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1. Pele, Brazil, 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cup winners.
Who else but Pele? The only man to win three World Cups, all in different decades and generations, is the most iconic name in sport.
Famously telling his father that he would win him the World Cup after Brazil’s shock defeat to Uruguay at the Maracana in 1950, Pele was just 17 when he burst onto the football world’s consciousness with a hat-trick in the semi-final against France in 1958 and two more in the final against Sweden.
He was part of the Brazil team that retained the trophy four years later, but missed most of the tournament due to injury after scoring in the opening game – only to receive a winners’ medal later. In 1966, as the greatest player in the world, he was on the receiving end of such rough behavior that he vowed never to play in the tournament again.
In 1970, however, Pele returned. Carrying his nation’s weight in Mexico, the forward was at his skilful, creative, inventive best, dazzling in yellow as the Selecao reached the final in style and then beat Italy 4-1 in the showpiece, with Pele scoring the first goal and setting up the other two.
Pele, however, is the most legendary World Cup star of all time.
