As mentioned earlier, Mbappé already ticks all the boxes of a GOAT. How so? For starters, Mbappé is already a world champion. Having won the world cup in 2018 at just 19 years of age, Mbappé has already touched the coveted trophy that even Messi and Ronaldo are missing to this day.
Mbappe rated ahead of Messi
Capello lauded Messi for his well-documented achievements in his illustrious career, which has seen him scoop the Ballon d'Or on seven occasions, but argued Mbappe's exceptional speed, technical prowess, and proficiency in front of the goal make him the best player in the world presently.
Lionel Messi is often considered the GOAT of football, following his exploits with Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina.
Messi beats Ronaldo to GOAT status after data analysis, says Liverpool FC's research director | Lionel Messi | The Guardian.
At the club level, Messi holds the record for most goals in La Liga with 474. In total, including clubs and country, Messi has scored 793 goals in 1,003 appearances. He also has 350 assists to his name. On the other hand, Ronaldo has scored 819 goals in 1,145 appearances for both club and country.
Pele- God of Football
Pele, real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is one of the greatest footballers of all time and was named "the greatest" by FIFA, also known as God of Football in the world. He was an absolute machine when it came to scoring a goal.
However, if there was one player to be labelled the same it would be Brazilian legend Pele. With 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, Pele is undoubtedly the king of football.
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is regarded as the king of dribbling skills in football. Messi has won the Ballon d'Or for being the best footballer in the world over a calendar year seven times over the course of his career, which is the most in the history of world football.
Pele | Brazil
Brazilian legend Pele held the title of being the greatest football player of all time and in the opinion of several people, especially those fans from the older generation, he is still the king.
Messi, on the other hand, was competing with figures from the past. The previous GOAT was, as I have argued, his fellow Argentine, Diego Maradona. Before that was the Brazilian legend Pelé. Both had brilliant professional careers, but only won the title when they had lifted the World Cup.
Meet Giacomo! Legend has it, he is the most photographed goat in the world.
The GOAT basically means 'The Greatest of All Time,' and it has been used for several decades by the United States press. Legendary boxer Mohamed Ali, basketball player Michael Jordan, and golfer Tiger Woods, were all also referred to as the GOATs back in the day.
PSG's Kylian Mbappe has been ranked as the fastest footballer in the world according to data from French newspaper Le Figaro. Clocking in at an impressive top speed of 36km/h, the French forward has come out ahead of well-known speedsters such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Leroy Sane.
Kylian Mbappe has overtaken Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the world's best player, according to former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand.
According to data presented by Sports Lens, Sulemana ranked as the fastest player in the 2022 FIFA World Cup when playing for Ghana against Uruguay, with a speed of 35.7 kilometres per hour. This made him faster than France's Kylian Mbappe, who was actually ninth in the rankings on 35.3 kilometres per hour.
Lionel Messi, Argentina
The highest goal-scorer in the history of the club by a large distance, the one with the most successful career, Lionel Messi is not only the best player of all time for Barcelona, but he is one of the best players in the history of football.
Greatest Footballer of all time: Pele
Pele, the legendary Brazilian footballer, is generally deemed the best football player in the world of all time. Pele is considered the god of football. There's not a single player who has won more world cups than him.
A respected businessman, Walter Camp eventually ended up running the company, one of the largest manufacturers in Connecticut at the time. Walter Camp is credited with altering the rules of rugby to create the game of modern North American football we are familiar with today.
Learn the steps to the skill here. One of the hardest skills in football to pull off, the Elastico was a favourite of Ronaldinho. It involves rolling your foot over the ball in such a way that when you bring it down on the other side, you are able to knock the ball past an opponent in one swift movement.
Neymar is widely considered one of the best footballers of his generation, but always with the caveat that he, like everyone else, is outside the realm of Ronaldo and Messi, who are generally regarded as two of the greatest of all time. But former AC Milan right-back Cafu insisted that Neymar is the best of the three.
In his 1,152 career matches at club and international level, Ronaldo has found the net 827 times with 236 assists. That puts him clearly above Messi who has 799 goals, but the Argentinian has played a significantly lower number of games (1,013).
Ronaldo has received praise for his physical attributes, goalscoring skills, leadership and performance under pressure, while Messi is lauded for his combination of dribbling, playmaking, passing and goalscoring.