Lionel Messi has endured a horrible season in his debut French Ligue 1 season scoring only 4 goals and managing 13 assists.
However stats website whoscored.com may disagree as they have named Messi as the third best performing player surprisingly ahead of Benzema and Salah.
Benzema has scored 25 goals with 11 assists in the league this season and Salah has 22 goals with 12 assists, both of whom have been tipped off as Balon D’or contenders and have spearheaded their clubs to the Champions League semi-finals.
Messi is only edged by Lewandowski and fellow Parisian teammate, Kylian Mbappe in the rankings.
According to whoscored.com, the rankings are based on the average match ratings for players in the Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A and the Bundesliga.
The ratings take into account statistics from league matches such as goals, assists, clean sheets, pass success percentage and man of the match performances.
The rankings placed Messi at 3rd position with 7.71 points ahead of Benzema and Salah both with 7.68 points.
Lewandowski is first on the list with 7.93, followed by Mbappe with 7.91 points. Mohammed Salah is the only premier league player who makes the top ten of the list.
Here’s the list of the top 10 players with their points.
1. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 7.93
2. Kylian Mbappe (PSG) – 7.91
3. Lionel Messi (PSG) – 7.71
4. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 7.68
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 7.68
6. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) – 7.63
7. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) – 7.62
8. Ousmane Demeble (Barcelona) – 7.60
9. Neymar (PSG) – 7.59
10. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) – 7.56
What are your views on the ranking?
