 1996 European Cup. However, he recovered the love of the nation by managing the England team to successful outcomes later on!

1. Neville Southall
   Roland Nilsson
2. Barry Horne
   Jürgen Klinsmann

A Welsh international, Neville Southall was a goalie who spent his career at Everton. While he did go into football management later, most of his post-football focus was on helping out disadvantaged children.

1. Patrick Vieira
   Paul Scholes
2. Dennis Bergkamp
   Gary McAllister

Patrick Vieira played for Arsenal, where he helped achieve the remarkable feat of going an entire season with no losses. He was also shockingly successful for his native France, where he was part of the 1998 World Cup-winning team, as well as the Euro 2000 title.

1. Vinnie Jones
   Ruud Gullit
2. George Weah
   Tony Yeboah

George Weah played for Milan and Marseille as well as Manchester City and Chelsea. The Liberian-born player also played for his country, and some years later, he became its president!

1. Tony Adams
   Eric Cantona
2. Bryan Robson
   John Barnes

Tony Adams spent his whole career at Arsenal, though he did also play for England. He was sadly prone to drinking and got into many fights, but as a player, his legacy remains untarnished, including being honoured by a statue outside Emirates Stadium.

1. Paolo Di Canio
   Tony Yeboah
2. Alan Shearer
   David Ginola

David Ginola's luxurious locks and French charm won him not just plenty of hearts, but also plenty of endorsement deals. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and Aston Villa, and also had a side job as a model.

1. David James
   Robbie Fowler
2. David Platt
   Gary Stevens

As a Premier League goalie, David James was so good that he held the record for most clean sheets (i.e., when the other side is unable to score). He played for England and was noted for not just his talent, but also his bleached blond hair and good looks.

1. Gianfranco Zola
   Paul McGrath
2. Robbie Fowler
   Francis Benali

Gianfranco Zola was a flashy player who loved to try different things, usually successfully. He played in various continental teams before heading north to Chelsea. Indeed, he liked it so much there, he was later an assistant coach.

1. Thierry Henry
   Peter Schmeichel
2. Dwight Yorke
   Paul McGrath

Danish player Peter Schmeichel was an unusual fixture in football as he was a goalie who became a captain. He helped Manchester United take the Treble, that is, the FA Cup, the League, and the Champions' League all in the same year!

1. Ian Wright
   Matt Le Tissier
2. Teddy Sheringham
   Neville Southall

Ian Wright played for Crystal Palace and Arsenal and won the League with the latter. He is now a weekly fixture in people's homes as a pundit, but both of his sons are professional footballers. Talent is clearly a family affair at the Wright house!

1. Ryan Giggs
   David Seaman
2. Sol Campbell
   Andy Cole

Ryan Giggs was a Manchester United player whose good looks were a leading reason that people who didn't care about football would choose that team as their favourite if pressed. He was as talented as he was handsome, taking home 13 League titles and four FA Cup titles.

1. Roland Nilsson
   David Beckham
2. Roy Keane
   Paul Gascoigne

Irish international Roy Keane was noted for being the fighting type. He got into trouble, but his club stuck by him, and he took home an astonishing 17 titles throughout his career, most of them at Manchester United.

1. Bryan Robson
   Barry Horne
2. Paul Scholes
   David Platt

Barry Horne is widely credited as having saved Everton from relegation. He also went on to become a successful pundit. Rather unusually for a Premiership player, he has a first-class degree in chemistry!

1. Gareth Southgate
   George Weah
2. Paul Scholes
   David Batty

Paul Scholes won 11 Premiership titles as a Manchester United player and was the team's third-highest scorer. He made 600 appearances for the club and moved directly from being a player to being a coach there.

1. Dennis Bergkamp
   Tony Yeboah
2. David Batty
   Wes Brown

Dennis Bergkamp came to England and then stuck around, in part because he was so scared of flying that living in a small country where he could easily get to away games was the best option for him. As a result, Arsenal fans affectionately called him "The Non-Flying Dutchman."

1. Barry Horne
   Thierry Henry
2. Eric Cantona
   Ruud Gullit

Any serious list of '90s players would always put Eric Cantona in its top three. His skill was simply magical, and he was quite handsome, which — along with his delightful French accent — made him quite a heartthrob. That's why his appearances were always marked with universal chants of, "Ooh, aah, Cantona!"

1. David James
   Dwight Yorke
2. Gary Stevens
   Paolo Di Canio

Dwight Yorke made an enormous amount of money during his career but blew right through all of it. He and former partner, model Katie Price, both got into financial troubles, which cast a shadow over his impressive footballing legacy.

1. Gianfranco Zola
   Vinnie Jones
2. David Ginola
   Les Ferdinand

Les Ferdinand is now the coach of Queens Park Rangers, but before that he was a talented player. Talent runs in the family, as his cousins Rio, Kane and Anton are all professional players!

1. Jürgen Klinsmann
   Alan Shearer
2. Francis Benali
   Paul McGrath

A player who later became the coach for the U.S. national team, Jürgen Klinsmann was noted for his self-deprecation and sense of humour. He played in Germany and Italy but spent his time in England with Tottenham Hotspur.

