Records to beat - Leo Messi

Xtroverto

Member
Ok, so I though of going through and list his records in possesion and future ones he is chasing, it is getting ridiculous really, this is only a fraction of his records but I will keep adding new ones when I get hold of them.

Current season 2019-20

Records in possession

Most competition games scoring for a professional club in football history 392 (former world record by Pelé for Santos 378)

Most free kick goals scored with a spanish team in all competitions 46 (also 6 with Argentina)
Most free kick goals scored with a spanish team in la liga 35 (european league record)

Most goals scored against spanish teams in all competitions (at least 20 goals)

37 goals vs Sevilla
30 goals vs Atlético
28 goals vs Valencia
26 goals vs Madrid
24 goals vs Athletic
23 goals vs Betis
23 goals vs Osasuna
22 goals vs Levante
20 goals vs Deportivo

La liga records

Most goals scored i la liga 432
Most goals scored against a team 29 (Sevilla)
Most goals scored in la liga home 250
Most goals scored in la liga away 182
Most goals scored in an away ground 13 (Riazor stadium)
Most goals scored in one season 50
Most goals scored in one season home 35
Most goals scored in one season away 24
Most rounds scoring in la liga 271
Most rounds scoring in la liga home 154
Most rounds scoring in la liga away 117
Most rounds scoring in one season 27
Most rounds scoring in one season home 16
Most rounds scoring in one season away 15
Most consecutive rounds scoring 19
Most consecutive rounds scoring away 12
Most hat-tricks scored in one season 8
Most career hat-tricks scored 35
Most games scoring 2 or more goals 122
Most stadiums scored in 38
Most teams scored against 37

Most goals scored away in Riazor 13
Most goals scored away in Pizjuan 12
Most goals scored away in Bernabeu 11
Most goals scored away in Ciutat de Valencia 9
Most goals scored away in Mestalla 9
Most goals scored away in Vallecas 8
Most goals scored away in Ipurua 8
Most goals scored away in Benito Villamarin 7

Most games won 347 (former record 334 Casillas)
Most games won home 197 (record 221 Zubizarreta)
Most games won away 150 (former record 142 Casillas)

Most league goals scored against la liga teams (atleast 10 goals)

29 Sevilla
25 Atletico de Madrid
24 Valencia
22 Español
21 Osasuna
21 Levante
20 Deportivo la Coruña
19 Real Betis
18 Real Madrid
17 Rayo Vallecano
16 Eibar
14 Villareal
14 Mallorca
13 Real Zaragoza
12 Granada
11 Almeria



Top goalscorers in the big 5 leagues (single league only).

432 MESSI Lionel Spain
365 MÜLLER Gerd Germany
357 GREAVES Jimmy England
317 BLOOMER Stephen England
311 RONALDO Cristiano Spain
310 DEAN William England
299 ONNIS Delio France
287 HODGSON Gordon England
283 SHEARER Alan England
274 PIOLA Silvio Italy
268 FISHER Klaus Germany
257 BUCHAN Charlie England
255 LOFTHOUSE Nat England
255 LACOMBE Bernard France
251 ZARRA Telmo Spain

Most league goals scored in european football (first division only)

518 Josef Bican
513 Ferenc Puskas
432 Lionel Messi
426 Cristiano Ronaldo
417 Imre Schlosser
410 Jimmy McGrory
393 Ferenc Szusza
393 Gyula Zsengeller
376 Gunnar Nordahl
366 Jimmy Greaves
365 Gerd Muller
361 Hugh Ferguson
360 Josef Takacs
354 Hans Krankl
350 Albert Celyn
345 Joe Bambrick

Most official goals scored in one club (at least 500 goals)

646 Pele Santos
618 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona
564 Gerd Muller Bayern Munich
534 Josef Bican Slavia Prague
525 Fernando Peyroteo Sporting De Lisboa
522 Jimmy McGrory Celtic Football Club

Most games won with a spanish club

497 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona
476 Xavi Hernandez FC Barcelona
463 Iker Casillas Real Madrid
459 Andres Iniesta FC Barcelona
429 Raul Gonzalez Real Madrid
412 Manolo Sanchez Real Madrid

Most wins agianst spanish teams

29 wins against Sevilla
24 wins against Athletic Club
24 wins aginast Atletico de Madrid
23 wins agianst Espanyol (record Xavi with 25 wins)
19 wins agianst Real Madrid (record Dani alves with 22 wins)
18 wins against Valencia (record Raul with 20 wins)
18 wins against Villareal

Most games won by a foreign footballer in spain
497 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona
419 Dani Alves Sevilla and FC Barcelona
335 Marcelo Real Madrid

Most games played by a foreign footballer in spain

702 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona
640 Dani Alves Sevilla and FC Barcelona
589 Donato Atlético de Madrid and Deportivo
527 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid
505 Diego Godin Villareal and Ateltico de Madrid
494 Luis Figo FC Barcelona and Real Madrid

