Who are the most in-form players in the world right now?
We've seen some big starts to the season across Europe from many of the game's biggest stars.
Erling Haaland is currently on course to smash every Premier League goal record under the sun in his debut Manchester City campaign.
Whereas Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have been lighting up the French top-flight as part of Paris Saint-Germain's scintillating attacking arsenal.
But they represent just a handful of the best examples when it comes to players that have been doing the business in the early stages of this campaign.
So, with that in mind, we've ranked the 12 most in-form players in the world right now.
(All match rating data used was collected from WhoScored).
12. Ivan Toney
The Brentford man has kicked-off the new Premier League season in style and after scoring a hat-trick against Leeds the other weekend, has now recorded five goals and two assists from his opening six games.
His average WhoScored match rating of 7.76 isn't too shabby, either.
11. Gabriel Jesus
The Arsenal star has wasted no time in getting amongst it under Mikel Arteta and has been the form player for the Gunners so far this season.
Three goals and three assists mark an impressive return from the Brazilian, but he's contributed so much more than that through his intelligence and dogged work rate on the pitch.
What a signing for the London club.
10. Jamal Musiala
The 19-year-old Bayern Munich sensation enjoyed an exceptional breakout season in 2021/22 and it looks as though he'll be continuing on the same upward trajectory based on his performances so far.
Six goals and two assists in all competitions for the German makes him one of Bayern's most in-form stars - and certainly there most potent, even after the addition of Sadio Mane.
9. Vinicius Jr
Vinicius has formed quite the partnership with teammate Karim Benzema in recent times - and although the Frenchman narrowly misses out on this list, the duo have both started the new season in epic fashion.
The 22-year-old Brazilian scored 17 La Liga goals last term and enjoyed his best campaign to date, but he's already rocketed in four this time around and looks set to take his goalscoring to a whole new level in perfect time for the upcoming World Cup.
8. Aleksandar Mitrovic
Who said the big Serbian couldn't do it in the Premier League? Anyone that did is now being served up a rather enormous portion of humble pie because Mitrovic is proving the real deal.
He single-handedly tore Liverpool down on the opening day of the season, scoring two in the process. Whilst he's also notched another four times across his remaining four appearances.
It's Mitrovic's world, we're simply living it.
Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic
7. Florian Sotoca
From one big forward to another then and this time we're heading RC Lens' very own Sotoca.
The relatively unknown Frenchman has racked up a rather impressive five goals and three assists from his opening seven appearances.
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6. Joshua Kimmich
Ah, what a talent. Kimmich has been in fine form so far in 2022/23, statistically proving Bayern's best player with his average match rating of 8.05.
Two goals and two assists outline his creative potential despite the more reserved role he often plays, however, we all know Kimmich is brilliant in every department by this point.
5. Kylian Mbappe
The first prong in PSG's lethal attacking trident, it's purely a testament to how well some other stars are performing right now that Mbappe can manage just fifth on this list.
The Frenchman has averaged more than a goal-per-game for the Parisians so far after scoring seven across his first six matches.
4. Robert Lewandowski
The Polish hitman barely even broke stride as he effortlessly transitioned to life in Barcelona.
It doesn't seem to matter where he goes, goals will duly follow.
Six in a mere four matches for Lewandowski so far, not to mention a further two assists.
3. Erling Haaland
Third?! Yep, Haaland might have scored 10 times already in the division that was supposedly going to be a real wake up call for him, but the form of the top two is simply too strong.
But back to Haaland, is it possible that this seemingly unstoppable force could summit the 40-goal mark in a Premier League season?
It's a crazy prospect to consider but, if he stays injury free, you wouldn't put it past him.
2. Lionel Messi
Messi might have come under fire at stages last year, and there can be no denying that he was finding it difficult to adapt to life in France.
Those critics are now being answered, though, and in truly epic fashion with the iconic Argentine having racked up three goals and a brilliant seven assists from the opening portion of this season.
1. Neymar Jr
Do you know where most of Messi's assists went? Well, that would be to this man.
Neymar heard the World Cup was on this year and has decided to turn on the style as he bids to lead his country to glory - eight goals and six assists across his first seven league matches is an absolutely outrageous return.
If he keeps that kind of form up, don't be too surprised if you see him lifting the Ballon d'Or over his head come October 2023.
