Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in La Liga

La liga is the essence of the beautiful game because it is the most “Beautiful” part of “The Beautiful Game”. There’s a reason why the greatest club of all time is in Spain. And it has always been a home to the best players in the world.

So these are the Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in La Liga

5. Jan Oblak – 1

Jan Oblak, the great wall of Atletico Madrid is a great shot stopper with very strong hands. Oblak has been established as one of the best goalkeepers in world football right now. He has been consistently performing at the very highest level for quite a long time now.

However, there is one man who has troubled him the most in his excellent career and his name is Cristiano Ronaldo. As CR7 scored hat tricks against him and frustrated him and his team especially in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

He won the award in the 2020/21 season for his exceptional goalkeeping which became a very strong reason behind Atletico Madrid’s title winning campaign on the final matchday of la liga.

4. Antoine Griezmann – 1

Antoine Griezmann, the 2018 World Cup winner with France has been a great player at Atletico Madrid. He won the La Liga Player Of The Year award back in 2015/16 season, where everybody has clearly witnessed the true potential of this player.

Griezmann to Barcelona was a true moment of heartbreak for the Atleti fans and they were infuriated by his decision of leaving the club after so long. Nevertheless he went to Barcelona just so as to come back to Atletico Madrid with a significantly low reputation.

Griezmann is a mature player, who has established himself as one of the best players in the world and arguably one of the most technically gifted players in the history of La Liga.

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3. Karim Benzema – 1

After the departure of the Iconic CR7, Karim Benzema has took the charge of scoring ample amounts of goals for the club. Benzema has been an absolute legend in front of the goal and his numbers didn’t lie either. 

He won the prestigious La Liga Player Of The Year award in 2019/20 season which has been a title winning season for Real Madrid and a major part of the credits goes to Karim Benzema because he literally scored goals in very crucial moments of the season.

Karim Benzema is arguably the greatest French striker of all time, who is a legendary figure in Real Madrid’s history and he is just getting better and better with time. 

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2. Cristiano Ronaldo – 1

It is hard to speak about Real Madrid without mentioning the greatest goal scorer in the history of Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo is an absolute beast in front of the goal. He literally turned many draws into victories and many losses into draws as well as many losses into victories.

His number of goals are more than his appearances in La Liga. He is the record top goal scorer in the history of Champions League and this is certainly an area where he is still going strong irrespective of his age.

He won the Player Of The Year award in 2013/14 season where he literally smashed many records and received this award the only time in his 9 years at the Spanish capital which is quite astonishing because of his legendary status.

1 . Lionel Messi – 9 

The greatest player in the history of La Liga alongside the leading goal scorer in the history of La Liga. The Argentine Lionel Messi has countless records in his name and this one is no surprise. However, it is one of the most underrated achievements.

As he won the award 9 times out of a total 13. This in itself shows his dominance in termshm of pure footballing greatness of this man. A true legend who has written his name with golden letters in the history books of Football in general and specifically La Liga. 

He won the inaugural Player Of The Year Award in 2008/09 season and after that he went on to win 8 more which is just as jaw dropping as his legendary career at the FC Barcelona. And he is unarguably the greatest player in the history of Barcelona.

Conclusion

La Liga is the essence of football and these are some of the players that have made this league even better because of their sheer class and elite mentality. And these are also the names of the modern day legends who will be remembered for a very long time.