The Best Performing Players Of 2020 Have Been Revealed, No Lionel Messi In Top 50

Football's best performing players of 2020 have been revealed and Lionel Messi is shockingly missing from the top 50.

CIES Football Observatory's latest rankings have Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson rated as the world's best player so far this year, with an average rating of 93.0/100.

The rankings are based on 'pitch production and efficiency at both individual and collective level'.

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Barcelona captain Messi shockingly misses out on the top 50, coming in at 52nd while rival Cristiano Ronaldo comes in at 27th.

Check out the top 50 below.

50. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) - 83.9 average rating

49. Remo Freuler (Atalanta) - 84.0 average rating

48. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) - 84.0 average rating

47. Fabian Ruiz (Napoli) - 84.1 average rating

46. Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus) - 84.5 average rating

45. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) - 84.7 average rating

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44. Casemiro (Real Madrid) - 84.8 average rating

43. Alexandre Oukidja (FC Metz) - 84.8 average rating

42. Sven Bender (Bayer Leverkusen) - 84.9 average rating

41. Benjamin André (Lille) - 85.0 average rating

40. Aaron Ramsey (Juventus) - 85.0 average rating

39. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) - 85.1 average rating

38. Fernandinho (Manchester City) - 85.1 average rating

37. Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) - 85.2 average rating

36. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) - 85.4 average rating

35. Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint-Germain) - 85.6 average rating

34. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) - 85.6 average rating

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33. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 86.0 average rating

32. Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund) - 86.0 average rating

31. Luis Alberto (Lazio) - 86.1 average rating

30. Felipe Caicedo (Lazio) - 86.3 average rating

29. Alisson Becker (Liverpool) - 86.4 average rating

28. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) - 86.6 average rating

27. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) - 86.9 average rating

26. Papu Gomez (Atalanta) - 87.3 average rating

25. Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen) - 87.4 average rating

24. Duvan Zapata (Atalanta) - 87.9 average rating

23. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) - 88.3 average rating

22. Rodri (Manchester City) - 88.4 average rating

21. Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund) - 88.5 average rating

20. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) - 88.8 average rating

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19. Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich) - 89.0 average rating

18. Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen) - 89.0 average rating

17. Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) - 89.0 average rating

16. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - 89.0 average rating

15. Joe Gomez (Liverpool) - 89.1 average rating

14. David Alaba (Bayern Munich) - 89.4 average rating

13. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - 89.6 average rating

12. Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund) 89.8 average rating

11. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) 89.9 average rating

10. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain) - 89.9 average rating

9. Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund) - 90.0 average rating

8. Josip Iličić (Atalanta) - 90.1 average rating

7. Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen) - 90.3 average rating

6. Marco Verratti Paris Saint-Germain) - 90.3 average rating

5. Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München) - 90.3 average rating

4. Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) - 90.7 average rating

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3. Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich) - 91.1 average rating

2. Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain) - 91.1 average rating

1. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) - 93.0 average rating

Who do you think has been the best player of 2020 so far?

Let us know in the comments.

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