Votes were cast by 420 associate journalists in 113 national sports journalism clubs.
Messi accumulated 962 voice awarded by the press, radio, television, electronic media and photojournalists and overtook the Swedish pole vault champion and world record holder Armand Duplantis – 373 and silver medalist of the France 2022 World Cup Kylian Mbappe – 366.
Robert Lewandowski was ranked 20th – 50th voice.
28 years old putellasplaying as an attacking midfielder or winger, scored 452 voice and passed the American alpine Katie Ledecky – 295 and the Venezuelan athlete, Olympic champion and triple jump world record holder Rojas Yulimar – 243.
PSIA was born during the games of the VIII Olympiad in Paris in 1924, and among the founding fathers there were also Poles. It brings together 166 national clubs of sports journalists.