John Terry has revealed the Arsenal legend who he 'feared the most' during his playing career, as he named the toughest opponents that he faced.
Terry was voted into the Premier League Hall of Fame on Monday, alongside Manchester United legend Andy Cole, where he joins former team-mate Ashley Cole for inductees in 2024.
Both Cole and Terry enjoyed storied careers in the Premier League, with the former representing seven different teams, while the defensive icon spent his entire 19-year top-flight stint at Chelsea.
During which, the former England international came up against a plethora of the Premier League's best strikers and went on to reveal his four toughest opponents.
He said: ‘Thierry Henry was the best I came up against, the one I feared the most.
'Next has to be Wayne Rooney. He was a top, top player and what he achieved was incredible.
‘I don’t know if it gets overlooked a little bit just how good Wayne was when he first broke into the England team.
'I remember playing against him in the Premier League and having him as a teammate in the England sessions. He was phenomenal.
‘I’d also say Sergio Aguero or Harry Kane were difficult to come up against.’
Former Arsenal star Henry is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in Premier League history, having scored 228 goals from 377 appearances with the Gunners.
During his time in the English top-flight, Henry faced Terry a total of 15 times - where he won five, drew six and lost four against the Chelsea defender.
Despite Terry heaping praise on the Frenchman's individual attributes, he did also take aim at the Invincible's after being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Terry has claimed that his Chelsea side's feat of conceding only 15 goals in the 2004-05 season was just as impressive as when Arsenal went a whole campaign unbeaten the previous year.
'I'm going to upset a couple of people here, but I think that season was as good as the Invincibles season for Arsenal. They drew an awful lot of games,' he claimed.
'We only lost once, away to Man City, Paulo Ferreira gave away a penalty early on in the game and we should have come back and won the game.
'When you look at the goals we conceded that year, we conceded against sides you wouldn't expect if I'm honest and that's no disrespect to them. Looking back today. That could have maybe been nine or 10 goals conceded.
'I don't think it's a record that's ever going to be beaten if I'm honest. I certainly hope it's not and I'm very proud of what we did defensively. That's what we were paid to do, keep the ball out the net. It obviously helped with players around me like Petr Cech, Ashley Cole and Ricky Carvalho, so I'm very thankful for that.'