Messi vs Karim Benzema, who is the best soccer player in the world?

Both Lionel Messi and Karim Benzema have had extraordinary careers as footballers. Both players have been in the elite since the 2004 season, and have proven that their names will go down in history.

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While the common question is, who is better between Messi and Cristiano, today, Benzema can replace the Portuguese, who this season at Manchester United has struggled to perform as he has been accustomed to since his first stint with the Red Devil team.

As of today, we could say that Benzema is in better shape than Lionel Messi since so far in the 2021/22 season, the Frenchman has performed better and we can see that from the statistics.

The Real Madrid player has played 33 total games in all competitions (LaLiga, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup) and has scored 30 goals and shared 12 assists. On the other hand, the PSG player has played 25 total games (Ligue 1, Champions League, and French Cup) and has scored 7 times and assisted 10.

Undoubtedly the Frenchman's numbers are better than the Argentinean's but this has been the case for this season, so to make a better analysis we will look at the historical numbers of both players throughout their careers.

Lionel Messi Stats

The Argentine has not been considered the best player in the world for nothing. Since his debut with FC Barcelona in 2004 at the age of 17, the Argentine boy was destined for greatness. And since his first goal in the team on May 1, 2005, Messi would not stop writing his history with the culé team.

From there Messi played 17 seasons in the Spanish team participating in 821 games and scoring 690 goals, a huge amount for a soccer player, in addition, delivering 270 assists and that without adding the goals and assists in PSG, and if we add both statistics, he has a total of 697 goals and 280 assists.

The Argentine has been a goal machine. With his national team, he has scored 80 goals and provided 35 assists. And his record with FC Barcelona is impressive: 10 Leagues, 7 Copa del Rey, 4 Champions League among the most important trophies.

Karim Benzema Stats

The Frenchman is no slouch either but definitely doesn't have Messi's numbers. Karim Benzema has scored 390 total goals in his career and assisted 159 times in all the official competitions he has participated in.

He joined Madrid from Lyon, where he scored a total of 66 goals and went on to become a historic player for the Spanish club. With Real Madrid, he has scored more than 300 goals and was part of the Champions League treble.

Since the departure of Cristiano from Real Madrid, the Frenchman has taken the lead upfront and his goal scoring has improved considerably, as he used to play to assist the Portuguese in scoring goals.

With France, he has fewer goals than Messi with Argentina but it must be taken into account that he was not called up for 6 years due to off-field problems with the French federation. Karim has 36 goals and 13 assists, not bad for his 94 games played.

Messi vs Karim Benzema, who is better?

Analyzing his historical numbers and club honors as well as his individual awards, Lionel Messi is a better player than Benzema, however, this season the Frenchman has surpassed the Argentine.

Now, to say that Benzema is the best player in the world because he outperforms the Argentine is doubtful since this season Messi has not been the best player in the world, so rather, the Real Madrid player should be compared to Kylian Mbappé, Mohamed Salah or Lewandowski, who have had a better performance this season and the most recent ones.

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