SofaScore name Fernandes best player at World Cup, Ronaldo ranked 556

Football data website SofaScore has named Bruno Fernandes as the best player at the World Cup above Lionel Messi.

This was despite Messi leading Argentina to winning the trophy, and France’s Kylian Mbappe scoring a hat-trick in the final.

However, Messi won the Golden Ball while Kylian Mbappe bagged the Golden Boot with eight goals.

SofaScore gave Fernandes the top player rating of 8.38/10 followed by Messi (8.27) with Mbappe rated at 7.61

Two more Manchester United players feature in the top 12, with Brazil’s Casemiro at 7.50 and Portugal’s Diogo Dalot on 7.47.

Cristiano Ronaldo meanwhile ranked a lowly 556th of all players at the tournament with an average rating of 6.46.

Fernandes scored two goals at the tournament and provided three assists. Portugal were knocked out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals by Morocco.

Source: Sofascore