List of career achievements by Lionel Messi

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Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has been awarded throughout his career a total of eight Ballon d'Or awards and three The Best FIFA Men's Player awards, the most for any player. He holds the record for the most goals in La Liga (474), the Supercopa de España (14), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (408).[1][2] He has scored 906 goals for club and country throughout his professional career and is also the first and only player in history to win five and six European Golden Shoes. During his football career to date, he has won a record 46 collective trophies.[note 1]

Messi during the presentation of the 2019 Ballon d'Or

Collective awards

More information Season / year, Competition ...
Season / year Competition Club / national team Ref.
2004–05 La Liga Barcelona [17]
2005 South American U-20 Championship Third place Argentina U20 [18]
2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup [19]
2005–06 La Liga Barcelona [17]
2005–06 UEFA Champions League
2006 Supercopa de España
2006 UEFA Super Cup Runner-up
2007 Copa América Runner-up Argentina [20]
2008 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Argentina Olympic [21]
2008–09 La Liga Barcelona [17]
2008–09 Copa del Rey
2008–09 UEFA Champions League
2009 Supercopa de España
2009 UEFA Super Cup
2009 FIFA Club World Cup
2009–10 La Liga
2010 Supercopa de España
2010–11 La Liga
2010–11 Copa del Rey Runner-up
2010–11 UEFA Champions League
2011 Supercopa de España
2011 UEFA Super Cup
2011 FIFA Club World Cup
2011–12 Copa del Rey
2012 Supercopa de España Runner-up
2012–13 La Liga
2013 Supercopa de España
2013–14 Copa del Rey Runner-up
2014 FIFA World Cup Runner-up Argentina [22]
2014–15 La Liga Barcelona [17]
2014–15 Copa del Rey
2014–15 UEFA Champions League
2015 Supercopa de España Runner-up
2015 Copa América Runner-up Argentina [23]
2015 UEFA Super Cup Barcelona [17]
2015 FIFA Club World Cup
2015–16 La Liga
2015–16 Copa del Rey
2016 Supercopa de España
2016 Copa América Runner-up Argentina [24]
2016–17 Copa del Rey Barcelona [17]
2017 Supercopa de España Runner-up
2017–18 La Liga
2017–18 Copa del Rey
2018 Supercopa de España
2018–19 La Liga
2018–19 Copa del Rey Runner-up
2019 Copa América Third place Argentina [25]
2021 Supercopa de España Runner-up Barcelona [17]
2020–21 Copa del Rey
2021 Copa América Argentina [26]
2021–22 Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain [27]
2022 Finalissima Argentina [28]
2022 Trophée des Champions Paris Saint-Germain [29]
2022 FIFA World Cup Argentina [30]
2022–23 Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain [31]
2023 Leagues Cup Inter Miami [32]
2023 U.S. Open Cup Runner-up [33]
2024 Copa América Argentina [34]
2024 Supporters' Shield Inter Miami [35]
2025 Leagues Cup Runner-up [36]
2025 MLS Cup [37]
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Note
  1. According to FC Barcelona,[3] FIFA,[4] the Royal Spanish Football Federation,[5] and multiple media outlets,[6][7][8] Messi also won the 2005 Supercopa de España, bringing his Barcelona trophy total to 35.[9] However, this particular trophy is not credited here since Messi was out of the squad and did not feature in any of the two games against Real Betis.[10][11] Similarly, Messi and Inter Miami were awarded a trophy for winning the Eastern Conference title during the 2025 MLS Cup playoffs. However, this trophy is not officially recognized by FIFA, so it is not credited here as well.[12][13] For the aforementioned reasons, sources disagree on Messi's total number of accolades, ranging from 46 to 48 official career trophies.[14][15][16]

Friendly competitions

Argentina

Barcelona

Paris Saint-Germain

Individual honours

Selections for the best football player

World

Messi, the player with the most Ballons d'Or in football history

Awards ceremonies to crown the best player of the world have been organized annually since 1955, 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.

