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    [OC] Messi makes no sense! I visualized how much Messi is ahead of his contemporaries
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    [OC] Messi makes no sense! I visualized how much Messi is ahead of his contemporaries

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    1. Correct-Moment-2458 on

      While everyone loves Messi for his mesmerising style, he combines elegance with efficiency, and how! In the top European leagues, he has ~750 Goals and Assists. Absurd.

      Data source – [https://pivode.github.io/](https://pivode.github.io/)

    4. der_oide_depp on

      Everyone with 100+ goals in major leagues is a statistical anomaly. And even in your chart Mueller is a bigger outlier considering his goal/assist ratio.

    6. Kwetla on

      Aren’t Messi and Ronaldo on ~900 goals? Why does this only show ~500? I know it cuts off at 2024, but neither of them scored 200 goals a year since then…

    9. eerdeyla on

      ‘Average goals per game’ and ‘Average assists per game’ for each players’ most prolific 10 year period would make better variables.

    11. BOQOR on

      What this shows me imo is that Cristiano is much closer to Messi than many would have you believe. Cristiano is in the same league as Messi albeit he is not as good.

    13. oceanlessfreediver on

      Why not normalizing by years played at a professional level ? Mbappe for example is irreverent here since he is still in his prime (age wise at least).

    14. yepgeddon on

      Isn’t there a sub for this like r/toprightmessi or something 😂

      Dudes a freak of nature and CR7 is equally crazy. Madness that they were in the same generation.

    15. Putrid_Speed_5138 on

      You should make another version with averages instead of total numbers.

      Some of these footballers played so few games than others. Especially in older times, much fewer gamed were played.

    16. caelestis42 on

      Zlatan had 496 goals, indicating your visualization is wrong. Didn’t bother to look up his assists after that. Guessing other players’ stats are also wrong or you are counting some sub-category of matches.

    17. Siddharta95 on

      I wonder what numbers Totti would have if he went to Real Madrid or Chelsea. He would probably be around Lewandowski/Muller levels