Votes for No.6 👇🏼

I know most of us didn’t see beckenbauer but, he won 2 ballon dior for a CB at a time where there were absolute legends. He was so good on the ball they played him in midfield.

Sergio Ramos will always amaze me and I give plaudits to Jose Mourinho for turning him into a CB because when he used to play at RB I never thought a day would come where I would be lauding him for his defending.

Honorable mention for marcel desailly. He had everything pace, power, technique and also was a natural defender. Won everything from CL to world cup to euros.

Baresi and Maldini playing 196 games together and only conceding 23 goals, just deep that

I think Beckenbauer is being disrespected here, he’s arguably the greatest centre half of all time for him not to be on the list is crazy to me.

How beckenbauer is not on is just utter madness

Saeed talkin like he saw Baresi play. Mans way younger than me and I wasnt old enough to see him

Beckenbauer is the best center back of all time! He won the ballon d’or twice. He also ranked second in the ballon d’or twice. For a centre back to win the ballon d’or in front of ballers like Johan Cruyff and Gerd Muller you must be amazing and he really was.

Puyol is what we need more of in the modern game. Timeless player

THANK YOU TOBY!!!! LUCIO!!!!!! Waited half an hour... 2 🎖🏅 WC 1 🥈 runner up. Treble with Inter Milan. Scored v Real Madrid in UCL Final for Bayern Leverkusen. The 🐎 horse

I wasn't old enough to see Koeman but he won us our first Champions League in 92, he's definitely someone who needs more credit

1-Maldini 2-Nesta 3-Ramos 4-cannavoro 5- Terry 6-Chellini FYI- I only went for guys I had actually watched extensively

I think I've said it before but that great AC Milan team of the early 90's has left such a huge footprint on world 🌎 football. Absolute legendary levels of football heritage.

How on earth have these people not mentioned two absolute legends of defenders. Scirea Beckenbauer They wouldn't even let the likes of Ramos and Cannavaro come near their level (with all due respect to them) My list goes like this 1. Maldini 2. Beckenbauer 3. Baresi 4. Scirea 5. Nesta And all of them were elite ballers, dribblers.. They were so well positioned that as saying goes 'If I need to tackle it means I have already made a mistake' Apart from Nesta in this list all the other four were orchestra of attack from the back line and could easily play any position in back four or even DM, they were that insane and well drilled. 😊

Alan Hansen 8 League titles & 3 European Cups (Champions League for the youngsters), way better than Rio, Terry & Adams !!

There's a video of Maradona walking down the tunnel after a Napoli game with Baresi's shirt in hand. The journalist asks him about it and he responded that he wanted that shirt so bad because Franco Baresi was the best defender he'd ever played against. I think that tells you everything!

When it comes to pure defending greatness Beckenbauer, Baressi, Maldini, Zanetti, Nesta IMO. Honorary mentions: Billy Costa Curta, Rio Ferdinand, Desailly, Tony Adams

Tony Adams. The only Captain to win the League in three different decades ❤️🤍

We need more of this!

With the boring international break. We needid this. Paolo maldini. Unbelievable player and leader.

I know most of us did not watch beckenbauer but to win 2 Balon D'or at CB you had to be that good,he should be in everyones list if we are talking all time the way everyone mentions pele when it comes to attackers.

Great Stream and Alot to think about,But Mentioning Series A player's,but No mention of one the best C.B. which" in my eyes was Fabio Cannovaro, brilliant passing, reading the game was amazing for a little dude could put in a decisive vital tackle ‼️💯

Matisse you were making me crease today in this vid and the AFTV vid 😂

Love your content Big Up the Big 6 as younger men you won't mention these players but have a read or watch, Franz Beckenbauer, Daniel Passarella and Bobby Moore dubbed the best by the GOAT Pele honorable mention to Alan Hansen he was before his time one of the best ball playing CB and was at Liverpool at the height played for 13 seasons. 77-90 won it ALL!