FIFA Ballon d'Or
More information Year, 1st ...
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2010Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Spain Andrés Iniesta
(Barcelona)
Spain Xavi
(Barcelona)
Percentage 22.65%17.36%16.48%
2011Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Spain Xavi
(Barcelona)
Percentage 47.88%21.61%9.23%
2012Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Spain Andrés Iniesta
(Barcelona)
Percentage 41.17%23.68%10.91%
2013Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
France Franck Ribéry
(Bayern Munich)
Percentage 27.99%24.72%23.36%
2014Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Germany Manuel Neuer
(Bayern Munich)
Percentage 37.66%15.76%15.73%
2015Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Brazil Neymar
(Barcelona)
Percentage 41.33%27.76%7.86%
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Ballon d'Or
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FIFA World Player of the Year
More information Year, 1st ...
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2007Brazil Kaká
(Milan)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United)
Points 1047504426
2008Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Spain Fernando Torres
(Liverpool)
Points 935678203
2009Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United/Real Madrid)
Spain Xavi
(Barcelona)
Points 1073352196
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The Best FIFA Men's Player

FIFA World Cup Golden Ball

Messi is the only player to date to have won the Golden Ball more than once.

More information Year, Golden Ball ...
Year Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
2014 Argentina Lionel Messi Germany Thomas Müller Netherlands Arjen Robben [55]
2022 France Kylian Mbappé Croatia Luka Modrić [56]
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FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
Messi accepting the Golden Ball award alongside future teammate Neymar after the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup final
More information Year, Golden Ball ...
Year Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
2009 Argentina Lionel Messi Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón Spain Xavi [57]
2011 Spain Xavi Brazil Neymar [58]
2015 Uruguay Luis Suárez Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Andrés Iniesta [59]
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FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball
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Year Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
2005 Argentina Lionel Messi Nigeria John Obi Mikel Nigeria Taye Taiwo [60]
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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."[169] Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season.[169]

In the past, the award was solely decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists.[170] 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.[171]

More information Season, 1st ...
Season 1st 2nd 3rd
2010–11[172]Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Spain Xavi
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Points 39113
2011–12Spain Andrés Iniesta
(Barcelona)
Argentina Lionel Messi and Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively)
Points 1917
2012–13France Franck Ribéry
(Bayern Munich)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Points 36143
2014–15[173]Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Uruguay Luis Suárez
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Points 4932
2016–17Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Italy Gianluigi Buffon
(Juventus)
Points 482141109
2018–19[174]Netherlands Virgil van Dijk
(Liverpool)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Juventus)
Points 30520774
2022–23[175]Norway Erling Haaland
(Manchester City)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Paris Saint-Germain)
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
(Manchester City)
Points 352227225
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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".[176]

More information Season, 1st ...
Season 1st 2nd 3rd
2016–17[177]Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Argentina Paulo Dybala
(Juventus)
Points 35914764
2017–18[178]Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Egypt Mohamed Salah
(Liverpool)
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Points 28721843
2018–19[179]Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Senegal Sadio Mané
(Liverpool)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Juventus)
Points 28510991
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Other

Americas

Other

National

Spain
La Liga Awards
Other

France
Ligue 1 Awards
Other
United States
MLS Awards

Other

  • Shortlisted for MLS Best Player of the 21st Century by Goal: 2025[f][245]
Argentina
AFA awards
  • Argentina Ballon d'Or success award by AFA: 2023[246]
  • Recognition Trophy (for Argentina FIFA World Cup championship victory) by AFA: 2023[247]
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Club

Barcelona
FC Barcelona awards
Other
Inter Miami
Inter Miami CF awards

Goalscoring and assist providing

Top goal scorer

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 is the only player to win the award a record six times and also the only one to win it with a record 100 points (season 2011–12). Messi was also the first player to win the award five times.[265][266][267]

More information Season, Player ...
Season Player Club Goals Points
2009–10 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 34 68
2011–12 Spain Barcelona 50 100
2012–13 Spain Barcelona 46 92
2016–17 Spain Barcelona 37 74
2017–18 Spain Barcelona 34 68
2018–19 Spain Barcelona 36 72
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UEFA Champions League top scorer
More information Season, Player(s) ...
Season Player(s) Club(s) Goals
2008–09 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 9
2009–10 Spain Barcelona 8
2010–11 Spain Barcelona 12
2011–12 Spain Barcelona 14
2014–15 Brazil Neymar Spain Barcelona 10
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
2018–19 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 12
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Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation,[268] UEFA,[269] WorldFootball.net[270]

La Liga top scorer (Pichichi Trophy)
More information Season, Player ...
Season Player Club Goals Matches Ratio
2009–10 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 34 35 0.971
2011–12 Spain Barcelona 50 37 1.351
2012–13 Spain Barcelona 46 32 1.438
2016–17 Spain Barcelona 37 34 1.088
2017–18 Spain Barcelona 34 36 0.944
2018–19 Spain Barcelona 36 34 1.059
2019–20 Spain Barcelona 25 33 0.758
2020–21 Spain Barcelona 30 35 0.857
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Major League Soccer top scorer (MLS Golden Boot)
More information Season, Player ...
Season Player Club Goals Matches Ratio
2025 Argentina Lionel Messi United States Inter Miami 29 28 1.036
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Source: Major League Soccer[271]

Other

Some of these accolades are shared with other players.


