Correction for 9:02: I was referring to the 2005 Champions League Final. Not the 2007 one. Apologies for the error!

As an AC Milan supporter I literally hated Gerrard. However I have never seen in my life such a display of leadership. That guy was for really something.

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“I want to pass like him. Who taught him how to do that?” - Ronaldinho on Scholes

By 2005/2006 as a Barcelona fan I wouldn't fear lampard or scholes the way I would fear Gerard.Gerard was the deadliest of the three.

While Scholes had the finesse and played the most beautiful football, Gerrard had the biggest impact on a game out of the three. They all had world class ability, but Stevie G played at such an intensity that it dragged quite average players up levels and see off teams like AC Milan and Real Madrid. His leadership qualities elevate him to a different level imo

Gerrard was probably the best leader with probably the most responsibilities in his role. Lampard was the biggest goal threat and all round most dangerous going forward. Scholes was easily the best passer with the best football brain as well as being the most successful trophy wise. For me its Scholes but you cant go wrong with any.

“I’m star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can’t catch him. Off the pitch he disappears.” - Luis Figo

Gerrard was the most versatile of the three. He was so dominant at the pitch that you've felt like his winning the match on his own. You'd see him making a crucial tackle on one end, then providing a key pass on the other end, then chasing a lost ball at the wing- all across one minute. And he just kept pushing forward until the final whistle. No one could match his energy and his remarkable quality at every single aspect of the game. For me he's the Winner.

Your analysis fits with what you'd feel watching them: Scholes was the conductor for a series of great teams recognised in him being involved in so many trophies and last for a long time as a beautiful controller of the ball, Lampard was the driving force behind Chelsea's success, hence brilliant stats and personal achievements, and Gerrard was a brilliant leader, taking less than brilliant teams to heights they couldn't imagine by sheer grit.

I think scholes is the best due to his intelligence about football. But that's just my opinion. If you prefer scorer, you will pick Lampard, if you prefer better physical qualities, you will pick Gerrard.

Scholes came out of retirement to win a premier league at the age of 38, the man was inevitable. For me the best out of the three.

Lampard held the record for most chances created in a PL season. Created the most chances in the 08/09 season in Europe. And is 3rd for chances created behind Xavi and Farbregas for most chances created between 2005 and 2011

Xavi Hernandez : Paul Scholes is the most complete midfielder I have ever seen. I think that should sum it up.

For me Paul Scholes, all were great players but Scholes was something else. I would give an honourable mention to Michael Carrick though, not as flashy as some but a tremendous player in his own right.

Zidane: “In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is Scholes”... I don’t even like Manchester United and I know this is not even a conversation

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With that midfield, England should have won something. Never had the right manager I guess.

“There is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He’s almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play. You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.” - Zinedine Zidane

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I would rank Scholes the highest but I think this argument is so strange. To me the 3 play completely different to compare. Gerrard was a box to box no nonsense player but with a bit more talent then the usual one, similar to Keane and viera. Lampard was more or less a cam who scored more then the two others. Finally Scholes was more of a control, using his genius to dictate the play, like pirlo and xavi.

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Really informative this with the hard numbers surrounded these 3. I'm personally never a fan of these "who was the best?" debates, because its often impossible to say and they all played different roles, so it's a comparison that will never gain a definitive answer. However, my favourite of the 3 has to be Scholes. I'm a big fan of the deep lying playmaker. Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets etc. When a truly world class deep playing playmaker is in the pitch I'm obsessed with where they are and what they're doing in a match. Scholes for me was in that grouping. A true world class talent.

Reporter : “how does it feel to be the best player in the world?” Zidane : “Ask Paul scholes”

That Bolton keeper got done by Lampard so many times from the spot you would think he'd know frank was going to his right eventually...

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I remember back in 2005 I was already searching for videos Lampard vs Gerrard on KZfaq when I was a young teen. Those two were just insane. You included the goal that Gerrard scored against Middlesbrough. Somebody made a video clip of those two when they were still playing & their goals. Even when they were playing they were still being compared.

