The tricky Uruguayan netted with an impudent finish in Liverpool's 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday to take his season's Premier League tally to 22, three clear of Manchester United's Robin van Persie at the top of the scoring charts.
Nonetheless, his inability to shake a pantomime villain tag that has dogged him since he arrived at the club from Ajax Amsterdam in 2011 means he is unlikely to be crowned the country's best when the accolades are distributed.
"He's been doing that for us all season," Gerrard said on the club website on Monday after another match-winning display from Suarez, who scored Liverpool's opener and won the penalty from which his captain netted the winner.
"He's top scorer in the league now and he's been incredible. I can't put into words how good he's been.
"If he doesn't win an award this year, he'll be the best player ever not to win an award."
At Liverpool, he quickly garnered a reputation for going to ground too easily in the penalty area and was then hit with an eight-match ban after being found guilty by the Football Association of racially abusing United's Patrice Evra.
While he has worked hard to shed the 'diver' tag, he still polarises opinion among fans and the media.
The Wales international, who like Suarez has a reputation for diving, is the odds-on favourite to win both the players' player of the year award as well as that given out by English football writers.
"Bale's in top form and probably one of the best players in the world on current form," Gerrard added.
"But luckily enough, we've got a player who is as equally as good as him in Luis Suarez - and I think Luis may just pip him to Player of the Year, in my opinion."
