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Who have been the best England World Cup players? This has always been a difficult question to answer but now we may have the definitive answer from Opta. Their experts have analysed the stats from all the World Cup tournaments since 1966 and have come up with the best players in each position together with a Second XL.

Since England’s World Cup success in 1966 the team have had mixed fortunes varying from unlucky losers on penalties, to failure to qualify for tournaments. It is therefore difficult to measure the relative merits of players from different eras but here goes. A later post will cover pre 1966.