Messi

PSG

99 1vs1 Index

0

100

Change Player

Neymar

PSG

96 1vs1 Index

0

100

Change Player

vs.

Messi vs Neymar - who is the better player?

Records

#1 in 1vs1 Index
French Ligue 1

#1 in Assists
French Ligue 1

#1 in Key passes
French Ligue 1

#1 in Expected Assists (xA)
French Ligue 1

#1 in Passes creating danger
French Ligue 1

#2 in 1vs1 Index
French Ligue 1

#2 in Assists
French Ligue 1

Top 5 in Conversion of big chances, %
French Ligue 1

Scouting report

Messi

Neymar

%

Per 90

Metric

Per 90

%

98.61%

0.5

Goals

0.71

97.36%

99.8%

1.21

Key passes

1.3

97.23%

57.43%

84.44

Pass completion, %

83.4

52.34%

89.83%

45.85

Challenges won, %

44.6

86.53%

See full report

Strengths & Weaknesses

Messi

Neymar

Messi vs Neymar Detailed Stats

Goals
Playmaking
Passing
Defense

Messi

Neymar

Value

Total

Per 90 min

Metric

Last

All

Longest Distance

Goal with most passes

Most difficult

Fastest

What's your opinion, who is better? What's your opinion, who is better?

Messi

0%

0 Votes

100%

0 Votes

Neymar

Is Messi better than Neymar? Here is our 1vs1 opinion:

Who has more goals in 2022/2023? Lionel Messi or Junior Neymar?

Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 16 goals and a total of 51 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 51%. He had a total of 0 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
Junior Neymar has the following offensive skills. He has 13 goals and a total of 21 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 21%. He had a total of 0 big chances.

Who has more assists in 2022/2023? Lionel Messi or Junior Neymar?

Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 14 asssists, 39 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 0 chances.
Junior Neymar has a total of 10 assists, 24 key passes and he created a total of 0 chances.
Another important metric to measure the players performance is the pass completion rate in general and more importantly the pass completion rate into the opponents box – because this is where most goals are made. Lionel Messi has a pass completion rate of 0% for passes into the box. Junior Neymar has a pass completion rate of 0% for passes into the box.
Expected goals, expected goal build up and expected goal chain value are only visible to our logged in users.

Who is better in defense: Lionel Messi or Junior Neymar?

Lets have a look at Lionel Messi’s and Junior Neymar’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 1 blocks, 7 aerial duels and a total number of 0 tackles.
Junior Neymar has a total of 1 blocks, 2 aerial duels and a total number of 1 tackles.

Summary

Given all statistical values we believe that Lionel Messi is the better player at the moment. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.