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Corner takers

  • FM18 Update
  • Set-piece specialists
  • Top 50 of 23,849 scored

Delivery from the corner flag: the technique to strike a consistent ball and the vision to pick the run rather than the crowd.

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The criteria

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Scored on corners as the primary attribute, supported by crossing, technique and vision. Every attribute is converted to a percentile of the players who have it recorded in this version, the primary carries 65% of the weighted mean, and the result is then multiplied by a bottleneck factor between 0.55 and 1.00 taken from the weakest supporting attribute, so one glaring weakness cannot be averaged away.

306,637 players have no recorded corners value; at least two thirds of the 4 attributes must be present for a player to be scored at all. The list is capped at 50 and does not paginate.

330827Players in this version
306637No corners value
341Too few supporting
23849Scored
50Listed

Ranking

Players with no recorded corners value are excluded rather than ranked low
Columns

Columns

# Player Nation Age Needs data Club Position Corners Supporting Weakest supporting Recorded Score Value
1James David Rodríguez RubioColombia—R. Madridattacking_mid_central17Crossing 18 · Technique 17 · Vision 19Technique 17100%99.8£61,960,001
2Ricardo Andrade Quaresma BernardoPortugal—Beşiktaş A.Ş.attacking_mid_right17Crossing 20 · Technique 18 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.7£16,470,000
3Pablo Martín BatallaArgentina—Bursasporattacking_mid_central16Crossing 16 · Technique 18 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.5£12,980,000
4João Filipe Iria Santos MoutinhoPortugal—AS Monacomidfielder_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%99.4£34,162,000
5Ivan RakiticCroatia—Barcelonamidfielder_central18Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.4£56,962,000
6Andrés Nicolás D'AlessandroArgentina—Sport Club Internacionalattacking_mid_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%99.4£9,980,000
7Francisco Mérida PérezSpain—Atlético Pamplonamidfielder_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 17Technique 16100%99.3£2,082,400
8Luis Alberto Romero AlconchelSpain—S.S. Lazioattacking_mid_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.3£20,970,000
9Rafael Ferdinand van der VaartHolland—Football Club Midtjyllandattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 18Technique 17100%99.2£400,200
10Wesley Benjamin SneijderHolland—Al-Gharafa Sports Clubattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 18 · Vision 19Crossing 16100%99.2£9,980,000
11Marcelo Adrián CarruscaArgentina—Western Sydney Wanderers FCattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.1£749,000
12José Antonio Reyes CalderónSpain—Córdobaattacking_mid_left15Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.1£12,980,000
13Osvaldo Fabián Nicolás GaitánArgentina—A. Madridattacking_mid_left15Crossing 17 · Technique 18 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.1£5,020,000
14Juan Pablo Rodríguez GuerreroMexico—CD Atlasdefensive_midfielder16Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.0£475,950
15Lionel Andrés Messi CuccittiniArgentina—Barcelonaattacking_mid_right15Crossing 15 · Technique 20 · Vision 20Crossing 15100%99.0£95,010,000
16Francisco Román Alarcón SuárezSpain—R. Madridattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 19 · Vision 19Crossing 15100%99.0£77,470,000
17Bryan Jafet Ruíz GonzálesCosta Rica—Sporting Clube de Portugal - Futebol, SADattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%98.9£13,980,001
18Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la MoraMexico—Frankfurtattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 17Technique 16100%98.9£9,980,000
19Christian Gustavo GómezArgentina—Club Atlético Nueva Chicagoattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%98.8£749,000
20Julio Álvarez MosqueraVenezuela—Numantiamidfielder_central18Crossing 14 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%98.6£1,702,400
21Marco Asensio WillemsenSpain—R. Madridattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 18 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.6£30,040,000
22Omar Sebastián PérezArgentina—Corporación Deportiva Patriotas F.C.attacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.5£449,800
23Franco Darío CángeleArgentina——attacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.5£409,800
24Damián Alejandro MansoArgentina—AS y Deportiva Justo José de Urquizaattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.5£300,200
25Jerónimo Figueroa CabreraSpain—Las Palmasattacking_mid_left15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.5£501,000
26Paulo Bruno DybalaArgentina—Juventusstriker16Crossing 14 · Technique 19 · Vision 17Crossing 14100%98.5£75,970,000
