Top 5 best players for Barcelona so far this season 

#1 Lionel Messi

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Who else would have topped this list? The Argentine has been Barcelona's talisman for the last decade and shows no signs of stopping.

Following the departure of Andres Iniesta at the end of last season, Messi was named Barcelona's full skipper at the start of the current campaign and the extra responsibility seems to have spurred him onto extra performance levels.

In his first speech of the season, he stated that it was his aim to bring the Champions League back to the Nou Camp and his performances over the course of the campaign show that he means business.

The Barcelona record goalscorer has almost single-handedly carried Barcelona all the way across all competitions, playing a marquee role in their qualifications in both the Copa De Rey against Sevilla and the Champions League against Lyon.

So far this season, Lionel Messi currently leads the way in the LaLiga scorer's chart with 29 goals from 28 matches, while also topping the assists table with 12 assists (continent highs in both categories).

He is also the leading scorer in the Champions League with eight goals while also providing a further three assists from just six matches and with Messi in this form, there could be no stopping Barcelona.