1. Messi is the only player to ever win the Ballon d’Or, FIFA World Player of the Year, Pichichi Trophy, and Golden Boot in the same season. This happened during the 2009-10 season.
2. Messi has six Ballon d’Or awards to his name. 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2019 were the years when they arrived. There has never been a player in history who has won more.
3. Messi holds the record for being the youngest player to win three Ballon d’Or awards. On January 9, 2012, he was 24 years, 6 months, and 17 days old when he won the third.
4. Messi also holds the record for the most Golden Shoe awards. He has six victories to his credit. The 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 seasons all saw them.
5. Messi has also scored the most goals in a domestic season in official tournaments. In the 2011/12 season, he scored 73 goals (50 in the league, 14 in the Champions League, three in the Copa del Rey, three in the Spanish Super Cup, and one in the European Super Cup).
6. Messi also holds the record for most goals scored in a calendar year (January to December). In 2012, he scored 91 official goals. 84 with Barcelona (59 in the league, 13 in the Champions League, 5 in the Copa del Rey, and 2 in the Super Cup), and 12 with Argentina. He also scored five more goals in friendly matches with Barça, bringing his tally to 96 goals.
7. In addition, the Barcelona master scored the most international goals in a single year. In 2012, he scored 25 goals (13 in the Champions League and 12 with the Argentine national team), tying Vivian John Woodward’s record of 25 goals set in 1909.
8. Messi is also the all-time leading goalscorer for a single club. He has 661 goals as of March 18, surpassing Pelé’s 643 goals with Santos between 1956 and 1974.
9. La Liga’s longest scoring streak. From matchday 11 to matchday 34 of the 2012/13 league season, he scored 33 goals in 21 straight games.
10. Since the 1966/67 season, when the Golden Shoe trophy was established, he has been the top scorer in a European League. In La Liga 2011/12, he set a new record by scoring 50 goals.
11.Messi is the only player in the Champions League who has scored against the most teams. He’s scored against 36 different opponents, eclipsing Cristiano Ronaldo’s total of 35.
12.FC Barcelona’s youngest player to score 100 goals in official matches. In January of 2010, when the young Barcelona player was 22, he attained the achievement.
13.FC Barcelona’s youngest player to score 200 goals in official matches. In November of 2011, when Messi was just 24 years old, he attained the milepost.
14. The only player in club history to score in six recognized tournaments in a single season. In 2011, Messi equaled Pedro Rodrguez’s achievement of scoring in all six competitions.
15.Player who has scored the most goals in a Champions League season. In the 2011/12 Champions League, Leo Messi scored 14 goals. The Portuguese player, Cristiano Ronaldo recorded the most goals in a competition, with 17 in 2013/14.
