Sancho tops CIES list of most in-form players with Messi & Ronaldo OUT of top 10

Sancho is statistically the most in-form player in world football with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo OUT of the top ten, according to CIES.

The 19-year-old has notched an incredible 12 goals and 13 assists from 18 matches this season, to help Borussia Dortmund to third in the Bundesliga.

CIES Football Observatory has collected a list of football's most in-form players based on 'pitch production and efficiency at both individual and collective level'.

Teammate Axel Witsel and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson, who has kept nine Premier League clean sheets out of ten, make up the current top three.

The Brazilian's fellow Anfield stars Mo Salah and Jordan Henderson are also both rewarded for the Reds' recent form as well.

But both Messi and Ronaldo find themselves clocking outside the top ten on both lists, with the Argentine currently down at 203rd with a lowly 78.3 rating.

Messi has managed four goals since the turn of the year but Quique Setien's side have slipped three points behind Real Madrid in La Liga.

Juventus superstar Ronaldo meanwhile has scored 10 goals in his first six games of 2020 to fire the Old Lady back to the top of Serie A.

But it was only enough to take the Portugal captain to 22nd in the rankings, a slight dip from the joint 15th he places over the season.