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Best Italian football players of all time (2026)

According to GolVote fans, Francesco Totti is number one with a rating of 1578, ahead of Roberto Baggio and Andrea Pirlo. The order is decided by head-to-head fan votes and changes live with every vote.

Best Italian football players of all time: a live ranking decided by football fans' head-to-head votes. Updated with every vote. Updated: 9 October 2026.

Who is better?

Francesco Totti🇮🇹 Italy · Forward

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Roberto Baggio🇮🇹 Italy · Forward

Francesco Totti: Photojournalist Roberto Vicario derivative work: Clarus The Dogcow (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roberto Baggio: AbolfaZl0990, CC BY-SA 4.0

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1. 1Francesco Totti🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1578
2. 2Roberto Baggio🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1554
3. 3Andrea Pirlo🇮🇹 Italy · Midfielder1551
4. 4Paolo Maldini🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1548
5. 5Gianluigi Buffon🇮🇹 Italy · Goalkeeper1548
6. 6Fabio Cannavaro🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1548
7. 7Gianluigi Donnarumma🇮🇹 Italy · Goalkeeper1498
8. 8Stephan El Shaarawy🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1456
9. 9Nicolò Barella🇮🇹 Italy · Midfielder1453
10. 10Manuel Locatelli🇮🇹 Italy · Midfielder1453
11. 11Matteo Darmian🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1453
12. 12Federico Bernardeschi🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1450
13. 13Leonardo Spinazzola🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1450
14. 14Moise Kean🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1450
15. 15Giovanni Di Lorenzo🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1447
16. 16Emerson Palmieri🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1447
17. 17Riccardo Calafiori🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1447
18. 18Lorenzo Pellegrini🇮🇹 Italy · Midfielder1444
19. 19Matteo Pessina🇮🇹 Italy · Midfielder1444
20. 20Giuseppe Rossi🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1444
21. 21Sandro Tonali🇮🇹 Italy · Midfielder1444
22. 22Davide Zappacosta🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1441
23. 23Gabriel Paletta🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1441
24. 24MPMatteo Politano🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1441
25. 25Gianluca Scamacca🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1441
26. 26Stefano Sensi🇮🇹 Italy · Midfielder1438
27. 27Gianluca Mancini🇮🇹 Italy · Defender1438
28. 28Nicolò Zaniolo🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1438
29. 29Davide Frattesi🇮🇹 Italy · Midfielder1435