List of career achievements by Lionel Messi

Messi accepting the Golden Ball award, alongside his future teammate Neymar after the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final
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The list of career achievements by Lionel Messi refers to the records, statistics and other achievements pertaining to Argentine footballer Lionel Messi.

Collective awards

Individual honours

Selections for the best player or midfielder

World

Awards ceremonies to crown the best player of the world have been organized annually since 1956, when the inaugural Ballon d'Or awarding took place. The Ballon d'Or was presented to the player who had been voted to have performed the best over the previous year, and was established by French journalist Gabriel Hanot. Originally, votes could only be awarded to European players before a 1995 rule change.

The FIFA World Player of the Year was established in 1991.

Europe

UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award

According to UEFA, the award "recognise[s] the best player, irrespective of his nationality, playing for a football club within the territory of a UEFA member association during the previous season."[6] Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season.[6]

In the past, the award was solely decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists.[7] In 2018, however, UEFA added 80 coaches, from the clubs that participated in the group stages of that year's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, to its jury. The amount of journalists selected by the European Sports Media association was also increased to 55, representing each of UEFA's member associations.[8]

Extended content

  Winner   Shortlisted

Champions League Forward of the Season

Champions League positional awards were introduced in 2017 to "recognise the season's best player in each position in Europe's premier club competition".[20]

Extended content
Other

Goalscoring

European Golden Shoe

The European Golden Shoe is awarded to the top goalscorer in Europe. It is awarded based on a weighted points system that allows players in tougher leagues to win even if they score fewer goals than a player in a weaker league. Goals scored in the top five leagues according to the UEFA coefficients rankings are multiplied by a factor of two, and goals scored in the leagues ranked six to 21 are multiplied by 1.5.

Since the points system was established in 1996, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two of only four players, along with Mário Jardel and Luis Suárez, to score 80 or more points.[30] Messi was the first player to win the award three times, but Ronaldo surpassed him to become the first four-time recipient. As of the end of the 2017-2018 season, Messi holds the record for most trophies, with five.[31][32]

Season Goals Points
2009–10 34 68
2011–12 50 100
2012–13 46 92
2016–17 37 74
2017–18 34 68

UEFA Champions League top scorer

Season Player Nationality Club Goals
2008–09 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona 9
2009–10 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona 8
2010–11 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona 12
2011–12 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona 14
2014–15 Neymar Brazil Barcelona 10
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation,[33] UEFA,[34] worldfootball.net[35]

All-time

Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 120 goals while Lionel Messi is second with 100 to his name. The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl, in November 2014.[36] Ronaldo opened a gap in the 2015–16 season when he became the first player to score double figures in the group stage of the Champions League, setting the record at 11 goals.[37]

As of 26 May 2018
Player Nationality Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 120[lower-alpha 1] 154 0.779 2003–present Manchester United, Real Madrid
2 Lionel Messi Argentina 105 127 0.817 2005–present Barcelona
3 Raúl Spain 71 142 0.5 1995–2011 Real Madrid, Schalke 04
4 Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands 56[lower-alpha 2] 73 0.767 1998–2009 PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid
Karim Benzema France 56 104 0.538 2006–present Lyon, Real Madrid

Source: worldfootball.net,[39] Statbunker[40]

La Liga top scorer

Season Goals Matches Ratio
2009–10 34 35 0.971
2011–12 50 37 1.351
2012–13 46[lower-alpha 3] 32 1.438
2016–17 37 34 1.088
2017–18 34 36 0.944
All-time
As of 15 July 2018
Rank Name Nationality Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1 Lionel Messi Argentina 3874210.9192004–presentBarcelona
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 3122921.0692009–2018Real Madrid
3 Telmo Zarra Spain 2512780.9031940–1955Athletic Bilbao
4 Hugo Sánchez Mexico 2343470.6741981–1994Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Atlético Madrid
5 Raúl Spain 2285500.4151994–2010Real Madrid

Source: worldfootball.net[41]

Other performances

Top assist provider

Inclusions for team of the season or tournament

Awarded by international football federations

FIFA FIFPro World XI
Player Apps Years Club(s)
1 Lionel Messi 11 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.2018 Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo 11 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Manchester United, Real Madrid
3 Andrés Iniesta 9 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Barcelona
Other

