With Yamal winning No. 10, who is the greatest player in history wearing the No. 10 jersey of Barcelona?

After a long wait, La Liga champion Barcelona has finally announced that the vacant No. 10 jersey will be worn by Lamin Yamal from next season, and the talented young winger will inherit one of the most legendary jersey numbers in football history.

Many great players have worn the Barcelona No. 10 jersey, but some have struggled under such pressure; talented stars like Juan Roman Riquelme and Ari Litmanin have failed to fully display their strength when wearing the most dazzling Barcelona jerseys.

Ansu Fati was the last owner of Barcelona's No. 10 jersey, who inherited the jersey from Messi in the 2021-22 season, but the young forward's unstable form and physical fitness hindered his progress, leaving the club on loan to Football Monaco, paving the way for new jersey owners.

So, this task fell on the 18-year-old Yamal, who has proved himself a rare genius destined to be among the true heavyweights who have turned the jersey into his own exclusive over the years.

Let's take a look at the ten best players in Barcelona since the introduction of the designated number system in Spanish football in the late 1940s, who may be players who often wear the No. 10 jersey. The roster is so strong that even players like midfielder Georgi Haji, forward Gary Leinker, and even 1950s hero Evaristo have no place to win an honorary nomination.

1. Laslo Kubala

Kubala can be said to be the first superstar to officially wear Barcelona's highly respected No. 10 jersey. The Hungarian star fled his homeland as a refugee and eventually settled in Catalonia, where he wore the highly respected Red and Blue Army jersey in 1951.

In the club's glorious decade, he wore the No. 10 jersey three times. The powerful striker, affectionately known as "Big Head", scored 194 goals (this number still ranks fifth in the club's historical scorer list) and won 14 important honors, with his statue erected outside the Camp Nou Stadium.

2.Luis Suarez

No, it's not that Luis Suarez (he wore a No. 9 jersey). Luis Suarez Miramontez is a fellow of Kubala, who often played alongside the Hungarian teammate in the late 1950s as a skilled insider.

The Spanish international played a pivotal role in the star-studded Barcelona formation at the time and won the Golden Globes in 1960. A year later, he left the club and joined Inter Milan.

3.Diego Maradona showed extraordinary talent in the year he played for the Boca Youth Team. After the 1982 Spanish World Cup, he joined Barcelona for a world-record transfer fee of £5 million and immediately put on the No. 10 jersey. The radiant forward spent two injury-ridden seasons at Camp Nou. Although his goal count is impressive (38 goals in 58 games), his temper and behavior are constantly being questioned.

After the 1984 Cup of del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao, things have developed to a bad ending. Maradona confronted his opponents one after another and angrily fought with several opponents, which eventually led to him leaving Barcelona early. He left Barcelona to join Naples, where he spent the golden years of his career and led Argentina to win the World Cup in 1986, establishing his position as the best player of all time.

4. Michael Lauderup

Although Lauderup may not be the most dazzling and fickle player in Barcelona's No. 10, he is still respected by purists as one of the most stable and calm midfielders in football history. After Juventus gained a foothold, the Danish star was attracted by idol John Cruyff to come to the Camp Nou and quickly became an important part of the "Dream Team" created by the legendary Dutch coach.

In the early 1990s, Lauderup won nine major honors in his five seasons at Barcelona, including four La Liga titles and one European Cup, but then made a controversial decision to transfer to Real Madrid in 1994.

5. After graduating from the La Macia youth training camp in Barcelona, Guardiola won the status of a first-team official player in the 1991-92 season. Although he is an offensive midfielder on the surface, he is wearing a No. 10 jersey.

Unfortunately, the young player was wearing this heavy jersey but failed to score, and was soon replaced with a more suitable number (No. 4) in the following season. In the 1992-93 season and 1993-94 season, Guillermo Amor, who was more offensively, replaced him.

6.Romario

While playing for the Netherlands' Eindhoven, Romario scored goals for the team. In the 1993-94 season, he joined Barcelona and together with Hristo Stoickov, Lauderup and Jose Mariah Barcro, he became the main force in the offensive front line of Cruyff's "Dream Team".

The Brazilian international scored 30 goals in 33 games, becoming the best scorer in La Liga, and Barcelona has also made great strides and won the league championship. However, his tension with Cruyff quickly broke down, and in mid-January 1995, Romario was shockingly transferred back to Brazilian Flamengo, and his bumpy second season ended early..

7. Kristo Stoickov

Another important member of the Cruyff Dream Team, wearing the No. 10 jersey, Stoickov, reached his best in his life under the Dutchman at the Camp Nou Stadium. He made defenders in Europe fear his majesty. In his two matches at Barcelona, he won five La Liga titles, one European Cup title, and many other domestic and mainland trophies, and won the Golden Globe Award.

8. Rivaldo

Rivaldo is one of the three top 10 players in the top ten of Barcelona's historical scorers. The talented Brazilian player is currently tied for eighth with Samuel Etoo, with a total of 130 goals. The versatile striker played an important role in helping Barcelona win the La Liga twice in a row in the 1997-98 and 1999 seasons, and even won the Golden Ball Award in 1999 for his superb winning skills.

Strangely, Rivaldo didn’t really wear the No. 10 jersey until the 2000-01 season (he played No. 11 jersey before that), and despite Barcelona falling behind in the league and failing to win any cups, the Brazilian did enjoy his most brilliant season at Camp Nou, scoring 36 goals in 53 games.

9. Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho is full of energy and exciting, and can always bring exciting games. He wore the No. 10 jersey for Barcelona in the five years from the 2003-04 season to the 2007-08 season. This jersey is directly inherited from Riquelme. Although Riquelme is one of the great midfield cores of modern football, he failed to find form at Barcelona in the 2002-03 season and was eventually forced to take off the iconic jersey.

Ronaldinho not only made up for this flaw, but also quickly won the applause of fans with a series of wonderful performances, and even Real Madrid fans cheered him. In 2005, Ronaldinho won the Golden Globes for a magical solo performance in Real Madrid, and Real Madrid fans even stood up outside the Bernabeu stadium to applaud him.

10. Lionel Messi

Although Messi is Barcelona's luckiest jersey number, it actually took him three years to reach this number, first wearing the No. 30, then the No. 19, and finally wearing the No. 10 jersey in 2008-09, Guardiola's first season in coaching the club's first team.

Since then, Messi's achievements have come from the blue, with goals falling like raindrops, records constantly being broken, trophies have continued to accumulate, and Messi quickly joined the ranks of "Best Player" (GOAT). Messi won 34 championships during his time at Barcelona, and then transferred to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021, becoming the all-time top scorer in the club and La Liga.

As the iconic No. 10 player, his achievements are impressive; just ask poor Ansu Fati to know.