The Argentine star tops a list of 100 players including Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Ronaldinho or Ronaldo Nazário.
According to the British newspaper “The Independent”, Leo Messi is the best footballer of the 21st century. In this ranking of players, Leo has passed ahead of Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo who is in second place or Xavi Hernandez who occupies third place. In this classification there is a remarkable presence of FC Barcelona footballers, of the top ten places, six are from blue players.
Names such as Xavi Hernández in third position, Ronaldinho in fourth place, Andrés Iniesta in fifth place followed by former players Ronaldo Nazário and Thierry Henry.
This is the list of the top ten players:
1.- Leo Messi
2.- Cristiano Ronaldo
3.- Xavi Hernández
4.- Ronaldinho
5.- Andrés Iniesta
6.- Ronaldo Nazario
7.- Thierry Henry
8.- Zinedine Zidane
9.- Kaka
10.- Fabio Cannavaro