Don't have to be the best, just the ones you look back on most fondly from what you saw.
Sadly my three are pretty much from the same era
Mendonca - style, subtle touch and deadly finisher.
Chris Powell - solid, but ultimately knew his limitations and was happy to do his job. Always gave 100% yet never seemed to take too seriously. Respected the supporters.
Kinsella - just great, great attitude. Had drive and a warrior spirit, played a massive part in lifting us up to that next level. Always remember him scoring a goal whilst pointing out to a linesman that he wasn't offside.
Can't believe i've left out Brownie, Webbo, the Roof...
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Hales
Aizlewood
Robinson
Mendonca: not just for the hatrick at Wembley but for virtually single handedly getting us to Wembley in the first place.
Rufus: classy defender who always seemed to play that bit better against better strikers. A shame his distribution was so poor and above all that injury prevented him from showing us how good he could have been in the EPL.
Bubbling under: Kinsella, Killer, Rob Lee...
Tough call between Kinsella & Newton for me. Not sure why I've got a soft spot for Newts but I think he has to edge over Kinsella. Although give it a year or two and Benty will be in there.
Mendonca - had me going every time he got the ball - you just thought he could score every time.
Kinsella - GREAT CAPTAIN
PAUL MORTS - PURE MAGIC
Johnny Humphrey without doubt the best and most consistant right back i have ever seen again underated by others
Garry nelson run his heart for the cause and was outstanding for us
missed out some real recent heroes that have been mentioned but always look back at my childhood and think these guys were why i loved going to Charlton
ps ask me again next week and it will probably change
Johnny H - Most dynamic Full back I have seen play for us.
Colin Walsh - Some fabulous Goals, whole hearted, wonderful left foot.
Deano - Dedicated, always gave 100% and had a great understanding with the fans.
Powell - top bloke on and off the pitch
It maybe that the passage of time means you look back with rose tinted spectacles but here goes anyway:
Len Glover - Pace, skill and crossing ability. As a winger he had the lot. He was unlucky to be at his best when Sir Alf Ramsey was England manager as he did not play wingers after briefly trying, then discarding, Terry Paine, Ian Callaghan and John Connelly prior to the 66 World Cup win. If wingers were in vogue Len would have played for England for sure. Leicester City, where he went after us regard him as a legend. It's not me with an early day Kish complex honest:-)
Billy Bonds - Played right back with us and was one of the first overlapping full backs. I can still see him in my minds eye surging forward to get a cross in or haring back if the oppo broke away. A contender for best player never to play for England.
Les Berry - OK the Kish complex is coming out a bit with this one! Les' ineptness was strangely endearing however. He had 2 ways of defending. The back pass to the keeper or the welly over the gable stand. There wasn't a lot else to his game!
He was dedicated to the shirt though and gave everything he had for the club. Another of my enduring memories is an FA Cup tie at home to Ipswich, who were riding high in the old first division at the time. We raced into a 2-0 lead after about 15-20 minutes. Ipswich came back into it and it was 2-2 with a couple of minutes left. Eric Gates broke away and Les chased him the length of the pitch and tackled him from behind just outside the 18 yard area. Gates leaped through the air like a salmon and landed in the area and the muppet of a ref gave a penalty 3-2 Ipswich when we deserved a replay if not better.
Clive, Rufus and Powell for all the reasons above.
Robbo, John H and Deano not far behind
Top 3:
Deano - if he could have kicked straight he would have been a top 4 keeper easily
Rufus - never mistimed a tackle in his life
Mendonca - forget Bergkamp super Clive definitely scored the best hatrick of all time!
2,Powelly
3, Brownie
This is a grat question. Very difficult.
I have Bobby Bolder, Kinsella, super clive and Deano all quite close after.
No going shy on us, A problematic girlfriend with a drink problem, need a payrise etc, your first stop is to share with your Charlton brethren :-)
Only real problem at the mo is Charlton's nearly inevitable slide out of the Prem..... ah well i've been to most of the Prem grounds now, wouldn't mind slumming it around Colchester and Hull for a couple of seasons!
Oj of course I have complete faith in the boys to turn it around.....
Andy Hunt
Kinsella
Parker - the human dynamo, the world's first palyet to give 200% every game - why didn't you stay a little longer Scott?
Jensen - class seldom seen in a Charlton shirt
Parker
Hunt
People really appear to have let go.
Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaburn
Kish
am i playing this game right??
morts- at times i'm convinced he had the ball on a string.
chris powell- model pro, never met him yet has a personality that makes me want him as my next of kin.
paul elliot- extremely unlucky with injuries and very under-rated, imo.
Bobby Curtis - the first Charlton and probably first English glamour footballer
and of course Mendonca : his goals were sublime and coupled with the above evidence of class and sublimity, I include Paul Mortimer.
Super Clive
Mark Kinsella
Simonson
Halesy....
1.Kinsella - a true captain
2.Colin Powell - I always wanted to be a right winger as a kid (and he supplied most of Killers' goals and didnt leave us to go to derby - I was gutted when Killer went)
3. rufus
They are all (pretty much) one club players
2. Rufus.
3. Killer.
With another 12 who could have made that list.....Alan Simonsen, the most skilful player I've seen in a Charlton shirt...
Colin Walsh - just a class player
Matt Tees - As a child he was the first player to make an impact on me. To an 8 year old he could head the ball in from the halfway line and scored every game and won every header. The record books seem to have missed this but that's what I remember.
Chris Powell could easily been in there as could Mendonca
Colin Walsh - his left foot was a wand
Parker - Don't think i've seen a player who could grab a game by the scruff of the neck like he could - 100% committed and tough as old boots
2: Super Clive
3: H
Sir Chris - the man is perfect.
John Humphrey - If he had played for a "big" club he would have had a hatfull of England caps.
Bubbling under - Mark Kinsella, Steve Brown, Morts