Europe's Top 5 Leagues 2018-19: The best players in each league so far 

#2 Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain, Ligue 1) - 8.41

A Phoenix rising from the ashes. Neymar is putting each ounce of criticism behind him while delivering consistent and top-notch performances. He leads the way in terms of average match rating in France.

One of the only two players to average a match rating above 8. Neymar makes the cut ahead of teammate Kylian Mbappe (7.97) despite having less number of goals. He has scored 11 goals and created 5 assists for PSG in 12 appearances.

On an average, Neymar has 2.8 key passes per game, 54 passes per game and completes almost 80.8% passes per game. He has also created 20 chances from open play for PSG. In addition, he leads the way in Europe in terms of dribbles per game (4.8). Although players like Dimitri Payet and Memphis Depay have created more scoring opportunities for the team, they lack one or the other aspect of the game which hurts their average rating.

Neymar is well rounded in passing, assisting, scoring, creating and dribbling. Depay assists and scores, but he lacks passing accuracy and hardly dribbles. Payet, similarly, creates more chances than anyone in Ligue 1, but he is also a poor dribbler and scorer when compared with someone of Neymar's caliber.

Due to Mbappe's inability to match the passing of Neymar, even he does not catch up. The comparison between Neymar and Mbappe takes a clear one-sided stand when comparing successful take-ons. (51 to 27)

Neymar is the player with the highest average match rating in Ligue 1. He is also one of the only two players with a rating above 8 at the stage. He is second only to...