Best goal


Hat-tricks

Messi scored his first international hat-trick against Switzerland in February 2012.
More information No., For ...
No. For Against Result Competition Date
1 Spain Barcelona Spain Real Madrid3–3 (H)2006–07 La Liga10 March 2007
2 Spain Atlético Madrid3–1 (A)2008–09 Copa del Rey6 January 2009
3 Spain Tenerife5–0 (A)2009–10 La Liga10 January 2010
4 Spain Valencia3–0 (H)2009–10 La Liga14 March 2010
5 Spain Zaragoza4–2 (A)2009–10 La Liga21 March 2010
6 England Arsenal44–1 (H)2009–10 UEFA Champions League6 April 2010
7 Spain Sevilla4–0 (H)2010 Supercopa de España21 August 2010
8 Spain Almería8–0 (A)2010–11 La Liga20 November 2010
9 Spain Real Betis5–0 (H)2010–11 Copa del Rey12 January 2011
10 Spain Atlético Madrid3–0 (H)2010–11 La Liga5 February 2011
11 Spain Osasuna8–0 (H)2011–12 La Liga17 September 2011
12 Spain Atlético Madrid5–0 (H)2011–12 La Liga24 September 2011
13 Spain Mallorca5–0 (H)2011–12 La Liga29 October 2011
14 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň4–0 (A)2011–12 UEFA Champions League1 November 2011
15 Spain Málaga4–1 (A)2011–12 La Liga22 January 2012
16 Spain Valencia45–1 (H)2011–12 La Liga19 February 2012
17  Argentina   Switzerland3–1 (A)Friendly29 February 2012
18 Spain Barcelona Germany Bayer Leverkusen57–1 (H)2011–12 UEFA Champions League7 March 2012
19 Spain Espanyol44–0 (H)2011–12 La Liga20 March 2012
20 Spain Granada5–3 (H)2011–12 La Liga2 May 2012
21 Spain Málaga4–1 (H)2011–12 La Liga5 May 2012
22  Argentina  Brazil4–3 (N)Friendly9 June 2012
23 Spain Barcelona Spain Deportivo La Coruña5–4 (A)2012–13 La Liga20 October 2012
24 Spain Osasuna45–1 (H)2012–13 La Liga27 January 2013
25  Argentina  Guatemala4–0 (A)Friendly14 June 2013
26 Spain Barcelona Spain Valencia3–2 (A)2013–14 La Liga1 September 2013
27 Netherlands Ajax4–0 (H)2013–14 UEFA Champions League18 September 2013
28 Spain Osasuna7–0 (H)2013–14 La Liga16 March 2014
29 Spain Real Madrid4–3 (A)2013–14 La Liga23 March 2014
30 Spain Sevilla5–1 (H)2014–15 La Liga22 November 2014
31 Cyprus APOEL4–0 (A)2014–15 UEFA Champions League25 November 2014
32 Spain Espanyol5–1 (H)2014–15 La Liga7 December 2014
33 Spain Deportivo La Coruña4–0 (A)2014–15 La Liga18 January 2015
34 Spain Levante5–0 (H)2014–15 La Liga15 February 2015
35 Spain Rayo Vallecano6–1 (H)2014–15 La Liga15 March 2015
36 Spain Granada4–0 (H)2015–16 La Liga9 January 2016
37 Spain Valencia7–0 (H)2015–16 Copa del Rey3 February 2016
38 Spain Rayo Vallecano5–1 (A)2015–16 La Liga3 March 2016
39  Argentina  Panama5–0 (N)Copa América Centenario10 June 2016
40 Spain Barcelona Scotland Celtic7–0 (H)2016–17 UEFA Champions League13 September 2016
41 England Manchester City4–0 (H)2016–17 UEFA Champions League19 October 2016
42 Spain Espanyol5–0 (H)2017–18 La Liga9 September 2017
43 Spain Eibar46–1 (H)2017–18 La Liga19 September 2017
44  Argentina  Ecuador3–1 (A)2018 FIFA World Cup qualification10 October 2017
45 Spain Barcelona Spain Leganés3–1 (H)2017–18 La Liga7 April 2018
46 Spain Deportivo La Coruña4–2 (A)2017–18 La Liga29 April 2018
47  Argentina  Haiti4–0 (H)Friendly29 May 2018
48 Spain Barcelona Netherlands PSV Eindhoven4–0 (H)2018–19 UEFA Champions League18 September 2018
49 Spain Levante5–0 (A)2018–19 La Liga16 December 2018
50 Spain Sevilla4–2 (A)2018–19 La Liga23 February 2019
51 Spain Real Betis4–1 (A)2018–19 La Liga17 March 2019
52 Spain Celta Vigo4–1 (H)2019–20 La Liga9 November 2019
53 Spain Mallorca5–2 (H)2019–20 La Liga7 December 2019
54 Spain Eibar45–0 (H)2019–20 La Liga22 February 2020
55  Argentina  Bolivia3–0 (H)2022 FIFA World Cup qualification9 September 2021
56  Estonia55–0 (N)Friendly5 June 2022
57  Curaçao7–0 (H)Friendly28 March 2023
58  Bolivia6–0 (H)2026 FIFA World Cup qualification15 October 2024
59 United States Inter Miami United States New England Revolution6–2 (H)2024 MLS season19 October 2024
60 United States Nashville SC5–2 (A)2025 MLS season18 October 2025
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4 Scored 4 goals
5 Scored 5 goals

