Mohamed Salah has scored 15 goals in 12 games this season, failing to find the net in just one game that he played in.
Unfortunately, that does not seem to move the needle in terms of his Ballon d'Or chances. Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski and, to an extent, Jorginho remain the frontrunners for the award this year.
Okay, the performances in the first part of the year (i.e. the second half of the last season) carry more weight. However, even that hardly justifies Goal ranking Salah at 18th(!) place.
Their latest instalment features players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku, Harry Kane, Mason Mount, Neymar - all of them are ranked ahead of Salah.
Here are the top 20 Ballon d'Or contenders, as per Goal's Power Rankings:
20. Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
19. Phil Foden (Manchester City)
18. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
17. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)
16. Harry Kane (Tottenham)
15. Mason Mount (Chelsea)
14. Nicolo Barella (Inter)
13. Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
12. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
11. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain)
10. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
7. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea)
6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
5. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
4. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
3. Jorginho (Chelsea)
1. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain)
Where would you put Salah on such a list?