Liverpool fans: Gerrard Chelsea fans: Lampard Everyone else: Scholes

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Being a late football fan, I must admit I have not seen so much of Scholes. But between Lampard and Gerrard, no debate whatsoever when I was young. One played with a superstacked team (Drogba, Essien, Terry, Cech and so on) and the other one was surrounded by good footballers like Hyypia, Garcia, Riise, Kewell, Dudek and so on. Carragher is probably the only other superstar. I mean, when F. Torres came it made such a huge difference. I do not think Scholes or Lampard would have performed as much with the same roster simply because talent is not enough to lift a team up like Gerrard did. Yet, he still managed to finish 2nd spot in the PL and pretty much always had good run in the CL.

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Lampard , Scholes , Gerrard , Makelele , Ballack , Gattuso , Xavi, Iniesta , Vieira, Yaya Toure, Essien , etc…. The 2000s was such a great era

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Frank Lampard as a Bayern Munich fan.

Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard. In that order. Scholes wasn't as flashy/loud as the other 2. Only real football fans know he's better than the other 2 (both were world class as well)

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Scholes The other 2 were good, they were a 9 or 10, Scholesy turned it up to 11

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Scholsey... Do one on Carrick when you get time! He was super underrated!!!

Everyone says Gerard had a bigger impact but every professional player conversation about Paul scholes comes down to how he had a massive impact on the game and the way to stop united was to disrupt Paul scholes.

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pity the 4-2-3-1 wasn't popular when they were in the england squad, imagine a midfield pivot of scholes and gerrard, with lampard playing the no. 10, or a 4-3-3 with scholes in the deep lying role pulling the strings for gerrard and lampard to go forward

Very hard to decide between Gerrard and Lampard. Gerrard was a one man army, physically incredible, he'd win the ball, dribble past people, score amazing goals, great range of passing.. Lampard was more subtle, not so strong defensively and physically but he was so intelligent and efficient on the pitch in everything he did. Impossible to decide for me. Scholes was obviously incredibly intelligent, and I really liked him as a player, but never was close to the influence and impact prime Gerrad and Lampard had on the pitch.

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1. Paul Scholes + Keane midfielders of the decade 1990-2000 according to both the pundits and fans. 2. Paul Scholes and Keane midfielders of the decade 2000-2010 according to the pundits. 3. Paul Scholes and viera midfielders of the decade 2000-2010 according to the fans. 4. Paul Scholes midfielder of the first two decades 1990-2010, according to both pundits and the fans. Thank you

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Its a shame pre assists werent recorded, scholes would probably have got 20 a season

Scholes played in a midfield 2 that dominated 90% of the games, don’t know how he was put on the lw for England

Gerrard: The better all-around midfielder and leader Scholes: The most talented and smartest midfielder Lamps: The better scorer and playing off the ball

I'm not going to lie, I've been having this debate with my friends and I've told them I believe paul scholes was the greatest between these 3 players and they don't want to believe. I respect both lampard and gerard highly and my top 3 is scholes, gerard and lampard. I think lampard has the statistics and gerard because he carried Liverpool for so long AND the fact he didn't have such good players make him standout but Paul scholes was a different beast. I think were Paul scholes doesn't get the credit he deserves is because we tend to want to look as statistics as a measure of success and he doesn't have the stats to compete with lampard and gerard but how I look at it is that scholes has played with some exceptionally talented forwards that were able to get goals and assists on their own as a front three and both lampard and gerard played higher than scholes for much longer. I also don't think scholes would be considered a leader but he was surrounded by bigger personalities at United. The man played alongside cantona, keane, ferdinand, vidic etc. Like I don't expect him to stand out amongst those players. Where he showed his leadership is how he dictated the tempo of the game, which he always did. Man United with and without Scholes was chalk and cheese. And I'll put it this way. If you want to show a kid how to play CM, show him a video of paul scholes. The vision, ability to pass with correct weight of pass and the ability to pick the right pass was surreal and he was always on the move and always looking for players. Scholes saw the game 3 plays ahead of everyone else. I think if scholes was anything other than english , he'd be lauded as a world great. And I liken it to iniesta and xavi. Paul scholes was a xavi or iniesta for man united it's just there they had messi and man United had players like yorke, van nistleroy, ronaldo, rooney etc that would naturally be the apple i Of everyone's eyes because they put up numbers and to me it's only numbers that mattered in england. It's why when these three should've played as a 3 in midfield for england or a 4 with scholes as a deep playmaker, lampard as AM and gerard as box to box and a destroying DM if you go with a 4 in MF, that team could've dominated europe. But scholes was a casualty because he wasn't appreciated in England and it's the only country he wasnt.

