The Argentine Lionel Messi, the Norwegian Erling Haaland and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé have occupied the first three places in the latest edition of the Ballon d’Or, a trophy that the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo has won up to five times, being the second that he treasures the most.
Four of the most important players who have debuted in the 20th century continue to expand their legend or make their way. The difference in years between Messi and Cristiano, on the one hand, and Mbappé and Haaland, on the other, makes it difficult to compare them individually today, especially assuming that the first two have almost completed their careers and the second two have a long one. path ahead. However, analyzing where each one is or was at the 8,503 days that the Norwegian, currently the youngest, can shed light on some aspects.
The ability of all of them to see the goal means that the goals cannot be overlooked, always without leaving aside the fact that Haaland is a striker with a different profile than the other three and that he played his first games in a more modest league, such as It is that of his native country. With all this, he leads this section thanks to his 227 goals in 278 games, according to BeSoccer data. He is followed by Kylian Mbappé, with a total of 211 in 322; Messi, with 149 in 274; and Cristiano, with 116 in 323.
Regarding the distribution of these, Haaland has been the only one to score five times in the same game. He did it with Manchester City against RB Leipzig in the round of 16 of the last edition of the Champions League, which ended up taking his team. Likewise, the Nordic and Mbappé have signed a poker on two occasions, although only the Frenchman has been able to do one of them with his national team, against Kazakhstan in November 2021.
Messi also had a four-goal performance at this point in his career, on April 6, 2010 against Arsenal at the Camp Nou, while Cristiano Ronaldo had yet to achieve it.
Also in terms of hat-tricks, the Portuguese was behind the others, having only achieved one with Manchester United, on January 12, 2008 against Newcastle. Messi accumulated six; Mbappé eight; and Haaland sixteen, two of them with his national team, which makes him the only one on the list who has done them.
As for doubles, the current Manchester City striker also leads with 47. They are ten more than Mbappé has completed (37), twenty above Messi (27) and twenty-four beyond Cristiano (23). Added to this is his advantage in many penalties scored, since in his case there are 35; almost double that of the French (18) and far from the Argentine and the Portuguese (13 each).
Another piece of information that can be compared is the number of goals in the only club competition in which everyone has participated so far, the Champions League. Haaland also heads the cast with 37 and is followed by Mbappé (33), Messi (27) and Cristiano (10).
The latter, however, scored a goal three days later in the tournament final against Chelsea. However, there is a scoring statistic that Haaland does not lead, that of games scored. There, Mbappé is at the top, with 152, up to 20 of them with the France shirt. Erling is second with 138, Messi third with 107 and Cristiano fourth with 91.
Beyond the ability to place the ball in the net, there are other points to compare, such as assists. Mbappé dominates here with a very wide margin, since the 95 that he has given are far from Messi’s 47, Haaland’s 45 and Cristiano’s 25.
In the overall number of games played, the one who is highest is Cristiano Ronaldo with 323, one more than Mbappé (322) and both distanced from Haaland (278) and Messi (275). Despite this, the current PSG player has more starts than the Al-Nassr player, 262 to 255. Haaland is also not up in goals scored with his country in official tournaments for senior teams, since, at the moment, he has not played in any World Cup nor any Euro Cup. In this area, Mbappé and Cristiano have scored 4 each, the Frenchman all in World Cups and the Portuguese three in European Championships and one in a World Cup; and Messi 3; two in the Copa América and one in the world championships.
Despite the notable figures that everyone treasures, since they raised and now raise many expectations, so far only one has won the Ballon d’Or at this point. It was Lionel Messi with 8,196 days. Cristiano, who raised it with 8,701 days, stayed close. Haaland and Mbappé, for now, will have to continue waiting.
2023-11-01 21:55:38
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