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English Premier League Hall of Fame

So far, nineteen players and two managers have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. How many can you name?
More will be added as and when they are inducted
Also check out the Premier League Teams Trivia and Current Squads series!
Quiz by JustJoshing
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Last updated: May 3, 2023
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First submittedApril 26, 2021
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Year Inducted
Player
2021
Alan Shearer
2021
Thierry Henry
2021
Éric Cantona
2021
Roy Keane
2021
Frank Lampard
2021
Dennis Bergkamp
2021
Steven Gerrard
2021
David Beckham
2022
Wayne Rooney
2022
Patrick Vieira
2022
Ian Wright
2022
Peter Schmeichel
2022
Paul Scholes
2022
Didier Drogba
2022
Vincent Kompany
2022
Sergio Agüero
2023
Rio Ferdinand
2023
Petr Čech
2023
Tony Adams
Year Inducted
Manager
2023
Sir Alex Ferguson
2023
Arsène Wenger
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Level 64
Mar 25, 2024
As agreed with the Quizmaster, this quiz will be updated once a year, once all of the inductees for that year have been announced.

So Ashley Cole will be added with the other two 2024 inductees later this year.

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Level 84
May 29, 2021
Got 7 of the 8, then remembered Bergkamp with only enough time to type the "B"... *sigh*

GREAT quiz! Nommed!

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Level 84
Mar 24, 2022
Congrats on getting featured, JustJoshing!
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Level 64
Mar 24, 2022
Cheers amigo! Do you know, I didn't even realise it had been featured until your comment 😂

Thanks for taking the quiz and I'm glad you're enjoying it!

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Level 67
Apr 21, 2022
I had 3 left and was trying to think of iconic commentary to help. Then all I could hear was Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Bergkamp
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Level 75
May 31, 2021
I'm surprised Rooney and Cech weren't among the very first ahead of Beckham and Bergkamp.
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Level 72
Mar 23, 2022
I’m not a fan of the whole ‘Hall of fame’ thing, it’s an Americanism we can do without.

But the initial list is a bit strange. What is the criteria? Surely Ryan Giggs should be in ahead of….well, anyone. He has more PL winners medals than anyone else. Given this is the ‘Premier League hall of fame’, what more does he need to do to get in? I would say he was at least as influential in Utd’s continued success as Cantona, Keane and Beckham. I understand Rooney being included on the back of his fantastic goal scoring record. Giggsy’s omission does seem strange. I can only assume, his on-going ehhh “off field issues” have counted against him.

For the record, I’m not a Utd fan. It just looks like a bit of a popularity contest rather than being done on any sporting merit. That would explain Beckham over Scholes as well, given their England careers and Beckham’s career at Real etc. are not part of the PL and thus, I assume, aren’t considered.

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Level 64
Mar 24, 2022
Usually I’d agree about Americanisms, but I actually like the fact that the Premier League wants to recognise its legends in a more official way. What I don’t like - and I suspect this is where your gripe also comes in - is that the public gets to vote on the majority of the inductees. In the current roster of nominees are the likes of Matt Le Tissier, Les Ferdinand and Tony Adams, who are, in my view, completely worthy entrants, but I can’t see getting *voted* in for a long time.

Of the 25 nominees, I think these will be the ones inducted:

• Petr Čech

• Didier Drogba

• Vincent Kompany

• Paul Scholes

• John Terry

• Ian Wright

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Level 51
Dec 27, 2022
What I dislike most is how you have to get voted in. Of course to keep interest going you can only inaugurate a few players every year, but why the fuck would you need to vote in players like the coles, the ferdinands, van nistelrooy, van persie, kompany, the nevilles, adams, terry or le tissier not yet in? How are they not part of a hall of fame of the premier league?
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Level 72
Mar 25, 2024
I’m surprised that Giggs isn’t here, even with it being done by vote. I’m an Arsenal fan, but Giggs was probably still the first name that came to mind. And there are tonnes of players who have been, nonetheless, icons of the PL and their clubs. Le Tissier, Di Canio, Sheringham, Seaman, Cole (at least three of ‘em), Sol Campbell, Yorke, Ince, Parlour, Hasselbank, Vialli… even ‘The Robot’ Peter Crouch!

But for Giggs to be out while Kompany is in? Hell, I’d have put in Yaya Toure before Kompany!

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Level 57
Mar 24, 2022
Agree with Algernon. Like him I'm very much not a Manure fan but Giggs seems an odd omission, and I'd put Scholes, Schmeichel and even (Rio) Ferdinand in ahead of Beckham. I've nothing against the squeaky voiced tattoo panel but the height of his career was mostly at RM.
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Level 64
Mar 24, 2022
I don’t think Giggs’s omission is that strange given the ongoing court case against him. Should he be found not guilty, I suspect he’ll be inducted pretty soon after.