Scholes, not even a contest. Gerrard and Lampard were incredible players, but Scholes was at another level.

Scholes was the most naturally and technically gifted. The best playmaker amd passer. Lampard was the best ppg player. Gerrard the best allrounder and leader

If I had to pick only one, I think it's Scholes.

None of these are close to the true English GOAT Jesse Lingard.

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Pundit: “How does it feel to be the worlds best player” Zidane: “I don’t know, ask Paul Scholes”

I'm not surprised at this point how much people underrate Lampard when there's a conversation comes up about these three. I believe it's because he played for a club that's disliked by many. For all the people who only thinks that Lampard was just a goal scorer think one dimensionally and barely saw a match of Lampard. You don't get to be 2nd in ballon d'or for no reason and at a time when Ronaldinho was at his prime. My conclusion would be that people should leave Lampard out of the conversation not because he wasn't good enough but because he's criminally underrated by football fans. Lampard doesn't deserve that much disrespect

Lampard the most underrated player...people keep on saying good stuff about scholes and gerrard coz they didn't watch lamps play

Gerard and Lampard were good, but Scholes is on another level

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Great comparison, 3 great players. And Scholes was just fit every year when the team needs him.

I think Scholes could play in the midfield with either of them and make it a successful partnership however i don't think you could play Gerrard and Lampard together alone in the middle of the park. Scholes and Gerrard would be unreal imo similar to the Scholes and Keane set up we had many years ago at United.

Gerrard best box to box defends well, excellent passing ranges only thing missing from him was to control the tempo of game at will. It was a great loss for England to not have a coach to gel that golden generation to me it seem a very difficult task hence no good world cup result to show, Gerrard most complete midfielder.

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Scholes had the best vision and passing. Lampard was the best goal scorer. Gerrard was a pure box to box midfielder.

1st : Scholes 2nd : Gerrard 3rd : Lampard

Scholes is pure class but I love Gerrard form his energy, leadership and all action. Could do almost everything on the pitch

1. Paul Scholes. 2. Frank Lampard. 3. Steven Gerrard. Scholes was undoubtedly the best passer of the ball, and probably the best reader of the game. He was also a prolific scorer from central midfield, with only one weakness: his tackling was erratic, and often earned him yellow cards. Lampard was the perfect role model for any young player: he fulfilled and even exceeded his potential through hard work and total commitment. As a central midfielder, he scored more goals than most strikers, and all sorts of goals too. Probably the least naturally talented of the three, Lampard's achievements for club and country were phenomenal. Gerrard was also phenomenal, with his workrate, his commitment, and his leadership: his qualities as a leader, on top of his playing ability, made him indispensible to both club and country. All three players would/should have complimented each other in a 3 man midfield, with Cole and Beckham as wing backs, but unfortunately England persisted with a 4-4-2 formation, which left Lampard and Gerrard alone in the middle of the park, and Scholes on the left wing!

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Gerrard imo was outstanding in all midfield roles topped the prem assist charts playing as a dm Had zero limitations as a midfielder and at times carried Liverpool almost single-handedly

Charging up and down like an all rounder Gerrard. Finding a way to get in a position and score goals Lampard. Conducting a team with skill and intelligence and making players around him look better Scholes. It just depends what you prefer and what you think is more effective.

Scholes is the glue that England national team never had after he retired. So its not surprising that the national team was never successful. Imagine building a house of wood without using any nails.

