RONALDO SON CHOOSE MESSI HAS HIS FAVORITE PLAYER,,,

Cristiano Ronaldo won the Best FIFA Men’s The Best Player award on Monday, earning one of world football’s most prestigious individual prizes after an incredible 2016-17 season.

Ronaldo’s prowess in front of goal helped Madrid to FIFA Club World Cup, LaLiga and Champions League glory last season.

But do the stats back up his reaffirmed status as the world’s best player?

With the help of Opta data, we compare his 2016-17 numbers with those of the men he beat to the award, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and his former team-mate Neymar, who left Camp Nou for Paris Saint-Germain in a world-record €222million move in August, to find out.