Suárez was at least half a tier above Agüero (persistent injury issues notwithstanding), methinks — offered a bit more within the collective framework as he boasted irrepressible competitiveness and workrate and pressing ability from front, was more self-sacrificing and excelled with a potpourri of forwards at practically every stage of the sport (de Jong with Ajax, Forlán and Cavani with Uruguay, Sturridge and Sterling with Liverpool, Messi and Neymar with Barcelona), and also put in dominant performances at international level (like the 2011 Copa América).
- Luis Suárez
- Robert Lewandowski *
- Karim Benzema
- Sergio Agüero *
- Edinson Cavani
- Gonzalo Higuaín *
Phenomenal 3 year peak from 2013—16 where he was the top scorer in both the Premier League and La Liga to win 2 European Golden Boots (briefly disrupting the unprecedented Messi/Cristiano hegemony), best center-forward of the fairly illustrious 1987—88 cohort (while Agüero was more Top 5-ish), and among the foremost non-Cristiano/Messi footballers of the last 15-ish years with the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, Lahm, Modrić, Robben, Alves and Neuer.
* = functionally similar as strikers, and a bit less
giving/generous than the other three. e.g. On top of being the 4th highest European Cup goalscorer and within range of being in the Top 5 for goalscoring in La Liga, Benzema has almost 100 La Liga assists and 27 European Cup assists — that's close to Xavi in terms of pure volume, and on that basis alone he earns a buncha brownie points.