Neymar, Haaland, Messi, Mbappe: 12 most in-form footballers ranked

Who are the most in-form players in the world right now?

We’ve seen some big starts to the season across Europe from many of the game’s biggest stars.

Erling Haaland is currently on course to smash every Premier League goal record under the sun in his debut Manchester City campaign.

Whereas Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have been lighting up the French top-flight as part of Paris Saint-Germain’s scintillating attacking arsenal.

But they represent just a handful of the best examples when it comes to players that have been doing the business in the early stages of this campaign.

So, with that in mind, we’ve ranked the 12 most in-form players in the world right now.

(All match rating data used was collected from WhoScored).

The Brentford man has kicked-off the new Premier League season in style and after scoring a hat-trick against Leeds the other weekend, has now recorded five goals and two assists from his opening six games.

His average WhoScored match rating of 7.76 isn’t too shabby, either.

The Arsenal star has wasted no time in getting amongst it under Mikel Arteta and has been the form player for the Gunners so far this season.

Three goals and three assists mark an impressive return from the Brazilian, but he’s contributed so much more than that through his intelligence and dogged work rate on the pitch.

What a signing for the London club.

The 19-year-old Bayern Munich sensation enjoyed an exceptional breakout season in 2021/22 and it looks as though he’ll be continuing on the same upward trajectory based on his performances so far.

Six goals and two assists in all competitions for the German makes him one of Bayern’s most in-form stars – and certainly there most potent, even after the addition