Best Manchester United Players of all Time

Manchester United is arguably the best English football club in history and has won many titles in different national and European competitions. Thanks to dozens of world-class players who brought additional popularity to the club over time, their trophy cabinet has got full.

In this article, we provide you a 10-member list of the

best Manchester United players of all time

. You may know some and might just have heard of some others. Either you know them or not, this review will be an exciting trip through the club's history.

Best Manchester United players ever

Now it's time to go through the list of Best Manchester United Players of all Time and take a glance at this great club's best players.

Sir Bobby Charlton

We have to start our list of

Best Footballers of All Time, with Sir Bobby Charlton. The 83-year-old Bobby Charlton is one of the

greatest players in the history of Manchester United

and English football. Born in 1937, Charlton started his Manchester United life at the age of sixteen by entering the club's youth team. After three years there, He climbed to the first team and started a glorious career in Manchester's red side.

Bobby Charlton spent the majority of his career in Manchester United and played 758 games for the club, which made him the second most-played man in the Red Devils' history. In seventeen seasons Charlton spent at Old Trafford, he led the club to win nine trophies, including three league titles and a single European championship.

Bobby, who scored almost 250 goals for Manchester United, also has significant individual honors. After winning both the 1966 Worldcup and the tournament golden ball, Charlton won the Ballon d'Or that year. Moreover, He shortlisted as the second-best for two consecutive years after that. His name is easily found in many golden lists like Fifa Worldcup All-time team, English football league 100 legends, English football hall of fame, etc.

Nobby Stiles

Died in October 2020, Norbert Peter Stiles was one of the

best Manchester United players of all time

. He was born in 1942 in Manchester and started his career at the youth level for the Red Devils. Nobby leveled up to the senior Manchester United team in 1960 and wore the club's shirt for eleven seasons and nearly 400 matches. In the England WorldCup-winner generation, Nobby Stiles was the man who played every single minute in the 1966 tournament and had a fundamental role in the historic achievement.

To find out more about how exceptional Nobby's career had been, this would be essential to know that Stiles is one of only three Englishmen, alongside Bobby Charlton and Ian Callaghan, to have won both the World Cup and European Cup.

This two-time English league winner was named in the PFA(Professional Footballers' Association) team of the century. His name also is a part of the English football hall of frame. After spending most of his football life with the Red Devils, the defensive midfielder was sold to

. Nobby Stiles finished an overall of 5 years in Middlesbrough and Preston North End, and after that, he hanged his shoes.

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Bryan Robson

Bryan Robson is among

Manchester United Legends of all time

, as he shined in the Red Devils shirt in the 1990s. Robson didn't start his career in Manchester United. He rose at West Bromwich Albion, and in October 1981, while he was 24, he joined the Manchester red side for a British record transfer fee of 1.5 million pounds. In 461 games for United, Bryan scored 99 goals and played a vital role in the club's successful years. In Bryan Robson's era, Manchester United won eight trophies, including 2 Premier League titles and a European Cup Winners' Cup.

Robson named five times in the Professional Association Footballers' Team of the Year between 1981 and 1989. He was also selected for the PFA Team of the Century in 2007. In August 2011, Robson was voted as the greatest ever Manchester United player in a poll of the club's former players as part of a book, 19, released to celebrate the club's record-breaking 19th league title.

Another interesting fact about Bryan Robson is that after Manchester United, he moved to Middlesborough and accepted a player-manager role. Robson led the club to the Football League First Division championship and mounted with Middlesborough to the Premier League in his exciting mission.

Denis Law

The Scottish legend, who played for

in two different periods, is one of the

best Manchester United players of all time

. Born in 1940 in Aberdeen, Denis Law started football professionally in the Huddersfield Town club. Then he moved to Manchester City, and through high stats, Torino took him to Serie A. After a season in Italy, Law returned to Manchester, but a completely different destination.

He joined Manchester United and started the longest and, of course, the most dazzling part of his football career. His Old Trafford era began in 1962 and lasted 11 years. In this period, Denis Law made more than 400 appearances and scored 237 goals as Red Devils' center-forward. Law won 6 major trophies with Manchester United, two league titles and a European Cup are the most important to mention.

Scoring 30 goals in 55 caps for Scottland national team made Denis Law the nation's top scorer of all time, alongside Kenny Dalglish. Law has a variety of individual honors, which the 1964 Ballon d'Or is undoubtedly at the top of the list. He is also the 1968-69 European Cup top scorer. Something strange about Law is that after the glorious time in Old Trafford, he moved once again to the other side of Manchester and played one more season for Manchester City and then retired from professional football in the summer of 1974.

Time to talk about one of the Red's most famous figures on our list of the Greatest Players in the History of Manchester United.

George Best

This part of our article is about one of the most memorable players in world football history—a man whose performance on the pitch reminded his family name. George Best, one of the

legendary Manchester United players ever

, was a unique character and also had a similar career. Born in 1946 in Northern Ireland, Best started football at 17 with the Manchester United youth team. In 1963 he mounted to the club senior team.

