The Portuguese playmaker has been instrumental for Manchester United since joining the club in 2020 but his former Red Devils team-mate believes that a lack of silverware counts against him when it comes to his standing in the game.
Referring to his own time at the club, Pogba said in an interview with ex-United defender Rio Ferdinand on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast: "We had a great team. Zlatan [Ibrahimovic] came, [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan also, you know, we had a really good team.
"But in one team, you have 11 players, you know, and I'm sure that I should have done more, but I don't know if I could have done more.
"I mean, I'm not comparing, but can Bruno Fernandes do more than he does now at United?
"Do you think Bruno, if he's in another team, he's not in the top three Ballon d'Or players?
"For me, you put him in City, he's in the Ballon d'Or three.
"With the stats this season, the way he plays and everything, but when you don't win, we don't think about you. It's like that, this is football."
Pogba considers Fernandes to be among the finest midfield players in world football and feels that he is underappreciated by some at United.
The midfielder - who now plies his trade for Ligue 1 side Monaco - said: "He's not physically the same as me, he cannot jump and recover the ball like I would do, but he can do everything. Like I said, Bruno Fernandes, in other big clubs, is in the top three Ballon d'Or.
"We talk about Kevin De Bruyne. We talk about [Luka] Modric, talk about [Mesut] Özil. Talk about stats, stats. He scored more than [Frank] Lampard in the season, as the same position, eight, 10, you know. He does more assists. He's everywhere on the pitch. He has a volume. He keeps running. He's smart. He can play two touches, one touch. He can shoot.
"They need to find somebody [to criticise], he's at United. They need to find somebody. But football lovers will always respect Bruno Fernandes. If you like his style, the way he plays or not, this is different opinions. But football players, they will understand that this guy is a top player."