Top assist provider

Inclusions in best team/dream team/best XI

International

Awarded by International Football Federations
Other

National

Spain
La Liga Awards
Other
France
Ligue1 Awards
United States
MLS Awards
Argentina
AFA Awards
  • Argentina Team of All Time by AFA: 2019[401]
Other
  • IFFHS All-time Argentina Men's Dream Team: 2021[402]
  • Goal Ultimate Argentina Dream Team: 2022[403]

Club

Barcelona

Man of the match awards

International Competitions

FIFA World Cup
Finalissima
More information Edition, Player ...
Edition Player For Against Rank
England 2022 London Argentina Lionel Messi  Argentina Italy (F) 1
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Copa América
FIFA Club World Cup Final
More information Edition, Player ...
Edition Player For Against Ref(s)
United Arab Emirates 2009 UAE Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona Argentina Estudiantes (LP) [406]
Japan 2011 Japan Spain Barcelona Brazil Santos [406]
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UEFA Super Cup
More information Edition, Player ...
Edition Player For Against Ref(s)
Monaco 2009 Monaco Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk [407][408]
Georgia (country) 2015 Tbilisi Spain Barcelona Spain Sevilla [409]
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UEFA Champions League Final
More information Edition, Player(s) ...
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National competitions

Trophée des Champions (France)
More information Edition, Player ...
Edition Player For Against Ref(s)
2022 Argentina Lionel Messi France Paris Saint-Germain France Nantes [414]
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Copa del Rey Final (Spain)
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Selections for sports personality

International

Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year

The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremony honouring remarkable individuals from the world of sports along with the greatest sporting achievements throughout the year.[418] Messi is the athlete that received the most nominations overall (8—tied with Tiger Woods). In 2020, Messi became the first footballer to win the award,[419] and in 2023 received it for the second time.

Other

National

Argentina
Spain
  • Most Popular Foreign Athlete in Spain by EFE: 2016[453][454]
  • Values Award (Most beloved player in Barcelona history) by Sport: 2025[455]
United States

Other

Records

As of 2 May 2026[471]