Spain

La Liga Awards
Season Category
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2014–15[62] Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) Dani Alves (Barcelona)
Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia)
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Jordi Alba (Barcelona)		 Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla)
Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona)
James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)		 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
2015–16[63] Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Marcelo (Real Madrid)		 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)		 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Luis Suárez (Barcelona)

Other


Selections for international sports personality of the year

Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year
Year Winner Nominees
2010 Usain Bolt
(Athletics)		 Kenenisa Bekele
(Athletics)		 Alberto Contador
(Cycling)		 Roger Federer
(Tennis)		 Lionel Messi
(Football)		 Valentino Rossi
(Motorcycling)
2011 Rafael Nadal
(Tennis)		 Kobe Bryant
(Basketball)		 Andrés Iniesta
(Football)		 Lionel Messi
(Football)		 Manny Pacquiao
(Boxing)		 Sebastian Vettel
(Formula One)
2012 Novak Djokovic
(Tennis)		 Usain Bolt
(Athletics)		 Cadel Evans
(Cycling)		 Lionel Messi
(Football)		 Dirk Nowitzki
(Basketball)		 Sebastian Vettel
(Formula One)
2013 Usain Bolt
(Athletics)		 Mo Farah
(Athletics)		 Lionel Messi
(Football)		 Michael Phelps
(Swimming)		 Sebastian Vettel
(Formula One)		 Bradley Wiggins
(Cycling)
2016 Novak Djokovic
(Tennis)		 Usain Bolt
(Athletics)		 Stephen Curry
(Basketball)		 Lewis Hamilton
(Formula One)		 Lionel Messi
(Football)		 Jordan Spieth
(Golf)
Others

Selections for national sports personality of the year

Argentine Athlete of the Year

Man of the match awards

Other

Records

As of December 2017

World records

Continental records

Europe

Americas

  • Top assist provider in Copa América: 11 assists[93]
  • Most goals in CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers: 21 goals (shared with Luis Suárez)[94]

Spanish records

  • Most Best Player in La Liga awards: 6 (2009–13, 2015)[95]
  • Most Best Forward in La Liga awards: 7 (2009–13, 2015, 2016)[95]
  • Top goalscorer in La Liga: 362 goals[96]
  • Top assist provider in La Liga: 141 assists[97][98]
  • Top goalscorer in the Supercopa de España: 13 goals[99]
  • Top goalscorer in a La Liga season: 50 goals in 2011–12[100]
  • Most braces scored in La Liga: 105[101]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in a La Liga season: 8 in 2011–12 (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)[99]
  • Most teams scored against in a season: 19 in 2012–13 (shared with Ronaldo Nazário and Cristiano Ronaldo)
  • Only player to score consecutively against all opposition teams in La Liga: 19 matches, 30 goals in 2012–13[102]
  • First player to reach 300 La Liga goals[103]
  • First player to reach 350 La Liga goals[104]
  • Youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga: 25 years and 7 months in January 2013[105]

Argentine records

Club records

Barcelona

  • Top goalscorer in El Clásico: 27 goals[lower-alpha 7][112]
  • Top goalscorer in the Derbi barceloní: 21 goals[113][114]
  • Top goalscorer in official competitions: 524 goals[115][116]
  • Top goalscorer including friendlies: 558 goals[115][116]
  • Top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League: 100 goals[115][116]
  • Top goalscorer in European competitions: 100 goals[115][116]
  • Top goalscorer in international competitions: 105[115][116]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in all competitions: 39[115]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga: 28[115]
  • First player to be top goalscorer in four La Liga seasons (2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17)[115]
  • Most titles won with the team: 33[117]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ronaldo additionally scored one goal[38] in four qualification matches.
  2. ↑ Van Nistelrooy additionally scored four goals in eight qualification matches.
  3. ↑ Diario Marca attributes Messi 45 goals.
  4. ↑ In 2009 UEFA awarded two man of the match awards. Xavi was named as UEFA's Man of the Match, whereas Messi received Fan's Man of the Match award.
  5. ↑ In 2011 UEFA awarded two man of the match awards. Messi was named as UEFA's and Fan's Man of the Match.
  6. ↑ "Leo Messi misses penalty in Copa America final defeat" received 13 percent (%) of the total votes casted, finishing on a third-place in the voting.[80]
  7. ↑ Includes a goal scored in the 2017 International Champions Cup.

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