Who is the best penalty taker recently in football?

Eden Hazard hands down!

Among his considerable attributes is his ability from the penalty spot. The stats (below) show the Chelsea flyer has buried 17 of his 17 league penalties– a record which puts him top across Europe’s best pen specialists.

Mario Balotelli used to be top of the charts until he went on a missing spree at AC Milan last season.

 Everton’s Leighton Baines' 100 percent record saw a dent when his shot from the spot was saved by Manchester United’s David De Gea. Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi have scored the most from the penalty spot, but their conversion rate is less than that of Hazard.

However, it is worth mentioning that the Chelsea star had missed one against Nordsjalland in the UEFA Champions League.

Perhaps the best spot-kick taker in the world at the moment, the Belgian is definitely one you’d want in your side in a shoot-out situation.