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
