Messi, Ronaldo, Jay Jay Okocha make list of 30 best free-kick takers

A voting list named ‘Best Free Kick Takers in Football’ organized by thetoptens.com has voted the top 30 best freekick takers in the history of the sport.

On 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.

1. Leighton Baines
2. Gareth Bale
3. Miralem Pjanic
4. Wayne Rooney
5. Jay Jay Okocha
6. Juan Roman Riquelme
7. Alex
8. Diego Forlan
9. Thierry Henry
10. Rivaldo
11. Robin van Persie
12. Memphis Depay
13. Ryan Giggs
14. Wesley Sneijder
15. Juan Arango
16. Zico
17. Shunsuke Nakamura
18. Gheorghe Hagi
19. Pierre van Hooijdonk
20. Steven Gerrard
21. Alessandro del Piero
22. Sinisa Mihajlovic
23. Lionel Messi
24. Andrea Pirlo

25. Ronaldinho

26. Diego Maradona

27. Roberto Carlos

28. Cristiano Ronaldo
29. David Beckham
30. Juninho Pernambucano