Players With the Most Trophies in Football (Top 10)

The field of football has witnessed many great players who have graced the industry and made a name for themselves. Some of these players are known worldwide for specific titles. While some like Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk are known for their amazing defense skills, others like Harry Kane are recognized for being one of the best strikers in the world.

These players have won various trophies in various categories so far; some have as many as 40 trophies to boast of.

In this article, RNN highlights the top 10 players with the most trophies in football. Lets see who tops the list.

10. Vitor Baia- 34 Trophies

Vitor Baia is a retired footballer who was a goalkeeper. He was one of the few footballers who managed to stay with Porto even after their roaster was raided in the year 2004.

Baia played for Barcelona for a while but sent most of his career with Porto. The majority of his trophies was with the Dragons while a few others was with the Catalan Giants. He has a total of 34 trophies.

9. Cristiano Ronaldo- 34 Trophies

Cristiano Ronaldo almost needs no introduction. The Portuguese player has won a lot of trophies for his prowess and is well-recognized internationally.

Perhaps a highlight of Ronaldo’s career is his 5-time Champion’s League win among other multiple wins. Ronaldo has a total of 34 trophies just like Vitor Baia. It is expected that he bags more trophies before the end of his career.

8. Kenny Dalglish- 35 Trophies

Kenny Dalglish is a former footballer and football manager for Liverpool. He began his career with Celtic in 1971 where he won four Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup.

Dalglish was regarded as the best Scottish player to ever grace the Premier League. He was one of the best men Liverpool could boast of in the 1980s, when he bagged a lot of domestic and international titles.

Kenny Dalglish won 35 trophies during the course of his career.

7. Ryan Giggs- 36 Trophies

Ryan Giggs is a Welsh football coach and former footballer. Giggs spent his entire professional career at Manchester United and also served briefly as the club’s interim manager after David Moyes was sacked in April 2014.

The footballer has the most trophies in the English Premier League, having won 13 Premier League trophies. He has a total of 36 trophies to boast of.

6. Maxwell- 37 Trophies

Maxwell is a former PSG and Barcelona left-back with 37 trophies with 5 clubs to his name. His first trophy was in the Copa do Brasil with Cruzeiro in 2000. Later on with Ajax, he garnered more trophies where he won the league double in his first season.

Joining Inter Milan briefly, Maxwell won 5 cups and later went on to win his only UEFA Champions League title, placing him in 6th place among the players with the most trophies in football.

5. Gerard Pique- 37 Trophies

Gerard Pique is a former professional footballer who was a centre-back. He is widely regarded as one of the best defenders of his time. Pique was a player for Manchester United before he joined the Catalan giants.

He is one of the four distinct players who won the UEFA Champions League for two years in a row with different teams, the others on this list are Samuel Eto’o, Marcel Desailly, and Paulo Sousa.

The Spaniard footballer won 37 trophies during the course of his career before retiring from the national team after the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

4. Andres Iniesta- 37 Trophies

Andrés Iniesta is a midfielder and captain of J1 League club Vissel Kobe. He Spanish professional footballer spent the majority of his career with Barcelona where he served as the captain for three seasons.

Iniesta contributed significantly to the club’s success. The Spanish footballer equally played as a midfielder for Spain where he helped the team win three major championships in 4 years. He has won 37 trophies so far in his career.

3. Hossam Ashour- 39 Trophies

Hossam Ashour is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Al Ittihad as a defensive midfielder. He has won 39 trophies so far which is the most for any player for a single club.

Ashour is the third player with the most trophies in football so far, only surpassed by Lionel Messi and Dani Alves.

2. Lionel Messi- 41 Trophies

Lionel Messi is definitely expected to be on this list as a football legend that he is widely regarded as. The Argentine footballer has majority of his trophies with Barcelona and is partly responsible for the club’s dominance in football.

Messi is another player who is expected to top this list before the end of his career. The football forward has 41 trophies to his name, making him the second man on the list of players with the most trophies in football.

1. Dani Alves- 44 Trophies

Dani (Daniel) Alves is the first man on the list of footballers with the most trophies. He is a Brazillian right-back who is widely recognized as the best to ever take that position.

Alves’s trophies consist of titles with clubs like FC Barcelona, Juventus, Sao Paulo, and PSG. He however has no FIFA World Cup to his name despite having La liga title, Champions League titles, and Ligue 1 titles among others.

Top 10 Players With the Most Trophies in Football (Summary)

Here are the top 10 players with the most trophies in football as highlighted in this article:

1. Dani Alves
2. Lionel Messi
3. Hossam Ashour
4. Andrés Iniesta
5. Gerard Pique
6. Maxwell
7. Ryan Giggs
8. Kenny Dalglish
9. Cristiano Ronaldo
10. Vitor Baia