User:Hurrygane/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

The list of career achievements by Lionel Messi refers to the records, statistics and other achievements pertaining to Argentine footballer Lionel Messi.

Collective awards

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Individual honours

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Selections for the best player or forward

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World

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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

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UEFA Best Player in Europe Award
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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."[4] Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season.[4] The award is decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists.[5]

  Winner   Shortlisted

2016–17
Rank Player First round[15] Final round[16] Team
1 Cristiano Ronaldo 482 Real Madrid
2 Lionel Messi 141 Barcelona
3 Gianluigi Buffon 109 Juventus
4 Luka Modrić Real Madrid
5 Toni Kroos Real Madrid
Champions League Forward of the Season
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2016–17
Rank Player Nationality Team Points
Shortlist of top three
1 Cristiano Ronaldo[17]   Real Madrid 359
2 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 147
3 Paulo Dybala   Juventus 64
Players ranked 4–10
4 Kylian Mbappé   Monaco 58
5 Robert Lewandowski   Bayern Munich 24
6 Neymar   Barcelona 21
7 Antoine Griezmann   Atlético Madrid 14
8 Gonzalo Higuaín   Juventus 8
9 Edinson Cavani   Paris Saint-Germain 6
10 Mario Mandžukić   Juventus 5
Other
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Goalscoring

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European Golden Shoe

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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.[19] Messi was the first player to win the award three times, but Ronaldo surpassed him to become the first four-time recipient.[20][21]

Season Player Nationality Club Goals Points
2009–10 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 34 68
2011–12 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 50 100
2012–13 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 46 92
2016–17 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 37 74

UEFA Champions League top scorer

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

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation,[22] UEFA,[23] worldfootball.net[24]

All-time
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Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 113 goals while Lionel Messi is second with 97 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.[25] 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.[26]

As of 7 December 2017
Player Nationality Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1 Cristiano Ronaldo   114[a] 146 0.78 2003–present Manchester United, Real Madrid
2 Lionel Messi   97 121 0.82 2005–present Barcelona
3 Raúl   71 142 0.5 1995–2011 Real Madrid, Schalke 04
4 Ruud van Nistelrooy   56[b] 73 0.77 1998–2009 PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid
5 Karim Benzema   53 98 0.54 2006–present Lyon, Real Madrid

Source: worldfootball.net,[28] Statbunker[29]

La Liga top scorer

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Season Player Nationality Club Goals Matches Ratio
2009–10 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 34 35 0.971
2011–12 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 50 37 1.351
2012–13 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 46[c] 32 1.438
2016–17 Lionel Messi   Barcelona 37 34 1.088
All-time
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As of 9 December 2017
Rank Name Nationality Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1 Lionel Messi   362 396 0.914 2004–present Barcelona
2 Cristiano Ronaldo   290 276 1.051 2009–present Real Madrid
3 Telmo Zarra   251 278 0.903 1940–1955 Athletic Bilbao
4 Hugo Sánchez   234 347 0.674 1981–1994 Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Atlético Madrid
5 Raúl   228 550 0.415 1994–2010 Real Madrid

Source: worldfootball.net[30]

Inclusions for team of the season or tournament

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Awarded by international football federations

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FIFA FIFPro World XI
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Player Apps Years Club(s)
1 Lionel Messi 11 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 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

Spain

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La Liga Awards
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Season Category
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2014–15[31] 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[32] 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

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  • ESM Team of the Year: 2014–15[33]


Man of the match awards

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2014 FIFA World Cup

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Rank Name Team Matches Awards
1 Lionel Messi Argentina vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (GS), vs Iran (GS), vs Nigeria (GS), vs Switzerland (R16) 4
2 Keylor Navas Costa Rica vs England (GS), vs Greece (R16), vs Netherlands (QF) 3
Arjen Robben Netherlands vs Australia (GS), vs Chile (GS), vs Brazil (TP)
James Rodríguez Colombia vs Greece (GS), vs Ivory Coast (GS), vs Uruguay (R16)

Source: FIFA[34]

UEFA Champions League Final

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Edition Man of the match Ref(s)
2009 Rome[d] Lionel Messi
Xavi
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2011 London[e] Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
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Records

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As of December 2017

World records

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Continental records

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Spanish records

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  • Most Best Player in La Liga awards: 6 (2009–13, 2015)[54]
  • Most Best Forward in La Liga awards: 7 (2009–13, 2015, 2016)[54]
  • Top goalscorer in La Liga: 362 goals[55]
  • Top assist provider in La Liga: 141 assists[note 1][56][57]
  • Top goalscorer in the Supercopa de España: 13 goals[58]
  • Top goalscorer in a La Liga season: 50 goals in 2011–12[59]
  • Most braces scored in La Liga: 105[60]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in a La Liga season: 8 in 2011–12 (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)[58]
  • Most teams scored against in a season: 19 in 2012–13 (shared with Ronaldo Nazário and Cristiano Ronaldo)[citation needed]
  • Only player to score consecutively against all opposition teams in La Liga: 19 matches, 30 goals in 2012–13[61]
  • First player to reach 300 La Liga goals[62]
  • First player to reach 350 La Liga goals[63]
  • Youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga: 25 years and 7 months in January 2013[64]

Argentine records

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Club records

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Barcelona

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  • Top goalscorer in El Clásico: 25 goals[note 2][71]
  • Top goalscorer in the Derbi barceloní: 20 goals[72][73]
  • Top goalscorer in official competitions: 524 goals[74][75]
  • Top goalscorer including friendlies: 558 goals[74][75]
  • Top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League: 97 goals[74][75]
  • Top goalscorer in European competitions: 100 goals[74][75]
  • Top goalscorer in international competitions: 105[74][75]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in all competitions: 39[74]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga: 28[74]
  • First player to be top goalscorer in four La Liga seasons (2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17)[74]
  • Most titles won with the team: 30 (shared with Andrés Iniesta)[74][76]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Ronaldo additionally scored one goal[27] 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.

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