Thanks to our friends at Opta, Goal runs through the players who have converted the most league spot-kicks since August 2014
Getty Images15Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LEAGUE PENALTIES TAKEN: 18
LEAGUE PENALTIES SCORED: 15
CONVERSION RATE: 83.3%
He may have left European football for MLS in 2018, but Zlatan is still fondly remembered for his exploits across the continent. Among his many other talents, the Swedish striker was a dab hand from the penalty spot.
Since the start of 2014-15 season, Ibrahimovic missed just three spot-kicks in league football, while netting for Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United in that period.
He also boasts a perfect record in the United States, converting all four of his attempts to date for LA Galaxy.
AdvertisementGetty Images14Neymar
LEAGUE PENALTIES TAKEN: 17
LEAGUE PENALTIES SCORED: 15
CONVERSION RATE: 88.2%
The Brazil star has not always had things his own way when it comes to penalties. At Barcelona and PSG alike he has had to battle it out with established takers like Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani, even holding an on-pitch struggle with the latter over the right to take a spot-kick.
Statistics suggest, however, that few are better than Neymar. With just two misses in the last four seasons, the PSG forward enjoys one of the best conversion rates in the game.
Getty Images13Paulo Dybala
LEAGUE PENALTIES TAKEN: 17
LEAGUE PENALTIES SCORED: 15
CONVERSION RATE: 88.2%
To see that Cristiano Ronaldo is not Juventus' most lethal penalty-taker may come as something of a surprise. But it is a testament to Dybala's coolness under pressure that he enjoys a better league success rate even than his illustrious new team-mate.
Dybala has taken 17 Serie A penalties since 2014, missing just twice. None have come this season, however, as the Argentine has handed over duties to Ronaldo.
Getty Images12Robert Lewandowski
LEAGUE PENALTIES TAKEN: 16
LEAGUE PENALTIES SCORED: 15
CONVERSION RATE: 94.1%
A penalty for Bayern Munich is essentially a goal for Bayern Munich, thanks to their unerring Poland striker.
March 2018's miss against against Hamburg was the first time Lewandowski had failed from the spot in the Bundesliga since 2013, while he was still at Dortmund, and his entire professional career shows 41 conversions and just four saved or missed.