In addition to lifting the dream World Cup, Lionel Messi He took the Best Player award from the Qatar 2022 World Cup. But the recognitions for the Argentine captain did not end there. Now, the International Football Federation History and Statistics (IFFHS), chose him as the best footballer of 2022.
According to the ranking prepared by the institution recognized by FIFA, La Pulga added 275 points and beat the French Kylian Mbappé (35 points) and Karim Benzema (30) by a wide difference.who ranked second and third, respectively.
The IFFHS created the Best Player of the Year Award in 1988. On that occasion and the following year (1989), the award was won by Marco Van Basten from the Netherlands, while the German Lothar Matthaus did so in 1990. But after that award , Joshep Blatter, the then president of FIFA, asked the entity to stop delivering the award.
However, since 2020, the IFFHS decided to award the best footballer of the year again and the Polish Robert Lewandowski was the winner of the 2020 and 2021 awards.
According to their performances in local and international tournaments and goals scored, the best players of the year according to IFFHS are:
1. Lionel Messi (Argentina-Paris Saint-Germain) 275 points
2. Kylian Mbappe (France-Paris Saint-Germain) 35
3. Karim Benzema (France-Real Madrid) 30
4.Luka Modric (Croatia-Real Madrid) 15
5. Erling Haaland (Norway-Manchester City) 5