I am totally with you Grizz on Baresi mate. But there is one adjective you are missing when you describe Baresi. Hard. The guy was not only intelligent but also tough as teak💯 Thank you for a great debate yet again gentlemen.

Intro is 🔥🔥

One player in our generation that never got the respect he deserved in my opinion is Mats Hummels. What a defender man, at his peak, he was amazing, never the most athletic player, but made up for it with his brilliant IQ.

Grizz, Steve, BIG UP! Franco is one of one. #brains #gut #rational

I'm sorry but GIORGIO CHIELLINI needs an honorable mention

Was waiting till near the end to finally hear kompany get an honorary mention. Beast

I feel like Beckenbauer and Lucio should’ve made the list

I had to play d intro like 3 times. I thought it's cuz I just lit a blunt but it's actually dope

Grizz wasn't feeling the Ramos talk of course for obvious reasons 👀

Franco Baresi got to be the top of the list, what a libero

Beckenbauer only defender to win Ballon d’Or twice.

Ronald Koeman doesn't get talked about enough. He did what Ramos gets credit for and in my opinion, better.

One of the best lists I've seen. Grizz being shameless with VVD was hilarious. 😂

They might as well call these "all time" lists, best players they've seen because the greats of the past rarely get discussed. It's always players post-1992

Cannavaro played for Juve and got sent off when they lost 4-1 to Fulham in Europa. Imagine if VVD did that social media would of had a field day. Social media scrutiny needs to be accounted for

Beckenbauer was a monster.

I like this new system, better than the old one

1. Paolo Maldini (Also the best LB of all time) 2. Franco Baresi 3. Alessandro Nesta 4. Fabio Cannavaro 5. John Terry 6. Carles Puyol I didn't have Beckenbauer in there as I haven't watched enough of him to comment (though I am aware of his unbelievable resume).

Koeman the only defender to end up top goalscorer in champions league very underrated

Love this intro where can I find it

3:20 Crazy thing is, the likes of Franco Baresi and Franz Beckenbauer played in the wrong era. If they played in today's era, they would be regarded as "perfect centre-backs".

Mandini what a guy

I think the older center-backs get more credit due to them not being under such criticism from social media

i have an idea ,how about another top 6 series with current premier league players and current players across Europe

Ivan Cordoba, Sol Campbell, Tony Adams

Nah mah did saeed dirty with the Harry maguire shout 💀😅

Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Baresi, Backenbauer

Chiellini & Puyol better than Ferdinand & Terry imo

Pepe is honourable mention too

1. Franz Beckenbauer 2. Franco Baresi 3. Sergio Ramos (not as good defensively, but the moments he has are IMMENSE) 4. Alessandro Nesta 5. Fabio Cannavaro 6. John Terry MALDINI IS A FULL BACKKKKK HM: Desailly, Passarella, Rio Ferdinand, Gerard Piqué, Bobby Moore, Gaetano Scirea, van Dijk.

Koeman was the ucl top scorer and scored the winner in the final as well

Na man I love grizz that van dijk shout was too cheeky 😭😭😭

Maldini and Franco were different gravy! Damn no change no fuckingbeuros then just Lira!

Facts. 1. Maldini 2. Ramos 3. Nesta 4. Beckenbauer

Stam, Lucio, T.Silva, Beckenbauer, Varane all up their

Desailly really should be in the conversation, he was better than Terry

Let me put this in context. Franco baresi won player of the season is Seria A the year maradona won the title, also other players in that league platini, van basten, lothar Matthias, and many more world legends. Says it all

Can we just appreciate how cold this intro is

Cannavaro is just Small solid smart CB

All the chat about Italian football and no mention of Marcell Desailly that tells me all i need to know or what about the first ever winner of the Premier leauge player of the year award Paul McGrath the man that Baresi called the best in the world Marco Van Basten also said he was the best during Hamburg 88 .

Really nice discussion that you guys had and everyone is allowed to their opinions but coming from an Italian I have Baresi slightly over Maldini. Both were out of this world but Baresi is number 1 with Maldini as number 2.

