World Records

All time top scorer

125 goals

All time most assists

65 assists

All time most free kicks scored

12 free kick goals

All time most hat-tricks

11 hat-tricks

Most goals in competitive fixtures

71 goals

Most goals in a calendar year

18 goals (2022)

All time most caps

207 caps

Most goals at World Cup

21 goals

Most assists at World Cup

12 assists

Most appearances at World Cup

34

First Argentine to score in 6 different World Cup matches in a single tournament

2022/2026

Youngest player to play for Argentina at World Cup

18 years, 357 days (2006)

Oldest player to score for Argentina at World Cup

39 years, 13 days (2026)

Most hat-tricks in La Liga

36 hat-tricks

Fewest games to score 150 La Liga goals

140 games

Fewest games to score 200 La Liga goals

178 games

Most free kick goals in La Liga

39 free kick goals

Most Pichichi trophies (La Liga top scorer)

8

Fewest games to score 300 La Liga goals

286 games

All time top scorer in La Liga

474 goals

Only player to score 50+ goals in 4 consecutive Spanish seasons

4 seasons

All time most assists in La Liga

192 assists

Only player to score 30+ goals in 6 consecutive La Liga seasons

2010/11-2015/16

Most hat-tricks in a La Liga season

8 (shared with Messi)

Most home goals in La Liga

277 goals

Most penalties scored in La Liga

61 penalties

Most away goals in La Liga

197 goals

Best goals to games ratio in La Liga (100+ apps)

1.07 goals per game

Most assists in a single La Liga season

21 assists (2019/20)

Only player with 20+ goals and 20+ assists in a La Liga season

2019/20

Most matches scored in a La Liga season

27 (shared with Messi)

Most goals in Madrid derby

22 goals

Most hat-tricks in a La Liga season

8 (shared with Ronaldo)

Only player to score in 6 consecutive El Clásico matches

6 matches

Most home goals in a La Liga season

35 goals (2011/12)

Most away goals in a La Liga season

24 goals (2012/13)

Most matches scored in a La Liga season

27 games (shared with Ronaldo)

Most different clubs scored against in La Liga

37 clubs

Only player to finish top scorer and top assist provider in La Liga 3 times

2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20

Only player to score 40+ goals in 3 different La Liga seasons

3 seasons

Only player to score 30+ goals in 9 different La Liga seasons

9 seasons

Only player to score 25+ goals in 12 consecutive La Liga seasons

2009/10 - 2020/21

First player to reach 300, 350 and 400 La Liga goals

Milestone achievements

First player to reach 150 La Liga assists

Milestone achievement

Best goalscoring ratio in a La Liga season

1.44 goals/game (2012/13)

Most appearances in Copa del Rey finals

10 finals

Most goals in Copa del Rey finals

9 goals

Most assists in Copa del Rey finals

6 assists

All time top scorer in Supercopa de España

14 goals

Most goals in El Clásico (La Liga)

18 goals

Most goals in all official El Clásico matches

26 goals

Most hat-tricks in El Clásico

2 hat-tricks

Most goals in Catalan derby (Derbi Barceloní)

25 goals

Most goals in history for a European club (IFFHS)

704 goals

All time top scorer in Champions League

140 goals

Most hat-tricks in Champions League

8 (shared with Messi)

Most goals in club competitions in a season (Top 5 Leagues)

73 goals in 2011/12

Most goals in a single UCL season

17 goals (2013/14)

One of 13 players to win the Treble twice

2008/09 and 2014/15

Most goals in a UCL group stage season

11 goals (2015/16)

Most European Golden Shoe awards

6 awards

Most goals in a calendar year in UCL

19 goals (2017)

Most consecutive European Golden Shoe awards

3 (2016/17 - 2018/19)

Most UCL knockout stage goals

67 goals

Most league top scorer awards in Top 5 Leagues

8 (shared with Lewandowski)

Most UCL knockout goals in a single season

10 goals (2016/17)

Most goals in a single European league

474 goals in La Liga

Only player to score 20+ goals in 13 consecutive Top 5 league seasons

2008/09 - 2020/21

First player to score 100 UCL goals

Milestone

First player to win 100 UCL games

Milestone

Only player to score 30+ goals in 9 different Top 5 league seasons

9 seasons

Most league goals across Europe's Top 5 Leagues

496 league goals

Most penalties scored in UCL

19 penalties

Most free kick goals in UCL

12 free kicks

Most official goals for a single European club

672 for Barcelona

Most league goals for a single European club

474 for Barcelona

Most away goals in UCL

63 goals

Most UCL goals for a single European club

120 for Barcelona

Only player to score 15+ UCL goals in 3 seasons

3 seasons

Fewest games to score 100 UCL goals

123 games

Only player to score 10+ UCL goals in 7 seasons

7 seasons

Fewest games to score 300 Top 5 League goals

334 games

Most UCL top scorer awards

7 times

Fewest games to score 400 Top 5 League goals

435 games

Only player to finish UCL top scorer 6 consecutive seasons

2012/13-2017/18

Youngest player to 100 Champions League appearances

28 years, 84 days

Most UCL quarter-final goals

25 goals

Most UCL semi-final goals

13 goals

Most hat-tricks in Champions League

8 (shared with Ronaldo)

