List of career achievements by Lionel Messi

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,[1][2][3] has received seven 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 (318).[4][5] He has scored 785 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.

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

Collective awards

Season / year	Competition	Club / national team	Ref.
2004–05[lower-alpha 1]	La Liga	Barcelona	[6]
2005	South American U-20 Championship Third place	Argentina U20	[9]
2005	FIFA U-20 World Cup	Argentina U20
2005[lower-alpha 1]	Supercopa de España	Barcelona	[6]
2005–06	La Liga
2005–06[lower-alpha 1]	UEFA Champions League
2006	Supercopa de España
2006	UEFA Super Cup Runner-up
2007	Copa América Runner-up	Argentina
2008	Summer Olympics	Argentina Olympic	[10]
2008–09	La Liga	Barcelona	[6]
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
2014–15	La Liga	Barcelona	[6]
2014–15	Copa del Rey
2014–15	UEFA Champions League
2015	Supercopa de España Runner-up
2015	Copa América Runner-up	Argentina
2015	UEFA Super Cup	Barcelona	[6]
2015	FIFA Club World Cup
2015–16	La Liga
2015–16	Copa del Rey
2016	Supercopa de España
2016	Copa América Runner-up	Argentina
2016–17	Copa del Rey	Barcelona	[6]
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
2020–21	Supercopa de España Runner-up	Barcelona	[6]
2020–21	Copa del Rey	Barcelona	[6]
2021	Copa América	Argentina
2021–22	Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain

Friendly titles

Joan Gamper Trophy: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020[11]
Ramón de Carranza Trophy: 2005[12]
Franz Beckenbauer Cup: 2007[13]
Tournoi de Paris: 2012[14]
Summer of Champions' Cup: 2012[15][16]
International Champions Cup: 2017 United States[17]
Nelson Mandela Trophy: 2018[18]

Friendly competitions

Copa Times of India: 2011 [19][20]
Superclásico de las Américas: 2017,[21] 2019
San Juan Cup: 2019[22]

Individual honours

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 Ballon d'Or

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
2010	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)	Xavi (Barcelona)
Percentage	22.65%	17.36%	16.48%
2011	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Xavi (Barcelona)
Percentage	47.88%	21.60%	9.23%
2012	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
Percentage	41.17%	23.68%	10.91%
2013	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
Percentage	27.99%	24.72%	23.36%
2014	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Percentage	37.66%	15.76%	15.73%
2015	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Neymar (Barcelona)
Percentage	41.33%	27.76%	7.86%

Ballon d'Or

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
2007	Kaká (Milan)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Points	444	277	255
2008	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
Points	446	281	179
2009	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Real Madrid)	Xavi (Barcelona)
Points	473	233	170
2016	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
Points	745	316	198
2017	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Neymar (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain)
Points	946	670	361
2019	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Points	686	679	476
2021	Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain)	Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)	Jorginho (Chelsea)
Points	613	580	460

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
2021	Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain)	Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Points	48	44	39

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, 2021
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] 2020-21[35]
Globe Soccer Awards Best Player of the Year: 2015
FIFPro Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008
Copa América Best Young Player: 2007[36]
FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball: 2005[37]
Copa América Best Player: 2015, 2021[38]
IFFHS World's Best Man Player of the Decade: 2011–2020[39]
IFFHS Best Player of CONMEBOL: 2020[40]
The Best Man CONMEBOL Player of the Decade: 2011–2020[41]
World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008[42]
Greatest Player of the 21st Century by The Independent: 2019[43][44]
Greatest Player of the last 25 years by FourFourTwo: 2020[45][46]
Best Player of the Year by 433 (The Ring award): 2021[47][48]

Shortlisted for Golden Foot: 2016, 2017,[49] 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Europe

UEFA Men Player of the Year Award

According to UEFA, the award "recognise[s] the best iation during the previous season."[50] Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season.[50]

In the past, the award was solely decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists.[51] 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.[52]

Season	1st	2nd	3rd
2010–11[53]	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Xavi (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Points	39	11	3
2011–12	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)	Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively)
Points	19	17
2012–13	Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Points	36	14	3
2014–15[54]	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Luis Suárez (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Points	49	3	2
2016–17	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Points	482	141	109
2018–19[55]	Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Points	305	207	74

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".[56]

