Germany have more points (2196) than any team in history in the highly touted World Football Elo Ratings, which places it ahead of Ferenc Puskás' 1954 Hungary team, Pele's 1962 Brazil team, and Spain's 2012 Euro and World Champion team, in that order, according to slate.com.


Front pages of German newspapers celebrating their win. Pic/AFP 

Most important, it is a team that has won Germany's first major trophy in 18 years and its first World Cup crown since beating Diego Maradona's Argentina in 1990.