3. Lionel Messi
A certified legend in very little need of justification. Lionel Messi is widely recognised as the best player on the planet above Cristiano Ronaldo. Many are tentative to herald the Argentine as the greatest footballer of all-time, but these doubters are running out of excuses and fast. Every season Messi plays, Messi breaks another record. He has scored an incredible 318 goals in 383 senior appearances ahead of his 27th birthday the assumed epitome of a player's career. Starting the new season in familiar form, the Barcelona forward already has five goals in four La Liga appearances. We've grown so accustomed to watching the man find the net that we're astonished when he walks off the pitch without a goal.