World records

Titles and awards

  • Most FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player awards: 8 (2009–2012, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023)[472][473]
  • Most Ballons d'Or awards (Guinness World Record): 8 (2009–2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023)[474][475]
  • Most The Best FIFA Men's Player awards: 3 (2019, 2022, 2023)[476]
  • Only player to have won more than one FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2 (2014 and 2022)[477]
  • Only player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2 (2009 and 2011)[478]
  • First player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Final Most Valuable Player award: 2 (2009 and 2011[478])
  • Only footballer to have won at the Laureus World Sports Awards: 2 (2020, 2023)
  • First ever athlete to win the Laureus Sportsman of the Year and Laureus Team of the Year in the same year: 2023
  • Most (recorded) Man of the Match awards won in football history: +400[479][480]
  • Most Man of the Match awards won in major international tournaments: 26 (11 in FIFA World Cup, 15 in Copa América)[481]
  • Most Man of the Match awards won at the FIFA World Cup (Guinness World Record): 11 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018, 5 in 2022)[482]
  • Most Man of the Match awards won in a single FIFA World Cup: 5 in 2022
  • Most Man of the Match awards won at the FIFA Club World Cup finals: 2[ab] (2009 and 2011)
  • Most Goal Best Player of the Year awards: 7 (2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23)
  • Most Marca Best Player of the Year awards: 3 (2017–2019)
  • Most The Guardian Best Footballer of the Year wins: 6 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022)
  • Most FourFourTwo(FFT) Best Footballer of the Year wins: 8 (2009–2012, 2015, 2017–2019)
  • Most ESPN Best Forward of the Year wins: 8 (2014–2021)
  • Most World Soccer Men's World Player of the Year wins: 6 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2022)
  • Most World Soccer Young Player of the Year wins: 3 (2006–2008)
  • Most IFFHS World's Best Playmaker awards: 5 (2015–2017, 2019, 2022)
  • Most IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer awards: 4 (2012, 2013, 2017, 2018)
  • Most appearances in the IFFHS Men's World Team: 7 (2017–2023)
  • Most appearances in the FIFA FIFPRO World 11: 17 (2007–2023)[325][326]
  • Most appearances in the FIFA/EA Sports FC Team of the Year: 16 (2008–2023)[361][362][363]
  • Only player to win a 'Best Player/Golden Ball' award at all official tournaments participated in (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Cup and Copa América)[483][484]
  • Only player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player Award in three different decades: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
  • Oldest player to win FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: aged 35 years and 178 days, in 2022[485]
  • Only Player to win Ballons d'Or in four consecutive years: (2009–2012)[486]
  • Only player to win the Ballon d'Or in three different decades: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
  • Largest gap between first and last Ballon d'Or awards: 14 years (2009–2023)
  • Youngest two-time, three-time, four-time, five-time, six-time, seven-time and eight-time Ballon d'Or winner: aged 23, 24, 25, 28, 32, 34 and 36 years old[486]

Performances

  • Most (official) non-penalty goals scored in football history: 793[487]
  • Most (official) assists provided in football history: 408[488]
  • Most (official) goal contributions in football history: 1,314[489]
  • Most (official) goals scored for a single club (Guinness World Record): 672, for Barcelona[490][491]
  • Most (recorded) assists provided for a single club: 269, for Barcelona
  • Most goals scored at major international tournaments: 27 (13 goals at FIFA World Cup, 14 goals at Copa América)[492]
  • Most assists provided at major international tournaments: 26 (8 assists at FIFA World Cup, 18 assists at Copa América)[493]
  • Most goal contributions at major international tournaments: 53 (13 goals and 8 assists at FIFA World Cup, 14 goals and 18 assists at Copa América)[494]
  • Most goal contributions at international tournaments' knockout matches: 29[495]
  • Most goals scored in a single domestic league: 474, in La Liga[496]
  • Most assists provided in a single domestic league: 192, in La Liga
  • Most goals scored in FIFA competitions: 25 (13 at FIFA World Cup, 6 at FIFA Youth U-20 World Cup, 6 at FIFA Club World Cup)[497]
  • Most assists provided at the FIFA World Cup: 8 (1 in 2006, 1 in 2010, 1 in 2014, 2 in 2018, 3 in 2022)[498][bd]
  • Most assists provided in the knockout phase of the FIFA World Cup: 6 (1 in 2010, 1 in 2014, 2 in 2018, 2 in 2022)[499][be]
  • Most goal contributions at the FIFA World Cup: 21[500]
  • Most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup as captain (Guinness World Record): 7 in 2022[501]
  • Most goals scored in the FIFA Club World Cup finals: 4[ab] (1 in 2009, 2 in 2011, 1 in 2015)
  • Most goal contributions in finals: 50 (35 goals and 15 assists)
  • Most assists provided in all national team competitions, including friendlies: 61[502][503]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in all national team competitions: 10[bf][504][505]
  • Most (official) goals scored for club and country in a calendar year (Guinness World Record): 91 in 2012[506][507]
  • Most goals scored for club and country in a calendar year (including club friendlies): 96 in 2012
  • Most goals scored in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 in 2012[508][509][bg]
  • Most goals scored in all club competitions in a season: 73 in 2011–12[510][bh]
  • Most assists provided in a domestic league in a season: 21 in 2019–20[bi]
  • Only player to score 30+ goals in 13 consecutive seasons[511]
  • Only player to score 40+ goals in 12 consecutive seasons[512]
  • Only player to score 60+ goals in all competitions in 2 consecutive seasons: 2011–12 and 2012–13[513]
  • Only player to score and assist in six different club competitions in a calendar year: 2011
  • Longest goalscoring run in a domestic league: 21 matches, 33 goals in 2012–13[514]
  • First player to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league: 2012–13[515]
  • First player to score in all five rounds of a FIFA World Cup (group stage, round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final, final): 2022[485]
  • Most FIFA World Cup tournaments assisted in (Guinness World Record): 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)[516]
  • Most FIFA World Cup matches scored in: 11[bj][485]
  • Most total dribbles completed at the FIFA World Cup: 125[517]
  • Most FIFA World Cup tournaments played in (Guinness World Record): 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)[518][bk]
  • Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup matches (Guinness World Record): 26 (3 in 2006, 5 in 2010, 7 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 7 in 2022)[519][520]
  • Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup matches as captain (Guinness World Record): 19 (1 in 2010, 7 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 7 in 2022)[520][521]
  • Most minutes played at the FIFA World Cup: 2,314[485]
  • Only player to score in his teens, his twenties and his thirties in the history of the FIFA World Cup[522]
  • Only player to provide at least one assist in four and five different FIFA World Cup tournaments and most consecutive FIFA World Cup tournaments with at least one assist (Guinness World Record): 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022[523][524]
  • Only player to score in three different FIFA Club World Cup final matches: 2009, 2011 and 2015
  • Oldest player to score a goal and assist in a single FIFA World Cup match: 35 years, 172 days old[525]
  • Youngest player to score a goal and assist in a single FIFA World Cup match: 18 years, 357 days old[525]

