Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) are considered one of Europe's top clubs with the firepower they have at their disposal. It has only got better for them with Lionel Messi's arrival from Barcelona. Over the years, some brilliant players have played for the French club and played a significant role in their success. The club has been brutally dominant in Ligue 1 and has been strongly pushing to win the Champions League as well. 

Let's see PSG's best XI of all time:

1. Bernard Lama -

The French goalkeeper joined PSG in 1992 from RC Lens to replace the great Joel Bats. He was well versed with Ligue 1 given that he already had more than 200 appearances for Lille before the move.

Bernard Lama had an instant impact as he helped the club win the Coupe de France in his very first season. In the following campaign, he was instrumental in winning the league as well. But his most productive output was in helping Paris Saint-Germain win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the 1995-96 season.

2. Marquinhos -  

The Brazilian defender has been a massive asset for PSG ever since he joined them in 2013. His smart tackling, amazing aerial abilities, and wonderful positioning have immensely helped the backline. Marquinhos can play as a right-back, a center-back, and also as a defensive midfielder. He has helped win six league titles, six Coupe de France, six Coupe de la Ligue, and six Trophee des Champions. He's only 27 and still a vital player for PSG in their ambition to become one of the best clubs in Europe.

3. Thiago Silva -

Another Brazilian on this list is the legendary Thiago Silva. The commanding center-back played eight seasons with PSG, winning many accolades. His dominant performances at the back helped the club win the league in seven of their eight seasons. Thiago Silva's leadership was a delight to behold. It was disappointing when the Brazilian was allowed to leave for free and join Chelsea in the summer of 2020.

4. Marco Verratti -

The most decorated player in Ligue 1 history, alongside Thiago Silva, is the Italian midfield maestro and one of the members of PSG's all-time greatest XI, Marco Verratti. Having joined PSG in 2012 from the Serie B side Pescara, whom he had just helped win promotion to Serie A, Verratti soon became a player that many European clubs wished they had snatched up before PSG. With 7 Ligue 1 titles, Marco Verratti is one of the players that have won the competition more than any other player. He has additionally won 5 Coupe de France and 6 Coupe de la Ligue as well as being runners-up in the 2019-20 Champions League season. with 50 assists and 9 goals in 338 games.

5. Rai -

The last Brazilian to appear on our list of PSG's Best XI of all time is the amazing Rai who was part of a great PSG side that won several major trophies in the 90s, most of which Rai played a big role in. The younger brother of the Brazilian legend Socrates, Rai made a name for himself at Sao Paolo before joining PSG in 1993. There was a lot expected of him when he arrived and he delivered that in droves in the 5 seasons he spent with the Parisian side.

Rai was a skillful playmaker that was the link between the attack and the defense of Luiz Hernandez’ PSG team. He was also a great big-game player as he often delivered when PSG needed him the most. He scored a brace against Parma in the return fixture of the 1996 Cup Winners’ Cup as PSG won their first-ever European title as well as scoring in 3 separate cup finals, all of which PSG won.

Besides his first season with PSG, Rai managed to score double figures in all of the seasons he spent at PSG, scoring 74 goals as well as delivering 30 assists. He managed to win a Ligue 1 title,2 Coupe de France, and 2 Coupe de la Ligue as well as the aforementioned Cup Winners’ Cup. He also won the 1994 World Cup with Brazil during his time with PSG.

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6. George Weah -

The only African player to ever win the Ballon d’Or and Liberia’s current president was as much a PSG legend as he was a Monaco legend. After a relatively successful 4-year period with Monaco, George Weah decided to join PSG in 1992 and became a part of the great PSG side of the 90s, although his time with the club was rather shorter.

Weah’s final season at PSG could be considered his best season at the club as he helped PSG reach the semi-finals of the 1994-95 Champions League season as well as becoming the competition’s top scorer. Later that year he won the Ballon d’Or although by then he was at AC Milan. Weah scored 55 goals in 138 games during his three seasons with PSG and won 4 trophies (3 Cup trophies and a league title).

