AllTimeFootballer – a head-to-head experiment to rank footba

[goat49]

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a small football project that started from a simple question: is it possible to create a meaningful all-time ranking without simply asking people to name their GOAT?

I put together a database of 660 players from different generations, from the great players of the 1950s and 60s through to today's stars.

Instead of choosing a Top 10, the site gives you two random players and asks one simple question: Who was the better footballer?

Every choice contributes to a community Elo rating, so over time the idea is to see whether thousands of individual head-to-head decisions can produce an interesting all-time ranking.

The community voting has only just started, so the current table is still very volatile – Ronaldinho is leading at the moment – but that's part of the experiment.

I'm particularly interested in getting votes from people who know football history, rather than ending up with a ranking dominated simply by the most recent generations.

There's no registration required and it's completely free:

alltimefootballer.com

I'd also be interested in any feedback – especially if you notice an important player I've missed from the 660.

Thanks!

[grantham]

What's to stop someone visiting the site and just spamming player A or player B continuously without even taking either player into consideration, just totally screws your numbers.

Also what is the point of asking about two random players someone may not have heard of either of them. Someone born in the 80's may have no idea about a German player from the 50/60 and as far as I can see you can't opt out of a choice

Nice idea, but the application is deeply flawed
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