Top Division goalscorer of all time
541 Pelé 1957-1977 (470 in state league and 34 in Brazilian championship and 37 in USA championship)
518 Josef Bican 1931-1955 (72 in Austrian championship and 446 in Czech championship)
514 Ferenc Puskas 1943-1966 (358 in Hugarian championship and 156 in Spanish championship)
432 Lionel Messi 2004-? (all in Spanish championship)
426 Cristiano Ronaldo 2002-? (3 in Portugese Championship, 84 in English chamipnship and 311 in Spanish championship and 28 in Italian Championship)
418 Eusebio 1957-1979 (77 in Mozambique championship, 320 in Portugese Championship, 20 in USA championship and 1 in Mexican championship)
417 Imre Schlosser 1906-1928 (145 in Austrian championship and 272 in Hugarian championship)
416 Gyula Zsengeller 1935-1952 (387 in Hungarian championship, 6 in Italian championship and 23 in Colombian championship)
410 Jimmy McGrory 1922-1938 (all in Scottish championship)
405 Gerd Muller 1965-1981 (365 in German championship and 40 in USA championship)
405 Roger Milla 1970-1996 (253 in Cameroonian championship, 111 in French championship and 41 in Indonesian championship)
400 Hugo Sánchez 1976-1997 (123 in Mexican championship, 234 in Spanish championship, 37 in USA championship and 6 in Austrian championship)
393 Ferenc Szusza 1941-1961 (all in Hungarian championship)
385 Carlos Bianchi 1968-1985 (206 in Argentinian championship and 179 in French championship)
377 Di Stefano 1945-1966 (59 in Argentinian championship, 90 in Colombian championship and 227 in Spanish championchip)
376 Gunnar Nordahl 1940-1957 (149 in Swedish championship and 225 in Italian championship)

Free kick goals

77 goals: Juninho Pernambucano (Record 28 goals in French league)
70 goals: Pelé
66 goals: Víctor Legrotaglie (played a lot of 2nd division football)
66 goals: Ronaldinho Gaúcho
65 goals: David Beckham (Record 18 goals in the Premier League)
62 goals: Diego Armando Maradona
62 goals: Zico
60 goals: Ronald Koeman
59 goals: Rogério Ceni
59 goals: Marcelinho Carioca
57 goals: Kostas Frantzeskos
53 goals: Cristiano Ronaldo
53 goals: Alessandro Del Piero (42 goals for Juventus of which 22 in Serie A)
52 goals: Lionel Messi (Record 35 goals in Spanish League)
50 goals: Sinisa Mihajlovic (Record 28 goals in Italian League)
47 goals: Andrea Pirlo (Record 28 goals in Italian League)

Most goals scored against a manager in la liga history: 25 against Mendilibar
 
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MMKa

New member
1 Feb 2019:

13 consecutive seasons
1. Messi 570 = 543+27 (06-19)
2. Pele 569 (57-69)
3. CR 558 = 541+17 (06-19)

... 4 Feb 2019:

14 Seasons
1. Messi 580 = 551+29 (05-19)
2. Pele 580 (57-70)
3. CR 572 = 553+19 (05-19)
4. Müller 571 (63-77)

... 23 Feb 2019:

15 Seasons
1. Müller 608 (63-78)
2. Messi 591 = 558+ (04-19 + Barca B 6)
3. Pele 589 (57-71)
4. CR 583 = 562+ (04-19)
 
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Xtroverto

Member
Here is another future record that could be taken by Messi, although this time around he will have some competition form teammates Busi and Geri.

Most wins in el Classico

21 Francisco Gento
19 Lionel Messi
19 Sergio Busquets
18 Gerard Piqué
17 Xavi Hernandez
17 Alfredo Di Stefano

And another future record

Most wins against Real Madrid by any footballer

22 Dani Alves (Sevilla 8 and FC Barcelona 14)
 
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Blaugrana Bull

HiiiPoWeR
I really hope Messi will equal Gento's 12 league titles in the end. 6 CLs would be amazing too of course.
Both are possible but will be really hard to earn.
 

Blaugrana Bull

HiiiPoWeR
Yes will be his tenth. But I am not sure if we can win the two afterwards although I see us as favorites.
Two more CL titles are even harder and to have any chance to achieve that this year's title is a must.
 

Hardy

Senior Member
he needs 2 (assuming we win this year) to equal Gento's record but it will be even more glorious if he wins 3 other liga because the record for most domestic league titles in Europe (and likely in the world) is 13 by Ryan Giggs, that would be an hell of achievement.
 

Leo_Messi

New member
He can equal or even surpass Gento's two records provided that he does "a Giggs" and stays at the club until 2027. Which quite frankly is very unrealistic although I would love it. If he did he would probably equal or beat all possible records quite clearly. Be it number of appearance (300 extra games in 8 seasons would be possible) thus beating Giggs, number of league titles and likely number of CL. Let alone goals scored.

Anyway the numbers and legacy of our most important player in the club's history increasing is always a good thing but the well-being and success of the club should always be above it. If Messi becomes a hindrance to the team by the time he will turn 35 (in 3 seasons time in other words) he should do what other legends did before him such as Pep, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta etc. and call it a day.


Robben's stats are impressive. Won leagues in Spain, England, Germany and the Netherlands. Should try to go to PSG or Juve to win the Ligue 1 or a scudetto.
 
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khaled_a_d

Senior Member
MD once mentioned that Messi has an exit clause like Iniesta that kicks in 2020, not sure how accurate that report especially considering that it was never mentioned again.
But if true, I think Messi isn't planning to overstay here tbh. I think he will likely go and join Cr7 in China and collect a massive pay check there
 

FC433

New member
La Liga top scorer:

Telmo Zarra 6 times
Hugo Sánchez 5 times
Quini 5 times
Alfredo di Stéfano 5 times
Ferenc Puskás 5 times
Messi 4 times
 

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