10 - GOAT
9.5 - Best of the era
9 - worldclass
8.5 - top class
Dribbling
1. Ronaldinho 9.5/10 (peak 10)
2. L.Ronaldo 9.5/10 (peak 10)
3. C.Ronaldo 8.5/10 (peak 9)
Ronaldinho and L.Ronaldo are very close. In fact, they are probably only behind Maradona and Messi in greatest dribbler ever during their peak. But won’t give them 10/10 as their dribbling ability has declined significantly once they enter their late 20’s/early 30’s or post injury. C.Ronaldo during his Man Utd years and earlier Real years is regarded as one of best dribbler in the world.
Creativity
1. Ronaldinho 8.5/10
2. C.Ronaldo 8.5/10
3. L.Ronaldo 7.5/10
In terms of effectiveness of creating goals (assists) I’d say C.Ronaldo, after all he has over 200 assists in his career, and he used to be a winger providing quality cross for others, and he still does it occasionally. In terms of beauty of creating something out of nothing, I’d say it’s Ronaldinho. L.Ronaldo has scored some great solo goals out of nowhere, but rarely saw him creating many chances for others.
Pace
1. L.Ronaldo 9.5/10 (peak 10, post injury 8.5, getting fat during 30’s 7.5)
2. C.Ronaldo 9/10 (peak 9.5, rest of his career 9)
3. Ronaldinho 8/10 (peak 8.5, late 20’s onward 7.5)
Close one again between the 2 Ronaldo’s. L.Ronaldo has more acceleration and explosiveness before his injury/at his peak, while C.Ronaldo has maintain his pace as one of fastest player in the world throughout his 16-17 years career.
Playmaking
1. Ronaldinho 8.5/10
2. C.Ronaldo 7.5/10
3. L.Ronaldo 7/10
Well has to be Ronaldinho since he is the only playmaker here. C.Ronaldo used to involved more on build up play at Man Utd and Portugal, usually on the wing play, but much less at Real. L.Ronaldo is essentially a forward player so naturally he involves less.
Ability to score beautiful goals
1. C.Ronaldo 10/10
2. Ronaldinho 9/10
3. L.Ronaldo 9/10
Easily C.Ronaldo. He scored all types of beautiful goals from anywhere across the pitch, volley, bicycle, lob, great header, great finish, long range thunder, freekicks and solo goals. Can’t think of anyone who scored that variety of beautiful goals in the past. While Ronaldinho also scored some great solo goals, bicycle, freekicks. L.Ronaldo scored some great solo goals and finish too. Ronaldinho and L.Ronaldo scored better solo goals though, and as they scored much less number of goals, their beautiful goals tends to stand out more.
