List of career achievements by Lionel Messi

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Messi accepting the Golden Ball award, alongside his future teammate Neymar after the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Messi (centre) and his teammates celebrate winning the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2011

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, regarded by many as the best player of all time,[1][2][3][4] has received six Ballon d'Or awards, the most for any football player, as well as the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year and 2019 The Best FIFA Men's Player. Messi holds the record for 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 (315).[5][6] He has scored 777 goals for club and country throughout his professional career and is also the first player in history to win five and six European Golden Shoes.

Collective awards[]

Season / year Competition Club / national team Ref.
2004–05 La Liga Barcelona [7]
2005 South American U-20 Championship Third place Argentina U20 [8]
2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup [citation needed]
2005 Supercopa de España Barcelona [7]
2005–06 La Liga
2005–06 UEFA Champions League
2006 Supercopa de España
2006 UEFA Super Cup Runner-up
2007 Copa América Runner-up Argentina [citation needed]
2008 Summer Olympics Argentina Olympic [9]
2008–09 La Liga Barcelona [7]
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 [citation needed]
2014–15 La Liga Barcelona [10]
2014–15 Copa del Rey [10]
2014–15 UEFA Champions League [10]
2015 Supercopa de España Runner-up [10]
2015 Copa América Runner-up Argentina [citation needed]
2015 UEFA Super Cup Barcelona [7]
2015 FIFA Club World Cup
2015–16 La Liga
2015–16 Copa del Rey
2016 Supercopa de España
2016 Copa América Runner-up Argentina [citation needed]
2016–17 Copa del Rey Barcelona [7]
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 [citation needed]
2020–21 Supercopa de España Runner-up Barcelona [7]
2020–21 Copa del Rey
2021 Copa América Argentina


Friendlies titles[]

Friendly competitions[]

Individual honours[]

Selections for the best player or forward[]

World[]

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 World Player of the Year[]
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2007 Kaká
(Milan)
Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United)
Points 1047 504 426
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United)
Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Fernando Torres
(Liverpool)
Points 935 678 203
2009 Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United/Real Madrid)
Xavi
(Barcelona)
Points 1073 352 196
The Best FIFA Men's Player[]
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Antoine Griezmann
(Atlético Madrid)
Percentage 34.54% 26.42% 7.53%
2017 Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Neymar
(Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain)
Percentage 43.16% 19.25% 6.97%
2019 Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Virgil van Dijk
(Liverpool)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Juventus)
Points 46 38 36
2020 Robert Lewandowski
(Bayern Munich)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Juventus)
Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)
Points 52 38 35
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball[]
Year Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
2014 Lionel Messi Thomas Müller Arjen Robben [23]
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball[]
Year Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Ref(s)
2009 Lionel Messi Juan Sebastián Verón Xavi [24]
2011 Lionel Messi Xavi Neymar [25]
2015 Luis Suárez Lionel Messi Andrés Iniesta [26]
Other[]
  • Onze d'Or: 2009, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2017–18
    • Onze d'Argent: 2008, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21
  • ESPN Best Forward: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • World Soccer Player of the Year: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019
  • FourFourTwo Best Footballer of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • The Guardian Best Footballer In The World: 2012,[27] 2013,[28] 2015,[29] 2017,[30] 2019[31]
  • Goal 50: 2008–09,[32] 2010–11,[33] 2012–13, 2014–15[34]
  • Globe Soccer Awards Best Player of the Year: 2015
  • FIFPro Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Copa América Best Young Player: 2007[35]
  • FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball: 2005[36]
  • Copa América Best Player: 2015, 2021[37]
  • IFFHS World's Best Man Player of the Decade: 2011–2020[38]
  • IFFHS Best Player of CONMEBOL: 2020[39]
  • IFFHS The Best Man CONMEBOL Player of the Decade: 2011–2020[40]
  • World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008[41]
  • Greatest Player of the 21st Century by The Independent: 2019[42][43]
  • Greatest Player of the last 25 years by FourFourTwo: 2020[44][45]

Europe[]

Spain[]

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 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.[95][96][97]

Season Goals Points
2009–10 34 68
2011–12 50 100
2012–13 46 92
2016–17 37 74
2017–18 34 68
2018–19 36 72

UEFA Champions League top scorer[]

Season Player(s) Nationality Club(s) 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
2018–19 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona 12

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation,[98] UEFA,[99] WorldFootball.net[100]

All-time[]

Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 135 goals while Lionel Messi is second with 120 to his name.[101] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl, in November 2014.[102] 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.[103]

As of 14 September 2021
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 135[a] 177 0.76 2003–present Manchester United
Real Madrid
Juventus
2 Argentina Lionel Messi 120 149 0.81 2005–present Barcelona
3 Poland Robert Lewandowski 75 97 0.77 2011–present Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich
4 France Karim Benzema 71 130 0.55 2006–present Lyon
Real Madrid
Spain Raúl 142 0.5 1995–2011 Real Madrid
Schalke 04

Source: WorldFootball.net[101]

La Liga top scorer[]

Season Goals Matches Ratio
2009–10 34 35 0.971
2011–12 50 37 1.351
2012–13 46 32 1.438
2016–17 37 34 1.088
2017–18 34 36 0.944
2018–19 36 34 1.059
2019–20 25 33 0.758
2020–21 30 35 0.857
All-time[]
As of 16 May 2021
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1 Argentina Lionel Messi 474 520 0.912 2004–2021 Barcelona
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 311 292 1.065 2009–2018 Real Madrid
3 Spain Telmo Zarra 251 277 0.906 1940–1955 Athletic Bilbao
4 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 234 347 0.674 1981–1994 Real Madrid
Rayo Vallecano
Atlético Madrid
5 Spain Raúl 228 550 0.415 1994–2010 Real Madrid