7. Edinson Cavani -

Tarzan might be notoriously hard to work with but the Uruguayan was unbelievably good in front of the goal. Even though for much of his time with PSG, he was in Zlatan’s shadow but he surpassed the Swede and became PSG’s all-time leading goal scorer, a title which will not be taken from him anytime soon. Coming from a highly successful spell at Palermo and Napoli, Edinson Cavani joined PSG in 2013 and became an integral part of a PSG team that won 6 league titles in the 7 seasons he stayed with them.

Cavani’s personal best season was the 2016-17 season, where he scored an incredible 49 goals in 50 matches. He broke Zlatan’s record of 157 goals for PSG the following season and has since been the club’s leading goal scorer of all time. He left the club last summer to join Manchester United having won six Ligue 1 titles, five Coupes de la Ligue, and four Coupes de France with PSG. With 200 goals in 301 games for PSG.

8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic -

Having played for clubs like Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, and AC Milan, Zlatan had won almost everything there was to win when he decided to join PSG in 2012, at the age of 31. Many believed his move to PSG to be a sort of retirement plan but here we are almost a decade later and Zlatan is still scoring.

As expected Zlatan wasted no time and scored 30 league goals in his first season at PSG, delivering PSG’s much-awaited 3rd league title. He went on to win the title with PSG 3 more times consecutively, winning a league title every one of the 4 seasons he spent at the club. He was also named Ligue 1’s Player of the Year 3 times in those 4 seasons as well as winning the top scorer award 3 times as well. With 156 goals and 53 assists in 180 games for PSG, Zlatan has an unbelievable record of 1.16 direct goal involvement per game.

He has won 4 Ligue 1, Coupe de la Ligue, and 2 Coupe de France trophies as well as numerous other personal achievements during his 4-year spell with PSG, and judging by the way his career continued, he could’ve scored at least another 100 if he stayed with PSG till now.

9.  Maxwell -

A great friend of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with whom he played at Ajax, Inter, and Barcelona, Maxwell joined PSG in the January of 2012 and was part of a wave of great players that took PSG to new heights. Operating from the left back position, Maxwell’s elegance on the ball, as well as his calmness led to him providing PSG's attack with many opportunities as well as making few defensive mistakes. He was awarded 3 Ligue 1 Team of the Year appearances in his 5 and half years at PSG.

Maxwell, who had practically won everything in European football including the Champions League, helped PSG gain prominence in Ligue 1 and won an incredible 11 major trophies with them including 4 Ligue 1, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, and 3 Coupe de France titles. Although he is quite the underrated player, he will go down as one of Ligue 1’s greatest players.

10. Jean-Marc Pilorget -

Jean-Marc Pilorget holds the record for most appearances for PSG with 435 appearances during his 14-year spell with PSG. Having joined the newly promoted PSG in 1975, Pilorget went on to play for them up until the start of the 90s. you could say he was the man that was with PSG from the start and experienced their first era of success during the 80s.

Pilorget was a great tackler of the ball who could anticipate opposition movements very well and time his tackles and interceptions almost perfectly. His height of power was during the 80s, particularly the 1985-86 season, where he and PSG goalkeeper Joel Bats appeared in every match as PSG won their first-ever league title.

11. Safet Susic -

Considered to be one of the finest European players of his generation, Safet Susic operated mainly as a playmaker and occasionally as a second striker at both PSG and Yugoslavia national team. Having established himself at Sarajevo, Susic came to Paris in 1982 and he helped PSG win their first ever silverware, a Coupe de la Ligue, in his first season. His 4 goals in the semi-final and final were vital to PSG’s victory. With Susic’s help, PSG also won their first ever league title in the 1985-86 season.

As well as delivering PSG’s first two trophies, Susic managed to score 85 goals and provide 103 assists in 344 games and become one of the best PSG players of all time. In 2010 he was named as PSG best foreign player of all time, a title that may be challenged now. One thing is for certain and that is the fact that the man who delivered the first PSG title

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