The Flash
Dennis Wilcock did 9/11
Forget about your Messi's and Ronaldo's, still the best player I saw in all the time* I've been watching football
Stylistic preference for Zidane is understandable, he was an elegant motherfucker, but he has zero argument over Messi and Ronaldo in terms of being a better football player. It's nostalgic romantism on your part I'm afraid. Zidane routinely disappeared from games that were "not as important", which reflects in his stats.
Output has to matter, and even taking into account the more sophisticated team offenses and the related increase in the number of goals, Messi and Ronaldo's output and consistency are far superior to Zidane's. If we're talking about actual impact, Messi and Ronaldo are in a different league.