Well..millions of comparisons have arised between Messi and his fellow the legend Maradona..Since Leo is still 22 and many years are forward him, do you think he has the ability to surpass Maradona?

well, if he improves in all aspects of his game (passing, vision, set-piece ability etc) he may have a chance. but then he has to move to an average team in a different league, and lead them (single-handedly) to become champions. he would then have to reproduce the same form for Argentina and win a world cup (more or less single-handed). if he does that he will match Maradona. to surpass him he'll have to do something truly out of this world.....

No.

if he has a career as succesful and he doesn't become an fat drugee than yes

In terms of sucess? Possibly
In terms of ability? No, Maradona is in another league to any other footballer ever in my opinion. I cant see Messi getting much better to be honest, if anything he seems like he could become a bit of a Michael Owen ie. injuries will cause him to lose his main weapon of pace.

Depends on what prizes he wins in his career. He really needs to win a World Cup and shine at that stage to even be close to becoming world's best ever. That is one of the reason Cruyff is always named behind Pele and Maradona. He never won the World Cup.

Exactly, totally agree with Fides.

Messi, at 22:

***At club level:
- 2 Champions League
- 3 Leagues
- 1 Spanish Cup
- 3 Spanish Supercups
- 1 Intercontinental Cup and
- 1 Euro Super Cup


***With NT:
- 1 U-20 World Cup
- Olimpics Gold Medal

***Individual:
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Top Scorer: 2005
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament: 2005
- Copa América Young Player of the Tournament: 2007
- U-21 European Footballer of the Year: 2007
- Player of the Year of Argentina: 2005, 2007, 2009
- FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2006–2007, 2007–2008
- FIFPro World Young Player of the Year: 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008
- World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008
- Premio Don Balón (Best Foreign Player in La Liga): 2006–2007, 2008–2009
- EFE Trophy (Best Ibero-American Player in La Liga): 2006–2007, 2008–2009
- FIFPro World XI: 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2007–2008, 2008–2009
- FIFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2009
- UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 2008–2009
- Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2008–2009
- UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2008–2009
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2008–2009
- LFP Best Player: 2008–2009
- LFP Best Striker: 2008–2009
- Onze d'Or: 2009
- Ballon d'Or: 2009
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 2009
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009
- Toyota Award: 2009
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 2009
- FIFPro World Player of the Year: 2008–09

Maradona, at 22:

***At club level:
- 1 Argentina League

***With NT:
- FIFA World Youth Championship

***Individual:
- Golden Ball for Best Player of the FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1979
- Argentine league Top Scorer: 1979, 1980, 1981
- Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year: 1979, 1980, 1981
- South American Footballer of the Year (El Mundo, Caracas): 1979







As we can see, Maradona had nothing to do with Messi (title-wise), not even near. However, in his whole career, it's true Maradona was more of a leader, and one of the most complete players of all times, yet, Messi is also very similar to him, same pace and tricks, explosiveness and twist of rythm, except in some aspects like his passing and set-piece taking, altough he's getting much better.

From a critic angle, 1 Serie A and one UEFA Cup with a modest team like Napoli, it's a really heroic acomplishment, Messi has won everything, much more than Maradona ever dreamed of, but this was with the best team of the World right now: Barça. The difference between them, club-wise, it´s huge, that justifies Maradona´s gap with Messi when it comes to titles.

In general, I think Messi it´s still young, yet he can surpass Diego, no doubt, it all depends on how he behaves in the upcoming World Cups (he still has 2 o 3 WC ahead of him) and with other NT tournaments, that´s decisive to be considered a God, like his predecessor, Maradona.

i think unless injuries ruin his game possibly but and its a big but he will need to be successful for argentina at some stage. if they argentina won it with messi star player he will be remembered as one of the best, alot of people remember world cups more than champions league