Messi in 2012 was not only the best goalscorer by far, but he was also one of the best playmakers in the world, an aspect that isn't looked at much in that year due to how good his goalscoring numbers were.
In 2012, Messi made 22 assists (29 counting non-Opta) as well as averaging over 2 key passes per game (data from 50 games instead of 69) and almost 1 accurate through-ball per game. In the IFFHS Playmaker Award, he came in 3rd behind Xavi and Iniesta, a great accomplishment.
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In the 2011/12 La Liga season, he had the second-most assists behind Özil, most assists via through-balls, most key passes via trough-balls (by far), second-most key passes behind Özil, 4th most accurate short passes, 5th most attempted passes, most accurate corner passes.
His milestones playmaking-wise were 4 assist braces, 7 key passes against Valencia in the 2011/12 season (same game where he scored a poker) and 4 accurate throughballs against Bayer Leverkusen.
Clearly, Messi was not only an outstanding goalscoring machine in 2012, but he was also a playmaking genius.
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