In a Flashscore feature that will be updated once a month, we rank the top 10 players in the world, looking at their performances for club and country, and purely based on events in the ongoing season.
The stats quoted below are accurate up to, and including, Wednesday, March 4th.
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10. Vinicius Junior - Real Madrid (New)
Vinicius Junior squeaks into the Power Rankings for the first time this season after a very strong month from the Real Madrid man.
Six goals in his last five games, including scoring in both home and away legs of their Champions League play-off victory against Benfica, have come in the absence of Kylian Mbappe, showcasing that he may be more comfortable with the Frenchman not in the team.
However, things are going a little pear-shaped for Real as a whole. A tricky last-16 tie with Manchester City awaits, and consecutive LaLiga defeats have seen them slip four points off Barcelona at the summit.
At the moment, it doesn't look like the club is going to come away with much major silverware.
9. Gabriel - Arsenal (Up 1)
Arsenal are continuing their charge for a first Premier League title since 2004, but with nine games left of the season for the table-toppers, things are beginning to get a little nervy.
A five-point gap at the summit, albeit having played a game more than Manchester City, is a decent position to be in, while they are in the FA Cup last 16, Carabao Cup final, and have been handed a dream draw in the Champions League, with Bayer Leverkusen first up.
Centre-back Gabriel remains a key cog for the Gunners, with Arsenal relying heavily on their defence, as well as their immense set-piece prowess.
No team has conceded fewer goals than Arsenal in the league this season (22), while they recently matched the record for most corner goals in a Premier League season (16). Gabriel is vital in both boxes, as displayed by his towering assist for William Saliba's goal against Chelsea.
8. Vitinha - PSG (Down 1)
European champions PSG remain strangely inconsistent as they juggle consistent injury problems and general fatigue, but midfield genius Vitinha remains an absolute constant for the French side.
PSG are four points clear at the top of Ligue 1 and look on course to win yet another title, and a scrappy play-off victory over Monaco in the Champions League has seen them set up a last-16 meeting with Chelsea - a rematch of the Club World Cup final.
In the league, no player has more assists than Vitinha (7) or successful passes into the final third (322), illustrating how influential he is to the way PSG play.
7. Declan Rice - Arsenal (Down 1)
Declan Rice continues to be the driving force and powerhouse in the Arsenal team, while also being one of their key creators - mainly from his wicked corner deliveries.
Only Bruno Fernandes has created more big chances than Rice (14) in the Premier League this season, and only Elliot Anderson, Joao Gomes and Andre have completed more recoveries than the Englishman (146).
Rice has played a whopping 3,012 minutes this season, and they will need him to rack up even more important minutes during the run-in.
6. Luis Diaz - Bayern Munich (Up 3)
Luis Diaz keeps looking more and more like a bargain signing as the months go on. The Colombian's relentlessness and pressing is integral to Vincent Kompany's Bayern Munich, yet he is also delivering plenty of end product.
Four goals and an assist in his last five games make for good reading, including a hat-trick against Hoffenheim at the start of the month.
Diaz is the third top scorer in the Bundesliga this season (13) and has the third-most assists (10). He has also completed the second-most dribbles (113).
5. Michael Olise - Bayern Munich (Down 1)
From a goals and assists point of view, it hasn't been the most prolific month for Michael Olise.
However, a flawless month from Bayern as a whole, including a Der Klassiker victory over Borussia Dortmund, has seen them go 11 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga, essentially wrapping up the title.
Olise is the creative mastermind for Bayern. He leads the assist charts this season (16), and is five away from matching the record set by Thomas Muller in 2019/20 (21). He has also completed more final-third passes than anyone in Europe's top-five leagues (551).
4. Erling Haaland - Manchester City (Up 1)
Erling Haaland went through a tough goalscoring run during the festive period, but he is beginning to find his form again as Manchester City head into the final stretch.
A goal and an assist in an utterly pivotal 2-1 win at Liverpool at the start of February kicked things off, while he also netted against Fulham and put in a brilliant all-around performance against Newcastle, which included a fine assist.
Haaland has 22 Premier League goals this season, as well as 42 in all competitions for club and country. As City try to hunt down Arsenal and navigate a tough draw in the Champions League, they will need their striker to add to that tally.
3. Lamine Yamal - Barcelona (-)
Is Lamine Yamal the greatest teenager we have ever seen? That's a debate for another day, but the quality he keeps producing is just mindboggling.
The Spaniard scored the first hat-trick of his career against Villarreal - an astonishing performance from the 18-year-old which made him the youngest Barcelona player to ever achieve the feat in LaLiga.
He also mesmerised in their league victory over Levante and Copa del Rey second-leg win over Atletico Madrid. However, Barcelona were knocked out of the cup after losing the first leg 4-0, falling 4-3 on aggregate.
Lamine has 13 goals in LaLiga, while no one has more assists than him (9). Additionally, he completed the most final-third passes in Spain (495), and has comfortably completed more dribbles than anyone in Europe's top-five leagues (113), underscoring his mercurial talent.
2. Kylian Mbappe - Real Madrid (-)
Kylian Mbappe has missed a lot of the last month with injury, but his performances and output this season mean he remains in second place. He is the top scorer in LaLiga with 23 goals, and has 43 in all competitions for club and country.
Whether he will take the major individual awards - like the Ballon d'Or - at the end of the season will depend a lot on how Real Madrid perform in Europe, so he will really have to drag them through the next few months.
1. Harry Kane - Bayern Munich (-)
My word, what a month for Harry Kane. The Bayern sharpshooter recently hit the 50-goal mark for club and country for the season - and we still have a few months left!
It is extraordinary the numbers Kane is hitting, and he has become just the third player in Bundesliga history to score a brace in four-straight games.
It is the best goalscoring season of his career, and he is now eyeing Robert Lewandowski's league record. The Pole scored the most goals in a Bundesliga campaign (41), and Kane currently sits on 30 from 24 games with 10 games remaining.
He scored twice in Bayern's win over Dortmund, and with the Bundesliga title heading back to the Bavarians, eyes will now be on Kane in Europe.
He has scored eight goals in the Champions League, and they face Atalanta next in the last 16. Can he now help them win their first European crown since 2020?