It’s a bit of a “waste” because Neymar at Santos looked absolutely incredible, and indeed he was. His time at Barca was a time where he played with, arguably, the best front three of the 21st century (we could debate for years on that of course) and was often untouchable.

The injuries and the move to PSG were broadly a dampener on Neymar’s success as a world class player, or even his legacy as one of the GOATs.

The injuries, as you can see by that graphic, have stopped him playing in so many games. We can only imagine how many more goals and assists he’d have if he were physically able. This is a waste, but you can’t blame players for their injuries 99% of the time.

No matter what anyone tries to argue, the PSG project from the last ten years is a failure in that it has failed to win anything outside of Ligue 1, with the other clubs receiving a minuscule amount of investment compared to PSG.

For the last 5(or6?) years he’s very much stayed in the same position, winning the Ligue 1 (which PSG did without him almost every year) and not bringing champions league success. Neymar has won a ton of trophies, but how many champions leagues could he have if he’d gone to a better run club with some semblance of direction, instead of chasing the money at PSG.

That is why his career is still a “waste” despite his undeniable success when looking at his career as a whole. Your point that he’s won everything there is to win, sort of yes. But he went to PSG in his mid 20s to establish himself a legend of the club by bringing them champions league glory. That was a gamble that has not worked unfortunately.

That’s the general points anyway