Lamine Yamal is on track to become one of the best footballers on the planet, and his stats compared to Lionel Messi only reinforce this belief.

The young footballer recently delivered a brace of assists in FC Barcelona's match against Valladolid, bringing his total to 10 assists in La Liga and 20 in his entire professional career, all at just 17 years and 49 days old.

To put this into perspective, Messi reached 10 La Liga assists at 20 years and 245 days old, and achieved 20 assists across all competitions at 21 years and 120 days. This means Lamine Yamal is hitting these milestones three years ahead of Messi’s timeline.

Additionally, he has been involved in 15 goals across 42 domestic matches in Spain, with six goals and nine assists. This is the best goal contribution by a player under 18 in the 21st century, surpassing Bojan Krkić's involvement in 13 goals during his time.