Total football, is described as a style where every player contributes in all areas of the outfield game. As a regular integral player in the team, a total footballer will score goals, tackle, make clinical passes & assists, they make successful runs and their shots are accurate and on target. Collectively we've compiled these attributes into a database and have identified the top 100 total footballers of 2019/20 from across the major football leagues.
The stats don't lie and it's no surprise that our most prolific total footballer for the 2019/20 campaign was Lionel Messi. Messi is a phenomenon! He is a hurricane of God-given talent who would have flourished and amazed in any era, for any team. As our unique system shows he is the total footballer. Read on to see who came in at 2,3,4 & 5 and check out our top 100 total footballers below.
SKIP TO READ: From front to back and back to front: The story of Total Football by Stephen Tudor.
Strts | Goals | Assts | Tckls | Drbl | Pass % | Att-Pass | Shot OT | Score | |||
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1 | ![]() |
Lionel Messi | 32 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 173 | 82 | 84 | 70 | 507 |
2 | ![]() |
Saïd Benrahma | 42 | 17 | 7 | 49 | 139 | 76 | 97 | 63 | 490 |
3 | ![]() |
Eberechi Eze | 46 | 14 | 8 | 45 | 131 | 86 | 80 | 41 | 451 |
4 | ![]() |
Jed Wallace | 43 | 10 | 12 | 73 | 90 | 68 | 100 | 37 | 433 |
5 | ![]() |
Kevin De Bruyne | 32 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 48 | 81 | 137 | 31 | 407 |
6 | ![]() |
Matheus Pereira | 38 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 65 | 79 | 118 | 35 | 401 |
7 | ![]() |
Luis Alberto | 36 | 6 | 15 | 47 | 73 | 82 | 108 | 28 | 395 |
8 | ![]() |
Emiliano Buendía | 28 | 1 | 7 | 82 | 102 | 79 | 83 | 11 | 393 |
9 | ![]() |
André Ayew | 45 | 16 | 7 | 67 | 93 | 76 | 40 | 48 | 392 |
10 | ![]() |
Adama Traoré | 27 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 183 | 75 | 48 | 12 | 391 |
11 | ![]() |
Wilfried Zaha | 37 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 163 | 80 | 37 | 17 | 384 |
12 | ![]() |
Jack Harrison | 45 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 81 | 73 | 87 | 23 | 372 |
13 | ![]() |
Alejandro Gómez | 34 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 59 | 85 | 105 | 40 | 371 |
14 | ![]() |
Joe Lolley | 37 | 9 | 8 | 73 | 76 | 73 | 63 | 27 | 366 |
15 | ![]() |
Filip Kostić | 33 | 4 | 11 | 57 | 82 | 65 | 85 | 28 | 365 |
16 | ![]() |
Pizzi | 33 | 18 | 13 | 46 | 40 | 79 | 95 | 39 | 363 |
17 | ![]() |
John Swift | 40 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 66 | 81 | 90 | 23 | 361 |
18 | ![]() |
Ager Aketxe | 34 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 72 | 86 | 63 | 50 | 360 |
19 | ![]() |
Rodrigo De Paul | 33 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 61 | 82 | 76 | 30 | 357 |
20 | ![]() |
Alex Mowatt | 44 | 3 | 8 | 84 | 34 | 74 | 87 | 18 | 352 |
21 | ![]() |
Cristiano Ronaldo | 33 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 52 | 85 | 51 | 80 | 351 |
22 | ![]() |
Jack Grealish | 36 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 73 | 84 | 91 | 23 | 350 |
23 | ![]() |
Mateusz Klich | 45 | 6 | 5 | 78 | 31 | 80 | 79 | 24 | 348 |
24 | ![]() |
Oscar Trejo | 36 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 81 | 80 | 58 | 12 | 348 |
25 | ![]() |
Sadio Mané | 31 | 18 | 7 | 44 | 69 | 82 | 59 | 36 | 346 |
26 | ![]() |
Willian | 29 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 65 | 82 | 77 | 29 | 343 |
27 | ![]() |
Nabil Fekir | 31 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 98 | 81 | 42 | 41 | 341 |
28 | ![]() |
