[kamaal]

>>Compared to R7 and Messi, Pele's records are mediocre.

Not a football fan, but is it even fair to compare these people from two different eras?

I'm an Indian, and cricket is very big here. The game of cricket has fundamentally changed due to insane physical fitness and coaching standards today. There is still a lot of way to go compared to others sports, but compared to only a generation back, the fitness standards are just bonkers today. I guess the kind of fitness national level team players had, is something any body today can have in a good gym in any major Indian city. Players like Andre Russel, Joe Root and even Virat Kohli just feel several notches high up in performance compared to any player merely a generation before them.

Its just what it is, Comparing the whole package available to players back then and now its completely unfair in my opinion.

[ergocoder]

If it's not fair, then it's also not fair to say one is the best in world.