The 50 Greatest Brazil Players Have Been Named And Ranked

The debate surrounding Brazil's greatest ever player was rife on Tuesday night after Neymar surpassed Ronaldo in the all-time scoring charts.

The 28-year-old, who is now just 13 goals behind Pele's goalscoring record, bagged a hat-trick in their 4-2 win over Peru, taking his overall tally to 64 goals in 103 appearances for Seleção.

In the meantime, Neymar breezed past the great Ronaldo in the overall charts.

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🥇 @Pele (77) 🥈 @neymarjr (64) 🥉 @Ronaldo (62) 🇧🇷 Neymar's hat-trick sends him 2nd on Brazil's all-time top scorers. The 28-year-old celebrates by doing a number 9 with his hands & imitating Ronaldo's trademark finger-wagging celebration in a fitting tribute to Fenômeno ™️

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The former Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan forward netted 62 times in 98 appearances during his 17 year career with the national team.

And following the World Cup qualifier victory at the Nacional Stadium in Lima, the Paris Saint-Germain forward, who also performed the classic finger-wagging celebration, paid tribute to 'R9' on social media.

"All my respect for you PHENOMENON." he wrote on Twitter.

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Todo meu respeito por ti FENÔMENO @Ronaldo 👆🏽👉🏽👇🏽☝🏽

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Neymar's clinical record on the international stage is impressive to say the least.

The former Barcelona and Santos forward will almost certainly be regarded as one of the all-time greats but despite his contribution for Brazil down the years, fans believe he still doesn't break into the all-time top 10.

In fact, Neymar is only ranked in 15th place, behind the likes of Kaka, Cafu and Rivaldo on Ranker's' official list.

Here is the top 50 list in full:

50. Branco

49. Aldair

48. Dunga

47. Arthur Friedenreich

46. Douglas Costa

45. Ademir da Guia

44. Ze Roberto

43. Roberto Dinamite

42. Mario Zagallo

41. Robinho

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40. Maicon

39. Casemiro

38. Zito

37. Philippe Coutinho

36. Roberto Firmino

35. Dida

34. Claudio Taffarel

33. Alisson Becker

32. Adriano

31. Thiago Silva

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30. Jorginho

29. Juninho Pernambucano

28. Gilmar

27. Careca

26. Marcelo

25. Marta

24. Vava

23. Leonidas da Silva

22. Nilton Santos

21. Djalma Santos

20. Bebeto

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19. Paulo Roberto Falcao

18. Gerson

17. Dani Alves

16. Tostao

15. Neymar

14. Didi

13. Roberto Rivelino

12. Jairzinho

11. Zico

10. Carlos Alberto

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9. Socrates

8. Cafu

7. Kaka

6. Garrincha

5. Romario

4. Rivaldo

3. Ronaldinho

2. Pele

1. Ronaldo

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Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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