Some Irish bias but Paul McGrath was amazing. PFA Player of the year in 1993. Locked down Roberto Baggio in WC 1994 in NYC!

My List 5 - Tony Adams 4 - Cannavaro 3 - Baresi 2 - Beckenbauer 1 - Maldini

maldini, nesta, baresi, marcel descially, Costa curta, Kompany

Thuram should be in there. Desailly as well

Nah there is soo many CBs that should be mentioned but won't make the list 😭😭😭

Dave the deli

Alan Hansen needs to be in the discussion,The Greatest Liverpool defender pf all time........YNWA

Cant talk about Terry and Ferdinand without mentioning Sol Campbell, 2002-2004 he was top 3 CB in the world

Grizz talks sooooo much and over everyone. Makes this content a tough listen.

As someone in his 50s, and have seen all those defenders mentioned in the video. Note: Beckenbauer, who is the greatest libero, but is NOT a defender despite playing in the defensive space of the pitch. Back in those days, the libero was the spare man to "sweep up" after the defenders does the actual defending. Just like Pirlo is not a defensive midfielder despite playing in the defensive midfield space. He is the spare man in midfield who "sweeps up" after the likes of Gattuso, Ambrosini, etc does the actual defending; and then dictates the play. 1) Baresi Greatest centre defender of all time, and second greatest libero of all time. 2) Nesta Second greatest centre defender of all time, and also a world class libero. 3) Maldini Greatest defender of all time, greatest left defender of all time, and the third greatest centre defender of all time. Also a world class libero. 4) Scirea Only managed to see the last 4-5 years of his career. 5) Gentile Only managed to see the last few years of his career. Yes, no one who has seen these 5 defenders actually consider Cannavaro better than any of them. Yes, Cannavaro is a world class defender, and yes, is in the conversation for 6th place.

Is this a re upload

Paul McGrath

The only reason grizz dont rate ramos is coz of what happend to salah in the final 😂😂😂 hes still hurt over it.

Beckenbauer, hands down. Couldn't argue if he was No. 1.

John Terry, Beckenbauer, Maldini, Baresi, Puyol and Desially no particular order but their the best 6

Maybe it's better to have a time frame like past 30 years max. It's hard to judge players u have not watched live in their prime

Y’all do a great job in general and i love the content but tbh not having beckenbauer as number 1 is bad enough…but not having him in the entire list is utter madness

nobody mentioning beckenbauer is absolutely crazy, he is by far the best one

I absolutely hate John Terry with a passion but I can't believe the only person to bring him up was Saeed, monster defender

Maldini Nesta Ramos Puyol Beckenbauer

Grizz just wanted van Disney on the list

No mention of Vidic is wild

1. Beckhenbauer 2. Maldini 3. Cannavaro 4. Baresi 5. Ramos 10 Honourable mentions: Nesta, Moore, Chiellini, Puyol, Koeman, De Boer, Ferdinand, Terry, Scirea, Passarella (so many other legends, i can think of another 20-30 centre backs that deserve a shout but tried my best to mention the best of the best).

jt number 2

Can't believe you guys have some of these players over Desailly, don't think you even mentioned him Won the champions league with Marseille and Milan Won the World Cup and Euros with France Couple of Serie A titles FA Cup with Chelsea Could play as a CDM or CB He's definitely in the top 5 Maldini, Desailly, Cannavaro, Nesta, Baresi

Sergio Ramos is the greatest defender to play the game he’s number 1 for me

Good list overall but how was Beckenbauer not even among the candidates???

5. Terry 4. Ramos 3. Nesta 2. Cannavaro 1. Maldini

Y'all forgot about Canavaro? (...) Oh, good. I was watching about half way through when I was wandering where he was.

Baresi 5th is a outrage

Bonucci and chiellini have to be mentioned surely

Rafael Márquez and Roberto Ayala anyone?

Ball knowledge test ✍️🏼 _How many of U man know about Aldair???_

lucio was terry+kompany+ramos combined