Scirea, Maldini, Ramos, Nesta, Beckenbauer, Puyol etc.
Well most of these won the World Cup and CL/European Cup, but I dont know if I’d say Puyol was better than Chiellini.
To me is it Beckenbauer, Maldini and Nesta in tier 1. Everyone else is a notch below, especially the first two.
In terms of pure defending I’d say Chiellini was better than Ramos and Puyol, people just tend to rate Ramos higher because of all those clutch goals and Puyol for being part of that Barca 2009-2012 team.
Not to forget Spain 2008-2012.
As a pure defender I’d take a prime Chiellini over these two.