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We live in the era of Lionel Messi, Which for many is the best footballer of all time and unquestionably the greatest historical reference in Barcelona, a club that is in an open campaign by all means to convince the Argentine to stay for the next season, especially with Joan Laporta as president.
To send a new sign of love, the social networks of Barça boasted that Messi has ’43 team records! Whether locally, continental and global, the Flea is a football machine and the Catalans tell him “up to what he did in kindergarten” to make his legend bigger and make him feel pampered.
In a team that has seen wearing the Blaugrana jacket to monsters like Johan Cruyff, Diego Armando Maradona, Ladislao Kubala, Romario, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta, Carles Puyol and Ronaldo NazarioTo name just a few, the figure of Messi emerges as the largest with bestial figures.
Among the presumed records of Leo stands out being the man with more matches and more goals in the history of Barcelona, As well as the more Golden Balls and Golden Boots, But the list is so long that we leave it below with data updated to March 18, 2021.
MESSI WORLD RECORDS
- Only player in history who in one season wins the Golden Ball, FIFA World Player, Pitxitxi Trophy and Golden Boot. It happened in the 2009/10 season
- Player with the most Golden Balls. He has won six. It was in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019
- Youngest player to get three Golden Balls. He was 24 years, 6 months and 17 days old when he won the third on January 9, 2012
- Player with the most Golden Boots. He has won six. It was in the 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.
- Top scorer in a season in official competitions. He scored 73 goals in 2011/12 (50 in the League, 14 in the Champions League, 3 in the Cup, 3 in the Spanish Super Cup, 1 in the European Super Cup and 2 in the Club World Cup)
- Absolute top scorer in a calendar year. It marked 91 official goals in 2012. With the Barça 84 (59 in Liga, 13 in the Champions, 5 in the Glass of King and 2 in the Supercopa) and with the Argentine selection 12. In addition, it wrote down other 5 in friendly with Barça, which raises the figure to a total of 96 goals
- Record of international goals in one year. He scored 25 goals in 2012 (13 in the Champions League and 12 with the Argentine national team), and shares a record with Vivian John Woodward, who scored 25 in 1909.
- Maximum goleador in a same Club. On March 18, he scored 661 goals, surpassing the 643 goals that Pelé scored with Santos between 1956 and 1974.
- Longest streak scoring in the League. He scored 33 goals in 21 consecutive games from day number 11 to 34 in the 2012/13 League
EUROPEAN MESSI RECORDS
- Top scorer in a European League since the introduction of the Golden Boot trophy in the 1966/67 season. He set the record by scoring 50 goals in the 2011/12 League
- Player who has scored in more different teams in the Champions League. He has scored 36 different rivals, beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s 35
MESSI STATE RECORDS
- Player with more national and international titles. 34 since 2002. There are 10 Leagues, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 6 King’s Cups, 4 Champions Leagues, 3 Club World Cups and 3 European Super Cups
- Player with more Pichichi Trophies of the Spanish League. He has won 7. He did so in the 2009/10, 2011/12, 212/13, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons.
- Top scorer in the Spanish League. As of March 18, 2021, he has scored 465 goals in 510 games
- Top scorer in history. As of March 18, 2021, it carries 698 to 825 matches
- Top scorer in official competitions. As of March 18, 2021, he has scored 661 goals
- Top scorer in international competitions. He has 128 goals: 120 in the Champions League, 3 in the European Super Cup and 5 in the Club World Cup
- Top scorer in an edition of the League. He scored 50 goals in the 2011/12 League
- Top scorer at home in a season in official matches: Leo Messi scored 46 goals at the Camp Nou during the 2011/12 season, adding up all competitions
- Top scorer at home in a season in the League. He scored 35 goals at the Camp Nou in the 2011/12 League
- Top scorer at home in a season in the League. He scored 24 goals at home in the 2012/13 League
- More home scoring matches in a league. He scored 24 goals in 15 consecutive home games in the 2012/13 League
- Top scorer in a second round of the League. He scored 28 goals in the second round of the 2011/12 League
- Only player who has been both top scorer and top assistant in the same season. He scored 50 goals and 15 assists (tied with Real Madrid’s Özil) in the 2011/12 League. He also did so in the 2017/18 League (34 goals and 12 assists, equal in goals with Luis Suárez and in assists with Pablo Fornals, from Villarreal) and in the 2019/29 League (25 goals and 21 assists)
- Absolute top scorer in a season. He scored 73 official goals in 2011/12 (50 in the League, 14 in the Champions League, 3 in the Cup, 3 in the Spanish Super Cup, 1 in the European Super Cup and 2 in the Club World Cup) and 2 more in friendly matches
- More games scoring goals in a league. He scored in 27 different games in the 2012/13 League (46 goals), equaling the mark of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who also scored in 27 games in the 2011/12 League
- First to score in an entire round in the League. He scored 30 goals in 19 consecutive games in the 2012/13 League, from day number 11 to 29
- Player with more hat-tricks, poker and repoker in official competitions. March 18, 2021 brings 48 (41 hat-tricks, 6 poker and a repoker)
- Player with more hat-tricks and poker in the League. March 18, 2021 brings 36 (31 hat-tricks and 5 poker)
- League with all rival teams thrashed. He scored against all the teams in the 2012/13 League, equaling the mark of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in 2011/12
- Player who has scored for more different teams in the League. He has scored 38 different rivals in the First Division, surpassing the record of 35 of Raúl González and Aritz Aduriz
- Player with the most direct free kicks in the league. On March 18, 2021 he scored 38 goals from a direct free kick in the league
- Player with more victories in official competition. As of March 18, 2021 he has 536 wins in 767 games played. Xavi is second with 476 victories in 767 matches.
- Player with more victories in the Spanish League. On March 18, 2021 in the domestic competition he has 378 victories
- Player with more disputed Classics. On March 18, 2021 he played a total of 44 (28 in the League, 8 in the Cup, 2 in the Champions League and 6 in the Spanish Super Cup)
- Player with more goals in Classic. On March 18, 2021 he scored 26 goals against Real Madrid (18 in the League, 2 in the Champions League and 6 in the Spanish Super Cup)
PARTICULAR MESSI RECORDS IN BARCELONA
- Player with more official matches played. He has played 767 since his official debut, the same as Xavi Hernández
- Player with more matches played in the League. As of March 18, 2021 he has played 510 games since his official debut in October 2004
- Youngest player to score 100 goals in official matches. He reached the figure on January 16, 2010, when he was 22 years old
- Youngest player to score 200 goals in official matches. He reached the figure on November 1, 2011, when he was 24 years old
- Top scorer in the European Cup / Champions League. He has 120 goals, almost 100 more than all his main pursuers
- Only player in the history of the Club who has scored in six official competitions in one year. Messi scored in all six competitions in 2011, equaling the milestone achieved by Pedro Rodriguez in 2009
- Player with the most goals scored in a Champions League edition. Leo Messi scored 14 goals in the 2011/12 Champions League. The competition record is held by Cristiano Ronaldo, who made 17 in 2013/14