Better Quote by Alfredo Di Stefano

The best player ever? Pele. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both great players with specific qualities, but Pele was better.

— Osvaldo Ardiles

Pele played in an era which had so many great players and in that atmosphere he stood out above the others. He was the…

— Anonymous

The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.

— Graeme Souness

Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else.

— Adriano Galliani

Of all the players at the World Cup I don't think it is too much to compare Ronaldinho with the great Pele.

— Cafu

Pele was the best of his era, Diego Maradona was the Pele of the Eighties, and Ronaldinho is the Pele of our time.

— Cafu

Messi is the best player ever. And this is said by someone who has seen Maradona and Pele play.

— Adriano Galliani

The best of all was Pele, who is a mixture of Di Stefano, Maradona, Cruyff and Leo Messi.

— Osvaldo Ardiles

Fella’s a genius. Best ever by a distance in my life time. Never really saw Pele… Souness, Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi…

— Gary Lineker

I think Cristiano and Lionel Messi are two of the best players in the history of the game. Are they better than Pele or…

— Raul

Pele is the greatest player in football history, and there would only be one Pele in the world.

— Anonymous

Leo [Messi] is the best player of all time - better than Pele, Maradona or Cruyff. There have been some great teams in history…

— Xavi