Lionel Messi has more successful dribbles in football than anyone else in the past 13 years, and his rival Cristiano Ronaldo is only fifth on the list.

In the past 13 seasons of football Messi has taken on a defender and been successful an incredible 1880 times, according to Squawka.

That puts him top of the pile in football when it comes to dribbling, with Real Madrid's Eden Hazard second on the list, though most of those would have been for Chelsea, and Fiorentina's Franck Ribery in third.

1. Lionel Messi - 1880 dribbles

2. Eden Hazard - 1220 dribbles

3. Franck Ribery - 939 dribbles

4. Sergio Aguero - 832 dribbles

5. Cristiano Ronaldo - 816 dribbles

6. Joaquin - 798 dribbles

7. Hatem ben Arfa - 770 dribbles

8. Andres Iniesta - 739 dribbles

9. Roberto Firmino - 736 dribbles

10. Neymar - 734 dribbles

The stark gap between Ronaldo and Messi shows how much the former has changed his game in recent years, certainly after moving to Real Madrid in 2009.

When he signed for Manchester United as a winger he was well known for his flicks and tricks as he took defenders on and usually embarrassed them.

Later on his career he changed his style and became more of a cold hearted finisher who scored goals a plenty and became Real Madrid's all time top scorer.

Who is the best dribbler you've ever watched?

not surprised bcox when it comes to consistency, leo tops all the list..
he is a talented genuis dt would give you all football have to offer, he must be included in most goals, assist, dribble, most mvp won, most freekick scored n even most goals from outside d box..
the dude is just too magical and dts why barca just cnt let to of him dt easily bcox leo makes winning matches soo easy for teams..
heard he is planning to join PSG after this season, just watch how bookies would start rating PSG as strong favorites to win the UCL and how barca ratings would drop bcox barca would surely suffer from their long overdependence on the little magician..

Rubbish list.... Dribbles with no international trophy