Top all-time Championship players

The 100 greatest players in Championship history, by Hall of Fame, all-time teams, MVPs and All-Star selections; search for anyone else who played in it. Rank the top all-time Championship players, 1 to 100.
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Stanley Matthews
FW · STK
Bobby Charlton
MF/FW · PNE
Frank Lampard
MF · WHU
David Beckham
MF · PNE
Bobby Moore
DF · WHU
Teemu Pukki
FW · NOR
Maya Yoshida
SOU
Tim Cahill
MF · MIL
João Moutinh0
MF · WOL
Marko Arnautović
STK
Gordon Banks
GK · STK
André Ayew
SWA
Peter Shilton
GK · SOU
Raúl Jiménez
FW · WOL
Mark Schwarzer
GK · MID
Shay Given
GK · BLK
Sebastian Larsson
MF · BIR
Kevin Keegan
FW · SOU
Steven Davis
MF · SOU
Yossi Benayoun
MF · WHU
Ki Sung-​yueng
MF · SWA
Wayne Hennessey
GK · WOL
Damien Duff
BLK
Aron Gunnarsson
MF/DF · CAR
Chris Gunter
DF · CAR
Ali Al-​Habsi
GK · BOL
Aaron Mokoena
DF · BLK
Thomas Sørensen
GK · STK
Geoff Hurst
FW · WHU
Billy Wright
MF · WOL
Rio Ferdinand
WHU
Mart Poom
GK · DER
James McClean
STK
Alan Ball Jr.
MF · SOU
Henning Berg
DF · BLK
Martin Peters
MF · WHU
Alan Shearer
FW · BLK
Andriy Yarmolenko
FW/MF · WHU
Steven Nzonzi
STK
Salomón Rondón
FW · WBA
Radhi Jaïdi
SOU
Ricardo Gardner
BOL
Aaron Ramsey
MF · CAR
Roque Santa Cruz
FW · BLK
Wayne Rooney
FW · DER
Kasey Keller
GK · MIL
Youri Djorkaeff
MF/FW · BOL
Kevin Kilbane
DF · WBA
Dušan Tadić
MF/FW · SOU
Michael Owen
FW · STK
David Raya
GK · BLK
JPJuninho Paulista
MF · MID
Kyle Walker
SHU
Anders Svensson
MF · SOU
Pierre-​Emile Højbjerg
MF · SOU
Declan Rice
WHU
Jonatan Johansson
FW · CHA
Nobby Stiles
MF · PNE
Gonzalo Jara
WBA
Joe Hart
GK · BUR
Robbie Keane
FW · WOL
Virgil van Dijk
DF · SOU
Łukasz Fabiański
GK · WHU
Theo Walcott
SOU
Ron Flowers
MF · WOL
Darren Fletcher
MF · STK
Xherdan Shaqiri
STK
Eiður Guðjohnsen
FW · BOL
Lucas Neill
DF · BLK
Gary Cahill
BOL
Gylfi Sigurðsson
MF · SWA
Nwankwo Kanu
FW · POR
Michael Carrick
MF · WHU
Moussa Sissoko
MF · WAT
Jermain Defoe
FW · WHU
David Seaman
GK · QPR
Gareth Southgate
MID
Niko Kranjčar
MF · POR
Allan Simonsen
FW · CHA
Alphonse Areola
GK · WHU
Emile Heskey
FW · BIR
Chris Wood
FW · BUR
Valon Behrami
MF · WHU
Glen Johnson
DF · POR
Craig Bellamy
FW · CAR
Joe Cole
MF · WHU
Kieran Trippier
BUR
Mark Hughes
FW · BLK
Peter Odemwingie
FW · WBA
Yakubu
FW · POR
Joe Allen
MF · SWA
Rui Patrício
GK · WOL
Gary Speed
BOL
Teddy Sheringham
FW · MIL
Enner Valencia
FW · WHU
Shane Long
FW · SOU
Peter Crouch
FW · STK
Ashley Williams
DF · SWA
Benni McCarthy
FW · BLK
Bryan Robson
MF · WBA

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