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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. James Rodríguez 100.0
  2. Ricardo Quaresma 99.9
  3. Neymar 99.9

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. İrfan Can Kahveci 99.9
  3. James Rodríguez 99.8

Penalty takers

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

  1. Neymar 99.9
  2. Kylian Mbappé 99.9
  3. Harry Kane 99.8

Crossers

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

  1. James Rodríguez 100.0
  2. Ricardo Quaresma 99.9
  3. Trent Alexander-Arnold 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. Matt Smith 99.8
  2. Zlatan Ibrahimović 99.6
  3. Olivier Giroud 99.5

Aerial defenders

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

  1. Chris Smalling 99.8
  2. Virgil van Dijk 99.5
  3. Harry Maguire 99.4

Long-throw takers

The throw-in as a set piece.

  1. Olav Ulsaker 98.9
  2. Jaime 98.1
  3. Luis Segovia 97.3

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.