Season	1st	2nd	3rd
2016–17[57]	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Points	359	147	64
2017–18[58]	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)	Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Points	287	218	43
2018–19[59]	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Sadio Mané (Liverpool)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Points	285	109	91

Other

UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2008–09,[60] 2018–19[61]
Champions League Player of the Week: MD5/2015–16, MD1/2016–17, MD3/2016–17, MD5/2016–17, R16/2017–18 (2nd leg), MD1/2018–19, MD2/2018–19, MD5/2018–19, MD10/2018–19, MD11/2018–19[62]
- Nominated for the UEFA Player of the Week: 8/2016[63]
El País European Player of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012[64]
Golden Boy Award: 2005[65]
Bravo Award: 2007
JOE's Champions League Man of the Week: 45/2014,[66] 48/2014[67] 19/2015[68]

Spain

La Liga Awards

La Liga Best Player: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19[69][70][71][72]
La Liga Best Forward: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16[69][70][71][73]
La Liga Player of the Month: January 2016, April 2017, April 2018, September 2018, March 2019, November 2019, February 2020, February 2021[74][75][76][77][78][79]

Other

Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2008–09,[80] 2009–10, 2010–11,[81] 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19[82]
Don Balón Award: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10[83]
Trofeo EFE: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012[84][85]
Mundo Deportivo Trofeo MVP La Liga: 2017–18, 2018–19[86][87][88]

Barcelona

Trofeo Aldo Rovira: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18[89][90][91]
Joan Gamper MVP Award: 2013,[92] 2014,[93] 2016,[94] 2018[95]
Barça Players Award: 2015–16[96]

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.[97][98][99]

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)	Club(s)	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
2018–19	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	12

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation,[100] UEFA,[101] WorldFootball.net[102]

All-time

Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 125 to his name.[103] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl, in November 2014.[104] 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.[105]

As of 26 April 2022

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Club(s)
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	140[lower-alpha 2]	183	0.77	2003–present	Manchester United Real Madrid Juventus
2	Lionel Messi	125	156	0.8	2005–present	Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain
3	Robert Lewandowski	86	106	0.81	2011–present	Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich
4	Karim Benzema	85	140	0.61	2006–present	Lyon Real Madrid
5	Raúl	71	142	0.5	1995–2011	Real Madrid Schalke 04

Source: WorldFootball.net[103]

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	Lionel Messi	474	520	0.912	2004–2021	Barcelona
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	311	292	1.065	2009–2018	Real Madrid
3	Telmo Zarra	251	277	0.906	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[107]

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 goalscorer

IFFHS World's Best Global Goal Scorer: 2012, 2016
IFFHS World's Best Top Division Scorer: 2012,[108][109] 2013,[109] 2017,[109] 2018[lower-alpha 3][109]
IFFHS World's Best International Top Goal Scorer: 2011,[109] 2012[109]
FIFA Club World Cup: 2011[lower-alpha 4]
Copa del Rey: 2008–09,[lower-alpha 5][110] 2010–11,[lower-alpha 6][111] 2013–14,[112] 2015–16,[lower-alpha 7][113] 2016–17[lower-alpha 8][114]
FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Shoe: 2005
Copa América Top Scorer: 2021[lower-alpha 9]
Copa América Silver Boot: 2016

IFFHS World's Best National Goal Scorer of the Decade: 2011–2020[115]

Goal of the tournament

The best goal of the Champions League according to fans: 2018–19[116]
Best goal in the quarter-final stage of Champions League: 2018–19[116]
Best goal in the semi-final stage of Champions League: 2018–19[116]
Copa América Best Goal: 2007
Champions League Goal of the Season: 2019–20
UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season: 2014–15,[117][118] 2015–16,[119][120] 2018–19[121]

Nominated for FIFA Puskás Award: 2010,[122] 2011,[122] 2012, 2015,[122] 2016,[122] 2018, 2019[123]

Top assist provider

International

Awarded by international football federations

FIFA FIFPRO World 11: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
UEFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020[125][126][127][128][129]
UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year[130]
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
UEFA Champions League Player Rater Team of the Season: 2009–10,[131] 2010–11,[132] 2011–12[133]
UEFA Champions League Player Rater Team of the Week: MD1/2010–11,[134] MD8A/2010–11,[135] MD10/2010–11,[136] MD11/2010–11,[137] MD12/2010–11[138]
FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014
Copa América Dream Team: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021
AFA Team of All Time[139]
IFFHS Men's World Team: 2017,[140] 2018,[141] 2019,[142] 2020[143]
IFFHS Men's CONMEBOL Team: 2020

