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Imo 18/19 Messi while being insane overall in terms of playmaking, dribbling, goal scoring - just his overall game play really plus carrying, he still misses top 3 due to being less explosive than the versions above who were also great dribblers and playmakers in their own right.

14/15 is no.1 for me - he matches 18/19 Messi in the “completeness” department - though his dribbling in 14/15 was better than 18/19 plus his explosiveness, acceleration and pace was at a high level despite the events of 13/14. Although Messi had a much better team in 14/15 I think evidently due to his age when watching him play I would still take that version of him above 18/19.

As for 11/12 due to being an insane record breaking season I’m willing to even overlook certain other criteria’s to place him at no.2.

I think 09/10 Messi is kinda underrated in comparison to the slightly overrated 08/09 Messi - who I believe ppl only really consider better due to Barca winning the treble - with the UCL but again we are talking about who’s better individually and trophies should be team-focused. If 09/10 Barca beat Inter and went on to win the UCL I do believe he’d be considered better than his 08/09 version by many.