Source: WorldFootball.net[105]

Hat-tricks[]

Messi scored his first international hat-trick against Switzerland in February 2012.
No. For Against Result Competition Date
1 Barcelona Real Madrid 3–3 (H) 2006–07 La Liga 10 March 2007
2 Atlético Madrid 3–1 (A) 2008–09 Copa del Rey 6 January 2009
3 Tenerife 5–0 (A) 2009–10 La Liga 10 January 2010
4 Valencia 3–0 (H) 2009–10 La Liga 14 March 2010
5 Zaragoza 4–2 (A) 2009–10 La Liga 21 March 2010
6 Arsenal4 4–1 (H) 2009–10 UEFA Champions League 6 April 2010
7 Sevilla 4–0 (H) 2010 Supercopa de España 21 August 2010
8 Almería 8–0 (A) 2010–11 La Liga 20 November 2010
9 Real Betis 5–0 (H) 2010–11 Copa del Rey 12 January 2011
10 Atlético Madrid 3–0 (H) 2010–11 La Liga 5 February 2011
11 Osasuna 8–0 (H) 2011–12 La Liga 17 September 2011
12 Atlético Madrid 5–0 (H) 2011–12 La Liga 24 September 2011
13 Mallorca 5–0 (H) 2011–12 La Liga 29 October 2011
14 Viktoria Plzeň 4–0 (A) 2011–12 UEFA Champions League 1 November 2011
15 Málaga 4–1 (A) 2011–12 La Liga 22 January 2012
16 Valencia4 5–1 (H) 2011–12 La Liga 19 February 2012
17 Argentina Switzerland 3–1 (A) Friendly 29 February 2012
18 Barcelona Bayer Leverkusen5 7–1 (H) 2011–12 UEFA Champions League 7 March 2012
19 Espanyol4 4–0 (H) 2011–12 La Liga 20 March 2012
20 Granada 5–3 (H) 2011–12 La Liga 2 May 2012
21 Málaga 4–1 (H) 2011–12 La Liga 5 May 2012
22 Argentina Brazil 4–3 (N) Friendly 9 June 2012
23 Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña 5–4 (A) 2012–13 La Liga 20 October 2012
24 Osasuna4 5–1 (H) 2012–13 La Liga 27 January 2013
25 Argentina Guatemala 4–0 (A) Friendly 14 June 2013
26 Barcelona Valencia 3–2 (A) 2013–14 La Liga 1 September 2013
27 Ajax 4–0 (H) 2013–14 UEFA Champions League 18 September 2013
28 Osasuna 7–0 (H) 2013–14 La Liga 16 March 2014
29 Real Madrid 4–3 (A) 2013–14 La Liga 23 March 2014
30 Sevilla 5–1 (H) 2014–15 La Liga 22 November 2014
31 APOEL 4–0 (A) 2014–15 UEFA Champions League 25 November 2014
32 Espanyol 5–1 (H) 2014–15 La Liga 7 December 2014
33 Deportivo La Coruña 4–0 (A) 2014–15 La Liga 18 January 2015
34 Levante 5–0 (H) 2014–15 La Liga 15 February 2015
35 Rayo Vallecano 6–1 (H) 2014–15 La Liga 15 March 2015
36 Granada 4–0 (H) 2015–16 La Liga 9 January 2016
37 Valencia 7–0 (H) 2015–16 Copa del Rey 3 February 2016
38 Rayo Vallecano 5–1 (A) 2015–16 La Liga 3 March 2016
39 Argentina Panama 5–0 (N) Copa América Centenario 10 June 2016
40 Barcelona Celtic 7–0 (H) 2016–17 UEFA Champions League 13 September 2016
41 Manchester City 4–0 (H) 2016–17 UEFA Champions League 19 October 2016
42 Espanyol 5–0 (H) 2017–18 La Liga 9 September 2017
43 Eibar4 6–1 (H) 2017–18 La Liga 19 September 2017
44 Argentina Ecuador 3–1 (A) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 October 2017
45 Barcelona Leganés 3–1 (H) 2017–18 La Liga 7 April 2018
46 Deportivo La Coruña 4–2 (A) 2017–18 La Liga 29 April 2018
47 Argentina Haiti 4–0 (H) Friendly 29 May 2018
48 Barcelona PSV Eindhoven 4–0 (H) 2018–19 UEFA Champions League 18 September 2018
49 Levante 5–0 (A) 2018–19 La Liga 16 December 2018
50 Sevilla 4–2 (A) 2018–19 La Liga 23 February 2019
51 Real Betis 4–1 (A) 2018–19 La Liga 17 March 2019
52 Celta Vigo 4–1 (H) 2019–20 La Liga 9 November 2019
53 Mallorca 5–2 (H) 2019–20 La Liga 7 December 2019
54 Eibar4 5–0 (H) 2019–20 La Liga 22 February 2020
55 Argentina Bolivia 3–0 (H) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 9 September 2021

4 Scored 4 goals
5 Scored 5 goals

Other performances[]

Some of these accolades are shared with other players.

Top assist provider

Inclusions for team of the season or tournament[]

International[]

Awarded by international football federations
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