His senior career is divided into two major parts: an 11 year part in Manchester United and a ten year part spent in more than FIFTEEN clubs and unbelievably FIVE continents. George played 470 games in Manchester United and scored nearly 180 goals as a winger or attacking midfielder. He led the club to win five titles, including two league championships and a European Cup.

Among all individual honors, George Best achieved some special ones in 1968. He named the Football League First Division Top Scorer, FWA (Football Writers' Association) Footballer of the Year, and the most important, the Ballon d'Or winner, where he defeated his teammate Bobby Charlton. George Best biography has been written by six different writers so far. Best died in November 2005, aged only 59.

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Eric Cantona

The only Frenchman on the list of

best Manchester United players of all time

is the great and famous player who excited the world with his outstanding talent and sometimes strange behavior. Born in 1966 in Marseille, Eric Cantona started playing football at just 14. After three years, he started a senior career in Auxerre.

, Bordeaux, Montpellier, and Nimes Olympic were important teams he played for, and then an offer from Leeds United took him to England.

At

, he was part of the team that won the final Football League First Division title before it was replaced by the Premier League as the top division in English football. He started the first Premier League season at Leeds and then joined Manchester United for £1.2 million on 26 November 1992. His career at Manchester United lasted for five seasons, 185 appearances. Cantona scored 82 goals for the Red Devils.

Winning the Premier League 4 times in 5 seasons could be the most remarkable aspect of Cantona's career in Manchester United. Eric placed 3rd in the 1993 Ballon d'Or nominees. This two-time Premier League top assist provider was also named PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1994 and FWA Footballer of the Year in 1996. Cantona pursued his unique lifestyle through cinema. He has played different roles in almost 30 films after retiring from football.

Peter Schmeichel

The Danish legend is the only Goalkeeper on the Manchester United legends of all time. Born in 1963, Peter Schmeichel spent his youth career and started his senior career in his own country. After four years at Brøndby and four Danish 1st Division championships, Schmeichel moved to Manchester United in 1991 and spent the most extended part of his career with the Red Devils.

Winning titles continued for him in the new club, as Schmeichel started there with a European SuperCup trophy. In his nearly 400 appearances for Manchester United, Peter won the Premier League 5 times. In his last season, he was part of the treble-winner team that won the

, FA Cup, and the Champions League in 1999. Peter Schmeichel had also won the UEFA European Championship with his national team in 1992. He was named the Danish player of the year and the UEFA goalkeeper of the year, both three times.

Ryan Giggs

Ryan Joseph Giggs is one of the

best Manchester United players ever

-the man with the most appearances in the history of Manchester United. He started his youth career in the blue side of Manchester, but after two years, he joined the Manchester United youth team, and three years later, in 1990, he started his senior career in Manchester United, at the age of 17. Ryan Giggs, like his buddy, Paul Scholes, spent his whole professional football life in Manchester United.

In a unique 24-year period in Man United, Giggs made 963 appearances and became simply unreachable for other club players. He scored 168 goals for Man United and won so many trophies with Red Devils. He has 13 Premier League titles, which is a league record.

Giggs is the only player to have played in 22 successive Premier League seasons, the only player to have scored in 21 consecutive Premier League seasons. The only one to have scored in 17 different Champions League tournaments. Ryan Giggs has provided 162 assists in his 632 Premier League appearances, another record for this Manchester United legendary player.

Next on our list of Best Manchester United Players of all Time is Paul Scholes. Let’s keep on and take a look at his career and honors.

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Paul Scholes

Number nine on the list of

Manchester United best footballers of all time

is the 3rd most-capped for the club. Paul Scholes, who was born in 1974, started his career in the Manchester United youth team at 17. He spent his whole 22-year career in this club and never went anywhere, though he had always offers from the best clubs, in and out of England.

Scholes made 718 appearances for Man United in all competitions and scored 155 goals for his loved club. Among many trophies he won at Old Trafford, 11 Premier League titles and two UEFA Champions League titles are the most to mention. This underrated one-club midfielder was among FIFPro World XI nominees in 2005 and 2007.

Wayne Rooney

Last but not least, we have Wayne Rooney on our list of Best Manchester United Players of all Time.

His career is going on, but there is a definite place for him among best Manchester United players of all time. You are reading about Wayne Rooney, the current Derby County player. After 6+2 years in Everton's youth and senior teams, Rooney took Sir Alex Ferguson's attention and moved to Old Trafford in 2004, when he was 19. He played 559 matches in 13 years for Manchester United, scoring 253 goals. This stat made him the Manchester United all-time top scorer. Rooney has a similar title in England national team, where he scored 53 goals in 120 appearances.

In 13 seasons at Old Trafford, Rooney won 5 Premier Leagues, one UEFA Champions League, one Europa League, one FIFA Club World Cup, and many other trophies. The 2004 Golden Boy award winner has many individual honors, like 2009-10 Premier League Player of the Season, 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball, and 2019 MLS All-Star.

Wayne Rooney has the most Premier League goals scored for one club (183 goals for Manchester United), most Premier League away goals scored (94 goals), and also most Premier League seasons reaching double figures in goals (12).

That’s all on our list of the Best Manchester United Players of all Time. Do you know anoy other stars to be added to our list of Legendary Manchester United Players ever? Let us know in the comment section.   

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