For more than ten consecutive seasons in the world of football, there have been arguments about who is the best player and greatest of all time, between C. Ronaldo, great footballers in the past and Lionel Messi. It is important to note that these arguments started when Lionel Messi began to dominate football.

Just so you know, Lionel Messi is from Argentina, and Maradona who is one of the all time greatest footballers is from Argentina too, and this has always made football lovers in Argentina compare Messi with the Late Diego Maradona. Some football analyzers also compare Messi with the Brazilian all time greatest player, Pele. Coming down to club football, Messi is always compared to Christaino Ronaldo by the media, but these comparisons are not as realistic as they sound because Messi is not just a goal scorer or play maker as it is the case for some football greats. The following reasons why he is considered the best will leave you dumbfounded.

Right now, we about to do the one thing the Legendary Pep Gaurdiola asked us not to do, which is “Don't write about him, don't try to describe him, just watch him”.

1. 91 Goals in a Calendar year: Sometimes when people talk of impossiblities, I quickly remember Lionel Messi's astonishing 91 goals in a calendar year. As a football fan, how many centuries do you think it would take up coming football players and stars to equal this Lionel Messi's unbelievable record. Not 50 goals, 60 goals, 75 goals or 80 goals, but 91 solid goals. This will go down as one major or solid reason why Lionel Messi is the GOAT.

2. 4 consecutive Ballon D'or/Golden Ball Awards: Sometimes goal statistics make Lionel Messi look like he is on the same page with some goal scorers. Well, if you feel this way, you have to take a look at Lionel Messi's flabbergasting Ballon D'or records.

Some star players like Ronaldinho did not even win up to 4 Ballon D'ors, but as shocking as it seems, the Argentina won the top most prize in football for 4 consecutive seasons, uninterrupted. He made this record from the 2009-2012 football seasons. Lionel Messi also has the highest number of Ballon D'ors. He received his 6th Ballon D'or/Golden ball on the 3rd of December, 2019 after an amazing performance in the Champions League, and La-liga, with one super goal against Liverpool in their Semi-final Champions League clash.

3. 6 Golden Boots: Christiano Ronaldo is a goal machine, I agree, but how on Earth did Lionel Messi win 6 Golden Boots while Ronaldo still has 4 golden boots. Even Ronaldo himself confirmed that the ‘Golden Boot award’ is the best award anybody can win as a goal scoring player.

Remember that the Golden Boot Award unlike the Ballon D'or is not decided by votes. The highest goal scorer in European top Leagues wins the award. So, Lionel Messi's Golden Boots show the reason why he is the ultimate goal scoring machine and not C. Ronaldo. This is coming from Golden Boot Award statistics.

4. Highest Assist: Some of you may not know that Lionel Messi has the all time highest number of assists in the history football. Few week ago, the world of football celebrated Messi as the first footballer in the history of football to reach 1000 goal contributions. Lionel Messi has a mind blowing 306 assist and still counting.

The Argentina also has 695 goals and still counting to top it all.

Judging from the above, Lionel Messi is the Greatest Footballer Of All Time because no player on Earth in the past and present has any of these four records.

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