Neymar is one of those players like Ronaldinho or Zidane who should not be judged by stats. You need to watch him play to understand why he is so good.
But the mental thing is he passes the stat test as well as the aesthetics one. He’s one of the few players who truly does both.
35 goals and 24 assists in 59 CL appearances.
61 goals and 41 assists in 101 appearances for the Brazilian NT.
70 goals and 41 assists in 84 appearances for PSG.
105 goals and 77 assists in 186 appearances for Barcelona.
Even 70 goals and 35 assists in 135 games for Santos FC.
No matter where he goes, no matter the competition, he gets goals and assists. And it’s never at the cost of overall performance in a way some players lessen certain parts of their overall play to streamline their G/A’s.