At the tender age of just 23, Neymar has already scored 44 goals in 64 games for Brazil.
The Barcelona forward currently sits fifth in Brazil's all-time scoring list, behind Pele (77 goals in 92 games), Zico (66 in 88), Ronaldo (62 in 98) and Romario (55 in 70).
Since netting 28 minutes into his 2010 international debut against the USA as an 18-year-old, Neymar has managed a ratio of 0.68 goals per game for Brazil.
Pele's international goals-per-game record stood at 0.83 but the Brazil legend made his debut - and scored - for the Selecao aged just 16 in 1957.
By the time Neymar made his debut, Pele had won the World Cup. And by Neymar's age, he'd won two of his three World Cups.
It might not be too much of a stretch to say, however, that the Brazil of Pele's era were far superior to the one we see now in terms of international domination. And you need only look at how the current crop crumbled without Neymar in last summer's World Cup semi-final against Germany to see how much they were relying on their talisman.
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