Other

Ballon d'Or Dream Team: 2020[144]
11Leyendas Jornal AS: 2021 [145]
ESM Team of the Season: 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21[146][147][148][149][150]
L'Équipe Team of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,[151] 2012,[152][153] 2013,[154] 2014,[155] 2016,[156] 2017,[157] 2018[158]
World Soccer Greatest XI of all time[159]
Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade: 2000s[160]
France Football Team of the Decade: 2010s

Spain

La Liga Awards

Season	Category
Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2014–15[161]	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[162]	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)

Selections for international sports personality of the year

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.[163] With six and five nominations respectively, Messi and Ronaldo are the only footballers to be nominated on multiple occasions. In 2020, Messi became the first footballer to win the award.[164]

Year	Winner(s)	Nominees
2010	Usain Bolt (Athletics)	Kenenisa Bekele (Athletics)	Alberto Contador (Cycling)	Roger Federer (Tennis)	Lionel Messi (Football)	Valentino Rossi (Motorcycling)
2011	Rafael Nadal (Tennis)	Kobe Bryant (Basketball)	Andrés Iniesta (Football)	Lionel Messi (Football)	Manny Pacquiao (Boxing)	Sebastian Vettel (Formula One)
2012	Novak Djokovic (Tennis)	Usain Bolt (Athletics)	Cadel Evans (Cycling)	Lionel Messi (Football)	Dirk Nowitzki (Basketball)	Sebastian Vettel (Formula One)
2013	Usain Bolt (Athletics)	Mo Farah (Athletics)	Lionel Messi (Football)	Michael Phelps (Swimming)	Sebastian Vettel (Formula One)	Bradley Wiggins (Cycling)
2016	Novak Djokovic (Tennis)	Usain Bolt (Athletics)	Stephen Curry (Basketball)	Lewis Hamilton (Formula One)	Lionel Messi (Football)	Jordan Spieth (Golf)
2020	Lewis Hamilton (Formula One) Lionel Messi (Football)	Eliud Kipchoge (Athletics)	Marc Márquez (Motorcycling)	Rafael Nadal (Tennis)	Tiger Woods (Golf)

Others

L'Équipe International Athlete of the Year: 2011
Best International Athlete ESPY Award: 2012, 2015, 2019[165]
ESPY Awards International Footballer of the Year: 2019[166]
Marca Leyenda: 2009[167]
Best Athlete in Latin America and the Caribbean 2014[168]
Champion for Peace and Sport: 2020[169]

Selections for national sports personality of the year

Argentine Athlete of the Year

Olimpia de Oro: 2011, 2021
Olimpia de Plata: 2005, 2007
- Olimpia de Plata al Fútbol del Exterior: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021

Man of the match awards

UEFA Champions League Final


Edition	Player	Team	Ref(s)
2009 Rome[lower-alpha 14]	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[170]
2009 Rome[lower-alpha 14]	Xavi	Barcelona	[171]
2011 London[lower-alpha 15]	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[172]
2011 London[lower-alpha 15]	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[173]

UEFA Super Cup


Edition	Player	Team	Ref(s)
2009 Monaco	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[174][175]
2015 Tbilisi	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[176]

FIFA Club World Cup Final


Edition	Name	Team	Ref(s)
2009 UAE	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2011 Japan	Lionel Messi	Barcelona

2010 FIFA World Cup

Rank	Player	Match	Awards
14	Lionel Messi	Greece (GS)	1

2011 Copa América

Rank	Player	Matches	Awards
1	Lionel Messi	Bolivia (GS), Costa Rica (GS)	2

2014 FIFA World Cup

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

Source: FIFA[177]

2015 Copa América

Rank	Player	Matches	Awards
1	Lionel Messi	Paraguay (GS), Uruguay (GS), Colombia (QF), Paraguay (SF)	4

Copa América Centenario

Rank	Player	Matches	Awards
1	Lionel Messi	Panama (GS), Venezuela (QF), United States (SF)	3
2	David Ospina	Peru (QF), United States (TP)	2
	Eduardo Vargas	Panama (GS), Mexico (QF)
	Enner Valencia	Peru (GS), Haiti (GS)

