FC Barcelona's Neymar has scored more goals than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at his age – can he become better than the two superstars?
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The 23-year-old has already scored 183 goals in his senior career, netting at a rate of 0.57 goals per game.
His is slightly ahead of his teammate Messi, who had scored 150 goals at a rate of 0.55 when he was 23 back in 2010.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, sits further behind the Brazilian as the Portuguese had only scored 118 goals – at a rate of 0.36 – when he was 23.
Neymar is also ahead of Messi when it comes to games played, leading with 317 to 268, while Ronaldo had featured in 327 matches, ahead of both Barcelona stars.
When it comes to personal and team accolades, however, Messi had already lifted 25 titles and awards, while the Brazil captain currently sits on only 14.
Neymar's tally is more than what Ronaldo's was when he was 23, though, as the Portuguese had lifted or received just 11 trophies by that age, according to Marca.
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Both Ronaldo and Messi had also already won their first FIFA World Player of the Year awards, a trophy that will be tricky to achieve for Neymar because he would have to break the eight-year Ballon d'Or duopoly held by arguably the two best players in the world.
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