Only player to score in 3 UCL finals

2008, 2014, 2017

Most goals in a Champions League game

5 vs Bayer Leverkusen (2012)

Most goals in Champions League group stage

80 goals

Most goals against a single UCL opponent

10 vs Juventus

Most consecutive UCL games scored in

11 games

Most goals in Champions League Last 16

29 goals

Most home goals in Champions League

78 goals

Most consecutive UCL away games scored in

12 games

Most UCL appearances

183 appearances

Most consecutive seasons with a UCL goal

18 seasons (shared with Benzema)

First player to score in 15 consecutive UCL seasons

2005-2019

Most UEFA Best Player awards

4 awards

Most different opponents scored against in UCL

40 teams

Most times in UEFA Team of the Year

15 times

First to win Premier League, La Liga and Serie A

3 leagues

Most league goals in a single Top 5 League season

50 goals in 2011/12

Only player to score 100+ goals for 3 different European clubs

Man Utd, Real Madrid, Juventus

Most league goals in a calendar year (Top 5 Leagues)

59 goals in 2012

Most assists in a single Top 5 League season

21 assists (2019/20)

Only player to score 30+ goals in 3 of Europe's Top 5 leagues

Premier League, La Liga, Serie A

All time top international scorer for a European country

146 goals

Most goals in UEFA Super Cup

3 goals (shared)

Most free-kick goals in UEFA Super Cup

2 free kick goals

Most caps for a European country

233 caps

Most goals in Euros and World Cups combined

25 goals

Most goals in UEFA European Championship finals

14 goals

Only player at 6 UEFA European Championship tournaments

2004-2024

Most appearances in UEFA European Championship finals

30 games

Most wins at UEFA European Championship finals

14 wins

Most Euro qualifier goals

41 goals

Most European World Cup qualifying goals

41 goals

Most goals in top level competition (IFFHS)

976 goals

Most FIFA Player of the Year awards

Most FIFA Player of the Year/The Best awards

Oldest player to win FIFA Player of the Year

Won at age 36

Most goals in club football (IFFHS)

830 goals

Only player to win FIFA Player of the Year in three different decades

2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Most goals in top flight national leagues (IFFHS)

600 goals

Most international goals in football history

146 goals for Portugal

Most Ballon d'Or awards

Most Ballon d'Or awards won by any player

Most competitive international goals

124 goals

Most consecutive Ballon d'Or awards

Won 4 in a row (2009-2012)

Youngest player to win Ballon d'Or 2-8 times

At ages 23, 24, 25, 28, 32, 34, 36

Most wins in international football

132 wins

Most appearances in Ballon d'Or top 3

14 times (2007-2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)

Most Ballon d'Or nominations

18 nominations

Only player to score 60+ goals in 4 different calendar years

2011-2014

Only player to win Ballon d'Or in three different decades

2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Largest gap between first and last Ballon d'Or

14 years (2009-2023)

Only player to score 50+ goals in 7 consecutive calendar years

2011-2017

Only player to score 40+ goals in 14 different calendar years

For club and country

Most official goals in a calendar year

Guinness World Record - 91 goals in 2012

Most official top level team trophies won

48 trophies

Only player to score 30+ club goals in 15 consecutive years

2007-2021

Most goals in club competitions in a calendar year

79 goals in 2012

Only player to win league, cup, supercup, UCL, CWC, Golden Shoe and Ballon d'Or at 2 clubs

Man Utd and Real Madrid

Most consecutive league matches scored in

21 matches (33 goals) in 2012/13

Most World Cup tournaments scored in

5 tournaments (2006-2022)

Most goals in a single top flight league

474 goals in La Liga

Oldest outfield player to start a World Cup match

41 years, 151 days

Most official goals for a single club

672 goals for Barcelona

Oldest player to score a World Cup knockout goal

41 years, 147 days

Only player to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league

Scored against every La Liga team consecutively

Most goals in World Cup Qualifiers

41 goals

Only player to score 50+ goals in 9 different calendar years

For club and country

Most capped player in international football

233 caps

Only player to score 1+ international goals in 23 consecutive seasons

2003/04-2025/26

Only player to score 40+ club goals in 10 consecutive seasons

2009/10 - 2018/19

Only player to score 60+ club goals in 2 consecutive seasons

2011/12 and 2012/13

Most consecutive major international tournaments with 1+ goals

10 tournaments

Most international tournaments with 1+ goals

16 tournaments

Only player to score 30+ club goals in 13 consecutive seasons

2008/09 - 2020/21

Only player to score in 7 different competitions in a calendar year

Club and country, 2015

Most goals in international tournaments

42 goals

Only player to finish top scorer at Club World Cup twice

CWC top scorer

Only player to score in 6 different club competitions in a season twice

2011/12 and 2015/16

Only player to score and assist in 6 different club competitions in a calendar year

2011

Most goals in Club World Cup

7 goals

Only player to win World Cup Golden Ball twice

2014 and 2022

Most goals in Club World Cup Finals

4 goals (shared with Messi)

