Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Jay Jay Okocha make list of 30 greatest free-kick takers of all time.
In the list, Cristiano Ronaldo was ranked higher than his rival Lionel Messi, while African football legend, Jay Jay Okocha is the only African on the list.
While Messi has scored five goals from free kick this season, Ronaldo still leads the way in terms of career totals from free kicks at 55 vs 53 for Messi.
The voting list named ‘Best Free Kick Takers in Football’ is organized by thetoptens.com and allows supporters to vote on the players they think are the greatest free-kick takers of all time.
See the top 30 best free-kick takers list below.
- Leighton Baines
- Gareth Bale
- Miralem Pjanic
- Wayne Rooney
- Jay Jay Okocha
- Juan Roman Riquelme
- Alex
- Diego Forlan
- Thierry Henry
- Rivaldo
- Robin van Persie
- Memphis Depay
- Ryan Giggs
- Wesley Sneijder
- Juan Arango
- Zico
- Shunsuke Nakamura
- Gheorghe Hagi
- Pierre van Hooijdonk
- Steven Gerrard
- Alessandro del Piero
- Sinisa Mihajlovic
- Lionel Messi
- Andrea Pirlo
- Ronaldinho
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Diego Maradona
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Roberto Carlos
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- David Beckham
- Juninho Pernambucano