New List Of The 30 Greatest Free-kick Takers Of All Time

Football fans have voted the top 30 best freekick takers in the history of the sport.

 

In the list, Cristiano Ronaldo was ranked higher than his rival Lionel Messi, while African football legend, Jay Jay Okocha is the only African on the list.

While Messi has scored five goals from free kick this season, Ronaldo still leads the way in terms of career totals from free kicks at 55 vs 53 for Messi.

 

The voting list named 'Best Free Kick Takers in Football' is organized by thetoptens.com and allows supporters to vote on the players they think are the greatest free-kick takers of all time.

 

See the top 30 best free-kick takers list below.

30. Leighton Baines

29. Gareth Bale

28. Miralem Pjanic

27. Wayne Rooney

26. Jay Jay Okocha

25. Juan Roman Riquelme

24. Alex 

23. Diego Forlan

22. Thierry Henry

21. Rivaldo

20. Robin van Persie

19. Memphis Depay

18. Ryan Giggs

17. Wesley Sneijder 

16. Juan Arango

15. Zico

14. Shunsuke Nakamura 

13. Gheorghe Hagi

12. Pierre van Hooijdonk

11. Steven Gerrard

10. Alessandro del Piero

9. Sinisa Mihajlovic

8. Lionel Messi           

7. Andrea Pirlo

6. Ronaldinho

5. Diego Maradona

4. Roberto Carlos

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

2. David Beckham

1. Juninho Pernambucano