Only player to score hat-trick in Club World Cup final

2016

Oldest player to win World Cup Golden Ball

35 years, 178 days

Most assists in World Cup history

12 assists

First player in FIFPro World XI for 3 different clubs

Man Utd, Real Madrid, Juventus

Only player to score in every minute 1-90

Shared with Ibrahimovic, Suarez, Lewandowski

Most goal contributions in World Cup finals tournaments

21 goals + 12 assists = 33

Most goals in World Cup group stages

14 goals

Most World Cup matches scored in

16 matches

Most World Cup match wins

23 wins

Most Man of the Match awards at World Cup

16 MOTMs

Most MOTM awards at a single World Cup

5 (2022 and 2026)

Only player to win MOTM in every round at a World Cup

Groups, R32, R16, QF, SF, Final

Most opening goals at World Cup finals

11 goals

Most outside the box goals at World Cup finals

6 goals

Only player to score at World Cup in teens, twenties, and thirties

2006, 2010-2022, 2026

Oldest player to score 8 goals at a World Cup

39 years, 13 days

Biggest gap between first and last World Cup goals

20 years, 21 days (2006-2026)

Most appearances at the World Cup

34 appearances

Most appearances as captain at the World Cup

27

Most minutes played at the World Cup

3,053 minutes

First player to score in all 6 rounds at World Cups

Group Stage, R32, R16, QF, SF, Final

Most consecutive matches scored in at World Cup

9 matches (2022-2026)

Most international hat-tricks

11 hat-tricks for Argentina

Most international assists in football history

65 assists for Argentina

Most FIFA Club World Cup Golden Balls

2 (2009, 2011)

Most goals in Club World Cup Finals

4 goals (shared with Ronaldo)

Only player to score at four Club World Cups

2009, 2011, 2015, 2025

Most appearances in FIFPro World XI

17 times (2007-2023)

Only team sport athlete to win Laureus Sportsman of the Year

Won twice (2020, 2023)

Most Best Player awards in major international tournaments

4 (2014, 2015, 2021, 2022)

Most individual awards in major international tournaments

6 awards

Most goals in major international tournaments

35 goals (World Cup + continental)

Most goal contributions in major international tournaments

65 (goals + assists)

Most MOTM awards in major international tournaments

28 MOTMs

Most assists in major international tournaments

30 assists

All time top scorer

146 goals

Most goals in competitive games

124 goals

Most goals in major tournaments (WC/Euros)

25 goals

Most goals in all tournaments

42 goals

All time most caps

233 caps

All time most hat-tricks

10 hat-tricks

Most free kick goals

11 free kick goals

Most World Cup goals

11 goals

Most World Cup appearances

27 matches

Most World Cup MOTM awards

9 MOTMs

Youngest player to score at World Cup

21 years, 4 months, 13 days

Oldest player to score at World Cup

41 years, 138 days

Youngest player to reach 100 caps

27 years, 8 months, 11 days

All time top scorer

672 goals in all official competitions

Most hat-tricks

48 hat-tricks

Most free kicks scored

50 free kick goals

Most trophies won by a Barcelona player

35 trophies

All time Champions League top scorer

120 goals

Most matches won with Barcelona

501 matches

Most goals as a substitute

34 goals

Most UCL goals in a season

14 goals (2011/12)

First to score 30+ league goals in 9 La Liga seasons

Record achievement

First to win multiple European Golden Shoe awards

Record achievement

All time top scorer

450 goals

All time La Liga top scorer

311 goals

All time Champions League top scorer

105 goals

Most hat-tricks in La Liga

34 hat-tricks

Fastest UCL hat-trick

11 minutes

Most goals in a season (all comps)

61 goals (2014/15)

Most La Liga goals in a season

48 goals (2014/15)

Fastest to 50, 100, 200 and 300 goals

Record

Most consecutive La Liga game weeks scored

10 weeks

Most goals in El Clásico for Real Madrid

16 goals

Only Real Madrid player to win 3 European Golden Shoes

3 awards

Only Real Madrid player to score 50+ goals in 6 consecutive seasons

6 seasons

All Time Inter Miami Top Scorer

90 goals

Fewest games to score 10 goals for Inter Miami

7 games

Most consecutive Serie A games scored in a season

11 games

First to win all four main PFA and FWA player awards

2006/07

Only PSG player to win FIFA Best Award

2023

Most Premier League goals in a season

31 goals

Only Man Utd player to win European Golden Shoe

2008

Only Man Utd player to win FIFA World Player of the Year

2008

Only Man Utd player to win FIFA Puskas Award

2009

Most goals in a single Saudi Pro League season

35 goals (2023/24)

Most international goals by a South American

125 goals

Most caps for a South American player

207 caps

Most CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier goals

36 goals

Most Copa América appearances

39 matches

Most assists in Copa América

18 assists

Most free kick goals in Copa América

4 free kick goals

Most MOTM awards in Copa América

15 MOTMs

Most goals in a season (all comps)

37 goals (2019/20)

Fewest games to score 50 Serie A goals

61 games

Fewest games to score 100 goals

131 games