Lionel Andrés Messi is the greatest player of all time and a Barcelona legend. In his 21 years at the Catalan club, the Argentine broke numerous records and set new ones that seemed impossible to break. While setting these records, Messi won a lot of silverware, both for Barcelona and for himself.
La Liga records
Messi is unarguably the best player to ever play in La Liga. La Pulga set unrealistic records in the Spanish League, which seem untouchable for players today.
- Most Liga goals: 474 goals in 520 appearances
- Messi scored the most Liga goals in a single season: 50 goals in just 37 league games (2011/12)
- The Argentine also has the most La Liga hat-tricks: 36. Cristiano Ronaldo is in second place with 34.
- Most Liga titles won by a foreign player: 10
- The most home goals in La Liga’s history: 227
- The most away goals in La Liga’s history: 197
- Leo Messi has won the Pichichi award eight times in his La Liga career, which is the most in history by any player.
- Leo Messi surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo to become the player with the most free kicks (39) scored in La Liga’s history.
- Messi also has the most assists (192) in the competition’s history.
- La Pulga also has the record for most assists (21) in a single season (2019-2020).
- Messi was named player of the month eight times in his time in Spain, which is the most in history.
- No player has won more games (383) in La Liga’s history than the great Lionel Messi.
Champions League records
Lionel Messi is the greatest player ever to play in the Champions League, alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentine won the competition four times during his time in Europe and set multiple unbelievable records.
- Messi has scored the most group-stage goals in Champions League history (80 goals out of which 71 are for Barcelona).
- The Argentine also has the most goals in the Round of 16 phase of Champions League (29 goals).
- Messi holds the record for scoring the most Champions League goals (120) for a single club (Barcelona).
- Messi is the only player in Champions League history to have scored in 18 consecutive seasons in the competition.
Other records
- Messi is the only player in football’s history to have scored 91 goals in a calendar year (71 of them for Barcelona).
- The player with the most Ballon d’Or awards (8) in history.
- The player with the most European Golden Boot awards (6).
