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VersionFM23 Release
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Corner takers

  • FM23 Release
  • Set-piece specialists
  • Top 50 of 87,697 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.

368,722 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.

458389Players in this version
368722No corners value
1970Too few supporting
87697Scored
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—Olympiacos SF Piraeusattacking_mid_central17Crossing 17 · Technique 18 · Vision 19Crossing 17100%100.0£15,000,000
2Luka ModrićCroatia—R. Madridmidfielder_central16Crossing 16 · Technique 19 · Vision 19Crossing 16100%99.9£66,500,000
3Ricardo Andrade Quaresma BernardoPortugal——attacking_mid_right18Crossing 20 · Technique 18 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.9£800,000
4Ángel Fabián Di María HernándezArgentina—Juventusattacking_mid_right16Crossing 17 · Technique 19 · Vision 18Crossing 17100%99.9£30,000,000
5NeymarBrazil—Paris Saint-Germainattacking_mid_left16Crossing 16 · Technique 20 · Vision 17Crossing 16100%99.9£70,000,000
6Pedro León Sánchez GilSpain—Murciaattacking_mid_right17Crossing 17 · Technique 18 · Vision 17Vision 17100%99.9£2,600,000
7Toni KroosGermany—R. Madridmidfielder_central19Crossing 18 · Technique 16 · Vision 18Technique 16100%99.8£58,900,000
8Mathieu ValbuenaFrance—Olympiacos SF Piraeusattacking_mid_left16Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.8£3,000,000
9Christian Dannemann EriksenDenmark—Manchester UFCmidfielder_central16Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Technique 17100%99.8£49,400,000
10Bruno Miguel Borges FernandesPortugal—Manchester UFCattacking_mid_central16Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 18Technique 17100%99.8£62,000,000
11Hakan ÇalhanoğluTurkey—FC Internazionale Milanomidfielder_central18Crossing 17 · Technique 16 · Vision 18Technique 16100%99.8£34,200,000
12Ivan RakiticCroatia—Sevillamidfielder_central18Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.7£14,250,000
13Eran LeviIsrael—Hapoel Ra'ananaattacking_mid_central16Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.7£100,000
14Paulo Bruno Exequiel DybalaArgentina—Associazione Sportiva Romaattacking_mid_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 19 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%99.7£30,000,000
15Gustavo ScarpaBrazil—Sociedade Esportiva Palmeirasattacking_mid_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.7£12,000,000
16LincolnBrazil—Fenerbahçe A.Ş.attacking_mid_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Crossing 15100%99.7£10,000,000
17Lászlo BénesSlovakia—Hamburger SVmidfielder_central16Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.7£2,470,000
18Lorenzo PellegriniItaly—Associazione Sportiva Romamidfielder_central16Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.7£40,000,000
19Osvaldo Fabián Nicolás GaitánArgentina—Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreiraattacking_mid_central15Crossing 17 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.6£900,000
20Trent Alexander-ArnoldEngland—Liverpoolwing_back_right15Crossing 18 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Vision 16100%99.6£49,300,000
21Reimond Orangel Manco AlbarracínPeru—Club Juan Aurichattacking_mid_right18Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.6£600,000
22Rachid GhezzalAlgeria—Beşiktaş A.Ş.attacking_mid_right15Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Technique 17100%99.6£12,000,000
23Joaquín Sánchez RodríguezSpain—Real Hispalisattacking_mid_right16Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.5£13,000,000
24Lionel Andrés Messi CuccittiniArgentina—Paris Saint-Germainattacking_mid_right15Crossing 15 · Technique 20 · Vision 20Crossing 15100%99.5£95,000,000
25Dimitri PayetFrance—Olympique de Marseilleattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.5£16,500,000
26Bryan Jafet Ruíz GonzálesCosta Rica—Liga Deportiva Alajuelenseattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.5£9,000,000
27Kostas FortounisGreece—Olympiacos SF Piraeusattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 17Crossing 15100%99.5£500,000
28Lorenzo InsigneItaly—Toronto FCattacking_mid_left15Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Crossing 15100%99.5£28,500,000
29Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la MoraMexico—Mazatlán Fútbol Clubattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.5£900,000
30Iuri José Picanço MedeirosPortugal—Sporting Clube de Bragaattacking_mid_right16Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.5£7,000,000
31Ryan Stewart GauldScotland—Vancouver Whitecaps FCattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.5£10,000,000
32Andrija ŽivkovićSerbia—AS PAOK Salonikaattacking_mid_right15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.5£1,000,000
33Roberto Torres MoralesSpain—Atlético Pamplonaattacking_mid_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.5£5,000,000
34Pablo Sarabia GarcíaSpain—Paris Saint-Germainattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Crossing 15100%99.5£38,000,000
35Fidel Chaves de la TorreSpain—Elcheattacking_mid_left15Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Crossing 15100%99.5£8,000,000
36Francisco Román Alarcón SuárezSpain—Sevillaattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 19 · Vision 19Crossing 15100%99.5£21,000,000
37Juan Fernando Quintero PaniaguaColombia—Club Atlético River Plateattacking_mid_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 18 · Vision 18Crossing 15100%99.5£13,000,000
38Jairo Jair Concha GonzálesPeru—Club Alianza Limamidfielder_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.5£522,500
39Matías Nicolás Rojas RomeroParaguay—Racing Club de Avellanedamidfielder_central15Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 17Technique 16100%99.5£2,850,000
40Raphaël Adelino José GuerreiroPortugal—Borussia Dortmunddefender_left15Crossing 15 · Technique 17 · Vision 16Crossing 15100%99.5£28,900,000
41Thomas LemarFrance—A. Madridattacking_mid_left16Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.5£24,000,000
42Fernando Vicente Gaibor OrellanaEcuador—Guayaquil City Fútbol Clubmidfielder_central16Crossing 15 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.5£2,850,000
43Kerem DemirbayGermany—Bayer 04 Leverkusenmidfielder_central15Crossing 17 · Technique 16 · Vision 16Technique 16100%99.5£4,750,000
44Joshua Walter KimmichGermany—FC Bayern Münchendefensive_midfielder15Crossing 17 · Technique 16 · Vision 18Technique 16100%99.5£77,900,000
45Damián Rodrigo DíazEcuador—Barcelona Sporting Clubattacking_mid_central17Crossing 14 · Technique 17 · Vision 18Crossing 14100%99.4£2,200,000
46Haris MedunjaninBosnia and Herzegovina—PEC Zwollemidfielder_central16Crossing 14 · Technique 18 · Vision 16Crossing 14100%99.3£456,000
47Miralem PjanićBosnia and Herzegovina—Sharjah Sports Clubmidfielder_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.3£21,375,000
48Rodrigo Javier de PaulArgentina—A. Madridmidfielder_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 16 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.3£14,250,000
49Lovro MajerCroatia—Stade Rennais FCattacking_mid_central15Crossing 16 · Technique 17 · Vision 15Vision 15100%99.3£13,000,000
50James Michael Edward Ward-ProwseEngland—Southamptonmidfielder_central20Crossing 18 · Technique 15 · Vision 16Technique 15100%99.3£32,300,000

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.