It’s interesting to note that lampard made 305 appearances in a row inbetween 2001-2005

Haven't watched but if the answer isn't scholesey you're ill

TBH Scholes and Carrick I feel belonged to a different country/style of play they would have suited the Italian or Spanish games much better but despite that Scholes being on the same level as these two without being as great a physical athelete is a sign of his greatness, at end of the day he wouldn't have got the Ballon D'Or votes cause the passing and technical aspect didn't quite get the recognition in individual awards until Pirlo and Italy won the World Cup and then the generational Barcelona team came along who emphasised solely on passing, Scholes would have fit that mould but United's game play while if sat down and thoroughly analysed we can see how important Scholes and Carrick were that wasn't the focal point visible to the world it was Rooney, Giggs, Beckham, Ronaldo, van Nistelrooy, Nani, Berbatov, Tevez, van Persie. The Wingers and Strikers tearing up the defences and crossing, Neither Scholes or Carrick were outspoken or tried to be as involved in the off-field stuff as the Lampard and Gerrard hence leading them further away from catching the public eye. That's my two cents on why Scholes never got a BallonD'Or vote and why Carrick is probably the most underrated midfielder of PL era.

SCHOLES. End of Discussion.

The other 2 were the main stars in there teams for most of the time so they seemed better IMO, Scholes was a top player in an amazing team with other top players so he didnt stand out as much

what an analysis! shame that Gerrard came third tho, but still, for me a hardhead overseas liverpool fan, im always biased to Gerrard at the end. He's a one in a million chances for a liverpool player, and his reign post-Houlier and pre-Klopp era is simply one of the most wonderful and structured occurence in LFC's history.

Nice video. Didn't know Scholesy began as a striker. It's always fun debate between these three midfielders, and my pick has to be Scholesy as always. Not because I'm a Red Devil fan, but because he truly is the best of all three. Of course he wasn't gifted with the physicality of his competitors, but the intelligence, shot technique, pace and workrate made him a joy to watch. Good old 90's.

The thing about Scholes is, if there is a prolific team with great attack and defense, what one needs in midfield is control and vision, one can find better engines than Gerard in midfield, although it's a valuable trait; better scorers than Lampard, although one doesn't need to compensate with goals from midfield when you have quality attackers, but it would be impossible to replace Scholes, they just didn't have a player who could do what Scholes did. pure genius. There were very few players in the world who could replace him and be justified.

There are a few facts you got wrong or were misleading in what you said but other than that, a fantastic video. Great content.

Best English midfielder ever is Sir Bobby Charlton... Should be up there for best player ever

Really depends for what type of play style your looking for, if you want deep lying playmakers then scholes wins. If your looking for goal involvements then Lampard is the clear winner if your looking for leadership then Gerrard wins

The amount of recognition scholes doesn’t get is disrespectful.

Scholes is in a league of his own compared to the other 2...The league of the greatest midfielders ever.

Zinedine Zidane was once asked in an interview, “What does it feel like to be the best player in the world?” The Frenchman replied, “I don’t know, ask Paul Scholes”

Only one of these players came out of retirement, help their team win the league, then retire again. Scholesy was pure class.

So as an Englishman and being brought up during this period I have some points to drop. 1, Paul Scholes is by far the best player England has produced in a long time, he would fit into any European team of the period. This is a massive boon to any player in the world, any team would be built around him just like modric 2, Steven Gerrard is a phenomenal leader and a literal driving gear, he has a lot of weaknesses but is an attacking focused player 3, Frank Lampard is a jack of all trades, he isn't amazing at anything in particular but will always do his job So after that rough breakdown, Paul Scholes is by far the best player England has ever produced, he isn't the most gifted but his mind is rock solid Gerrard is by far our most dangerous aggressive midfielder in a while, he is a kill drive man and a game winner Lampard to me has always been above standard man, I can't really slate Lampard but never been a big admirer In the end we wasted our greatest play maker, many countries realise the greatest attributes to football and Paul Scholes has always been that man and we wasted him Ps. Notts forest fan

1. Scholes 2. Gerrard 3. Lampard Out of those 3, the Ginger was the most complete player. End of story