Maybe Marco van Basten's volley in the European Championship final of 1988 stands up to comparison. Even then, if you really wanted to nit-pick, the cross was coming in at an easier height and trajectory.
Paulo di Canio's scissor-kick for West Ham against Wimbledon? Wonderful goal, wonderful technique, but still not quite as sublime.
It's easy to take Zidane's genius for granted. This is a man who has scored two goals in a World Cup final, been named world footballer of the year and won the full set of major trophies.
Should we be so amazed that he could score such a goal?
Yes. Look at the performance of the man he succeeded as the world's most expensive player, Luis Figo.
Figo is a footballer as hyped and high-profile as Zidane, yet one who produced nothing of note in the 60 minutes he was given at Hampden Park.
Expect him to put some of that right at the World Cup next month. But also expect more of the same from Zidane.