Pack
Football players
Legends and today's stars
120 lotsUnlocks at level 2
The best-known footballers of all time. Each duel is judged on attack, vision, flair, defence or legacy, revealed after the auction.
Judged on
- Attack · goals and finishing
- Vision · passing and reading the game
- Flair · skill and showmanship
- Defence · tackling and work rate
- Legacy · trophies and fame
Ratings are never shown. You bid on what you believe, then the arena reveals who was right.
How a match works
- Auction. Twelve of the 120 lots come up one by one. Both players start with twenty coins.
- Lineup. Each player secretly assigns their five lots to the five duels: Attack, Vision, Flair, Defence, Legacy.
- Arena. The duels play out. Win three of five, or take the bigger power share, and the match is yours.
All 120 lots in Football players
- PeléThree World Cups and a thousand goals
- Diego MaradonaHand of God and the goal of the century
- Lionel MessiEight Ballons d'Or and a World Cup at last
- Cristiano RonaldoSiuuu and a lifetime of goals
- Johan CruyffTotal football made flesh
- Zinedine ZidaneRoulettes, volleys and a headbutt
- RonaldinhoThe smile that danced past defenders
- Ronaldo NazárioO Fenômeno, the original Ronaldo
- Franz BeckenbauerDer Kaiser, inventor of the modern sweeper
- Alfredo Di StéfanoReal Madrid's first five European Cups
- Ferenc PuskásThe galloping major with the thunder left foot
- EusébioThe Black Panther of Benfica
- George BestFifth Beatle with a football
- Michel PlatiniFree kicks and three straight Ballons d'Or
- Marco van BastenThe volley from an impossible angle
- Ruud GullitDreadlocks and total dominance at Milan
- Paolo MaldiniTwenty-five seasons of elegance at the back
- Franco BaresiThe libero who read the game a step ahead
- Lothar MatthäusGermany's engine for two decades
- Gerd MüllerDer Bomber, goals from nowhere
- Bobby CharltonSurvived Munich, won the World Cup
- Bobby MooreLifted the Jules Rimet trophy at Wembley
- GarrinchaBent legs, bent defenders
- ZicoThe white Pelé, king of free kicks
- SócratesDoctor, philosopher, backheel artist
- Roberto BaggioThe divine ponytail and one missed penalty
- Paolo RossiThree goals against Brazil in a World Cup classic
- Lev YashinThe Black Spider, the only keeper to win the Ballon d'Or
- Gianluigi BuffonTwenty years between Italy's posts
- Iker CasillasSaint Iker, the save against Robben
- Manuel NeuerThe sweeper-keeper who rewrote the position
- Peter SchmeichelThe great Dane who filled the goal
- Oliver KahnThe titan who terrified strikers
- Dino ZoffWorld champion at forty
- Edwin van der SarThe keeper who never panicked
- Roberto CarlosThe free kick that bent physics
- CafuTwo World Cup finals as captain
- Carles PuyolHair, heart and headers
- Sergio RamosNinety-third minute in Lisbon
- Fabio CannavaroCaptain of Italy's world champions and a Ballon d'Or
- Alessandro NestaTackling as an art form
- Virgil van DijkThe wall that turned Liverpool around
- Gerard PiquéBarcelona's ball-playing centre-back
- Philipp LahmThe smartest player Guardiola ever coached
- Javier ZanettiInter's tireless captain
- N'Golo KantéCovers the seventy percent of the pitch water does not
- Claude MakéléléThe role is named after him
- Ashley ColeThe best left-back England ever had
- Dani AlvesThe most decorated player in history
- MarceloSamba on the left wing
- Andrea PirloPassing wine into vintage
- XaviThe metronome of tiki-taka
- Andrés IniestaThe goal in Johannesburg
- Sergio BusquetsWatch the game, then watch Busquets
- Luka ModrićA Ballon d'Or in the Messi and Ronaldo decade
- Toni KroosNever misplaces a pass
- Kevin De BruyneThe assist king of the Premier League
- Steven GerrardIstanbul, Olympiakos, the slip
- Frank LampardGoals from midfield, again and again
- Paul ScholesThe best passer of his generation, said everyone
- Roy KeaneFury in a Manchester United shirt
- Patrick VieiraStrode through midfield like a colossus
- Clarence SeedorfChampions League winner with three different clubs
- KakáDribbled through Manchester United on his own
- RivaldoThe bicycle kick that saved Barcelona's season
- RomárioFive hundred goals inside the box
- BebetoRocking the baby at the World Cup
- Thierry HenryVa-va-voom at Arsenal
- Dennis BergkampNon-flying Dutchman, flying touch
- Eric CantonaCollar up, seagulls following the trawler
- Alan ShearerRecord goals, one-arm celebration
- Wayne RooneyOverhead kick in the Manchester derby
- David BeckhamFree kicks, crosses and global fame
- Ryan GiggsThirteen league titles on the wing
- Gareth BaleBicycle kick in a Champions League final
- Luis SuárezBites, dives and brilliant goals
- NeymarSkills for days, Paris for years
- Kylian MbappéHat-trick in a World Cup final
- Erling HaalandA goal machine built in Norway
- Robert LewandowskiFive goals in nine minutes
- Karim BenzemaThe quiet striker who won the Ballon d'Or
- Harry KaneEngland's record scorer
- Mohamed SalahThe Egyptian King of Anfield
- Sadio ManéSenegal's sprinting spearhead
- Zlatan IbrahimovićZlatan does not do auditions
- Didier DrogbaBig games, bigger goals
- Samuel Eto'oScored in two Champions League finals
- George WeahBallon d'Or, then president of Liberia
- Andriy ShevchenkoMilan's sharp-shooting Ukrainian
- RaúlReal Madrid's kiss-the-ring captain
- Filippo InzaghiBorn offside, scored anyway
- Francesco TottiOne club, one city, one king
- Alessandro Del PieroThe Del Piero zone
- Gabriel BatistutaBatigol and his machine-gun celebration
- Hristo StoichkovBulgaria's angry genius
- Davor ŠukerGolden Boot in France
- Jürgen KlinsmannDived into English hearts
- Miroslav KloseMost World Cup goals ever
- Thomas MüllerThe Raumdeuter, interpreter of space
- Bastian SchweinsteigerBloodied and unbowed in Rio
- Arjen RobbenCuts inside, everybody knows, still scores
- Wesley SneijderInter's treble playmaker
- Robin van PersieThe flying header in Salvador
- Ruud van NistelrooySix yards from goal, always
- Marco ReusDortmund's loyal, injured, brilliant star
- Mesut ÖzilEyes that saw passes nobody else did
- Ángel Di MaríaScored in every final Argentina won
- Sergio AgüeroAgüerooo, the title in stoppage time
- Carlos TevezThe Apache, fought for every ball
- Juan Román RiquelmeFootball at walking pace, and beautiful
- Jude BellinghamHey Jude, a star at twenty
- Vinícius JúniorChampions League finals and the Bernabéu roar
- PedriBarcelona's next great midfield brain
- Lamine YamalA teenager and already a European champion
- Kevin KeeganTwo Ballons d'Or, one perm
- Gary LinekerNever booked, always scoring
- Hugo SánchezAcrobatic king of Real Madrid
- RivelinoThe elastico's inventor and its master
- JairzinhoScored in every game of a World Cup
- Gheorghe HagiThe Maradona of the Carpathians