Unbelievable! Here’s who is the best player of the World Cup by every metric!
Steven Perez
Dailysports's expert
Messi continues to make the difference where every action comes at the highest price.
Details: According to Opta, over the last three World Cup tournaments, no footballer has taken more shots or created more chances than Argentina's captain Lionel Messi.
During this period, the Argentine has fired 79 shots and created 46 goal-scoring chances—the best figures of any player in the tournament.
This fact once again highlights just how consistently Messi impacts the game on the world's biggest football stage—not just as a finisher, but as the primary creator.
It's worth noting that the Argentine is the all-time top scorer and leading assist provider in World Cup history, with 21 goals and 9 assists to his name.
Reminder: Not so easy: Argentina's opponents had the highest average FIFA ranking in World Cup history.