Ollie Watkins | 49 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 41 | 74 | 72 | 52 | 340 |
29 | ![]() |
Dejan Kulusevski | 33 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 74 | 80 | 74 | 25 | 339 |
30 | ![]() |
Otavinho | 29 | 2 | 9 | 89 | 66 | 81 | 55 | 7 | 338 |
31 | ![]() |
Tom Cairney | 41 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 48 | 89 | 79 | 16 | 337 |
32 | ![]() |
Iván Sánchez | 28 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 133 | 83 | 34 | 10 | 337 |
33 | ![]() |
Lorenzo Insigne | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 56 | 83 | 86 | 44 | 337 |
34 | ![]() |
Ovie Ejaria | 36 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 110 | 83 | 37 | 15 | 336 |
35 | ![]() |
Barry Bannan | 42 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 39 | 79 | 98 | 13 | 336 |
36 | ![]() |
Sammy Ameobi | 37 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 95 | 70 | 39 | 23 | 334 |
37 | ![]() |
Joe Bryan | 42 | 3 | 7 | 106 | 34 | 77 | 51 | 13 | 333 |
38 | ![]() |
Jadon Sancho | 25 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 80 | 83 | 70 | 28 | 332 |
39 | ![]() |
Álex | 38 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 58 | 81 | 82 | 19 | 331 |
40 | ![]() |
Junior Messias | 32 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 69 | 75 | 58 | 38 | 329 |
41 | ![]() |
Jérémie Boga | 28 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 131 | 87 | 36 | 21 | 328 |
42 | ![]() |
Bright Osayi-Samuel | 34 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 105 | 84 | 45 | 17 | 327 |
43 | ![]() |
James Maddison | 29 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 51 | 81 | 79 | 18 | 327 |
44 | ![]() |
Kadeem Harris | 40 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 85 | 82 | 49 | 25 | 325 |
45 | ![]() |
Ryan Manning | 41 | 4 | 7 | 75 | 34 | 71 | 76 | 17 | 325 |
46 | ![]() |
Mohamed Salah | 33 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 50 | 76 | 61 | 59 | 324 |
47 | ![]() |
Karim Benzema | 36 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 85 | 60 | 60 | 324 |
48 | ![]() |
Santi Cazorla | 29 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 50 | 85 | 72 | 24 | 324 |
49 | ![]() |
Joshua Da Silva | 36 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 63 | 84 | 68 | 23 | 323 |
50 | ![]() |
Luis Milla | 33 | 8 | 6 | 56 | 45 | 85 | 74 | 16 | 323 |
51 | ![]() |
Marvin Wanitzek | 34 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 38 | 70 | 100 | 22 | 322 |
52 | ![]() |
Robert Lewandowski | 31 | 34 | 4 | 17 | 57 | 73 | 36 | 69 | 321 |
53 | ![]() |
Matty Cash | 40 | 3 | 4 | 107 | 42 | 69 | 46 | 10 | 321 |
54 | ![]() |
Declan Rice | 38 | 1 | 3 | 116 | 49 | 84 | 21 | 9 | 321 |
55 | ![]() |
Ricardo Pereira | 28 | 3 | 2 | 119 | 60 | 77 | 27 | 5 | 321 |
56 | ![]() |
James Ward-Prowse | 38 | 5 | 3 | 92 | 14 | 79 | 63 | 26 | 320 |
57 | ![]() |
Sam Clucas | 44 | 11 | 4 | 81 | 17 | 76 | 62 | 25 | 320 |
58 | ![]() |
Stuart Dallas | 45 | 5 | 3 | 94 | 25 | 78 | 43 | 26 | 319 |
59 | ![]() |
Ciro Immobile | 36 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 76 | 59 | 71 | 319 |
60 | ![]() |
Enzo Lombardo | 31 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 117 | 78 | 47 | 19 | 318 |
61 | ![]() |
Lewis O'Brien | 36 | 2 | 4 | 116 | 43 | 75 | 36 | 6 | 318 |
62 | ![]() |
Dwight McNeil | 38 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 77 | 78 | 57 | 14 | 318 |
63 | ![]() |
João Moutinho | 34 | 1 | 5 | 93 | 15 | 85 | 79 | 6 | 318 |
64 | ![]() |
Ivan Cavaleiro | 36 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 60 | 80 | 66 | 18 | 317 |
65 | ![]() |
Paulo Dybala | 25 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 62 | 87 | 70 | 36 | 316 |
