Best wingers of all time

The 25 greatest wingers in football history, ranked by a composite of career goals, assists and appearances.

#	Player	Position	Citizenship	Status	Career goals	Assists	Apps
1	Lionel Messi	Attack - Right Winger	Argentina Spain	Inter Miami CF	771	368	948
2	Mohamed Salah	Attack - Right Winger	Egypt	Liverpool FC	323	162	657
3	Dušan Tadić	Attack - Right Winger	Serbia	Al-Wahda FC	232	267	774
4	Dirk Kuyt	Attack - Right Winger	Netherlands	Retired	285	149	790
5	Ángel Di María	Attack - Right Winger	Argentina Italy	CA Rosario Central	200	278	818
6	Martin Harnik	Attack - Right Winger	Austria Germany	TuS Dassendorf	290	96	555
7	Ronaldinho	Attack - Left Winger	Brazil Spain	Retired	236	183	646
8	Sadio Mané	Attack - Left Winger	Senegal	Al-Nassr FC	242	121	587
9	Heung-min Son	Attack - Left Winger	Korea, South	Los Angeles FC	239	117	656
10	Robinho	Attack - Left Winger	Brazil Spain	Retired	231	123	739
11	Arjen Robben	Attack - Right Winger	Netherlands	Retired	209	166	614
12	Lorenzo Insigne	Attack - Left Winger	Italy	Without Club	200	129	632
13	Franck Ribéry	Attack - Left Winger	France	Retired	151	224	632
14	Riyad Mahrez	Attack - Right Winger	Algeria France	Al-Ahli SFC	190	144	630
15	Andriy Yarmolenko	Attack - Right Winger	Ukraine	Dynamo Kyiv	201	118	597
16	Timo Werner	Attack - Left Winger	Germany	RB Leipzig	211	98	509
17	Lei Wu	Attack - Right Winger	China	Shanghai Port	207	102	437
18	Dorlan Pabón	Attack - Right Winger	Colombia	Without Club	188	135	618
19	Gareth Bale	Attack - Right Winger	Wales	Retired	185	133	554
20	Pedro	Attack - Right Winger	Spain	SS Lazio	192	111	763
21	Raheem Sterling	Attack - Right Winger	England Jamaica	Chelsea FC	182	134	599
22	El Arbi Hillel Soudani	Attack - Right Winger	Algeria Croatia	NK Maribor	206	82	533
23	Youssef Msakni	Attack - Left Winger	Tunisia	Without Club	189	119	405
24	Carlos Vela	Attack - Right Winger	Mexico Spain	Retired	191	110	576
25	Eden Hazard	Attack - Left Winger	Belgium	Retired	167	154	623
26	Andrey Arshavin	Attack - Left Winger	Russia	Retired	144	191	642
27	Yossi Benayoun	Attack - Right Winger	Israel	Retired	177	118	734
28	Luís Figo	Attack - Right Winger	Portugal	Retired	125	222	665
29	Emerson	Attack - Left Winger	Qatar Brazil	Retired	221	29	545
30	Salomon Kalou	Attack - Left Winger	Cote d'Ivoire	Retired	192	84	632
31	Maxi Rodríguez	Attack - Left Winger	Argentina Spain	Retired	197	69	676
32	Simão	Attack - Left Winger	Portugal	Retired	163	130	662
33	Ivan Perišić	Attack - Left Winger	Croatia	PSV Eindhoven	158	138	652
34	Steven Berghuis	Attack - Right Winger	Netherlands	Ajax Amsterdam	162	131	537
35	Edin Visca	Attack - Right Winger	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Trabzonspor	145	158	572
36	Quincy Promes	Attack - Left Winger	Netherlands Suriname	Retired	179	93	436
37	Marc Schnatterer	Attack - Left Winger	Germany	Retired	153	140	632
38	Amahl Pellegrino	Attack - Left Winger	Norway Tanzania	San Diego FC	184	77	423
39	Maxime Lestienne	Attack - Right Winger	Belgium	Lion City Sailors	141	157	499
40	José Callejón	Attack - Right Winger	Spain	Retired	153	125	738
41	Muriqui	Attack - Left Winger	Brazil	Retired	180	75	450
42	Ángel Mena	Attack - Right Winger	Ecuador	Orense SC	155	118	529
43	Kamil Grosicki	Attack - Left Winger	Poland	Pogon Szczecin	136	153	620
44	Domenico Berardi	Attack - Right Winger	Italy	US Sassuolo	156	110	430
45	Denis Bouanga	Attack - Left Winger	Gabon France	Los Angeles FC	176	70	419
46	Craig Bellamy	Attack - Left Winger	Wales	Retired	168	82	548
47	Akram Afif	Attack - Left Winger	Qatar Yemen	Al-Sadd SC	154	113	277
48	Camillo Ciano	Attack - Right Winger	Italy	Without Club	164	84	570
49	Hristo Stoichkov	Attack - Left Winger	Bulgaria	Retired	180	55	428
50	Taison	Attack - Left Winger	Brazil	PAOK Thessaloniki	135	138	695

How the ranking works

We rank each player by a composite score: career_goals × 4 + career_assists × 2 + career_matches × 0.05. This rewards finishers, creative players and longevity in equal measure — without depending on subjective awards or trophies. The list filters by position keyword so wingers, full-backs and centre-backs each get their own ranking.