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#10 Neymar (80.85%)
Ah the irony of Neymar being just above Cavani in this list. The climax in Paris St Germain’s soap opera-type season was Cavani’s argument with Neymar over a penalty. While Cavani is also excellent from the spot, Neymar just about takes the cake statistically.
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It is also one of the few footballing aspects where Neymar performs better than his former teammate Messi. As Brazil’s unquestioned leader, Neymar is also always going to be the one taking spot-kicks (Messi and Ronaldo).
Neymar has been excellent from the spot for his clubs as he made eight successive penalties for Barcelona and PSG since missing one against Manchester City in October 2016. However, in that timespan, Neymar did miss a penalty for Brazil against Japan.
What might worry Selecao fans is that Neymar (like Messi and Mertens) has a tendency to shoot his spot-kicks at low heights which is easier for goalkeepers to save. Fortunately for Brazil, Neymar tends to vary his penalties with pauses and some stronger shots- thus making him one of the better penalty takers in the World Cup.