2018 FIFA World Cup

Rank	Player	Match	Awards
9	Lionel Messi	Nigeria (GS)	1

2019 Copa América

Rank	Player	Match	Awards
8	Lionel Messi	Qatar (GS)	1

2021 Copa América

Rank	Player	Matches	Awards
1	Lionel Messi	Chile (GS), Uruguay (GS), Bolivia (GS), Ecuador (QF)	4

Other

IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019[109][178]
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker of the Decade: 2011–2020[179]
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker of 2006–2020

Nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year: 2006[180]
Nominated for the Eurosport Emotional Moment of the Year: 2016[lower-alpha 16]

Records

As of 2022[182]

World records

Most FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player Awards: 7 (2009–2012, 2015, 2019, 2021)
Most Ballons d'Or: 7 (2009–2012, 2015, 2019, 2021)[183]
Most consecutive Ballons d'Or: 4 (2009–2012)[184]
Youngest two-time, three-time, four-time, five-time, six-time and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner: aged 23, 24, 25, 28, 32 and 34 years old[184]
Guinness World Record for top goalscorer for club and country in a calendar year (official goals): 91 goals in 2012[185]
Most official goals for a single club: 672, for Barcelona[186]
Most recorded assists for a single club: 268, for Barcelona
Most trophies won with a single club: 35, with Barcelona
Most goals in a calendar year (including club friendlies): 96 in 2012
Most goals in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 in 2012[187]
Most goals in a club season: 73 in 2011–12[188]
Most goals scored in a domestic league: 474, in La Liga
Most assists provided in a domestic league: 192, in La Liga
Most goals scored in a domestic league in a single season: 50 in 2011–12
Most assists provided in a domestic league in a single season: 21 in 2019–20[lower-alpha 17]
Most goals and assists in finals: 31 and 14, respectively
Longest goalscoring run in a domestic league: 21 matches, 33 goals in 2012–13[189]
Only player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009 and 2011[190]
First player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Final Most Valuable Player award: 2009 and 2011[190]
Only player to score 40+ goals in 12 consecutive seasons[191]
Only player to score 30+ goals in 13 consecutive seasons[192]
Only player to score in seven different official competitions in a single calendar year: 2015, in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, Copa América, UEFA Super Cup, Supercopa de España and FIFA Club World Cup (completed on 20 December 2015)
Only player to score in six different club competitions in a calendar year twice: 2011 and 2015
Only player to score and assist in six different club competitions in a calendar year: 2011
Only player to score 60+ goals in all competitions in 2 consecutive seasons: 2011–12 and 2012–13[193]
First player to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league: 2012–13[194]
Most appearances in the FIFPRO World 11: 15 (2007–2021)[195][lower-alpha 18]
Most (official) assists provided in football history: 318[196]
Most Man of the Match awards won in a single FIFA World Cup: 4, in 2014[lower-alpha 19]
Only player to score in his teens, his twenties and his thirties in the history of the World Cup[197]
Largest gap between first and last Ballon d'Or awards: 10 years (2009, 2019)[198]
Only player to provide at least one assist in four different World Cup tournaments and most consecutive World Cup tournaments with at least one assist: 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018[199]
Most Man of the Match awards won at the World Cup finals: 6 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018)[lower-alpha 20]
Most total dribbles completed at the World Cup finals: 110[200]
Most goal contributions at International tournaments' knockout matches: 21[201]
Most goal contributions at major international tournaments: 40[202]
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)[203][204]

Continental records

Europe

Most European Golden Shoe awards: 6 (2010, 2012–2013, 2017–2019)
Most consecutive European Golden Shoe awards: 3 (2017–2019)
Fastest player ever to reach 300 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues: in 334 matches
Fastest player ever to reach 400 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues: in 435 matches
Most goals scored for a single club in the UEFA Champions League: 120 for Barcelona
Fastest player to reach 100 UEFA Champions League goals: in 123 matches
Most goals scored in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League match: 5, against Bayer Leverkusen on 7 March 2012[205][206][lower-alpha 21]
Most goals scored in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League quarter-final match: 4, against Arsenal on 6 April 2010[207][lower-alpha 22]
Most hat-tricks scored in the UEFA Champions League: 8[208][lower-alpha 18]
Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League group stage: 74
Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League round of 16: 29[209]
Most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie: 6, against Bayer Leverkusen in 2011–12[209]
Most goals in the UEFA Super Cup: 3[210][lower-alpha 23]
Most appearances in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 7 (2015–2021)
Most appearances in the ESM Team of the Season: 13 (2006, 2008–2013, 2015–2020)
Most UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season awards: 3 (2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19)
First player to win the UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season award for two consecutive seasons: in 2014–15 and 2015–16[119]
First player to score in 15 and 16 consecutive seasons of the UEFA Champions League[211]
Youngest player to make 100 appearances in the UEFA Champions League: aged 28 years, 84 days[212]
Youngest player to score 50 goals in the UEFA Champions League: aged 24 years, 285 days[213]
Youngest player ever to score 400+ goals for a single European club: aged 27 years and 300 days, for Barcelona
Most dribbles completed in a UEFA Champions League match: 16, against Manchester United on 29 April 2008[214][215][lower-alpha 24]

