Whom do you consider as the best dribbler, who has the greatest ability to beat defenders? (present time)

For me its Ronaldinho(in his Barcelona glory days!).... IMO he is the correct mixture of pace, ball control and class!

In modern time you have to take Messi, the young Argentinian and Barcelona winger, as one of the greatest dribblers of all time. Even though at this point in time, he may not have had his best spell yet, but for his age, he is amazing. His balance is incredible, and he seems quicker on the ball than he is without it. He plays like he is playing total football; He moves into attack, dribbles past defenders out on the wing, and sometimes you even see him passing it in midfield. He has such ability, a mixture of agility, balance, speed and skill, all packed in and that is what makes him such a good dribbler and player. He is good in a lot of positions. And he can shoot, as well!

Ronaldinho could be counted, as could [C.] Ronaldo. I would say, in a whole list, the best dribbler ever to play football was Stanley Matthews, who was officially dubbed "The Wizard of the Dribble". He played for his club until he was like 50, and his national side, England, 'till he was about 42

I hate to say this, but this [C.] Ronaldo is amazing. He is just so good with the ball at his feet

Well, there are a lot of good dribblers now and its very hard to choose.
Messi is great, he has pace, close control and good balance.
Dinho was awesome during his barca days but he is no more in the dribblers list.
Ronaldo has fantastic skill, bot for me he is a more of showboat.
Robinho is skilled but lacking strength.

So now the competition, is only between messi and ronaldo. For me Messi wins!

Yea I too am going to have to go with messi. Ronaldo is good until he gets past one or two players and then he lets the ball get away from him. Messi seems to have the ball glued to his foot

How could I forget quaresma, he is one the stylish player and has a lot of skills. The way he beats defenders is just beautiful. Its a shame he is been wasted by Inter. He should move out of there before its too late.
I wondering why no big club is trying to get him!Anyone knows why?

No sense me answering this.... Lol

Currently, the best dribbler is messi.
He is technically gifted and he makes his dribbling quickly.
Me, I loved the style of Zidane. He dribbled slowly and with great class.
Messi has managed many of his dribbling through its acceleration. Zidane dribbled with his inteligente and his vision of football

Iniesta I love his dribble it is just like michael laudrup
Navas is a great dribbler too(today he finnaly played for spain)
Zlatan had great resources to take away defenders or pass the ball
Arshavin is just great

I like ronaldo when he was at united. His dribbling was amazing

Messi, Robinho, [C.] Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (el Phenomeno) are probably the best dribblers right now in football. There's a lot of amazing dribblers all over the world, but right now the players aformentioned go pass defenders like they're not even there and make it worse when players aggressively try to get the ball away from them.... More like embarrassing.

However, I think Messi right now sits on top....

For me it's close between Ronaldo and messi. Ronaldo has the fantastic tricks, the quick feet and the scary pace, but the way messi controls the ball is incredible. He keeps the pace high, keeps it simple asnd keeps the ball at his feet. The way he ghosts round and through defenders as if they're just not there is fantastic. Just for the sheer effortless appearance of his skill I say messi is the best dribbler in the world

I'm going go against the grain and note a player I like to watch turning defenders backwards with his weaving runs even to this day in his late 30's.... Ryan Giggs. That's right I said it. Call me crazy but the man can turn defenders to the point where they've got no clue where the ball is, it's just a lovely thing to see especially from someone of his age. Weaving in and out through defenses, it's pure class. While he doesn't have the flashiest of skills, he's a fantastic attacking dribbler particularly in his youth (note classic Arsenal comeback). Definitely not the best ever, but noteworthy none the less

For me it has to be Messi, the way he controls the ball well moving at full speed is mind blowing, that kid must have done nothing but play football when he was young Watching him play in person in Los Angeles gave me a whole different perspective as well, such incredible talent, by far the best player in the world in my opinion.

A player that hasn't been mentioned that deserves a lot more praise then he receives is Joaquin Sanchez. One of the fastest players in the game, I love his style. He can do this move which is almost like a fake Cruijff, but he does this move at full speed, it's one of my favorite moves of all time. He is running at the defenders with incredible pace, acts like he is going to cut inside with a Cruijff touch, then puts it back on his right side with his right boot and continues down the sideline, the defender has no chance. It's like a cross between the Cruijff and the snake that Ronaldinho does so much

I have nobody in particular to mention, but why don't people try and pick the less well-known players. Messi, Ronaldo, etc, we all know how well they play. But state someone we don't know as well; fuel some curiosity