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#3 Gianluigi Buffon - 409 wins
Gianluigi Buffon had a long and fulfilling career. The Italian will go down in history as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He will turn 44 on January 28, 2022 but is still going strong. Buffon currently plays for his boyhood team Parma in Serie B.
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He made his Serie A debut with Parma in 1995 and before long became their first-choice goalkeeper. Buffon played a starring role in Parma's Coppa Italia, the UEFA Cup and the Supercoppa Italiana triumphs in 1999. That's why Juventus were willing to pay €52 million, a then world record fee for a goalkeeper, to sign him in 2001.
The legendary Italian won the World Cup in 2006. He remained at Juventus for 17 seasons before joining PSG for just one season in 2018-19. Buffon returned to Juventus in 2019 and only left the club in 2021 to re-join Parma.
He has played a total of 674 matches in Europe's top 5 leagues and has won 409 of them. Buffon has a win rate of 60.6%.
#2 Ryan Giggs - 425 wins
Ryan Giggs is one of the most decorated footballers of all time. He is a member of the famed 'Class of 92', a group of academy graduates who went on to win the continental treble for Manchester United in the 1998-99 season.
Giggs was the first superstar from the lot. He showcased incredible talent from a very young age. The Welshman could move like a gazelle and had the technical proficiency and intelligence to make game-changing decisions on the regular.
Giggs has made in excess of 1000 career appearances and is one of the only 28 players to do so. He won a whopping 13 Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues, four FA Cups, three League Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.
Giggs played only for Manchester United his entire career. He made 669 appearances in the English top-flight, winning 425 of those. Giggs has a win rate of 63.5%.
#1 Cristiano Ronaldo - 426 wins
Cristiano Ronaldo hates losing. The Portuguese international is the perfect example of a serial winner. His mentality has gone a long way towards making him one of the most successful footballers of all time.
Ronaldo first garnered attention in Europe's 5 leagues after joining Manchester United in 2003. After starting off as a mercurial winger, Ronaldo soon burgeoned into a prolific goalscorer. He won his first Ballon d'Or in 2008 after propelling the Red Devils to the Champions League title in the 2007-08 season.
Ronaldo has since had extremely successful stints at Real Madrid and Juventus as well. He won four Champions League titles with Los Blancos. In his top-flight career, Ronaldo has made 604 appearances in Europe's top 5 leagues.
He has won 426 of those games at a win rate of 70.5%.
