Messi top records:

– He’s scored 613 goals in his first 700 appearances. For reference, Cristiano Ronaldo had scored 504 goals at the same stage.

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– It’s over five years since Messi became La Liga’s all-time top scorer, overtaking Telmo Zarra’s 251 tally with a hat-trick against Sevilla in November 2014. He’s now scored 427 goals.

– Not only is Messi the top scorer in La Liga, he holds the record in Europe’s top five leagues. Gerd Muller was the previous record-holder with 365 Bundesliga goals, just ahead of Jimmy Greaves in England with 357.

– Messi holds the record for most club goals in any single-season campaign in Europe’s major leagues. He scored an incredible 73 goals for Barcelona during the 2011-12 season. But Glenavon FC’s Jimmy Jones scored 74 in Northern Ireland in the 1956-57 season.

– That 2011-12 campaign included 50 goals in the league – a La Liga record.

– He’s also got the most recorded assists in world football history – 237.

– He’s scored at least 40 goals in every season since 2008-09. He’ll be looking to make it 10 in a row this year.

– He’s won 34 trophies with Barcelona: 10 La Liga titles, 6 Copa del Rey, 4 Champions Leagues, 8 Supercopa de España, 3 UEFA Super Cups, 3 Club World Cups. No one in the history of the club has won more.

– He’s won the European Golden Shoe six times (2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19).

– Messi has won the Ballon d’Or five times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) and a record sixth in 2019 is rumoured to be imminent.

End of thread, RT if you want more.