Americas

Most international goals scored by a male CONMEBOL player: 81[216]
Most appearances in the Copa América: 34[lower-alpha 25]
Most assists in the Copa América: 17 (1 in 2007, 3 in 2011, 3 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 5 in 2021)[217]
Most assists in a Copa América tournament: 5, in 2021[218]
Only player to provide at least one assist in five and six different Copa América tournaments: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021
Most assists in CONMEBOL qualification matches for the World Cup: 10[lower-alpha 26]
Most goals scored by a substitute in a Copa América match: 3, against Panama on 10 June 2016
Most Man of the Match awards won in Copa América matches: 14 (2 in 2011, 4 in 2015, 3 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 4 in 2021)
Most Copa América Best Player awards: 2 (2015 and 2021)

Spanish records

Most Best Player in La Liga awards: 6 (2009–2013, 2015)[219]
Most Best Forward in La Liga awards: 7 (2009–2013, 2015–2016)[219]
Most La Liga Player of the Month awards: 8 (January 2016, April 2017, April 2018, September 2018, March 2019, November 2019, February 2020, February 2021)
Most Pichichi Trophies: 8 (2010, 2012–2013, 2017–2021)[220]
Top goalscorer in La Liga: 474 goals[221]
Top assist provider in La Liga: 192 assists[222][223][225]
Top goalscorer in the Supercopa de España: 14 goals[226][227][228]
Most Supercopa de España finals scored in: 7[229]
Most goals scored in a La Liga season: 50 in 2011–12[230]
Most assists in a La Liga season: 21 in 2019–20[231]
Most braces scored in La Liga: 116[232]
Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga: 36[233]
Most hat-tricks scored in a La Liga season: 8 in 2011–12[227][lower-alpha 18]
Most teams scored against in a season: 19 in 2012–13[234][lower-alpha 27]
Most La Liga appearances by a foreign player: 520 matches
Only player to score consecutively against all opposition teams in La Liga: 19 matches, 30 goals in 2012–13[235]
Most league home goals in a season (38 matches, 19 home matches): 35 in 2011–12[236]
Most league away goals in a season (38 matches, 19 away matches): 24 in 2012–13[237]
Most league matches scored in a season (38 games): 27 in 2012–13[238]
Most league home matches scored in a season (38 games): 16 in 2011–12[236]
Most league away matches scored in a season (38 games): 15 in 2012–13[239]
Most different opponents scored against in La Liga history: 38[240]
Most consecutive away league matches scored in: 13 (20 goals from matchday 8 to matchday 33 in 2012–13)[239]
Only player to be top goalscorer and top assist provider in the same season: 2018–19 and 2019–20[lower-alpha 28]
Most stadiums scored at: 38[241]
First player to score in 15, 16 and 17 consecutive seasons[242][243]
Only player to score 20+ goals in 10, 11, 12 and 13 consecutive seasons[244][245][246]
Only player to score 30+ goals in 7 different seasons[247][248]
Only player to score 10+ goals in 13, 14 and 15 consecutive seasons (from 2006–07 to 2020–21)[249][250]
First player to reach 300 La Liga goals[251]
First player to reach 350 La Liga goals[252]
First player to reach 400 La Liga goals[253]
First player to reach 450 La Liga goals[254]
First player to reach 150 La Liga assists[222]
Youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga: aged 25 years and 7 months[255]
Most La Liga titles won by a non-Spanish individual: 10 (all with Barcelona)
Most La Liga victories: 383[256][257][223]
Most appearances in a Copa del Rey final: 10 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Most Copa del Rey finals scored in: 7 (2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)[258]
Most assists provided in Copa del Rey finals: 6 (1 in 2009, 2 in 2016, 1 in 2017, 2 in 2018)
Most dribbles completed in a La Liga match: 15, against Real Betis on 4 November 2007[259]
Most dribbles completed in a Copa Del Rey match: 23, against Villarreal on 31 January 2008[260]
Most goals scored from direct free kicks in La Liga: 39[261]
Most goals scored in La Liga in a calendar year: 59 goals in 2012[198]