Europe records

Titles and awards

  • Most European Golden Shoe awards (Guinness World Record): 6 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2017–2019)[526]
  • Most UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season awards: 4 (2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2022–23)
  • Most Man of the Match awards won in UEFA Champions League history: 67[527]
  • Most Onze d'Or awards: 4 (2009, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2017–18)
  • Most appearances in the ESM Team of the Season: 15 (2006, 2008–2013, 2015–2021, 2023)
  • Most appearances in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 7 (2015–2021)
  • Only Player to win European Golden Shoe award in three consecutive years: (2017–2019)
  • First player to win the UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season award for two consecutive seasons: (2014–15 and 2015–16)

Performances

Americas records

Titles and awards

Performances

  • Most international goals scored by a male CONMEBOL player: 115[547]
  • Most international assists provided by a male CONMEBOL player: 61[548][549]
  • Most goals scored in the FIFA World Cup qualification – CONMEBOL: 36[550]
  • Most assists provided in the FIFA World Cup qualification – CONMEBOL: 13[551]
  • Most assists provided in the Copa América: 18 (1 in 2007, 3 in 2011, 3 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 5 in 2021, 1 in 2024)[552]
  • Most Copa América tournaments scored in: 6 (2007, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024)[bt][553]
  • Most goals scored by a substitute in a Copa América match (Guinness World Record): 3, against Panama on 10 June 2016[554][bu]
  • Only player to provide at least one assist in five, six and seven different Copa América tournaments: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024
  • Most appearances at the Copa América: 39[555]
  • Most appearances at the Copa América finals: 5 (2007, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024)[556]
  • Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup qualification-CONMEBOL: 72[bv][557]
  • Most stadiums scored at in the FIFA World Cup qualification-CONMEBOL: 14[558][559]
  • Most goals scored in a single Leagues Cup competition: 10 in 2023[560]
  • Most goal contributions in a single Leagues Cup competition: 11 in 2023[561]

