IFFHS Referee Ranking

The World's best Referees of the last Quarter of a Century (1987-2011)

1. Pierluigi Collina (ITA) 191
2. Markus Merk (GER) 184
3. Kim Milton Nielsen (DEN) 159
4. Peter Mikkelsen (DEN) 142
5. Oscar Ruiz (COL) 132
6. Sandor Puhl (HUN) 119
7. Jorge Larrionda (URU) 108
8. Urs Meier (SUI) 102
9. Anders Frisk (SWE) 100
10. Frank De Bleeckere (BEL) 98
11. Pierluigi Pairetto (ITA) 97
12. Massimo Busacca (SUI) 96
13. Hellmut Krug (GER) 96
14. Lubos Michel (SVK) 96
15. Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG) 93
16. Roberto Rosetti (ITA) 91
17. Graham Poll (ENG) 82
18. Joel Quiniou (FRA) 82
19. Howard Webb (ENG) 80
20. Hugh Dallas (SCO) 78
21. Mario van der Ende (NED) 76
22. Michel Vautrot (FRA) 76
23. Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (ESP) 73
24. Horacio Elizondo (ARG) 69
25. Luigi Agnolin (ITA) 68
26. Hector Baldassi (ARG) 68
27. Bernd Heynemann (GER) 66
28. Erik Fredriksson (SWE) 62
29. David Elleray (ENG) 59
30. Manuel Diaz Vega (ESP) 54
31. Alexis Ponnet (BEL) 53
32. Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX) 51
33. Javier Castrilli (ARG) 51
34. Valentin Ivanov (RUS) 51
35. Aron Schmidhuber (GER) 50
36. Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP) 49
37. Jose Garcia-Aranda Encinar (ESP) 49
38. Ravshan Irmatov (UZB) 48
39. Herbert Fandel (GER) 47
40. Bo Karlsson (SWE) 47
41. Dieter Pauly (GER) 47
42. Gilles Veissiere (FRA) 46
43. Viktor Kassai (HUN) 45
44. Benito Archundia (MEX) 44
45. Marcio Rezende de Freitas (BRA) 44
46. Wolfgang Stark (GER) 44
47. Carlos Amarilla (PAR) 43
48. Tullio Lanese (ITA) 43
49. Ion Craciunescu (ROU) 40
50. Jose Ramiz Wright (BRA) 39