Which soccer player (current/past) is the most comparable stylistically to McDavid?

[Cloned]

Maradona?
Messi?
Someone else?

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[bleedblue1223]

Maybe Bale, someone with great speed and solidish frame for size. St. Louis is probably a recent example that is a closer comp to the guys you mentioned.

Edit: Yeah, Kaka is a really good one.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Kaka

One man counter-attack: break-out, carry the ball the whole field, score a goal

Hopefully McDavid's peak lasts a lot longer though

 

[Cloned]

I guess I didn't take into account size as much when looking at this.

Was thinking more along the lines of dribbling/stickhandling, speed, agility and individual dominance.

But fair point about the size.

 

[Cucumber]

Present: Hazard
Past: Ronaldinho, Henry, Lampard/Gerrard

Hard to say as each player has a similar aspect of the game but the most comparable is probably Kaka.

 

[Chloraflora]

Maradona and Messi are two of the greatest players of all time. McDavid is not yet one of the greatest players of all time.

Hazard and Kaka are good shouts though.

 

[Cloned]

Does Hazard have the speed advantage that McDavid has over the rest of his peers though?

Did Kaka?

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Dybala, Neymar

 

[Cucumber]

Does Hazard have the speed advantage that McDavid has over the rest of his peers though?

Did Kaka?

90pace on fifa http://hfboards.mandatory.com/images/smilies/laff.gif

 

[Cloned]

90pace on fifa http://hfboards.mandatory.com/images/smilies/laff.gif

Video games are definitely the ultimate arbiter.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Yes, Kaka in his prime had the speed and Hazard has the speed, but I don't really think Hazard is that comparable to McDavid.

 

[Cloned]

Yes, Kaka in his prime had the speed and Hazard has the speed, but I don't really think Hazard is that comparable to McDavid.

I'd probably agree with Kaka, guy had tremendous pace with the ball.

Hazard I don't think is way above his peers with his pace. He's amongst the fastest though.

Neymar is actually someone I didn't think about and might fit here too.

 

[YNWA14]

Kaka is a good shout, because McDavid's skating is truly phenomenal, and Kaka used to look effortless in the way that he burst by people or ran into space.

 

[bleedblue1223]

When I watch McDavid, I don't see much wasted effort, he plays a very efficient game with a lot of skill, that's very similar to what I think of Kaka.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

McDavid is the Dybala to Crosby's Messi

 

[Cloned]

McDavid is the Dybala to Crosby's Messi

So does this mean the Oilers will beat the Pens this year in the SCF?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

McDavid is the Dybala to Crosby's Messi

As much as this post made me smile. I don't see how Dybala/McDavid are relatable. Dybala doesn't have blazing speed nor the frame.

It's hard to compare soccer players amongst each other... nearly impossible to compare 2 different sports.

However, if the comparison is who will be the best or 2nd best in the world soon... Dybala is as good as anyone his age group. Steal at the last draft we had. Whoever picked him is one smart cookie.

 

[Basement Cat]

Pulisic :p

 

[The Abusement Park]

I'd probably agree with Kaka, guy had tremendous pace with the ball.

Hazard I don't think is way above his peers with his pace. He's amongst the fastest though.

Neymar is actually someone I didn't think about and might fit here too.

I agree with Kaka and with Hazard, I feel like Hazard in the sense that their first couple steps are the fastest out there, but in a straight line they are fast but not the fastest.

 

[Havre]

Kind of interesting question. Most football players that are that fast are either goalscorers or wingers - very few are "playmakers" or someone racking up assists as McDavid. I guess that is also true for most hockey players.

Not saying McDavid hasn't got skills other than his speed, but Hazard relies much more on his trickery than pure pace.

Henry was relatively speaking much stronger than McDavid, but he is the only properly fast player I can think of (top of my head) that also could be a playmaker when asked to (clearly guys like Messi, Hazard etc. are quick, but I doubt they would have been able to follow Henry in a 40m sprint). If Arsenal hadn't bought Bergkamp and Henry had ended up with a Ian Wright-type striking partner I could have seen him being stylistically close to McDavid.

I don't completely disagree with Kaka, but he doesn't fit McDavid without the puck/ball as he hardly every used his pace to run into space or positioning himself for a pass the same way McDavid will (or Henry did).

 

[les Habs]

Neymar

I think Neymar is a fairly good call here. He's maybe not as fast comparatively, but he's still pretty quick and statistically is similar even if they occupy different positions comparatively.

Steal at the last draft we had. Whoever picked him is one smart cookie.

Thanks, but it was the draft before last that I got him.

 

[Rexor]

Does Hazard have the speed advantage that McDavid has over the rest of his peers though?

Did Kaka?

 

[Jussi]

Fellaini.

 

[Ceremony]

Chris Erskine

 

[jacobhockey13]

Ousmane Dembele