Messi named most decisive player of 2025 👑 (CIES) | OneFootball

The boss is still here.

This week, the Football Observatory (CIES) tried to determine which player has been the most decisive in 2025.

From a purely statistical point of view, it is Lionel Messi with his 59 decisive actions (37 goals + 22 assists). However, the CIES attempted to weight these statistics according to the level of the matches in which they were achieved.

Taking this data into account, the ranking is dominated by... Lionel Messi, who narrowly edges out Kylian Mbappé. The Argentine has an index of 66.3 compared to 65.4 for the captain of Les Bleus.

The CIES Index Ranking

10. Anders Dreyer (San Diego) - 42.1 - 22 goals + 19 assists

9. Luis Diaz (Bayern Munich) - 44.0 - 17 goals + 11 assists

8. Luis Suarez (Sporting) - 45.7 - 29 goals + 8 assists

7. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) - 46.0 - 18 goals + 11 assists

6. Erling Haaland (Man City) - 46.8 - 24 goals + 7 assists

5. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) - 49.3 - 32 goals + 5 assists

4. Michael Olise (Bayern Munich) - 54.9 - 14 goals + 22 assists

3. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) - 64.5 - 35 goals + 7 assists

2. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) - 65.4 - 37 goals + 4 assists

1. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) - 66.3 - 37 goals + 22 assists

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