Messi is highest ranked footballer in top 100 athletes of the 21st century

Argentine football icon, Lionel Messi is the most-ranked footballer in the top 100 athletes of the 21st century according to ESPN.

This means that no footballer is as great as Lionel Messi in the 21st century including his career-rival, Cristiano Ronaldo who many believe is worth being called the greatest of all time.

Messi has been more successful than Ronaldo in terms of winning major titles. The Argentine is currently the footballer with the all-time highest number of trophies (45).

Aside from that, he is the first and only footballer to win the Ballon d’Or eight different times, while his career rival, Ronaldo has managed just five victories.

Hence, it might not be a big surprise that the 2022 FIFA World Cup and two-time Copa America winner who currently plays for Inter Miami is the highest-placed footballer in the top 100 athletes of the 21st-century list.

On the list, Messi ranked third behind second-placed tennis icon, Serena Williams, and first-placed swimmer Michael…