 Italian journalist Gianni Brera, who had observed both Giuseppe Meazza and Gianni Rivera, stated that Baggio was the best Italian player he had ever seen.During his time at Juventus, the club's former chairman, Gianni Agnelli, referred to Baggio as an "artist," comparing his elegance to the painter "Raffaello", while he described the emerging talent Alessandro Del Piero as "Pinturicchio".In a 2011 interview with "La Gazzetta dello Sport", Del Piero stated that Baggio, along with Zinedine Zidane, was the best player with whom he had ever played, a view shared by Baggio's former Brescia teammate Pep Guardiola in 2010, and his former Inter teammate Javier Zanetti in 2020, while Matthew Le Tissier named Baggio as his best ever opponent in 2012.