National records

Argentina

Titles and awards
Performances

Spain

Titles and awards
Performances
  • Most goals scored in all official club competitions in spanish football: 672[584]
  • Most goals scored in all club competitions including friendlies in spanish football: 709[584]
  • Most goals scored in Supercopa de España: 14[585][586][587]
  • Most goals scored in La Liga (Guinness World Record): 474[588][589]
  • Most assists provided in La Liga (Guinness World Record): 192[590][591][583][593]
  • Most La Liga matches scored in: 300[594]
  • Most goals scored in Supercopa de España finals: 7[595]
  • Most Supercopa de España finals scored in: 7
  • Most goals scored in Copa del Rey finals: 9[596]
  • Most assists provided in Copa del Rey finals: 6 (1 in 2009, 2 in 2016, 1 in 2017, 2 in 2018)
  • Most Copa del Rey finals scored in: 7 (2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)[597]
  • Most braces scored in La Liga: 133[598]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga (Guinness World Record): 36[599][600]
  • Most goals scored from direct free kicks in La Liga: 39[601]
  • Most goals scored in all club competitions in a calendar year in spanish football: 79 in 2012[508]
  • Most goals scored in all club competitions in a season in spanish football: 73 in 2011–12[532]
  • Most goals scored in La Liga in a calendar year: 59 in 2012[602]
  • Most goals scored in a La Liga season (Guinness World Record): 50 in 2011–12[603]
  • Most assists provided in a La Liga season (Guinness World Record): 21 in 2019–20[604][605][bx]
  • Most hat-tricks scored in a La Liga season: 8 in 2011–12[586][ab]
  • Most teams scored against in a La Liga season: 19 in 2012–13[606][by]
  • Most home goals in a La Liga season (38 matches, 19 home matches): 35 in 2011–12[607]
  • Most away goals in a La Liga season (38 matches, 19 away matches): 24 in 2012–13[608]
  • Most matches scored in a La Liga season (38 games): 27 in 2012–13[609]
  • Most home matches scored in a La Liga season (38 games): 16 in 2011–12[607]
  • Most away matches scored in a La Liga season (38 games): 15 in 2012–13[610]
  • Most different opponents scored against in La Liga history: 38[611]
  • Most stadiums scored at in La Liga history: 38[612]
  • Most consecutive Supercopa de España finals scored in: 4[bz] (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Most consecutive La Liga match scored in (Guinness World Record): 21 (33 goals, from matchday 11 to matchday 34, season 2012–13)[613]
  • Most consecutive away La Liga matches scored in: 13 (20 goals from matchday 8 to matchday 33 in 2012–13)[610]
  • Most appearances in Supercopa de España: 20
  • Most appearances in La Liga by a foreign player (Guinness World Record): 520[614]
  • Most appearances in Copa del Rey finals: 10[ca] (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
  • Most dribbles completed in a La Liga match: 15, against Real Betis on 4 November 2007[615]
  • Most dribbles completed in a Copa Del Rey match: 23, against Villarreal on 31 January 2008[616]
  • Only player to be top goalscorer and top assist provider in the same La Liga season: 2017–18, 2018–19 and 2019–20[cb]
  • Only player to score consecutively against all opposition teams in La Liga: 19 matches, 30 goals in 2012–13[617]
  • Only player to score 20+ goals in 10, 11, 12 and 13 consecutive La Liga seasons (Guinness World Record)[618][619][620][621]
  • Only player to score 30+ goals in 8 different La Liga seasons[622][623]
  • Only player to score 10+ goals in 13, 14 and 15 consecutive La Liga seasons (from 2006–07 to 2020–21)[624][625]
  • First player to score in 15, 16 and 17 consecutive La Liga seasons[626][627]
  • First player to reach 300 La Liga goals[628]
  • First player to reach 350 La Liga goals[629]
  • First player to reach 400 La Liga goals[630]
  • First player to reach 450 La Liga goals[631]
  • First player to reach 150 La Liga assists[591]
  • Youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga: aged 25 years and 7 months[632]

France

Performances

United States

Titles and awards
Performances
  • Most goals in a calendar year across all club competitions: 43 in 2025[638]
  • Most multi-goal games in a single MLS season: 10 in 2025[639]
  • Most goal contributions in a single MLS Cup playoff campaign: 15 (6 goals and 9 assists) in 2025[640]
  • Most assists in a single MLS Cup playoff campaign: 9 in 2025[641]
  • Most assists in a single MLS game (Guinness World Record): 5 in 2024[642][643]
  • Most goal contributions in a single MLS game: 6 in 2024[643]
  • First player to score a brace in four and five consecutive MLS games: 2025[644]

Club records

Barcelona

Titles and awards
  • Most titles won as a Barcelona player: 35[645]
  • Most victories as a Barcelona player: 542[646]
  • Most La Liga victories as a Barcelona player: 383[647][648][583]
  • Most FC Barcelona Trofeo Aldo Rovira awards: 6 (2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18)
Performances

Inter Miami

Titles and awards
Performances
  • Most goals scored in all official competitions for Inter Miami: 86[665]
  • Most assists provided in all official competitions for Inter Miami: 44[666]
  • Most goal contributions in all official competitions for Inter Miami: 130[666]
  • Most goals scored in a regular MLS season for Inter Miami: 29 in 2025[667]
  • Most assists provided in a regular MLS season for Inter Miami: 16 in 2025
  • Most goal contributions in a regular MLS season for Inter Miami: 45 in 2025
  • Most goals scored in a game for Inter Miami: 3[cf][667]
  • Most assists provided in a game for Inter Miami: 5[667]
  • Most goal contributions in a game for Inter Miami: 6[667]

