IFFHS WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : LIONEL MESSI
Picture : Lionel Messi sovereign Winner of IFFHS World's Best Playmaker of the Decade.
THE WORLD’S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : LIONEL MESSI (ARGENTINA)
The IFFHS has devised an equitable method for determining THE WORLD’S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020.
The IFFHS has taken in consideration the TOP 20 of each yearly ranking of each category concerned and allocated points to each place. So the first placed received 20 points, the second placed 19 points, the third placed 18 points …. And 1 point for the twentieth place. If the annual ranking comprised fewer than 20, no point will be awarded for the unoccupied places .
Adding the points from the individual years provides a World Ranking for the Period 2011 – 2020.
Lionel Messi, winner of the yearly Award in 2015, 2017, 2017 and 2019, also second in 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2020, won naturally the Ranking of THE WORLD’S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 !
His domination during all these last 10 years was sovereign, winning 4 Ballon d’Or between 2011 and 2020 , 6 La Liga titles, 5 Copa del rey, 4 Supercopa de Espana, 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, 2 UEFA Super Cups, 2 FIFA Club World Cups with FC Barcelona !
Second in the ranking, his teammate Andres Iniesta (winner of two yearly Awards 2012 and 2013) preceeded Croatia’s and Real Madrid’s Luka Modric (winner in 2018), Kevin De Bruyne (winner in 2020) and Toni Kroos (winner in 2014).
| Name | Country | Points |
| Lionel MESSI | Argentina | 174 |
| Andres INIESTA | Spain | 127 |
| Luka MODRIC | Croatia | 113 |
| Kevin DE BRUYNE | Belgium | 103 |
| Toni KROOS | Germany | 90 |
| Eden HAZARD | Belgium | 77 |
| NEYMAR | Brazil | 71 |
| Mesut OZIL | Germany | 69 |
| Andrea PIRLO | Italy | 63 |
| Yaya TOURE | Cote Ivoire | 60 |
| XAVI | Spain | 55 |
| Cristiano RONALDO | Portugal | 54 |
| David SILVA | Spain | 52 |
| James RODRIGUEZ | Colombia | 42 |
| Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER | Germany | 40 |
| Christian ERIKSEN | Denmark | 38 |
| Riyad MAHREZ | Algeria | 38 |
| Paul POGBA | France | 35 |
| Thiago ALCANTARA | Spain | 33 |
| ISCO | Spain | 25 |