66 | ![]() |
Nono | 32 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 46 | 24 | 316 |
67 | ![]() |
Richarlison | 36 | 13 | 3 | 70 | 61 | 66 | 34 | 32 | 315 |
68 | ![]() |
Serge Gnabry | 26 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 55 | 81 | 54 | 41 | 314 |
69 | ![]() |
Alphonso Davies | 24 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 82 | 86 | 37 | 5 | 313 |
70 | ![]() |
Gaetano Castrovilli | 31 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 90 | 81 | 37 | 11 | 313 |
71 | ![]() |
Tom Lawrence | 37 | 10 | 3 | 52 | 49 | 81 | 51 | 29 | 312 |
72 | ![]() |
Oussama Idrissi | 25 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 81 | 83 | 46 | 34 | 312 |
73 | ![]() |
Roberto Firmino | 34 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 52 | 79 | 53 | 39 | 311 |
74 | ![]() |
Pablo Hernández | 27 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 77 | 80 | 25 | 309 |
75 | ![]() |
Iago Aspas | 37 | 14 | 3 | 30 | 52 | 76 | 57 | 40 | 309 |
76 | ![]() |
Erick Pulgar | 32 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 10 | 88 | 84 | 14 | 308 |
77 | ![]() |
Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 34 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 29 | 83 | 70 | 34 | 307 |
78 | ![]() |
Domenico Berardi | 29 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 78 | 59 | 46 | 307 |
79 | ![]() |
Marcel Hartel | 32 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 60 | 80 | 87 | 12 | 307 |
80 | ![]() |
Otar Kiteishvili | 31 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 76 | 73 | 40 | 17 | 307 |
81 | ![]() |
Maxime Colin | 44 | 1 | 6 | 109 | 34 | 71 | 40 | 2 | 307 |
82 | ![]() |
Campaña | 35 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 64 | 80 | 74 | 8 | 306 |
83 | ![]() |
Dani Parejo | 35 | 8 | 3 | 64 | 37 | 85 | 58 | 16 | 306 |
84 | ![]() |
Mikel Oyarzabal | 36 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 67 | 77 | 50 | 22 | 305 |
85 | ![]() |
Lucas Ocampos | 31 | 14 | 2 | 50 | 68 | 80 | 24 | 36 | 305 |
86 | ![]() |
Raúl Jiménez | 37 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 62 | 71 | 48 | 44 | 305 |
87 | ![]() |
Hélder Costa | 33 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 60 | 80 | 47 | 19 | 305 |
88 | ![]() |
Canales | 36 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 50 | 87 | 82 | 17 | 305 |
89 | ![]() |
Stoichkov | 35 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 69 | 64 | 58 | 33 | 304 |
90 | ![]() |
Niklas Dorsch | 32 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 64 | 88 | 28 | 10 | 304 |
91 | ![]() |
Jordan Ayew | 37 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 73 | 81 | 30 | 24 | 304 |
92 | ![]() |
Michael Liendl | 31 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 70 | 119 | 30 | 304 |
93 | ![]() |
Chidera Ejuke | 24 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 100 | 82 | 40 | 26 | 304 |
94 | ![]() |
Federico Chiesa | 31 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 51 | 76 | 48 | 45 | 303 |
95 | ![]() |
Trent Alexander-Arnold | 35 | 4 | 13 | 55 | 21 | 75 | 87 | 13 | 303 |
96 | ![]() |
Riyad Mahrez | 21 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 52 | 88 | 62 | 32 | 303 |
97 | ![]() |
Antonee Robinson | 38 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 81 | 68 | 30 | 3 | 302 |
98 | ![]() |
Raúl Guti | 39 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 49 | 82 | 47 | 14 | 302 |
99 | ![]() |
Hugo Fraile | 38 | 13 | 3 | 50 | 39 | 71 | 60 | 28 | 302 |
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Ángel Di María | 23 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 61 | 79 | 78 | 24 | 302 |