Look at the awards Ronaldo has never won in his career which Messi has won 9 times

Despite the fact that Barcelona football club struggled the expected heights this season. The iconic Number 10 has been scoring and assisting goals for fun this season.

Securing his 7th Pichichi award with 25 goals in La-liga. The 33 year old registered the highest number of assists in the history of Spanish La-liga with 21 assists.

I doubt if there is any forward capable of matching this feat on the planet, it will therefore shock nobody that Messi is the European player of the season. With an overall rating of 8.71, Messi comfortably sits above Kylian Mbappe who had a rating of 8.14 in second place by Whoscore( a statistic website).

Making the top 5 are Robert Lewandowski (8.13), Kevin De Bruyne (7.97) and Christian Ronaldo (7.82). Interestingly, Messi has been crowned Europe's best player in 9 out of 11 seasons. Following his ridiculously productive season with Liverpool in the premier league Luis Suarez won the prestigious award in 2013/14 season with a rating of 8.43.

While, in 2016/17 Messi was outshone by Neymar in La-liga with the Brazilian scoring an impressive 17 goals and 19 assists with an 8.52 overall rating while Messi finished the season with 37 goals in 34 games.

Whats surprising is the fact that Christiano Ronald has never won the award in his entire career despite the Portuguese exploits in La-liga, Serie A, Premier league and champions league over the past decade.

Lionel Messi's superior dribbling and passing ability really counts a lot.