* [[FIFA Club World Cup]]: [[2011 FIFA Club World Cup|2011]]
* [[FIFA Club World Cup]]: [[2011 FIFA Club World Cup|2011]]
* [[Copa del Rey]]: [[2008–09 Copa del Rey|2008–09]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2008/2009 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2008-2009/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref> [[2010–11 Copa del Rey|2010–11]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2010/2011 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2010-2011/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref> [[2013–14 Copa del Rey|2013–14]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2013/2014 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2013-2014/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref> [[2015–16 Copa del Rey|2015–16]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2015/2016 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2015-2016/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref> [[2016–17 Copa del Rey|2016–17]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2016/2017 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2016-2017/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[Copa del Rey]]: [[2008–09 Copa del Rey|2008–09]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2008/2009 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2008-2009/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref> [[2010–11 Copa del Rey|2010–11]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2010/2011 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2010-2011/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref> [[2013–14 Copa del Rey|2013–14]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2013/2014 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2013-2014/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref> [[2015–16 Copa del Rey|2015–16]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2015/2016 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2015-2016/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref> [[2016–17 Copa del Rey|2016–17]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Spain » Copa del Rey 2016/2017 » Top Scorer |publisher=World Football |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/esp-copa-del-rey-2016-2017/ |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[FIFA U-20 World Cup#Awards|FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Shoe]]: [[2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2007]]<ref name="U20 Best Player"/>
*[[FIFA U-20 World Cup#Awards|FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Shoe]]: [[2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2005]]<ref name="U20 Best Player"/>
* [[Copa América]] Silver Boot: [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
* [[Copa América]] Silver Boot: [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
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.
According to UEFA, the award "recognise[s] the best iation during the previous season."[26] Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season.[26]
In the past, the award was solely decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists.[27] 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.[28]
Champions League positional awards were introduced in 2017 to "recognise the season's best player in each position in Europe's premier club competition".[32]
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[38]
Nominated for the UEFA Player of the Week: 8/2016[39]
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.[69][70][71]
Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 128 goals while Lionel Messi is second with 114 to his name.[75] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl, in November 2014.[76] 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.[77]
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.[128] 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.[129]
Only player to score more than 40 goals in 10 consecutive seasons[150]
Only player to score in 7 different official competitions in one calendar year: 2015, in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, Copa América, UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, completed on 20 December 2015.
Only player to score in 6 different club competitions in a calendar year twice: 2011 and 2015
Only player to score and assist in 6 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)[151]
First player ever to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league[152]
^Ronaldo additionally scored one goal[78] in four qualification matches.
^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.[142]
^Oliver, Christine; Williams, Richard; Taylor, Daniel; Lowe, Sid; Bandini, Paolo; Honigstein, Raphael; Duarte, Fernando; Wilson, Jonathan; Cox, Michael (20 December 2012). "The 100 best footballers in the world - interactive". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^Taylor, Daniel; Ronay, Barney; Lowe, Sid; Honigstein, Raphael; Bandini, Paolo; Christenson, Marcus; Duarte, Fernando; Duerden, John; Wilson, Jonathan (20 December 2013). "The 100 best footballers in the world 2013 – interactive". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^"Ronaldo and Ramos nominated for 2017 Golden Foot award". Realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017. Taking their [referring to Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo] places in the 10-man shortlist alongside the Real Madrid duo are [Manuel] Neuer, [Iker] Casillas, [Lionel] Messi, [Arjen] Robben, Thiago Silva, Luis Suárez, Yaya Touré and Andrea Pirlo.
^Landolina, Salvatore (18 July 2011). "Uefa Launches Best Player In Europe Award". Goal.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017. European football's governing body has renewed its partnership with European Sports Media where a panel of 53 top sports journalists representing Uefa will decide who wins the award.
^ ab"Messi, Mejor Delantero y Mejor Jugador" [Messi, Best Forward and Best Player] (in Spanish). Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^"Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo goal for goal". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 18 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017. Ronaldo: Debrecen 3-0 (h) 09/08/05, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
^"Messi named top striker of the year by IFFHS". FCBarcelona.com. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2018. The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named Leo Messi the top goalscorer of 2012 in the 60 top leagues in the world
^ abcdefg"Former Results". International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^"Goal of the Season: see the 2014/15 winners". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 23 July 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2018. And – the winner with 39% of the vote – Lionel Messi's exceptional individual effort against Bayern München
^ abcd"FC Barcelona's Neymar Jr and Leo Messi, up for the 2016 Puskas Award". FCBarcelona.com. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018. Neymar Jr and Leo Messi have been nominated for the Puskas Award 2016, which is given by FIFA to the player who scored the best goal between 30 September 2015 and 30 September 2016. [...] On the other hand, Leo Messi is yet to win the award. Barça's number 10 came third in 2011, second in 2015 and also made the top ten in 2010.
^Lakshya Singh Kashyap (27 December 2012). "L'equipe announces its Team of the Year". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 16 February 2018. FORWARD: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
^"Jordi Alba named in L`Équipe's team of the year". Official website of Selección Española de Fútbol. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018. The successes of Bayern Munich during 2013 have led the team to have five players in the ideal line-up .The full 11 is as follows: Manuel Neuer and Philipp Lahm (Germany), Vincent Kompany (Belgium), Thiago Silva (Brazil) and Spanish Jordi Alba. In the center of the field of this perfect team would be Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast), Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Müller (Germany) and Franck Ribéry (France). As strikers, [Lionel] Messi (Argentina) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
^"Three Real Madrid players in L'Equipe's team of the year". Realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2018. Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and Toni Kroos make up part of the team [L'Equipe's team of the year] that also includes [Manuel] Neuer, [Philipp] Lahm, [Mats] Hummels, [David] Alaba, [Ángel] Di María, Xabi Alonso, [Lionel] Messi and Neymar.
^McTear, Euan (2 January 2017). "Four Real Madrid players in L'Equipe's team of 2016". Marca English. Retrieved 16 February 2018. L'Equipe also have two Barcelona players - Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez - in the side, along with ex-Barcelona and current Juventus man Dani Alves.
^"Four madridistas in L'Equipe's best XI of the year". Realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018. Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo and Luka Modric all feature in the team, alongside [Gianluigi] Buffon (Juventus), [Mats] Hummels (Bayern Munich), Dani Alves (Juventus and PSG), [N'Golo] Kanté (Chelsea), Neymar (Barcelona and PSG), [Edinson] Cavani (PSG) and [Lionel] Messi (Barcelona).
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Raúl (ESP)
Karim Benzema (FRA)
Robert Lewandowski (POL)
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