The Premier League Hall of Fame is an official honorary award issued by the Premier League and is the highest award given to individual players in the Premier League. So far, there have been 3 batches of selections, and a total of 16 players have been rewarded!
This award is only for Premier League players who have retired before the list is announced, not those who are active; Only matches since the establishment of the Premier League are counted and other match indicators are not included. Its selection has extremely strict requirements, and one of the four main selection conditions must be met, as follows: 1. More than 200 British Premier field records; 2. At least 3 Premier League titles; 3. Won the league Golden Boot, Golden Glove or Player of the Season; 4. Scored more than 100 Premier League goals or kept 100 clean sheets as a goalkeeper. Achieving any of these conditions is not an easy task. Because it is rare, it is precious. The list of the 16 Hall of Famers is as follows (in no particular order):
First place: Thierry. Henry.
The prestige of "Henry the Great" is known and known to everyone in world football, he is the "King of Highbury" and the "King of Guns". Junior Henry became famous at the Clay Fontaine training camp, a famous football youth training base in France, and his teammates included Anelka and Gala at the same time. After a brief period of defeat at Juventus in his early years, he moved to Arsenal under the call of mentor Arsene Wenger, where he made his mark in the Premier League, scoring 228 goals for the Gunners in eight years and helping Wenger usher in a new era of beautiful football. He is the first player in the history of the team voted by gun fans and the first man in the history of France to score the most goals with 51 goals. Henry is voted by fans as one of the three best foreign players in Premier League history and he is certainly inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.
Second place: Alan. Shearer.
He is the only member of the 16-man roster that is not a member of a big club. Although he did not play for the giants, he single-handedly led Blackburn Rovers to the club's first Premier League title. A former double winner of Blackburn and Newcastle clubs, he spent a decade at Blackburn Rovers but spent a decade at Newcastle, and when he joined Newcastle for £15 million in 1996, he was the first man in world football to make a transfer. He doesn't have many trophies, but he is the Premier League top scorer, winning three Premier League top scorers and ranking first in the Premier League top scorer list with 260 goals. If he doesn't get into the Hall of Fame, no one can get in.
Third place: Eric. Cantona.
There is only one king at Old Trafford, and this man is not Cristiano Ronaldo, but the French striker Cantona, known as the "Platini of France in the nineties". Cantona won four Premier League titles in just five years with Manchester United, is the most legendary No.7 in Manchester United history, and has also been voted the best player of the 20th century club by Manchester United fans. His hot temper made him a bad boy on the pitch, and he also lost the title to Manchester United for his violent football hooligans, but he became the king of Manchester United fans. He has no flashy skills and no personal performances, and has never scored more than 20 goals in a single season, but he perfectly interprets the tenacious Red Devils spirit with an unruly style of play. He is a maverick star and a Premier League star enough to go down in history.
Fourth place: Roy. Keane.
Keane is the perfect successor to the Reds' iron-blooded captain after Cantona. He worked closely with Sir Alex Ferguson, playing for the Red Devils for 12 years, winning 17 trophies together, including seven Premier League titles and one Champions League, but was swept away by the former for a similar stubborn personality, and eventually died of old age. He has an innate leadership temperament, and in the Premier League he was a lifelong rival with Arsenal's Vieira, and during the years of Manchester United and Arsenal duo rivalry, big fights but mutual success. He also hurt people with revenge, which hit Haaland's father, Haaland Sr., in football, otherwise Haaland could have played for Manchester United instead of Manchester City today. Roy. Keane has branded Manchester United with an iron-blooded mark and shaped his own red era, and he deserves a place in the Premier League Hall of Fame.
Fifth place: David. David Beckham.
He has been selected as one of the world's 100 most handsome people 9 times, obviously he can become a star by eating with his face, but he is a star who is famous for his ball skills. As a "heartthrob", he is probably the star with the most female fans in the world. Known as the "Pei's Arc" of the full moon scimitar, his unique skill is his masterpiece, and his representative goal in the middle circle of the Premier League opener on 17 August 1996 is his masterpiece. Born in Manchester United's Class of 92, he scored 62 goals in nine Premier League seasons, won six Premier League titles and one Champions League with Manchester United, and won the World Footballer of the Year Silver Award twice. Xiaobei has superb ball skills, outstanding achievements and super high popularity influence, and can be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame with his strength.
Sixth place: Dennis. Bergkamp.
"The Ice Prince" Bergkamp is not from the Nordic countries, he is a Dutch player, known as the Ice Prince, just because of his princely looks and skills, but often smiling and showing a cold face. As the representative of the "Dutch Three Musketeers", Bergkamp was already a hot figure in European football before joining the Premier League, with success at Ajax and Inter Milan, and won the UEFA Cup in both teams. He played for Arsenal for 11 years, winning 13 trophies including three Premier League titles. He played 410 times for the Gunners, scoring 113 goals and contributing 93 assists. He is an excellent representative of the organized striker of modern football, his style of play is gorgeous and elegant, and he is the best spokesperson for Wenger's beautiful football.
Seventh place: Frank. Frank Lampard.
Lampard holds the record of 164 consecutive Premier League appearances and is the most scored midfielder in Premier League history, scoring 177 Premier League goals. He is also Chelsea's all-time top scorer, scoring 211 goals in his 13 years with the Blues, winning three Premier League titles and winning the Champions League. Frank Lampard is not part of the technical school of football, but he has a good view of the big picture, his long-range shooting and forward scoring ability, and as the backbone of the Abou-era Blues dynasty, his rich resume is enough to enter the Premier League Hall of Fame.
Eighth place: Steven. Gerrard.
