1. Fernando Redondo

One of the greatest dribbler in the world is the Argentine retired footballer. During his career, he played as a defensive.

He is an elegant deep-lying playmaker who played in front of the defence. His main attributes were his creative passing, vision, technique and close control with his left foot and his ability to control the tempo of his team’s play in midfield. Despite not having a great deal of pace, he possessed good acceleration and was an efficient and aggressive tackler, who contributed defensively just as much as he did offensively. He was regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation.

2. Djalma Feitosa Dias

The retired Brazilian professional footballer Djalma also ranks as one of the best dribbler in the history of football. He played as an attacking midfielder during his professional career.

He is blessed with superb skill and technical ability but possessing a troublesome character. He is also a versatile player capable of playing on both sides. Most defenders were afraid of taking him on during his professional career because of his dribbling skills.

3. Enzo Francescoli

The former Uruguayan football player Enzo is also another great dribbler in football history.

He is a quick, elegant, creative and technically-gifted attacking midfielder who was also capable of playing in the centre as a second striker. He was noted in particular for his control, grace, fluidity, dribbling skills and ability on the ball, despite his lack of notable pace. He is a two-footed playmaker with excellent vision, passing ability, and an eye for goal from midfield. He was also known for his ability from set-pieces, and also had a penchant for scoring acrobatic goals from overhead kicks.

4. Diego Maradona

 

Argentine Legend Diego Maradona remains the greatest dribbler in football history, he made a lot of successful dribbling in his days, he was both a good dribbler and a good play Maker. He has completed 105 successful dribbles in the World Cup competition.

5. Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is one of the best dribblers of our time, there is no doubt Lionel Messi is the best dribbler our modern football, he has completed almost 2000 dribbles. He can dribble past two to three or four defenders to score a goal.

6. Ronaldinho

We all loved the fancy football Ronaldinho displayed in his days, he was a great player with a lot of skills to show, from snake bite skills and others, it was an interesting one from him. Ronaldinho is no doubt one of the greatest players in football due to his beautiful football style.

7. Ronaldo De Lima Nazario

Ronaldo Nazario is one of the greatest talents football has ever had, the Brazilian Legend was a perfect striker, and his dribbling skills were wonderful, People often try to compare him with the present Cristiano Ronaldo because of how he was able to dominate games and bring an impact. No defender wanted to be alone with him inside the box.

8. Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best dribblers in football history, although he not doing it as he used to at the moment because of his age at a young age, Ronaldo was the best when it comes to dribbling and skills. Many might be surprised why he is among the top 5 but till today Cristiano Ronaldo is the only footballer in history to ever complete 20 successful dribbling under 90 minutes, that’s incredible.

9. Pele

 

Pele is the third Brazilian player on this list, he remains one of the phenomenal and great footballers in history, his goals, skills, and technique were wonderful, Pele gave a lot to football, and his name is written in football history with gold, he was a perfect striker and also one of the best attacks in the world.

10. Johan Cruyff

One of Cruyff’s greatest strengths was that he could spot the weakness in defense. Like Zidane, he had a movie named after him called “The Cruyff Turn”. It would look like he was passing to a teammate but instead of kicking it he would turn 90 degrees and drag the ball with the inside of his foot behind his back leg. This unexpected turn always left defenders in the dust.

11. Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane was superb when it comes to ball control, he was able to give a sharp turn and he was able to find the defense weakness and drive it through. He had a great and beautiful football style.