Brazil had some of the best players at the World Cup, see which ones are in the top 10.

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The only five-time team, it has had simply legendary players, remembered in world football to this day.

Stay with us and see which are Brazil's best players in World Cups.

The Brazilian team is the only team that has won the World Cup five times,

Therefore, it also has some of the best world cup players, even take all other countries into consideration.

Furthermore, Brazil is the only team that has participated in all editions of the World Cup.

Which also places us as the team that took the most players to this competition.

So let's go.

Firstly, we need to start with Pelé, the king of football.

There's no way to talk about the best players in the World Cup, without mentioning him.

The player played in four World Cups for Brazil, managing to win the title three times, in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

Furthermore, his first achievement was when he was just 17 years old, and he was the youngest player to score goals in the competition.

Pelé was Brazil's main player in winning the first World Cup in history. Scoring goals in several important stages of the competition.

In the 1958 World Cup, when he was just 17 years old, he scored the only goal in the quarter-finals, then in the semi-final, three more.

To finish with a flourish, he scored two more goals in the grand final and went down in history as the youngest player to score goals in a final. 

To this day, the player is the youngest athlete to win this title.

Pele scored a total of 12 goals in World Cups, and to this day remains in the top 10 ranking, coming in sixth place.

In short, he, the player with joy in his legs, the “Angel with bowed legs”. 

Pele, one of the great protagonists in Brazil's World Cup victories, but without Mané Garrincha by his side, he would not have been as successful.

 He won two of the three cups won, 1958 and 1962.

A player who enchanted everyone with his magical dribbling, for some, he was even better than Pelé.

In 62, when the king was injured, the main person responsible for Brazil winning the title was Garrincha, who scored two goals in the quarter-finals and two in the semi-finals.

The player only had five goals in World Cups in total.

The five-year-old phenomenon, the last great number 9 of the Brazilian team, was one of the best players in the World Cup.

In his first competition, in 94, he was on the bench, if he had played his record of 15 goals in World Cups could have been even greater.

In 98, he led Brazil to the final, but scored just four goals on French soil.

Where he shone most was in the 2002 edition, the player won his second title, but this time, he wasn't just a supporting player, he was the main protagonist of the title.

Furthermore, the player reached the World Cup after a serious knee injury, and even so he had an incredible World Cup.

He scored eight goals in seven games, including two in the final, establishing himself and giving Brazil the title of five-time champion.

The king of the penalty area, one of Brazil's greatest scorers, the main person responsible for Brazil's title in 94.

The “shorty” was Ronaldo Fenômeno’s predecessor, and they won this World Cup together, with Ronaldo being Romário’s backup.

To leave Ronaldo on the bench, imagine how good the player was.

The 94 World Cup was one of the greatest achievements for the Brazilian team, as the team had gone 24 years without winning this title.

The player has five goals scored in this competition.

Didi was a player known for his elegance, he won the titles in 1958 and 1962, where he was elected player of the world cup on one of the occasions.

Many compared Didi's skill to Pelé, in addition, the player invented the famous “dry leaf” kick.

One of the Brazilian players who competed in the most World Cups, playing in four editions, and winning in 1962 and 1958.

For having reinvented the position he played, Nilton deserves to be among the best players in the World Cup.

The two-time champion is considered the best left-back in the history of football, as he played differently to players in this position at the time.

He maintains his position even though players Roberto Carlos and Marcelo are great athletes in that position.

Jairzinho, better known as “Furacão”, was one of the main players in winning the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

He was also the only player to score in every World Cup game.

His idols were Garrincha and Pelé, and he had the opportunity to win the third championship title alongside them.

Zagallo deserves to be among Brazil's best players in world cups, he was one of the only players to win the competition as a player and as a coach.

In both achievements the player played a fundamental role, in 1992, he received the FIFA Order of Merit, the entity's highest honor.

Gerson you may not have heard, but everyone knows “Canhotinha de Ouro”. The controversial player was one of the greats of the World Cups.

He was also one of the main players in Brazil's victory in the 1970 World Cup.

Always organizing the game with excellent passes and throws.

Rivaldo was that classic number 10, of the highest technical quality, he played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.

It was Ronaldo Fenômeno's great duo in winning Brazil's fifth championship and could not be left out of our top 10.

The player had little media coverage, so he wasn't very well known, but that didn't diminish his brilliance with the ball at his feet, without a doubt one of the best players in Brazil and the world in World Cups.