He captained both the Reds and the England national team, never won a Premier League title, but is still a great Premier League legend. He played for the Reds for 17 years, scoring 186 goals in 710 appearances, including 120 in the Premier League. He has won a total of 11 titles, but all of them are cup titles. The highlight of his career was in the 2004-2005 season, when he led the team to the "Istanbul Miracle" in the Champions League final, defeating Milan to win the title. In the 2013-2014 season, he was the closest he came to the Premier League trophy, but he accidentally slipped in the crucial game against Chelsea in the round of 36, losing the title and leaving him with endless regrets.
Ninth: Wayne. Rooney.
"The family has Lu Xiaochubby, blessed and healthy", this is the praise of Rooney by the famous commentator Zhan Jun. Rooney is an Everton academy player and the youngest scorer since the Premier League has begun, scoring in the Premier League before he turned 17. In his 13 seasons with Manchester United, he won a total of five Premier League titles and one Champions League. With 53 goals, he became the top scorer in the history of the England national team. He scored 253 goals for United, the most in Reds' history. With 208 Premier League goals and the second overall ranking in the Premier League's all-time goalscorers' list, his inclusion is truly justified.
Tenth place: Patrick. Vieira.
The French star has played for five of the biggest clubs in Serie A and the Premier League during his career, winning three Premier League titles, four Serie A titles, and helping France win the World Cup in '98 and Euro 2000. He is a midfielder all-rounder, physically strong, excellent against him, fierce in interception, both offensive and defensive. The pinnacle of his career was at Arsenal, where he captained the Gunners to an unbeaten Premier League win in the 2003-2004 season. With such a glorious achievement, how can it not be selected?!
Eleventh place: Sergio. Aguero.
"AKUN" is Manchester City's all-time top scorer and his statue now stands permanently at the Emirates Ettihad Stadium, which is a great tribute to him personally! The Argentine star who came out of the ghetto was once the transfer champion of two clubs, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City. As the son-in-law of Maradona, he may not be qualified, but as a goalscorer, he is one of the best strikers in the Premier League, with 260 goals in 10 years, not only Manchester City's all-time top scorer, but also the most scored non-native players in the Premier League. He helped Manchester City win 15 trophies, including five Premier League titles, and the "9320" goal helped the Blues win their first Premier League title, and his contribution is so great that he definitely deserves to be selected.
Twelfth place: Vincent. Kompany.
He is a top student and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School. He is also a legendary captain of the Blue Moon, one of the best centre-backs in the world and a natural pitch leader. In the 2011-2012 season, he captained Manchester City's first Premier League title, and since then, the Premier League has ushered in the era of the Blue Moon Army. From 2008 to 2019, he helped Manchester City to 12 trophies, including four Premier League titles. Without his header to beat arch-rivals Manchester United, City might not have broken the Premier League title drought so soon, and Kompany fully deserved the accolades bestowed by the Premier League Hall of Fame.
Thirteenth: Paul. Scholes
The Manchester United star, nicknamed "Ginger Head", was in the youth academy of Sir Alex Alex Alex's Class of 92. He is one of the best long-runners in Premier League history and his long-range shot is also a must. From 1991 to 2013, Paul Scholes dedicated his 22-year football career to Manchester United, making 718 appearances for the Red Devils and winning a total of 29 trophies, including 11 Premier League titles and two Champions League titles. As the official Premier League midfielder of the two decades, his induction into the Premier League Hall of Fame is undisputed.
Fourteenth place: Didier. Drogba.
"African Andy Lau" - Drogba is Mourinho's most proud disciple, their relationship is like Maxima and Bole, when Mourinho held a lot of money, but rejected many European big stars, named and asked the owner Abou to sign the 26-year-old Drogba, who was still playing in Ligue 1 at the time. Afterwards, it proved that the vision of the magic bird is vicious, and Drogba also lived up to the trust, becoming a world-class center forward in the Premier League, the prestige of "Warcraft" resounded throughout the British peninsula, and the sliding kneeling of three bars became the most classic picture in world football. Drogba was the cornerstone of Stamford Bridge's success and helped Chelsea start the Blue Dynasty, scoring 341 goals, 157 assists and winning four Premier League titles and one Champions League in eight years with the Blues. There was no reason why he could not be selected.
Fifteenth place: Peter. Schmeichel.
This is the father of Schmeichel Jr., Schmeichel Sr. Schmeichel Sr. is the only goalkeeper to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. His son Schmeichel Jr. is also a Premier League champion and an absolute goalkeeper for the Danish national team, but his achievements are nowhere near as good as his father's. Schmeichel Sr. won five Premier League titles and Champions League titles in eight years with Manchester United. Even more amazing than the Premier League resume, in 1992, he led the Danish team, replaced the suspended Yugoslav team as a substitute, participated in the European Cup, all the way through, Linke the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany, won the European Championship, staged a Danish fairy tale in the history of the European Cup! His selection is a matter of course.
Sixteenth place: Ian. Wright.
This Wright is Premier League star Wright. Phillips' adoptive father, his personal achievements far exceeded those of his adopted son. Ian Wright was a late bloomer shooter who dreamed of becoming a full-time plasterer in his early years, but later became an efficient shooter. He is a duo of Crystal Palace and Arsenal, scoring 117 goals in six seasons for Crystal Palace and a total of 185 goals in seven years at Arsenal. The crazy goalscorer definitely has the strength to enter the Premier League Hall of Fame.
It is difficult to prevent a hundred secrets, and there are pearls in the sea. What other players do you have in mind who could be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame? Personally, I feel that the achievements of Blues captain Terry are not below Frank Lampard and can be selected. Manchester United's centre-back Rio Ferdinand also has that quality. What other lists, welcome to comment!