Lionel Messi beats Ronaldo to become greatest player in the 21st century

In a list compiled and broken down by British news media outfit Independent, each player were given points according to how they were ranked. And Barcelona star Messi was regarded as the best player in the history of football beating his fiercest rival Roanldo.

4 - Ronaldinho 🔥
6 - Ronaldo 😳
8 - Zinedine Zidane 🇫🇷
18 - Steven Gerrard 🤔
34 - Paul Scholes 👀
70 - Nemanja Vidic 💪

The top 100 footballers of the 21st Century have been ranked https://t.co/ktMtVjlEXR pic.twitter.com/8tFOqyPWi3

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100. Yaya Toure 
99. Harry Kane 
98. Daniele De Rossi 
97. Bastian Schweinsteiger 
96. Vincent Kompany 
95. Karim Benzema 
94. Sol Campbell 
93. Pepe 
92. Edwin van der Sar 
91. Arturo Vidal 
90. Angel di Maria 
89. Diego Forlan 
88. Radamel Falcao 
87. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 
86. Robin van Persie 
85. Carlos Tevez 
84. Gaizka Mendieta 
83. Virgil van Dijk 
82. Hernan Crespo 
81. Rio Ferdinand 
80. Toni Kroos 
79. Juan Roman Riquelme 
78. Thomas Muller 
77. Mohamed Salah 
76. Diego Godin 
75. David Silva 
74. Eden Hazard 
73. Cesc Fabregas 
72. Deco 
71. Lilian Thuram 
70. Nemanja Vidic 
69. Marcelo 
68. Ryan Giggs 
67. Antoine Griezmann 
66. Clarence Seedorf 
65. Wesley Sneijder 
64. Gabriel Batistuta 
63. Fernando Torres 
62. Ruud van Nistelrooy 
61. Claude Makelele 
60. Sergio Aguero 
59. Cafu 
58. Miroslav Klose 
57. Kevin de Bruyne 
56. Henrik Larsson 
55. Xabi Alonso 
54. Dennis Bergkamp 
53. Gareth Bale 
52. Gerard Pique 
51. Robert Lewandowski 
50. Javier Zanetti 
49. Didier Drogba 
48. Michael Ballack 
47. Oliver Kahn 
46. Ashley Cole 
45. Pavel Nedved 
44. N'Golo Kante 
43. Kylian Mbappe 
42. Alessandro Del Piero 
41. Alessandro Nesta 
40. Patrick Vieira 
39. Zlatan Ibrahimovic 
38. Roberto Carlos 
37. Rivaldo 
36. Roy Keane 
35. John Terry 
34. Paul Scholes 
33. David Villa 
32. Iker Casillas 
31. Francesco Totti 
30. Arjen Robben 
29. Wayne Rooney 
28. Raul Gonzalez 
27. Manuel Neuer 
26. Paolo Maldini 
25. Dani Alves 
24. Carles Puyol 
23. Frank Lampard 
22. Luka Modric 
21. Samuel Eto'o 
20. Neymar 
19. Andrei Shevchenko 
18. Steven Gerrard 
17. Sergio Busquets 
16. Luis Suarez 
15. Luis Figo 
14. Philipp Lahm 
13. Gianluigi Buffon 
12. Sergio Ramos 
11. Andrea Pirlo 
10. Fabio Cannavaro 
9. Kaka 
8. Zinedine Zidane 
7. Thierry Henry 
6. Ronaldo 
5. Andres Iniesta 
4. Ronaldinho 
3. Xavi Hernandez 
2. Cristiano Ronaldo 
1. Lionel Messi