Leo Messi, the most decisive footballer of the big Leagues

The CIES Football Observatory has gone back to confirm, in the last hours, what all the world already knows: that Leo Messi is the footballer more determinant of the big European Leagues, and also of all the world. The Argentinian star leads the last classification of 100 players of the big Leagues made by the quoted observatory, just by in front of David Silva (Manchester City) and Paulo Dybala (Juventus of Turín).

The CIES has carried out his analysis collecting different parameters that apply to the provision of all the players that have contested, at least, a total of 1.800 minutes in his championship (1.440 minutes in the Bundesliga, since has four days less) that the Series To, Tie it 1, LaLiga Santander and the Premier League.

Analysed the parameters, concludes in the study that Leo Messi is the footballer more determinant of the five big European Leagues, having sustained to the FC Barcelona to base of statistical leadership. It is the maximum goleador of LaLiga and of the Boot of Gold, the fifth of his career. Besides, also it is the best playmaker and has been able to deliver 12 assistances in the Spanish championship.

The star of the FC Barcelona heads like this the classification by in front of David Silva (Manchester City) and of the mediapunta of the Juventus of Turín, Paulo Dybala, that are the first qualifiers of the Premier League and the Series To, respectively.

By clubs, the Manchester City is the team with more players stood out, since until six of them find in the 'Top-10' of footballers more determinants of the season, between all having allowed to the team 'citizen' conquer the Premier League with 100 points for the first time in the history of the competition.

Robert Lewandowski (10º) is the first representative of the Bundesliga, whereas Edinson Cavani leads the classification of players of Tie it 1 French occupying the place 21 in the general classification. By positions, the better players classified are the goalkeeper of the FC Barcelona, Marc-André Ter Stegen (by in front of Oblak), Nicolás Otamendi in the defences, David Silva in the mediocampistas and Leo Messi in the forwards.

The FC Barcelona, very represented in the study

Finally, it fits to stand out that the FC Barcelona, in addition to being represented by Leo Messi that leads the classification, also plants between the 100 first footballers to Ivan Rakitic (20º), Sergio Busquets (23º), Philippe Coutinho (33º), Jordi Alba (44º), Ter Stegen (48º), Sergi Roberto (52º), Luis Suárez (61º), Gerard Hammered (68º) and Samuel Umtiti (83º). In total, 10 players culés in the 'Top-100' of the study of the CIES.