Lionel Messi is in a class of his own when it comes to leading from the front. The Argentine has won the man of the match award in over 50% of his career games in club football. Stats tracked since 2009 show that the Argentine has won the man of the match award in 324 out of 628 games, putting him in a category of his own.
On the other hand, his contemporary and rival Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award only 176 times in 612 club games. But, he ranks second in terms of the most such awards achieved.
Lionel Messi ranks #1 for most man of the match awards since 2009
| Players with highest percentage of Man of the Match awards since 2009 | ||||
| Player | Clubs | % | MOTM Awards | Games |
| Lionel Messi | Barcelona, PSG | 51.6 | 324 | 628 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus | 28.8 | 176 | 612 |
| Neymar | Barcelona, PSG | 26.8 | 90 | 336 |
| Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Barcelona, AC Milan, PSG, Manchester United | 24.2 | 96 | 396 |
| Kylian Mbappe | Monaco, PSG | 24 | 82 | 342 |
| Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City | 21.5 | 39 | 181 |
| Harry Kane | Tottenham, Bayern Munich | 21.2 | 98 | 463 |
| Arjen Robben | Bayern Munich | 20.3 | 57 | 281 |
| Kevin De Bruyne | Werder Bremen, Chelsea, Wolfsburg, Manchester City | 19.3 | 86 | 446 |
| Eden Hazard | Lille, Chelsea, Real Madrid | 19.2 | 100 | 520 |
After Messi and Ronaldo, Eden Hazard has won the most man of the match awards. The Chelsea icon achieved 100 such awards in 520 club games, achieving a percentage of 19.2. But in terms of percentage, Neymar is right behind Messi and Ronaldo, winning the best player award 26 percent of the time in his 336 club games.
The only active players on the list are Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne. And considering the pace that each one of them is on, they could easily climb the list in terms of the overall percentage of awards as well as total awards, with Kane close to overtaking Hazard at 98 MOTM awards.
Who has the most MOTM awards?
Messi, 324 awards
How many MOTM awards does Ronaldo have?
176 since 2009.