Other records

See also

Footnotes

  1. 20th place
  2. 5th place
    • As per the Rules of Allocation (art. 12), Lionel Messi (Argentina) won the Award on the basis of the votes cast by the men's national-team captains.
  3. 6th place
  4. 2nd place
  5. 3rd place
  6. 4th place
  7. 10th place
  8. 26th place
  9. 24th place
  10. 49th place
  11. 27th place
  12. 34th place
  13. 44th place
  14. 50th place
  15. 7th place
  16. 8th place
  17. Messi received 24 percent (%) of the votes cast, finishing second in the voting after Cristiano Ronaldo.
  18. Messi received 759 points of the votes cast, finishing second in the voting after Ronaldinho.
  19. Messi received 62.16 percent (%) of the votes cast, finishing second in the voting after Pelé.
  20. Messi received 39 percent (%) of the total votes cast in 2025, finishing second in the voting after Giorgian de Arrascaeta.[205]
  21. The Sofascore rating was first introduced ahead of the 2015–16 season.[227]
  22. Messi received 23.5 percent (%) of the total votes cast, finishing second in the voting after Zinedine Zidane.
  23. Messi received 27.28 percent (%) of the total votes cast, finishing second in the voting after Giorgos Giakoumakis.[242]
  24. Shared with Adriano.
  25. Shared with Luis Díaz.
  26. Shared with Cesc Fàbregas.
  27. Shared with eight other players.
  28. Shared with Luís Fabiano.
  29. Shared with four other players.
  30. Shared with Jonas.
  31. Messi received 22.5 percent (%) of the total votes cast, finishing second in the voting after Son Heung-min.[314]
  32. Shared with fifteen other players.
  33. Shared with four other players.
  34. Shared with Jorge Valdivia.
  35. Shared with four other players.
  36. Shared with Karim Benzema and Pepe.
  37. Shared with Luis Muriel.
  38. Shared with Luis Suárez.
  39. Shared with Chory Castro.
  40. Shared with Anders Dreyer.
  41. Includes Best club XI and Best international XI.
  42. As the 12th player.
  43. 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.
  44. In 2011 UEFA awarded two Man of the Match awards. Messi was named as UEFA's and Fan's Man of the Match.
  45. Messi received 17.9 percent (%) of the total votes cast, finishing second in the voting after Novak Djokovic.[443]
  46. "Leo Messi misses penalty in Copa America final defeat" received 13 percent (%) of the total votes cast, finishing on a third-place in the voting.[444]
  47. 12th place
  48. Messi and Novak Djokovic each received 16 votes out of 87 AP sports editors votes cast, finishing second in the voting after Shohei Ohtani.
  49. LeBron James is the only athlete listed four times, and Messi is the only football player listed three times in the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World. Simone Biles, Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams and Tiger Woods are the other athletes listed three times in Time 100.
  50. Shared with Tiger Woods.
  51. Shared with Diego Maradona and Pelé; different sources give Pelé between 8 and 10 assists.
  52. Shared with Pelé.
  53. At top-level football, excluding regional and local competitions.
  54. At top-level football, excluding regional and local competitions.
  55. Shared with Thomas Müller and Míchel.
  56. Shared with Miroslav Klose.
  57. Shared with Antonio Carbajal, Lothar Matthäus, Rafael Marquez, Andres Guardado, and Cristiano Ronaldo
  58. At top-level football, excluding regional and local competitions.
  59. Shared with seven other players.
  60. At top-level football, excluding regional and local competitions.
  61. At top-level football, excluding regional and local competitions.
  62. Shared with Neymar and Javier Zanetti.
  63. Shared with Karim Benzema.
  64. Shared with Zizinho.
  65. Shared with Paulo Valentim.
  66. Shared with Iván Hurtado.
  67. Shared with José Maria Belauste, Piru Gaínza, Gerard Piqué and Sergio Busquets
  68. Shared with Míchel in 1987–88.
  69. Along with Luis Suárez.
  70. Shared with Preki.
  71. Shared with Jason Kreis and Carlos Vela.
  72. Does not include a goal scored in the 2017 International Champions Cup.

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