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Corner takers

  • FM19 Update
  • Set-piece specialists
  • Top 50 of 26,255 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.

326,962 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.

353589Players in this version
326962No corners value
372Too few supporting
26255Scored
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 18 · Vision 19Technique 18100%99.9£51,960,000
2Ricardo Andrade Quaresma BernardoPortugal—Beşiktaş A.Ş.attacking_mid_right17Crossing 20 · Technique 18 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.7£5,020,000
3João Filipe Iria Santos MoutinhoPortugal—Wolverhampton Wanderersmidfielder_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%99.5£34,162,000
4Ivan RakiticCroatia—Barcelonamidfielder_central18Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.5£55,062,000
5Paulo Bruno DybalaArgentina—Juventusattacking_mid_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 19 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%99.5£72,970,000
6Fernando Vicente Gaibor OrellanaEcuador—Club Atlético Independientemidfielder_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.4£475,950
7Wesley Benjamin SneijderHolland—Al-Gharafa Sports Clubattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 18 · Vision 19Crossing 16100%99.3£9,980,000
8Osvaldo Fabián Nicolás GaitánArgentina—Dalian Yifangattacking_mid_left15Crossing 17 · Technique 18 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.2£7,980,000
9Marcelo Adrián CarruscaArgentina——attacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.1£749,000
10José Antonio Reyes CalderónSpain—Extremaduraattacking_mid_left15Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.1£3,392,000
11Lionel Andrés Messi CuccittiniArgentina—Barcelonaattacking_mid_right15Crossing 15 · Technique 20 · Vision 20Crossing 15100%99.1£95,010,000
12Francisco Román Alarcón SuárezSpain—R. Madridattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 19 · Vision 19Crossing 15100%99.1£59,960,001
13Bryan Jafet Ruíz GonzálesCosta Rica—Santos Futebol Clubeattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.0£8,980,000
14Juan Fernando Quintero PaniaguaColombia—Club Atlético River Plateattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%99.0£17,970,000
15Christian Gustavo GómezArgentina—Club Atlético Nueva Chicagoattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%98.9£501,000
16Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la MoraMexico—Philadelphia Unionattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%98.9£4,192,000
17Luis Alberto Romero AlconchelSpain—S.S. Lazioattacking_mid_central19Crossing 14 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 14100%98.8£37,960,000
18Pablo Martín BatallaArgentina——attacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 18 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.7£501,000
19Marco Asensio WillemsenSpain—R. Madridattacking_mid_left15Crossing 15 · Technique 18 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.7£39,960,001
20Omar Sebastián PérezArgentina—Independiente Santa Fe S.A.attacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.6£300,200
21Franco Darío CángeleArgentina——attacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.6£409,800
22Jerónimo Figueroa CabreraSpain—Las Palmasattacking_mid_left15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.6£400,200
23Fahad Saleh Hussain Al-EneziKuwait—Kuwait Sporting Clubmidfielder_right17Crossing 14 · Technique 18 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.6£521,550
24Brais Méndez PortelaSpain—Vigoattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%98.6£10,980,000
25Borja Valero IglesiasSpain—FC Internazionale Milanomidfielder_central16Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%98.5£19,921,500
26Ángel Fabián Di María HernándezArgentina—Paris Saint-Germainattacking_mid_left16Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%98.5£41,960,001
27Sergio Tejera RodríguezSpain—Oviedomidfielder_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Technique 15100%98.5£380,190
28Alexandru Iulian MaximRomania—1. FSV Mainz 05attacking_mid_central16Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%98.5£4,192,000
29Matías Ariel Fernández FernándezChile—Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A.attacking_mid_central16Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.4£10,980,000
30Jesús Alberto DátoloArgentina—Club Atlético Banfieldmidfielder_central16Crossing 14 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.3£1,008,000
31Manuel Lanzarote BrunoSpain—Kolkataattacking_mid_right16Crossing 14 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.3£4,192,000
32Leonardo Nicolás PisculichiArgentina—Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniorsattacking_mid_central19Crossing 17 · Technique 17 · Vision 14Vision 14100%98.2£2,992,000
33Magnus Wolff EikremNorway—Molde FKmidfielder_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 15 · Vision 16Technique 15100%98.2£4,192,000
34Riyad Karim MahrezAlgeria—Manchester Cityattacking_mid_right14Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Vision 16100%98.2£55,960,000
35Mohammed Bander Al-ShalhoobSaudi Arabia—Al-Hilal Saudi Football Clubattacking_mid_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%98.1£259,800
36Andrés Nicolás D'AlessandroArgentina—Sport Club Internacionalattacking_mid_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%98.1£1,008,000
37Éver Maximiliano David BanegaArgentina—Sevillamidfielder_central14Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%98.1£32,262,000
38Tiago Filipe Sousa Nobrega RodriguesPortugal—CSKA-Sofiaattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Technique 15100%98.1£949,000
39Juan Miguel Callejón BuenoSpain—Club Bolívarattacking_mid_left15Crossing 16 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Technique 15100%98.1£501,000
40Jonathan Viera RamosSpain—Beijing Guo'anattacking_mid_central14Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 17Technique 16100%98.1£20,970,000
41Edwin Andrés Cardona BedoyaColombia—CF Monterreyattacking_mid_left15Crossing 14 · Technique 17 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.1£5,020,000
42Patricio Salvatore Arce CambanaPeru—Club Sporting Cristal S.A.midfielder_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 15 · Vision 15Technique 15100%98.1£759,050
43Darío Leonardo ConcaArgentina——attacking_mid_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.0£16,470,000
44Patricio Daniel ToranzoArgentina—Club Atlético Huracánmidfielder_right15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.0£475,950
45Víctor Vázquez SolsonaSpain—Al-Arabi (KSA)attacking_mid_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 15 · Vision 17Crossing 14100%98.0£2,992,000
46José Manuel Jurado MartinSpain—Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Clubattacking_mid_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.0£11,980,000
47Sergio Barcina RodríguezSpain—Calahorraattacking_mid_left15Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Crossing 14100%98.0£300,200
48José Ernesto SosaArgentina—Trabzonspor A.Ş.midfielder_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 15 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%97.9£9,481,000
49Diego Hernán ValeriArgentina—Portland Timbersmidfielder_central15Crossing 14 · Technique 15 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%97.9£9,980,000
50Miralem SulejmaniSerbia—BSC Young Boysattacking_mid_left17Crossing 14 · Technique 16 · Vision 14Vision 14100%97.9£5,020,000

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.