ALL TIME NEW RECORD FOR LIONEL MESSI


Picture : after receiving his 3 IFFHS 2022 Awards, Lionel Messi broke a new All Time Record !


Messi: new record for most scoring games in big 5 leagues

In April, Lionel Messi took another all-time record. After scoring for PSG in two Ligue 1 games, he brought the number of league matches in which he scored goals to 319. This number is made up of 300 productive appearances for Barcelona and 19 for his current club.
Thus, Messi became the new record holder for the number of scoring games in the big 5 European leagues. He overtook Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 317 such games.
Here we publish the all-time ranking of the players amassing the highest number of big 5 leagues' scoring games, with a breakdown by leagues.


 PLAYERS WITH MOST SCORINGGAMES     
 IN   BIG   FIVE EUROPEAN LEAGUES     
          
 PlayerGoalsNationalityYearsEngFraGerItaSpa
          
1Lionel Messi319Argentina2004- 19  300
2Cristiano Ronaldo 317Portugal2003-202274  60183
3Jimmy Greaves 251England1957-1971245  6 
4Gerd Müller 228Germany1964-1979  228  
5Robert Lewandowski225Poland2010-  213 12
6Zlatan Ibrahimović 224Sweden2004-1472 12315
7Delio Onnis221Argentina1971-1986 221   
 Steve Bloomer 221England1892-1914221    
9Karim Benzema214France2005-17836   
10"Dixie" Dean   211England1924-1938211    
 Alan Shearer211England1987-2006211