Best striker of the past decade 2000-2010?

Which strikers have been the best, in terms of consistency/talent, over the last 10 years?

Pick your top 10 in rank order?

1) eto'o: has won it all 3 time over and is the man for the big occasions, he goals to game ratio is as good as most as well.
2) Sheva: at his best was something special
3) RVN: great great goal score, if nothing else
4) Henry: flat track bully but still pretty good
5) Ronaldo: not at his best in this decade but still has to be their
6) Villa: great goal score, at club and international level.
7) Ibra: did great things in italy this decade
Drogba: an absolute beast, could be higher if he didn't choke in the CL when his team really really needs him
9) Klose: have to give him credit for what he has one in the two world cups this decade
10)?

10-Torres
- Inzaghi
- Raul
- Trezeguet
- Rooney

rooney!! as striker he had only 3 months of brilliance

Messiah wrote:1) eto'o: has won it all 3 time over and is the man for the big occasions, he goals to game ratio is as good as most as well.
2) Sheva: at his best was something special

Spot on, though I don't like these things 'cos not everyone fits neatly into a decade slot - eg '95-05 would be Ronaldo and Kluivert but not sure either fits 1990-2000 or 2000 to 2010.

Kroos wrote:rooney!! as striker he had only 3 months of brilliance

compares pretty well to klose who is in Messiah's list for 2 months (world cups) out of the last decade

Messiah wrote:1) eto'o: has won it all 3 time over and is the man for the big occasions, he goals to game ratio is as good as most as well.
2) Sheva: at his best was something special
3) RVN: great great goal score, if nothing else
4) Henry: flat track bully but still pretty good
5) Ronaldo: not at his best in this decade but still has to be their
6) Villa: great goal score, at club and international level.
7) Ibra: did great things in italy this decade
Drogba: an absolute beast, could be higher if he didn't choke in the CL when his team really really needs him
9) Klose: have to give him credit for what he has one in the two world cups this decade
10)?

Not too bad a list, but Drogba that low? and the reasoning seems flawed, e.g. drogba is low due to "choking" in the CL, but Ibra is above him? I'd have droba above most, possibly at number 2. And RVN so high as well,when Henry outscored him almost every season they were in the same league (from memory).

I don't know if Totti is considered a striker but him in there. What about Darren Bent, he's had a pretty good decade except when he was misused at spurs

Ibra his above drogba because they both choke in the CL, ibra more than drogba, but ibra has been better in domestic play, something like 6 league titles in a row.

Messiah wrote:Ibra his above drogba because they both choke in the CL, ibra more than drogba, but ibra has been better in domestic play, something like 6 league titles in a row.

Has he been better in domestic play? I remember 2-3 good seasons in Italy over the last 6 years.

He was hardly instrumental in the last title race for barca, whereas Drogba was for chelsea.

And some of the titles you are talking about are Juve where they cheated, or Inter where no-one competed with them, so it is hardly an impressive list.

Also I don't consider Drogba to have choked in the CL. He is very involved in getting chelsea as far as they have done pretty much every season. Just because chelsea hve gone out by the odd goal or penalties does not mean Drogba has choked. Compare that to Ibra who is usually just missing in big CL games.

The Greatest Forwards In Each Era


The 1910s

1. Imre Scholsser
2. Arthur Fridenreich
3. Poul Tist Nielsen
4. Alberto Ohaco
5. Alfred Schaffer


The 1920s

1. Matthias Sindelar
2. Pedro Petrone
3. Manuel Seoane
4. Zeki Riza Sporel
5. George Camsell


The Early 1930s

1. Giuseppe Meazza
2. Matthias Sindelar
3. Dixie Dean
4. Richard Hofmann
5. Bernabe Ferreyra


The Lately 1930s

1. Arsenio Erico
2. Leonidas Da Silva
3. Giuseppe Meazza
4. Franz Binder
5. Gyorgi Sarosi


The Early 1940s

1. Jose Manuel Moreno
2. Josef Bican
3. Adolfo Pedernera
4. Fernando Peyroteo
5. Leonidas Da Silva


The Lately 1940s

1. Ferenc Deak
2. Ademir De Menezes
3. Gunnar Nordahl
4. Ferenc Puskas
5. Alfredo Di Stefano



The Early 1950s

1. Ferenc Puskas
2. Alfredo Di Stefano
3. Fritz Walter
4. Ladislao Kubala
5. Sandor Kocsis


The Lately 1950s

1. Alfredo Di Stefano
2. Ferenc Puskas
3. Garrincha
4. Just Fontaine
5. Ladislao Kubala


The Early 1960s

1. Pele
2. Garrincha
3. Eusebio
4. Uwe Seeler
5. Omar Sivori


The Lately 1960s

1. Pele
2. Eusebio
3. George Best
4. Tostao
5. Gerd Muller


The Early 1970s

1. Johan Cruyff
2. Gerd Muller
3. George Best
4. Jairzinho
5. Dragan Dzajic


The Lately 1970s

1. Johan Cruyff
2. Kevin Keegan
3. Karlheinz Rummenigge
4. Rob Rensenbrink
5. Mario Kempes


The Early 1980s

1. Karlheinz Rummenigge
2. Kenny Dalglish
3. Ian Rush
4. Paulo Rossi
5. Careca


The Lately 1980s

1. Marco Van Basten
2. Gary Lineker
3. Hugo Sanchez
4. Careca
5. Jean Pierre Papin


The Early 1990s

1. Romario
2. Roberto Baggio
3. Hristo Stoichkov
4. Jurgen Klinsmann
5. Dennis Bergkamp


The Lately 1990s

1. Ronaldo
2. Rivaldo
3. Gabriel Batistuta
4. Christian Vieri
5. Davor Suker


The Early 2000s

1. Thierry Henry
2. Andrei Shevchenko
3. Ronaldo
4. Ruud Van Nistelrooy
5. Francesco Totti


The Lately 2000s

1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Lionel Messi
3. Samuel Eto
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
5. Fernando Torres

In general Ronaldo fenomeno is regarded as best No9 ever,but his greatest time was in the 90s. If only talking about 2000-2010,maybe Cristiano,Messi were best 2 strikers,but no one close to Ronaldinho in the 2000s ，Ronaldinho in 2002-2006 was one of 3 best players ever with Ronaldo in 94-98 and Pele in 58-62

you must be pretty old to be able to make a list from 1910.

Perhaps it would not be in the realms of the absurd to suggest that someone other than a Brazilian, or even a Brazilian other than those three, might get into the "three greatest players ever"?

Are players like Totti, C Ronaldo & Messi in the consideration set? Assuming they are, and considering only the performances in 2000-10:

(In no particular order)

Shevchenko
Eto'o
Drogba
Ronaldo
Totti
Messi
C Ronaldo
Ibrahimovic
Van Nistelrooy
Henry

If we are only looking at strikers and exclude Totti, Messi, & CR, then I would include Vieri, Villa and Crespo in their place.

What about Forlan for the top 10?

Independiente 2000-02:
65 Apps
33 Gls

Man Utd 2002-04:
98 Apps (37 Starts)
17 Gls

Villarreal 2004-07:
128 Apps
59 Gls

A. Madrid 2007-10:
154 Apps
86 Gls

Uruguay 2002-10
60 Apps
20 Gls

European Golden Shoe: 2004–05, 2008–09
Pichichi Trophy: 2004–05, 2008–09
2010 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball