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The Top 100 Dribblers In World Football Revealed And There's A Surprise No.1

The Top 100 Dribblers In World Football Revealed And There's A Surprise No.1

The Top 10 might surprise a few people reading this...

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

Back in April last year, CIES Football Observatory crunched the all important numbers to determine the best dribbler across the top five leagues in Europe and Middlesbrough winger Adama Traore came out on top in a surprise result.

11 months later CIES have once again used OptaPro data to analyse the dribbling skills of some of the world's best.

Once again some surprise names feature in the top 100 list, with the likes of Tanguy Ndombele, Arthur Masuaku and Naby Keita featuring among the usual suspects.

Naby Keita
Naby Keita

If you haven't read one of these before, the dribbling index is calculated by multiplying the average number of dribbles achieved per 90 minutes with the percentage of successful ones.

As you can see in the following results, Lionel Messi comes in third place behind Neymar and Eden Hazard, while five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't even make the top 100.

Here's the top 100 via CIES Football Observatory

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Image: CIES

Image: CIES
Image: CIES
Image: CIES
Image: CIES


Image: CIES
Image: CIES

Eden Hazard has certainly rediscovered his form this season, despite Chelsea underperforming in recent months following their Premier League title winning campaign.

It got us thinking. EA Sports' ratings continue to be questioned by gamers, with Cristiano Ronaldo being only the fifth best dribbler in FIFA 18 - but he doesn't even make it on the above list?

The Real Madrid forward has a 90 dribbling on his current card. Should he even have such a high rating?

Ronaldo
Ronaldo

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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Topics: Football News, Eden Hazard, Football, World Football, Neymar, Lionel Messi, Premier League, La Liga