But try to work out which one should emerge on top of the pile, and things get a little trickier. So why not keep things simple and settle on the man that was actually called ‘Best’? Most Manchester United fans – especially those who watched George play between 1963 and 1974 – chose that path long ago, and United Review isn’t about to argue.
A new book about the godly Northern Irishman makes that very case, in what author Wayne Barton believes is the first work to present a truly full picture of a career stuffed with unadulterated brilliance.