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Long-throw takers

  • FM22 Release
  • Set-piece specialists
  • Top 50 of 30,896 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.

396,010 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.

427099Players in this version
396010No long throws value
193Too few supporting
30896Scored
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
1Olav Gjørwad UlsakerNorway—Nordre Land ILdefender_left14Strength 18 · Technique —Strength 1867%98.6£3,570
2Jaime Barrero OrtásSpain—Teruelmidfielder_central14Strength — · Technique 15Technique 1567%97.4£71,250
3Gareth Frank BaleWales—R. Madridattacking_mid_left15Strength 15 · Technique 16Strength 15100%97.3£32,000,000
4Marius Laurenţiu LăcovişteRomania—ACS Astra Ploscadefensive_midfielder19Strength 15 · Technique 14Technique 14100%96.4£36,100
5Luis Geovanny Segovia VegaEcuador—Club Independiente del Valledefender_central15Strength 17 · Technique 14Technique 14100%96.3£810,000
6Joseph Dave GomezEngland—Liverpooldefender_central16Strength 15 · Technique 14Technique 14100%96.1£34,200,000
7Joseph EyimofeNigeria——defender_left16Strength — · Technique 14Technique 1467%95.8£212,500
8Troy Matthew DeeneyEngland—Birmingham Citystriker14Strength 18 · Technique 14Technique 14100%95.6£3,800,000
9Alex Sandro Lobo SilvaBrazil—Zebredefender_left13Strength 15 · Technique 16Strength 15100%95.2£34,000,000
10Kojo Kwadwo AsamoahGhana——wing_back_left14Strength 15 · Technique 14Technique 14100%95.1£2,210,000
11Jay-Aston Emmanuel-ThomasEngland—Aberdeenattacking_mid_central13Strength 15 · Technique 15Strength 15100%95.0£480,000
12Borja Miguel Romero OrtizSpain—Teruelmidfielder_central14Strength — · Technique 14Technique 1467%94.8£304,000
13Yousef Abdullah Al-RashidiKuwait—Al-Jahra Sporting Clubattacking_mid_left12Strength — · Technique 16Technique 1667%94.4£160,000
14Florian Adel MakhedjoufAlgeria——midfielder_central17Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%94.4£437,000
15Gabriel Dan RobinsonUnited States—UngmeIcelandnnafélag Grindavíkurdefender_central17Strength 14 · Technique —Strength 1467%94.0£45,090
16James Philip MilnerEngland—Liverpoolmidfielder_central13Strength 15 · Technique 14Technique 14100%93.7£32,300,000
17Renzo SaraviaArgentina—FC Portodefender_right14Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%93.3£5,100,000
18Yuri Berchiche IzetaSpain—A. Bilbaodefender_left14Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%93.3£19,125,000
19Jan Bert Lieve VertonghenBelgium—Sport Lisboa e Benfica - SADdefender_central12Strength 15 · Technique 15Strength 15100%92.5£17,550,000
20Danovis Banguero LermaColombia—Atlético Nacional S.A.defender_left13Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%91.9£425,850
21Sergio Ramos GarcíaSpain—Paris Saint-Germaindefender_central12Strength 17 · Technique 14Technique 14100%91.8£54,000,000
22Christian Benteke LioloBelgium—Crystal Palacestriker12Strength 18 · Technique 14Technique 14100%91.8£3,000,000
23Phillip Anyabwu BillingDenmark—AFC Bournemouthdefensive_midfielder17Strength 15 · Technique 13Technique 13100%91.8£4,370,000
24Michail Gregory AntonioJamaica—West Ham Unitedstriker15Strength 16 · Technique 13Technique 13100%91.7£16,500,000
25Marcos Alonso MendozaSpain—Chelseawing_back_left12Strength 15 · Technique 14Technique 14100%91.3£17,850,000
26Aron Einar GunnarssonIceland—Al-Arabi Sports Clubdefensive_midfielder18Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%91.2£957,600
27Mitchell Clement DijksHolland—Bologna FC 1909defender_left14Strength 17 · Technique 13Technique 13100%91.1£3,570,000
28Svante Ulf Ingel IngelssonSweden—FC Hansa Rostockmidfielder_central17Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%91.1£807,500
29Alfonso Sánchez MoragaSpain——midfielder_left12Strength 14 · Technique 17Strength 14100%90.3£10,040
30Maureen Javier Franco AlonsoUruguay—Centro Atlético Fénixstriker16Strength 13 · Technique 15Strength 13100%90.3£270,000
31Alexander Mark David Oxlade-ChamberlainEngland—Liverpoolmidfielder_central12Strength 14 · Technique 16Strength 14100%90.2£36,100,000
32Mikel Oyarzábal UgarteSpain—Real San Sebastiánattacking_mid_left12Strength 14 · Technique 16Strength 14100%90.2£46,000,000
33Happy Quenton JeleSouth Africa—Orlando Pirates Football Clubdefender_central12Strength 14 · Technique 15Strength 14100%90.0£360,180
34Iván Marcano SierraSpain—FC Portodefender_central14Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%90.0£11,700,000
35Yhormar David Hurtado TorresColombia—Alianza Petrolera F.C. S.A.defender_right14Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%90.0£637,500
36Ulisses Alexandre Garcia LopesSwitzerland—BSC Young Boysdefender_left14Strength 14 · Technique 13Technique 13100%90.0£2,210,000
37Morten Bundgaard AndersenDenmark—Aabyhøj Idrætsforeningattacking_mid_left15Strength — · Technique 13Technique 1367%89.9£95,000
38Marcio Andrés Valverde ZamoraPeru—Club Sport Huancayomidfielder_central15Strength 13 · Technique 15Strength 13100%89.9£700,000
39Marouane Fellaini-BakkiouiBelgium—Shandong Taishanmidfielder_central13Strength 18 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.8£17,100,000
40Omar Alejandro Esparza MoralesMexico——defender_right13Strength 17 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.8£357,000
41Manuel Mrouan da Costa TrindadeMorocco——defender_central13Strength 16 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.7£1,260,000
42Luciano Fabián MonzónArgentina——defender_left16Strength 13 · Technique 14Strength 13100%89.7£807,500
43Pablo César Leonardo Velázquez CenturiónParaguay—12 de Octubre FCstriker16Strength 13 · Technique 14Strength 13100%89.7£400,200
44Omar Jesús MerloArgentina—Club Sporting Cristal S.A.defender_central12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%89.5£720,000
45Luis Ángel Landín CortésMexico—CD Guastatoyastriker12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%89.5£360,000
46Luciano Román AuedArgentina—Club Deportivo Universidad Católicamidfielder_central12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%89.5£2,850,000
47Lucas Ariel OcamposArgentina—Sevillaattacking_mid_right12Strength 14 · Technique 14Strength 14100%89.5£34,000,000
48Jon Bautista OrgillesSpain—Real San Sebastiánstriker11Strength 15 · Technique 15Strength 15100%89.5£4,200,000
49Luis Gabriel García UribePeru—Club Social y Deportivo Carlos A. Mannucciattacking_mid_central15Strength 13 · Technique 14Strength 13100%89.4£750,000
50Miguel Ángel Britos CabreraUruguay—Institución Atlética Deportivo Kennedydefender_central13Strength 15 · Technique 13Technique 13100%89.3£225,000

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.