Sergio Ramos has topped a poll to find world football's best-ever centre-back.
France Football will this year name a Ballon d'Or 'Dream Team' that will replace its traditional individual award, which is being cancelled due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
But ahead of that, and following Ramos' landmark 100th goal, MARCA ran its own poll to find the best-ever centre-back.
And the results - from over 130,000 votes - were a landslide for the Real Madrid captain.
Ramos grabbed 74 percent of the votes, far outstripping the next highest, which was the 18 percent that Franz Beckenbauer attained.
The other candidates were Franco Baresi, Fabio Cannavaro, Marcel Desailly, Ronald Koeman, Bobby Moore, Daniel Passarella and Matthias Sammer.
But none came close to the free-scoring, trophy-laden Spaniard. And his exploits for Real Madrid and Spain this season can't be hurting his chances of getting into the Dream Team.
Ramos' century of goals took him one step closer to legendary status, and for the readers of MARCA that already seems to be the case.
His raft of major titles won - LaLiga Santander, the Champions League, the Copa del Rey, domestic and European Super Cups, and the World Cup - as well as his decisive influence on important matches, make him worthy of being discussed as the best central defender of all time.
BayernJosh234
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When babies don't know history. They will cling to what they see.
LetzDoDis
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Ramos is nowhere near Beckenbauer ... Although Ramos is the greatest of our generation
JAntoineHalaMadrid
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For all those who think Beckenbauer and Madini were better than Ramos because they won ballon do'r should also think about this;if those guys were playing during this Messi and Ronaldo era,they wouldn't have dreamt of winning the ballon d'or.Messi and Ronaldo era robbed lot of people from winning the ballon d'or.
Pukbdmostu
15
When babies don't know history. They will cling to what they see.
πππππ So true man even koeman Scored a record 253 goals as a Defender... and no need to say about Beckenbuar he's one of a kind masterpiece
Rajbeer Chandra
10
When babies don't know history. They will cling to what they see.
so you might be at old age home while using this app old man
KushagraGupta
9
πππππ So true man even koeman Scored a record 253 goals as a Defender... and no need to say about Beckenbuar he's one of a kind masterpiece
koeman has no competition with baresi , Beckenbeur when comes to defending and why are you seeing defender on his goalscoring abilities
Pukbdmostu
8
koeman has no competition with baresi , Beckenbeur when comes to defending and why are you seeing defender on his goalscoring abilities
I was pointing out he got only 2% vote and Beckenbuar 18% even though they played not only as a Defender but also a defending midfielder and attacking midfielder but Ramos only played as a Defender ?