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VersionFM18 Update
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Long-throw takers

  • FM18 Update
  • Set-piece specialists
  • Top 50 of 23,169 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 long throws as the primary attribute, supported by strength and technique. 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.

307,506 players have no recorded long throws value; at least two thirds of the 3 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
307506No long throws value
152Too few supporting
23169Scored
50Listed

Ranking

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

Columns

# Player Nation Age Needs data Club Position Long throws Supporting Weakest supporting Recorded Score Value
1Gareth Frank BaleWales—R. Madridattacking_mid_left15Strength 17 · Technique 16Technique 16100%98.6£70,030,000
2Olav Gjørwad UlsakerNorway—Nordre Land ILdefender_left14Strength 18 · Technique —Strength 1867%98.1£425
3Marius Laurenţiu LăcovişteRomania—ACS Astra Ploscadefensive_midfielder19Strength 15 · Technique 14Technique 14100%95.5£9,538
4Joseph EyimofeNigeria—Warri Wolves FCdefender_left16Strength — · Technique 14Technique 1467%94.8£212,330
5Florian Adel MakhedjoufAlgeria—Stade Lavallois Mayenne FCmidfielder_central17Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%92.9£436,810
6Alex Sandro Lobo SilvaBrazil—Juventusdefender_left12Strength 16 · Technique 16Strength 16100%92.8£62,662,000
7Gastón Claudio GiménezArgentina—Club Estudiantes de La Platamidfielder_central13Strength 16 · Technique 14Technique 14100%92.7£475,950
8Jan Bert Lieve VertonghenBelgium—Tottenham Hotspurdefender_central12Strength 16 · Technique 15Technique 15100%92.4£35,964,000
9Steven Anthony CookEngland—AFC Bournemouthdefender_central14Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%91.4£9,882,000
10Yuri Berchiche IzetaSpain—Paris Saint-Germaindefender_left14Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%91.4£8,483,000
11Jérôme Agyenim BoatengGermany—Bayerndefender_central16Strength 18 · Technique 13Technique 13100%90.9£65,000,000
12Michail Gregory AntonioEngland—West Ham Unitedmidfielder_right16Strength 16 · Technique 13Technique 13100%90.6£5,020,000
13Sergio Ramos GarcíaSpain—R. Madriddefender_central12Strength 16 · Technique 14Technique 14100%90.1£65,000,000
14Mario Augusto Gómez UrbinaPeru—C Cultural y Deportivo Los Caimanes de Puerto Etendefender_left13Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%89.9£380,190
15Efetobore Ambrose EmuoboNigeria—Hiberniandefender_central13Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%89.9£764,100
16Jay-Aston Emmanuel-ThomasEngland—Queens Park Rangersattacking_mid_central13Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%89.9£249,800
17Antonio Emiliano Gonzáles CanchariPeru——defensive_midfielder15Strength 15 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.8£664,050
18Gabriel Martín PeñalbaArgentina—Las Palmasmidfielder_central11Strength 16 · Technique 16Strength 16100%89.7£3,982,400
19Fábio Henrique TavaresBrazil—AS Monacodefensive_midfielder12Strength 15 · Technique 14Technique 14100%89.7£55,062,000
20Aron Einar GunnarssonIceland—Cardiff Citydefensive_midfielder17Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.6£3,602,400
21Manuel Mrouan da Costa TrindadeMorocco—Başakşehir Futbol Kulübüdefender_central14Strength 16 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.4£2,692,800
22Diego Armando HernerArgentina—Sociedad Anónima Deportiva América S.A.defender_central13Strength 14 · Technique —Strength 1467%89.3£180,180
23David Luiz Moreira MarinhoBrazil—Chelseadefender_central15Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.0£13,527,000
24Kojo Kwadwo AsamoahGhana—Juventusmidfielder_central14Strength 15 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.0£25,621,500
25Rodrigo Javier Noya GarcíaArgentina—Tiburones Rojos de Veracruzdefender_central17Strength — · Technique 13Technique 1367%88.8£764,100
26Morten Bundgaard AndersenDenmark—Aarhus Fremadattacking_mid_left15Strength — · Technique 13Technique 1367%88.2£50,100
27Fabián Andrés Vargas RiveraColombia—Club Deportivo La Equidad Segurosmidfielder_central14Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%88.1£285,190
28Gonzalo Alejandro Jara ReyesChile—Club Universidad de Chiledefender_central14Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%88.1£3,412,800
29Sapay Vadym VictorovychUkraine—Vorskla Poltavadefender_right14Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%88.1£42,585
30Marouane Fellaini-BakkiouiBelgium—Manchester Unitedmidfielder_central13Strength 18 · Technique 13Technique 13100%88.1£21,346,500
31Omar Alejandro Esparza MoralesMexico—CF Tampico Maderodefender_right13Strength 17 · Technique 13Technique 13100%88.1£594,150
32Iván Marcano SierraSpain—Futebol Clube do Porto - SADdefender_central14Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%88.1£21,573,000
33Jonathan Glao TahGermany—Leverkusendefender_central13Strength 17 · Technique 13Technique 13100%88.1£16,173,000
34Bruno Saltor GrauSpain—Brighton and Hove Albiondefender_right16Strength 13 · Technique 15Strength 13100%88.0£8,483,000
35Happy Quenton JeleSouth Africa—Orlando Pirates Football Clubdefender_right12Strength 14 · Technique 15Strength 14100%88.0£340,170
36Maureen Javier Franco AlonsoUruguay—Club Atlético Cerrostriker16Strength 13 · Technique 15Strength 13100%88.0£1,792,000
37Marcio Andrés Valverde ZamoraPeru—Club Sport Huancayomidfielder_central15Strength 13 · Technique 15Strength 13100%87.6£949,000
38Miguel Ángel Britos CabreraUruguay—Watforddefender_central13Strength 15 · Technique 13Technique 13100%87.5£8,082,000
39Luis Ángel Landín CortésMexico—CS Heredianostriker12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%87.4£359,800
40Luciano Fabián MonzónArgentina—Club Universidad de Chilewing_back_left16Strength 13 · Technique 14Strength 13100%87.4£1,702,400
41Luciano Román AuedArgentina—Club Deportivo Universidad Católicamidfielder_central12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%87.4£2,842,400
42Joseph Dave GomezEngland—Liverpooldefender_central12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%87.4£907,200
43Sercan Sararer-OsunaTurkey—Greuther Fürthmidfielder_left12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%87.4£2,192,000
44Sergi Gómez SolàSpain—Vigodefender_central12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%87.4£8,982,000
45Pablo César Velázquez CenturiónParaguay—Deportivo Tolucastriker16Strength 13 · Technique 14Strength 13100%87.4£2,992,000
46William Silva de CarvalhoPortugal—Sporting Clube de Portugal - Futebol, SADdefensive_midfielder11Strength 18 · Technique 14Technique 14100%87.3£30,362,000
47Sergio Escudero PalomoSpain—Sevilladefender_left15Strength 13 · Technique 14Strength 13100%87.0£19,099,500
48Francisco Javier García-Noblejas HernanzSpain—Vallecanodefender_left14Strength 13 · Technique 16Strength 13100%87.0£509,150
49Luis Gabriel García UribePeru—Asociación Civil Real Atlético Garcilaso S.A.attacking_mid_central15Strength 13 · Technique 14Strength 13100%87.0£749,000
50Boichenko Sergei LeonidovichKazakhstan—FK Ordabasy Shymkentgoalkeeper12Strength 14 · Technique —Strength 1467%86.8£127,350

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.