there is no doubt that lionel messi and c.ronaldo are the two best football players on the planet now. as for most of players, to be recognized the third-best is very valuable in this day. now, messi&ronaldo are the icons of world football,here are 10 candidates who can legitimately stake a claim to being the world's third-best footballer.

neymar,eden hazard,alexis sanche,bale,robben,lewandowski,aguero,ibrahimovic,suarez,james rodrigu are the excellent and expensive players in every team. they all are fighting for the team's championship, also they  try the best to be splendid footballer. in 2015 season, who would be the third-best footballer after messi and ronaldo?

from this picture, we can clearly know the performance of neymar,eden hazard,alexis sanche,bale,robben in 2015-2016 season. in 2014-2015 season, these five players rating are eden hazard>neymar>robben>alexis sanche>bale.

eden hazard was the mvp in last season, and his team has win the championship of premier league and football league cup. he has the excellent performance on successful passes and pass completion. while, barcelona neymar has acquired the triple crown with the team, and his performance is amazing in new season. his goals scored,chances created and total score are ahead of other players. due to the injure and downturn state, robben is hard to compete with the other players. neymar vs eden hazard who can be the final winner? 

among these five players, four of them are the best midfielder in football world, james rodrigu is the strongest attracting midfielder. in 2014-2015 season, suarez is the excellent forward, and he is meritorious staff to help barcelona win the championship in the last season. augero has won the golden boot in premier league last season. lewandowski has create new record of scoring in this season, ibrahimovic always hold the best state in the game. in generall, the performance in last season, suarez>aguero>lewandowski>ibrahimovic>james rodrigu. based on the data of this season, ibrahimovic>suarez>lewandowski>aguero>james rodrigu. in the end, suarez/lewandowski/aguero has chance to get golden ball award.

based on the comparison of these two types players,who would be the third-best footballer among neymar/eden hazard/suarez/lewandowski/aguero. in the last 2 months, who would have a better performance and state? let's us looking forward the fifa 2015a ward ceremony in switzerland ,january 11.