What is Top Tens?
Top Tens is a football list game: one top-ten ranking, ten blanks, and as many guesses as you need to fill them. All-time goalscorers, most-capped players, record transfers. The first four or five names usually come quickly, and then the puzzle really starts.
How to play Top Tens
- Each puzzle is a football top-10 list (e.g. 'Top 10 Premier League All-Time Goalscorers').
- Type a name into the input. Correct guesses reveal the entry at its rank position.
- Fuzzy matching: 'Shearer' matches 'Alan Shearer'; 'Aguero' matches 'Sergio Agüero'.
- Find as many as you can. Hit 'Give Up' to reveal the remaining answers.
- Score: 1-2 found = 1pt, 3-4 = 2, 5-6 = 3, 7-8 = 4, 9 = 5, all 10 = Jackpot (8pts).
Top Tens strategy
Take the free hits first and do not stall on rank order — the game places names at their correct position for you, so you never need to know whether someone is sixth or seventh. Once the household names are in, switch strategies: instead of scanning for great players, scan for the profile the list rewards. All-time appearance lists favour one-club servants, goalscoring lists favour players who stayed in one league for a decade, and both are full of names that were never famous outside their own supporters.
- Start with the obvious top-of-list names — they're often the easiest free hits.
- Try last names first; the fuzzy matcher will resolve them to the full name.
- Joint 10th-place entries are accepted — if today's list has ties, any tied name works.
Top Tens — frequently asked questions
- How does Top Tens work?
- Each day you get a football top-10 list — for example 'Top 10 Premier League All-Time Goalscorers'. Type names to guess the entries; correct guesses reveal at their rank position. Find as many as you can.
- Is Top Tens free to play?
- Yes. Today's Top Tens puzzle is always free to play in your browser at football-iq.app — no signup or download required. A new list publishes every day.
- How is Top Tens scored?
- Flat-tier scoring rewards quantity: 1-2 found = 1 point, 3-4 = 2, 5-6 = 3, 7-8 = 4, 9 = 5, and the Jackpot (all 10) is worth 8 points. Aim for the Jackpot.
More daily football games
Top Tens is a daily football top-10 list game. Guess every entry — goalscorers, transfer fees, World Cup records — with fuzzy matching. Free to play, new list every day, no download required.
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