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Three Real Madrid stars are quietly beating Lamine Yamal at his own game

ByHridyam Arora
Spain v Croatia - UEFA Nations League 2026/27 Group A3 MD2
Spain v Croatia - UEFA Nations League 2026/27 Group A3 MD2 | David Ramos/GettyImages

Three Real Madrid players are ahead of Lamine Yamal in the ranking for the best dribble success rate in Europe, according to WhoScored. The players with the best success rate in Europe are those who have completed 20 or more attempted dribbles are Yan Diomande, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal, and Miguel Sierra.

Diomande tops the list with 72% of dribbles completed, closely followed by Bellingham with 69%. Mbappé is on 61%, while Yamal and Sierra are both on 60%.

This is a brilliant statistic, but it is worth noting that Yamal also has completed and attempted more dribbles than any of these players, which will obviously have an impact. Even then, Jude Bellingham is not far off in the number of dribbles completed. In total, Yamal has successfully completed 30 dribbles, while Bellingham is on 25. 

Jude Bellingham is the most impressive player on this list for one reason

That is also a brilliant statistic to show people who think that the Englishman does not dribble that well. For him to be on such a high dribble completion percentage while also completing more dribbles than Mbappé and being very similar to Yamal is amazing.

Diomande is probably top because he has attempted the least number of dribbles. That is because he hasn't played as much football as the other players. He's only featured around a handful of times. 

Even in many of those matches, he came on as a substitute. Still, for him to complete at least 20 dribbles, if not more, is astonishing because he's played fewer minutes than all of these players.

The most impressive out of all of these five is probably Bellingham because of the sheer amount of efficiency he is doing everything with. His number of dribbles completed is not that far off from Yamal, and yet his percentage of dribbles completed is 9% higher than the Spanish winger’s.

It is a really good time for these players to get the appreciation that they deserve, but Bellingham keeps proving that he is one of the most underappreciated superstars football has seen in a very long time. 

Given the amount of slander he gets for so many things that are actually not true about him, it is insane. People say he's not the best dribbler. People also say he's not the best at tracking back and defending. People say his passing isn't that good. However, every single stat that comes to light proves all of those doubters completely wrong. 

The truth is, Bellingham is one of the greatest players of recent years, and he will only continue to get better. This stat is proof of just that.

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