For football, it's definitely Messi followed closely by CR7. Pele and other retired players are only rated so high because they have a cult status due to being retired legends.
https://www.dreamteamfc.com/c/news-g...d-player-time/
Ronaldinho (as well as Rivaldo and Kaka) isn't even better than Neymar but treated like a god simply because he has cult status (due to being a retired legend). A decade after Neymar is done with elite football, he'll be a god as well. Ronaldinho was notorious for not showing up for Brazil, but that's all forgotten now that he's retired (him winning the WC is a team effort before anyone brings that up). Neymar's record with Brazil is pretty insane on the other hand. Modern day athletes are faster, bigger, stronger, and more skilled due to having better training equipment, better training coaches, a better diet, a better routine, and more skilled coaches - basically just overall much much better access to facilities than someone born in 1940. This always seems to get ignored by the 20th century cultists. And 99% of the people that say Pele is the best have never even seen him play. It's many times also viewed as very disrespectful to say that a retired legend isn't as good as a currently active player since they gave a lot to the game. Relative to their time period, Pele may have been the best, but that's different than saying he was the GOAT.
This overrating of retired legends isn't only the case with football; but with other sports, music, painting, etc. Being a retired legend will always automatically make you better than someone currently active even if the person currently active is twice as skilled as you simply due to being born in an earlier time according to most people today. This is the main reason why comparing people of different generations doesn't work.
Originally Posted by Cumansky
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