Ballon d'Or Power Ranking: November 2019

#1 Lionel Messi

Just Lionel Messi and his best friend having fun

When Lionel Messi decides to turn it up a notch, the world sits back and takes note. October has been one such month, a month where the Argentinian reminded us that he is perhaps the most gifted player to have grazed the football field.

Messi was absolutely unstoppable and operating at a level most players couldn't dream of reaching in their entire careers. Just to put it in context, Messi registered 5 back to back man of the match performances for Barcelona. Just how good is that?

He has 5 goals and 3 assists to his name in the past month and holding individual records worthy of putting others to shame over the past year, Lionel Messi has returned to being our top pick to walk away with the Ballon d'Or next month.

He was particularly menacing in Barcelona's final fixture of October against Real Valladolid where he scored twice and assisted 2 more as La Blaugrana won with 5 goals to 1.