With the WC coming up in less than a month, why don't we have a little poll here? Who do you believe are the FIVE GREATEST PLAYERS IN WORLD CUP HISTORY? I will simply tally votes, which means that you can order them, but your precedence won't matter in the end. Just the name of the player will be tallied. Here are some ideal choices if you're lost.

Giuseppe Meazza (Italy)
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary)
Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)
Uwe Seeler (Germany)
Didi (Brazil)
Leonidas (Brazil)
Just Fontaine (France)
Nilton Santos (Brazil)
Djalma Santos (Brazil)
Garrincha (Brazil)
Pele (Brazil)
Carlos Alberto (Brazil)
Gerson (Brazil)
Jairzinho (Brazil)
Rivellino (Brazil)
Lev Yashin (USSR)
Bobby Charlton (England)
Bobby Moore (England)
Gordon Banks (England)
Eusebio (Portugal)
Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
Gerd Muller (Germany)
Mario Kempes (Argentina)
Paolo Rossi (Argentina)
Zico (Brazil)
Michel Platini (France)
Karl-Heinze Rummenigge (Germany)
Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Lothar Matthaus (Germany)
Romario (Brazil)
Roberto Baggio (Italy)
Dino Zoff (Italy)
Paolo Maldini (Italy)
Franco Baresi (Italy)
Ronaldo (Brazil)
Rivaldo (Brazil)
Cafu (Brazil)
Zinedine Zidane (France)
Patrick Vieira (France)
Lilian Thuram (France)
Michael Ballack (Germany)
Oliver Kahn (Germany)
Miroslav Klose (Germany)
Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
Iker Casillas (Spain)
Andres Iniesta (Spain)
Xavi Hernandez (Spain)

Choose only 5!

Its not gonna be that easy for me as im born in 1995 but still: Ronaldo, Zidane, Maradona, Pele (yes the obvious ones i know) ..but for the 5th i gotta pick Mario Kempes

^ okay so I'm one year older than Knibis. I'll only pick the ones I saw to make it easier.
Without any order:
Iniesta
Zidane
Forlan
Cannavaro
Ronaldo (C9)
Edit: I'm one year younger not older.

I'm not that much older than you guys either! But here's mine.

Puskas
Pele
Maradona
Cruyff
Zidane

Pele
Maradonna
Zidane
Ronaldo
Cruyff for me.

G.Müller
Beckenbauer
Pele
G. Meazza
Ronaldo

Maradonna, Garrincha, Iniesta, Zidane and Pele.. My favorite is Garrincha when in 62, with Pele injured, single handedly carried Brazil. Too bad he ruined his carried with alcohol.
I believe these 5 carried their national team to victory.

Ive never liked judging players who I never watched play live, but just for the sake of it:

Ronaldo
Beckenbahuer
Pele
Maradona
and maybe Zidane...

Ronaldo,Pele,Zidane,Maradona and Buffon

This is way too difficult to judge or to choose :(

Ronaldo for being the all time top scorer, Maradona and Pele, maybe Zidane, and I don't know enough about the past to pick a 5th.

Garrincha
Pele
Zidane
Beckenbauer
Puskas

@KingHenry

Just throw in any name. :P
I need you to have 5 so I can count all votes fairly.

pele
maradona
zidane
ronaldo
puskas

this is no particular order

@dynastian add roberto baggio to my four.

Bump. Two more days, then I tally votes.

Zidane-Puskas-Fontaine-Pele-Maradona

Top 5 of World cup. Votes counted.

Pele 9 votes
Zidane 9 votes
Maradona 8 votes
Ronaldo 7 votes
Puskas 4 votes