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Set-piece specialists

  • The site’s own scores, not game data

Corner takers

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

  1. Pedro León 99.9
  2. James Rodríguez 99.9
  3. Luka Modric 99.8

Free-kick takers

The dead ball from range, where technique and composure decide whether it beats a wall and a goalkeeper.

  1. Lionel Messi 99.9
  2. Luis Suárez 99.8
  3. James Rodríguez 99.7

Penalty takers

Twelve yards: composure carries as much weight as the penalty attribute itself.

  1. Lionel Messi 99.8
  2. Harry Kane 99.7
  3. Mario Balotelli 99.7

Crossers

Delivery from open play, so the first touch that sets the cross up counts.

  1. James Rodríguez 100.0
  2. Luka Modric 99.9
  3. Marco Verratti 99.9

Aerial targets

Who wins the header at the end of the delivery: reach and strength to get there, bravery and balance once it is contested.

  1. Milan Skoda 99.6
  2. Goran Milovic 99.5
  3. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic 99.5

Aerial defenders

The same header at the other end, where reading the delivery matters more than out-jumping it.

  1. Virgil van Dijk 99.5
  2. Pepe 98.6
  3. Marcelo 98.6

Long-throw takers

The throw-in as a set piece.

  1. Gareth Bale 99.1
  2. Olav Ulsaker 98.7
  3. Alireza Beiranvand 98.4

How the score works

Each attribute is turned into its percentile among every player in this version who has it stored (players often have attributes missing; the game generates those at the start of a new game). Then base = 0.65 × primary + 0.35 × mean(supporting) and score = base × (0.55 + 0.45 × weakest supporting / 100), so one weak link drags the score down. A missing supporting attribute drops out rather than counting as zero; at least two thirds of the attributes must be stored. Rankings with fewer than 25 scored players are not published.