Argentine records

Most caps for Argentina: 160
Argentina all-time top goalscorer: 81 goals[262][263][264]
Top goalscorer for Argentina in a calendar year: 12 goals in 2012[227][lower-alpha 29]
Only Argentina player to score against every CONMEBOL nation[265]
Youngest player to play for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: aged 18 years and 357 days in 2006[266]
Youngest player to score for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: aged 18 years and 357 days, against Serbia and Montenegro in 2006[266]
Youngest player to captain Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: aged 22 years and 363 days in 2010[267]
Youngest player to reach 100 caps for Argentina: aged 27 years and 361 days in 2015[268]
Most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup qualification campaign: 10 in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers
Most goals scored overall in FIFA World Cup qualification matches: 28[269]
Most goals scored in competitive games: 47
Most goals scored in international friendlies: 34
Most direct free kick goals scored in all international competitions, including friendlies: 8
Most hat-tricks scored in all international competitions, including friendlies: 7
Most assists provided in all international competitions, including friendlies: 47
Most Man of the Match awards won in a single FIFA World Cup: 4, in 2014
Most Man of the Match awards won in FIFA World Cup matches: 6 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018)
Most Copa América tournaments played in: 6 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021)[218]

Club records

Barcelona

Top goalscorer in El Clásico: 27 goals[270][lower-alpha 30]
Most assists in El Clásico: 14 assists[271]
Most appearances in El Clásico: 45[272]
Top goalscorer in the Derbi barceloní: 25 goals[273][274]
Top goalscorer in the Athletic–Barcelona clásico: 29 goals[275]
Top goalscorer in official competitions: 672 goals[276][277][278]
Top goalscorer including friendlies: 709 goals[276][277]
Top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League: 120 goals[276][277]
Top goalscorer in European competitions: 123 goals[276][277]
Top goalscorer in international competitions: 128 goals[276][277]
Most hat-tricks scored in all competitions: 48[276]
First player to be top goalscorer in four, five, six, seven and eight La Liga seasons (2009–10, 2011–13, 2016–21)[276]
Most matches won with the team: 542[279]
Most La Liga matches won by a Barcelona player: 383[280][281][223]
Most home goals scored in a single season in all competitions: 46 in 2011–12[228]
Most goals scored from a free kick in official competitions: 50[282][283]
Most appearances in official competitions: 778[284]
Most appearances in La Liga: 520[285]
Most appearances in the Copa del Rey: 80[286]
Most trophies won as a Barcelona player: 35[287]
Most assists as a Barcelona player in all competitions: 268

Other records

Most World Soccer Player of the Year awards: 5[lower-alpha 18] (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
Most World Soccer Young Player of the Year awards: 3 (2006–2008)
Most The Guardian Best Footballer In The World wins: 5 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Most FourFourTwo Best Footballer of the Year awards: 8 (2009–2012, 2015, 2017–2019)
Most Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano wins: 9 (2009–2013, 2015, 2017–2019)
Most Trofeo Aldo Rovira wins: 6 (2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18)
Most Trofeo EFE awards: 5 (2007, 2009–2012)
Most Onze d'Or awards: 4 (2009, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2017–18)
Most goals scored in Joan Gamper Trophy: 9 (2 in 2011, 1 in 2013, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2015, 2 in 2016, 1 in 2017, 1 in 2018)[288]
Most Man of the Match awards in Joan Gamper Trophy: 4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Most IFFHS World's Best Playmaker awards: 4[lower-alpha 31] (2015–2017, 2019)
Most IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer awards: 4 (2012, 2013, 2017, 2018)
Most appearances in the IFFHS Men's World Team: 5[lower-alpha 32] (2017–2021)
Most appearances in the Copa América Dream Team: 5 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021)
Most ESPN Best Forward awards: 8 (2014–2021)
Only footballer to have won at the Laureus World Sports Awards: 2020
Most nominations for the FIFA Puskás Award: 7 (2010–2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)