27Fahad Saleh Hussain Al-EneziKuwait—Kuwait Sporting Clubmidfielder_right17Crossing 14 · Technique 18 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.5£521,550
28Josué Filipe Soares PesqueiraPortugal——attacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.5£3,792,000
29Alexandru Iulian MaximRomania—Mainzattacking_mid_central17Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%98.5£6,980,000
30Borja Valero IglesiasSpain—FC Internazionalemidfielder_central16Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 17Crossing 14100%98.4£32,262,000
31Ángel Fabián Di María HernándezArgentina—Paris Saint-Germainattacking_mid_left16Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%98.4£31,960,000
32Jonathan dos Santos RamírezMexico—LA Galaxymidfielder_central16Crossing 16 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Technique 15100%98.4£18,496,500
33Matías Ariel Fernández FernándezChile—CD Necaxaattacking_mid_central16Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.3£10,980,000
34Sergio Tejera RodríguezSpain—Tarragonamidfielder_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Technique 15100%98.3£616,550
35Ever Maximiliano David BanegaArgentina—Sevillaattacking_mid_central14Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Technique 17100%98.2£33,960,000
36Jesús Alberto DátoloArgentina—Club Atlético Banfieldattacking_mid_central16Crossing 14 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.1£1,008,000
37Manuel Lanzarote BrunoSpain—Goaattacking_mid_right16Crossing 14 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.1£501,000
38Leonardo Nicolás PisculichiArgentina—Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniorsattacking_mid_central19Crossing 17 · Technique 17 · Vision 14Vision 14100%98.0£501,000
39Bruno Marcelo Pereira FernandesPortugal——midfielder_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 15 · Vision 16Technique 15100%98.0£37,962
40Mohammed Bander Al-ShalhoobSaudi Arabia—Al-Hilal Saudi Football Clubattacking_mid_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%97.9£289,800
41Walter Daniel Erviti RoldánArgentina—Alvarado de Mar del Platamidfielder_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%97.9£2,082,400
42Fernando Daniel BelluschiArgentina—San Lorenzo de Almagromidfielder_central14Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%97.9£17,071,500
43Nelson Fernando Cañarte WrobbelUruguay—Club Sportivo Cerritoattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Technique 15100%97.9£239,800
44Jonathan Viera RamosSpain—Beijing Guo'anattacking_mid_central14Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 17Technique 16100%97.9£20,970,000
45Edwin Andrés Cardona BedoyaColombia—CF Monterreyattacking_mid_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 17 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%97.9£5,020,000
46Riyad MahrezAlgeria—Leicester Cityattacking_mid_right14Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%97.9£41,960,001
47Manuel Henrique Tavares FernandesPortugal—Lokomotiv Moscowattacking_mid_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 14Vision 14100%97.8£5,020,000
48Darío Leonardo ConcaArgentina—Shanghai Shanggangattacking_mid_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%97.8£16,470,000
49Patricio Daniel ToranzoArgentina—Club Atlético Huracánmidfielder_right15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%97.8£475,950
50Diego Hernán ValeriArgentina—Portland Timbersmidfielder_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 15 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%97.8£11,980,000

Data wishlist for this page

6 data pointsWhole site
  • person, player, person_club_contract Nationality, club, position and value columns Now liveRecorded identities and values are displayed for the bounded specialist ranking. A separate club-division column is still pending.
  • person.date_of_birth, export_meta.reference_date Age column No reference dateAge cannot be calculated from the base .dat source without an authoritative reference date.
  • attribute tables and FMDB set-piece scores Supporting attributes, weakest attribute, coverage and score Now liveRaw supporting values are displayed; percentile-based scores are FMDB calculations. Individual supporting percentiles are not displayed per row.
  • indexed ranking predicates Nation, league, position, age and value filters Needs UI workThe ranking endpoint currently applies no such filters. Filtering must happen before the top-50 limit; age also needs a reference date.
  • player, person, attributes and person_club_status Rankings beyond set-piece specialists Needs UI workNew rankings need defined scoring, coverage and bounded indexed queries. Youth lists lack a reference date; free-agent lists must use explicit attachment status.
  • version-scoped ranking results Movement in rankings between versions Needs a bounded queryNo cross-version ranking comparison is implemented. It needs a bounded comparison, identity checks and compatible scoring populations.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.