Lamine Yamal continues to captivate locals and strangers alike with a carefree and magical football. After this 2024/25 season, he has established himself as one of the best players in the world and, why not say it, as one of the most serious candidates for the 2025 Ballon d'Or.

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With a season in which he added 18 goals and 25 assists in 55 games, his impact has gone far beyond the individual: he was key in the conquest of the National Treble of the Blaugrana team, which lifted LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup.

Lamine Yamal, leader in creating chances, according to the CIES Football Observatory

To his brilliant campaign is now added the support of statistics. The CIES Football Observatory has recently published a study that positions him as one of the most influential players in the world, taking into account performance in 60 leagues globally.

To compile this ranking, the CIES evaluates six specific areas of the game:

  1. Aerial game: Alexander Sørloth leads this section.
  2. Defense on the ground: Moisés Caicedo leads this category.
  3. Game distribution: Nico Schlotterbeck occupies the first place.
  4. Reception of the ball: Vinícius Jr. is the best valued.
  5. Creation of opportunities: Lamine Yamal leads this facet.
  6. Finishing ability: Ousmane Dembélé stands out in this point.

Lamine Yamal, second most influential player in the world in 2025

As for the overall score, the absolute leader is Mohamed Salah, the only player with a rating of 100 points in the list. Right behind him is Lamine Yamal, with 99.6 points, being the second most influential winger in the world, according to the study, and the best rated of FC Barcelona.

But the '19' culé is not the only one that appears in the list of most influential wingers. In the fourth position is Raphinha, with a remarkable 93.2. Right after, in the fifth place, appears Luis Díaz, the Colombian from Liverpool, who has been linked on more than one occasion with the Catalan team. His score is 91.4.

MOST INFLUENTIAL WINGERS IN THE 2024/25 SEASON (ACCORDING TO CIES)
SCORE PLAYER AGE TEAM AER GRD DIS TAK CCR FIN
100 Mohamed Salah 33 Liverpool 29 44 48 78 93 84
99.6 Lamine Yamal 17 FC Barcelona 16 63 53 90 99 80
98.1 Michael Olise 23 Bayern Munich 37 59 64 89 95 82
93.2 Raphinha 28 FC Barcelona 39 52 50 73 93 84
91.4 Luis Díaz 28 Liverpool 48 63 53 80 70 82
91.3 Morgan Rogers 22 Aston Villa 41 62 49 77 78 69
90.8 Bryan Mbeumo 25 Brentford 46 65 52 76 80 76
90.5 Bradley Barcola 22 Paris Saint-Germain 42 59 45 82 84 83
88.8 Ousmane Dembélé 28 Paris Saint-Germain 38 37 62 88 87 96
88.2 Vinicius Jr. 24 Real Madrid 0 60 49 93 89 78

Pedri, the most influential midfielder in the world, according to CIES

In the midfielders section there is also a prominent Blaugrana presence: Pedri González appears as the most influential midfielder in the world, with an impressive score of 98.7, leading his category.

MOST INFLUENTIAL MIDFIELDERS IN THE 2024/25 SEASON (ACCORDING TO CIES)
SCORE PLAYER AGE TEAM AER GRD DIS TAK CCR FIN
98.7 Pedri González 22 FC Barcelona 30 80 87 76 80 58
96.2 Joshua Kimmich 30 Bayern Munich 33 67 96 49 74 58
94.1 Granit Xhaka 32 Bayer Leverkusen 53 77 92 54 69 51
92 Federico Valverde 26 Real Madrid 52 69 79 58 61 68
90.6 Enzo Fernández 24 Chelsea FC 42 73 75 62 76 67
90.3 Marten de Roon 34 Atalanta BC 62 73 82 45 60 53
90.1 Youri Tielemans 28 Aston Villa 48 73 77 63 69 59
88.5 Manuel Locatelli 27 Juventus 59 84 94 53 52 50
88.3 Éderson 25 Atalanta BC 57 69 78 61 66 60
88.1 Matteo Guendouzi 26 SS Lazio 40 64 86 62 60 50

And not only in attack and midfield does Barcelona stand out. In the defensive line, Jules Koundé is in the sixth position among the most influential full-backs, with 86.1 points. For his part, Iñigo Martínez also occupies the sixth place among the center-backs, with the same score.

This panorama makes it clear that FC Barcelona has had decisive players in practically all lines of the field this season. One of the keys to the successful 2024/25 season, and a very encouraging sign for the future. With a young and talented core like the one it currently has, the team invites us to dream of great achievements in the years to come.