Beckham happens to be my all-time favourite player, though I agree that there are a number of players who should have been inducted before him. That said, that’s the danger when you let the public vote.

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Level 57
Mar 25, 2022
If moral rectitude is one of the criteria it's difficult to envisage John Terry's imminent inclusion.
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Level 72
Apr 21, 2022
Surely “morale rectitude” should rule out 90% of footballers? Lol
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Level 81
Mar 24, 2022
There are ten players now, so the caveat should be changed.
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Level 81
Mar 24, 2022
Alan Shearer best scorer
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Level 64
Mar 28, 2022
Americanised nonsense.
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Level 72
Apr 4, 2022
Got all but Bergkamp...not bad for a Yank who has only been watching EPL for about 6 years.
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Level 49
Apr 13, 2022
We don't care.
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Level 77
Apr 21, 2022
I care. I appreciate that he shared this Jetpunk experience, and am glad that there's a community that encourages knowledge and discussion!
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Level 78
Apr 23, 2022
I care less for the fact that you don't care than for what ed1969 wrote.
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Level 84
Aug 29, 2022
Speak for yourself, Quizboy. Yanks take a lot of stick on here for their ignorance about European football. I was interested to read Ed's post. Yours was rude.
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Level 59
Apr 21, 2022
Sergio Aguero, Paul Scholes, Vincent Kompany, Didier Drogba, Ian Wright and Peter Schmeichel were added today
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Level 64
Apr 21, 2022
I already made the changes this morning - just waiting on Quizmaster to approve them!
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Level 67
Apr 21, 2022
Strange that this quiz was featured today, and just hours later they've announced 6 more names have been inducted.
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Level 64
Apr 21, 2022
It’s like the Quizmaster knew 👀
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Level ∞
Apr 21, 2022
I wouldn't have featured it if I did. Sorry for having to reset the stats everyone.
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Level 72
Mar 25, 2024
Well, that’s that illusion shattered then.
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Level 78
Apr 21, 2022
Schmeichel was so hard to spell, might be nice to allow some different spellings that are still close
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Level 79
Apr 21, 2022
Seems like Eric Cantona rather belongs into the Hall of Infamy.
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Level 72
Apr 21, 2022
That’s a great idea, a PL hall of shame.

Cantona, John Terry (ask Wayne Bridge), Giggsy (obvious that), Stan Collymore (ask Ulrika Jonsson). Any others? Was it Adrian Mutu who was done for coke while at Chelsea? Lee Hughes for that car accident, Adam Johnson, Gilfi Sigurdson, and allegedly Mason Greenwood. There must be dozens more.

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Level 72
Mar 25, 2024
Bob Mortimer, in the style of George Formby: “She’s football crazy, she’s football mad, I can’t think of a footballer, Ulrika hasn’t had!”
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Level 83
Apr 21, 2022
I think this hall of fame is ridiculous. Football ( Soccer ) did not begin in 1992 . What about Best , Dalglish , Hansen ,Charlton, etc . And if we have to have a premier hall of fame then G iggs should have been one of the first named .
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Level 69
Mar 29, 2023
Because it’s a hall of fame created by and for the Premier League specifically? Don’t be purposefully obtuse
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Level 83
Apr 22, 2022
The description says "More will be added as as and when they are inducted." I think that's one too many "as." Nice quiz!
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Level 84
Apr 23, 2022
I got the only one I had ever heard of (David Beckham). As a Canadian, I think that should count as 100%.
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Level 76
Apr 23, 2022
Can't believe I forgot the English guy who got subtitles for his spoken English for English tv...
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Level 89
Apr 25, 2022
I knew 1 soccer player before Jetpunk. Now, 4 years later, I know 2. Apparently neither of those play in this league. Back to square 1.
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Level 60
Mar 30, 2023
I've been on a similar journey. Before jetpunk I didn't know any basketball players. I now know three. What a wonderful time to be alive.
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Level 61
May 1, 2022
What about Phil Taylor, van Barneveld, van Gerwen?
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Level 93
Mar 29, 2023
I expected to see Lineker. It turns out he left Spurs just before the Premier League so doesn't quite make the list.
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Level 60
May 4, 2023
Sheringham?
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Level 72
May 4, 2023
Tempted to ask for a few type ins for one of the Managers. As a Liverpool fan, we had a few ‘other’ names for the miserable sour faced……..