The Uruguay international believes his Barcelona teammate is comfortably the best player on the planet and should pip the Real Madrid superstar to the Ballon d'Or award.
Luis Suarez does not believe Cristiano Ronaldo's trophy-winning exploits with Real Madrid and Portugal should result in him taking the Ballon d'Or off Lionel Messi.
Barcelona talisman Messi regained football's biggest individual honor last year, leaving the career Ballon d'Or count against Ronaldo at 5-3 in his favor.
Messi scored 41 goals and provided 26 assists in all competitions as Barca retained La Liga and the Copa del Rey last season, but Ronaldo netted the winning penalty as Real pipped Atletico Madrid to Champions League glory, before helping Portugal to a surprise Euro 2016 triumph.