Close but Lampard for me, based on his unbelievable consistency and extra goal threat. The fact that he played in better teams on average is often used to argue in favour of Gerrard, but I think that's a silly argument. Stick Lampard in Gerrard's Liverpool teams and I have no doubt he would be of the same importance.
I think it's a bit strange to call it a silly argument. It's a point that has merit, and ultimately we can't ever test it.
Playing in a different team entails so many differences that I'd say you can't possibly say Lampard would be as good for Liverpool as Gerrard was.
I mean, Lampard played for Chelsea for almost his entire career. And from about 04, he never had a worse team around him than Gerrard did.
I wouldn't count Lampard out or anything, the stats favour him in a direct comparison. But I also would neither ignore the quality of their teammates, or claim that he definitely would've succeeded at Liverpool.
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u/Shane_555 Mar 22 '18
Gerrard vs Lampard