1. Tony Yeboah
   Peter Schmeichel
2. Robbie Fowler
   Sol Campbell

Robbie Fowler was such a prolific goal scorer that he became known as "God" by Liverpool fans. The Anfield crowd were not the only beneficiaries of his talent, either — he also scored seven goals for England.

1. Neville Southall
   Tony Adams
2. David Seaman
   Teddy Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham played for the famously aggressive Milwall but later moved to Tottenham. He was capped for England, and while he wasn't a glamourous player like some of his colleagues, he did his country proud.

1. Roland Nilsson
   Michael Owen
2. Matt Le Tissier
   George Weah

Michael Owen was the boy next door who captured England's heart. He had truly magical football skills and could get past any defender. However, his career as a pundit was shortlived when it became apparent that all his brainpower was in his feet.

1. David Beckham
   Roy Keane
2. Andy Cole
   Ian Wright

Andy Cole's father was a Jamaican immigrant turned coal miner, whose son rose to the heights of the game of football. Cole's glory days involved Newcastle United and later Manchester United, where he often pulled off feats like scoring 12 goals in 12 games.

1. Nick Barmby
   Dennis Bergkamp
2. Paul McGrath
   Gianfranco Zola

Paul McGrath played for Aston Villa and Manchester United for most of his career. He was an Irish international and unusually for a defender, he won the PFA Players' Player of the Year Award, which is given by players to their peers.

1. Vinnie Jones
   David Ginola
2. Barry Horne
   Paul Gascoigne

Vinnie Jones was of a sufficiently erratic temperament to be known as part of the Crazy Gang at Wimbledon. He regularly got into shoving matches, but he mellowed out when he left football and went into acting. He still leveraged his hard man image and became a successful actor, appearing in several big movies and shows.

1. Jürgen Klinsmann
   David James
2. Paolo Di Canio
   Neville Southall

Paolo Di Canio was a successful player for West Ham, but his career was blighted by his violence and aggression, including a ban for pushing a referee. Indeed, he also raised eyebrows when he declared himself in favour of fascism, which did not win him any friends in England!

1. Roland Nilsson
   Alan Shearer
2. Les Ferdinand
   Thierry Henry

Roland Nilsson is beloved as his team of Sheffield Wednesday for not jumping ship through their relegation. He is mostly noted for his appearances for his native Sweden, however.

1. Tony Yeboah
   David Batty
2. Wes Brown
   Nick Barmby

Tony Yeboah is a hotel magnate in his native Ghana these days, but he spent some years circling Europe, including stints with several German teams. He played for Leeds United for two seasons.

1. John Barnes
   Paul Gascoigne
2. Bryan Robson
   Ryan Giggs

Paul Gascoigne achieved the first £2,000,000 transfer in the late '80s. He was exceptionally talented but often got in trouble for his attitude. "Gazza" was a household name before footballers typically achieved that level of fame, and his fans often copied his hairstyles, however unusual they were.

1. Eric Cantona
   Barry Horne
2. Ryan Giggs
   Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit led Chelsea to an FA Cup win, making him beloved in the London club. Before that he went all over Europe, playing very successfully for Milan and also for PSV and other clubs.

1. Peter Schmeichel
   Ian Wright
2. Gary McAllister
   Gareth Southgate

Gary McAllister is a Scotsman who played for Leicester and Leeds, and even ended up becoming the manager at Leeds. He was also a Scottish international and captain for four years.

1. Gary Stevens
   Francis Benali
2. David Ginola
   Teddy Sheringham

Francis Benali spent most of his career with Southampton, and despite several hundred Premiership appearances, he only scored one goal. However, since he was a defender, he wasn't really trying to score most of the time, so he is fondly remembered by his home team.

1. Sol Campbell
   Paolo Di Canio
2. Roy Keane
   Paul McGrath

Sol Campbell initially played at Tottenham Hotspurs but upset some fans when he switched to arch-nemesis Arsenal. Campbell's career was blighted by institutional racism within football, where he was passed over for a less experienced colleague. He has since fought to change the game by speaking out on the subject.

1. Vinnie Jones
   David James
2. Steve McManaman
   David Beckham

Steve McManaman was rather unprepossessing and never enjoyed the celebrity of some of his England teammates, but he was a stupendously talented player all the same. He was lured to Real Madrid for a truly massive amount of money, where he became known as one of England's most successful football exports.

1. David Platt
   Andy Cole
2. David Seaman
   Dennis Bergkamp

A truly talented goalie who was beloved for his work for England, David Seaman's leading successes came during his time for Arsenal. He was a leftie, which made him a little more able to find a rival team's weaknesses and exploit them.

1. Gary McAllister
   Matt Le Tissier
2. Roland Nilsson
   Paul McGrath

Southampton's second-highest ever scorer, Matt Le Tissier, is known as "Le God" by locals due to his unwillingness to leave his home team. He was a midfielder from Guernsey, which meant he never had much in the way of an international career as the small island was unable to compete against bigger nations.

1. Thierry Henry
   Les Ferdinand
2. Steve McManaman
   Francis Benali

Thierry Henry scored a preposterous number of goals for Arsenal, playing at the club in its glory days under Arsene Wenger. He also had a huge amount of successful endorsements thanks to his French accent, good English, and very good looks!