Top 9 all-time Championship midfielders

The greatest midfielders in Championship history, by their honours. Pick your top 9 all-time Championship midfielders, numbered 1 to 9.
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Bobby Charlton
MF/FW · PNE
Frank Lampard
MF · WHU
David Beckham
MF · PNE
Tim Cahill
MF · MIL
João Moutinh0
MF · WOL
Sebastian Larsson
MF · BIR
Steven Davis
MF · SOU
Yossi Benayoun
MF · WHU
Ki Sung-​yueng
MF · SWA
Aron Gunnarsson
MF/DF · CAR
Billy Wright
MF · WOL
Alan Ball Jr.
MF · SOU
Martin Peters
MF · WHU
Andriy Yarmolenko
FW/MF · WHU
Aaron Ramsey
MF · CAR
Youri Djorkaeff
MF/FW · BOL
Dušan Tadić
MF/FW · SOU
JPJuninho Paulista
MF · MID
Anders Svensson
MF · SOU
Pierre-​Emile Højbjerg
MF · SOU
Nobby Stiles
MF · PNE
Ron Flowers
MF · WOL
Darren Fletcher
MF · STK
Gylfi Sigurðsson
MF · SWA
Michael Carrick
MF · WHU
Moussa Sissoko
MF · WAT
Niko Kranjčar
MF · POR
Valon Behrami
MF · WHU
Joe Cole
MF · WHU
Joe Allen
MF · SWA
Bryan Robson
MF · WBA
Zoltán Gera
MF · WBA
John Barnes
MF · WAT
Tomáš Souček
MF · WHU
Wilson Palacios
MF · STK
Graeme Souness
MF · MID
Glenn Whelan
MF · STK
Paul Ince
MF · WOL
Papa Bouba Diop
MF · POR
Joe Ledley
MF · CAR
Stelios Giannakopoulos
MF · BOL
Tuncay Şanlı
MF/FW · MID
Ray Wilkins
MF · QPR
Tugay Kerimoğlu
MF · BLK
Mario Lemina
MF · SOU
Junichi Inamoto
MF · WBA
Wes Hoolahan
MF · NOR
Gastón Ramírez
MF · SOU
Jonathan Walters
MF/FW · STK
Adlène Guedioura
MF · WAT
Scott Parker
MF · CHA
Aliou Cissé
MF · POR
Sander Berge
MF · SHU
Tom Cleverley
MF · WAT
Massimo Luongo
MF · QPR
Kieron Dyer
MF · WHU
Trevor Brooking
MF · WHU
Charlie Adam
MF · STK
Morgan Schneiderlin
MF · SOU
Sammy McIlroy
MF · STK
Cheikhou Kouyaté
MF · WHU
Carlos Sánchez
MF · WHU
David Edwards
MF · WOL
Cliff Jones
MF · SWA
Lee Carsley
MF · DER
Keith Andrews
MF · WOL
Leroy Fer
MF · SWA
Barry Ferguson
MF · BIR
Jason McAteer
MF · BOL
Osvaldo Ardiles
MF · QPR
Robbie Savage
MF · DER
Eyal Berkovic
MF · WHU
Matt Holland
MF · CHA
Shaun Wright-​Phillips
MF · QPR
James Morrison
MF · WBA
Dickson Etuhu
MF · PNE
IBImants Bleidelis
MF · SOU
Nayef Aguerd
MF/DF · WHU
Steve Corica
MF · WOL
Paddy McNair
MF/DF · MID
Lars Bohinen
MF · BLK
Alou Diarra
MF · WHU
Dennis Wise
MF · MIL
Claus Jensen
MF · CHA
Andy Townsend
MF · SOU
Matt Le Tissier
MF · SOU
Sofiane Boufal
MF · SOU
Hope Powell
MF · MIL
Andranik Teymourian
MF · BOL
MKMark Kinsella
MF · CHA
Amdy Faye
MF · STK
Jonjo Shelvey
MF · SWA
Steven Reid
MF · WBA
AGArchie Gemmill
MF · DER
Sandro Raniere
MF · QPR
Scott Arfield
MF · BUR
Rory Delap
MF · STK
CBCraig Burley
MF · DER
Jack Collison
MF · WHU
Étienne Capoue
MF · WAT

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