Footnotes

Barcelona's official website lists these titles;[6] Messi played little in the 2004–05 La Liga season (7 substitute appearances totalling 77 minutes, 1 goal),[7] he was not in the squad for either of the matches in the 2005 Supercopa de España, and was not in the squad for 2006 Champions League Final but played in 6 matches (1 goal) in the competition.[8]
Ronaldo additionally scored one goal[106] in four qualification matches.
Shared with Jonas.
Shared with Adriano.
Shared with Luís Fabiano.
Shared with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Shared with four other players.
Shared with Wissam Ben Yedder.
Shared with Luis Díaz.
Shared with Pablo Fornals and Luis Suárez.
Shared with four other players.
Shared with Jorge Valdivia.
Shared with fifteen other players.
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.
In 2011 UEFA awarded two Man of the Match awards. Messi was named as UEFA's and Fan's Man of the Match.
"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.[181]
Shared with Thomas Müller.
Shared with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Shared with Wesley Sneijder in 2010.
Shared with Cristiano Ronaldo and Arjen Robben.
Shared with thirteen other players.
Shared with Sándor Kocsis and Alfredo Di Stéfano.
Shared with seven other players.
Shared with Neymar and Javier Zanetti.
Shared with Sergio Livingstone.
Shared with Neymar.
Shared with Ronaldo Nazário and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Along with Luis Suárez.
Shared with Gabriel Batistuta in 1998.
Includes a goal scored in the 2017 International Champions Cup.
Shared with Xavi.
Shared with Cristiano Ronaldo.

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[Honours-9] Barcelona's official website lists these titles;[6] Messi played little in the 2004–05 La Liga season (7 substitute appearances totalling 77 minutes, 1 goal),[7] he was not in the squad for either of the matches in the 2005 Supercopa de España, and was not in the squad for 2006 Champions League Final but played in 6 matches (1 goal) in the competition.[8]

[108] Ronaldo additionally scored one goal[106] in four qualification matches.

[112] Shared with Jonas.

[113] Shared with Adriano.

[114] Shared with Luís Fabiano.

[116] Shared with Cristiano Ronaldo.

[119] Shared with four other players.

[121] Shared with Wissam Ben Yedder.

[123] Shared with Luis Díaz.

[133] Shared with Pablo Fornals and Luis Suárez.

[135] Shared with four other players.

[136] Shared with Jorge Valdivia.

[137] Shared with fifteen other players.

[183] 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.

[186] In 2011 UEFA awarded two Man of the Match awards. Messi was named as UEFA's and Fan's Man of the Match.

[197] "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.[181]

[205] Shared with Thomas Müller.

[Shared_with_Cristiano_Ronaldo-213] Shared with Cristiano Ronaldo.

[215] Shared with Wesley Sneijder in 2010.

[219] Shared with Cristiano Ronaldo and Arjen Robben.

[227] Shared with thirteen other players.

[229] Shared with Sándor Kocsis and Alfredo Di Stéfano.

[233] Shared with seven other players.

[239] Shared with Neymar and Javier Zanetti.

[241] Shared with Sergio Livingstone.

[244] Shared with Neymar.

[261] Shared with Ronaldo Nazário and Cristiano Ronaldo.

[268] Along with Luis Suárez.

[293] Shared with Gabriel Batistuta in 1998.

[300] Includes a goal scored in the 2017 International Champions Cup.

[319] Shared with Xavi.

[320] Shared with Cristiano Ronaldo.

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List of career achievements by Lionel Messi

Collective awards

Friendly titles

Friendly competitions

Individual honours

World

FIFA Ballon d'Or

Ballon d'Or

FIFA World Player of the Year

The Best FIFA Men's Player

FIFA World Cup Golden Ball

FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball

Other

Europe

UEFA Men Player of the Year Award

Champions League Forward of the Season

Other

Spain

La Liga Awards

Other

Barcelona

European Golden Shoe

UEFA Champions League top scorer

All-time

La Liga top scorer

All-time

Hat-tricks

Other performances

International

Spain

Selections for international sports personality of the year

Selections for national sports personality of the year

Man of the match awards

Other

Records

World records

Continental records

Europe

Americas

Spanish records

Argentine records

Club records

Barcelona

Other records

See also

Footnotes

References