6 records that Lionel Messi can break or equal in the 2018-19 season

#6 Most Ballon d'Ors - 6

FBL-ESP-LIGA-BARCELONA-ATHLETIC — Messi has won the Ballon d'Or five times

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's dominance of world football in the last decade can be highlighted by the Ballon d'Ors that the two have won between them. The duo have won the last 10 (yes, 10!) Ballon d'Ors, with Kaka being the last one apart from the two goalscoring machines to win it, way back in 2007.

The arch-rivals have five apiece, and with both winning trophies in the season gone by (Ronaldo won the Champions League, while Messi won La Liga and Copa del Rey), it is going to be a close-run thing.

What will sway in one player's favour is how well they do in the World Cup; whoever takes their team the farthest (or wins it) will probably be crowned the Ballon d'Or.

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Edited by Amar Anand