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Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 129 to his name. [177] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl, in November 2014. [178]
Messi scored a total of 47 goals in all competitions that season, equalling Ronaldo's club record from the 1996–97 campaign. [74] [75] He scored all of his side's four goals in the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Arsenal in a 4–1 home victory on 6 April while becoming Barcelona's all-time top scorer in the competition. [76]
During that season, Messi scored 38 total goals, and alongside Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry, contributed to a total of 100 goals in all competitions, a record at the time for the club. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Messi played as a false nine for the first time in a Clásico against Real Madrid, setting up his side's first goal and scoring twice in the team ...
Throughout his international career, Messi has scored 112 goals in 191 international appearances, [1] [2] making him the country's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Gabriel Batistuta's record of 54 goals with a free kick against the United States in the semi-final of the Copa América Centenario on 21 June 2016.
Most goals scored in a calendar year: 18 – Lionel Messi in 2022 [10] Most direct free kick goals scored in all international competitions, including friendlies: 11 – Lionel Messi; Most FIFA World Cup tournaments scored in: 4 – Lionel Messi in 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022; Most goals scored at the FIFA World Cup: 13 – Lionel Messi [11] Most ...
That includes his 135 goals in 217 career international games for Portugal that are also the most in soccer history. ... Messi is the all-time Ballon d'Or winner with eight. He has 12 European ...
That number increased to 24,407 in 2023 as Messi signed for Miami part of the way through the season, and to 29,778 in 2024 – the second highest in the league behind Atlanta United.
Ten of these players scored at least seven goals in a tournament, while Brazil's Jairzinho in 1970 and Argentina's Lionel Messi in 2022 were the only footballers to record at least seven goals but still not finish as the tournament's top scorer. These 31 top goalscorers played for 20 different nations, with the most (five) coming from Brazil.