Luis Suarez topped all goal scorers worldwide in 2016 with 40 goals, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) announced on Wednesday.
He won the IFFHS award for the world’s best top division goal scorer 2016 for the third time in his career.
Suarez came ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored 38 goals, and Gonzalo Higuain, who notched 36 goals, according to the IFFHS statement.
Cristiano Ronaldo was in a lowly fourth place with 35 goals but he will be cheered up bit when he sees that Messi is an even more lowly 10th on the list.