I've been wondering and I have narrowed my own candidates to just two.

Ronaldo De Lima & Robinho.

De Lima's stepovers are much more effective - he mostly gets past players & or scores with his. He doesn't waste it.

Robinho's is just a beauty to watch. Very fast, slick & precise. He actually runs with stepovers. His football was built around stepovers and he uses it to devastating effect also.

Ronaldinho himself admitted that when it comes to stepovers, Robinho is wayy better than him as he prefers free-styling.

Let's be realistic, CR7's stepover game has diminished since he joined Madrid. His stepover days were in Man Utd & 4 years isn't enough to rank him high when players like De Lima were still doing it in retirement in Brazil.

Denilson had superior stepover technique to all the above mentioned, he just wasn't as effective. He mostly did it needlessly even when his team was losing badly.

Anyway, just enjoy the video & I would love to hear opinions from true football fans out there too.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6yCjIIiRvQ