[[File:FC Barcelona Team 2, 2011.jpg|thumb|right|Messi (centre) and his teammates celebrate winning the [[2011 FIFA Club World Cup|FIFA Club World Cup]] in December 2011]]
[[File:FC Barcelona Team 2, 2011.jpg|thumb|right|Messi (centre) and his teammates celebrate winning the [[2011 FIFA Club World Cup|FIFA Club World Cup]] in December 2011]]
Argentinian footballer [[Lionel Messi]], one of the greatest players of all time,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribuna.com/en/fcbarcelona/news/2020-04-19-4-football-legends-whove-named-leo-messi-goat-over-cristiano-ronaldo-just-over-last-month|title=4 football legends who've named Leo Messi GOAT over Cristiano Ronaldo just over last month|website=Tribuna|date=19 April 2020|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/laliga-implies-messi-goat-shares-incredible-photo-1502882819|title=La Liga implies Messi is the GOAT, shares incredible photo|website=The Statesman|date=1 May 2020|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/5-stats-prove-lionel-messi-goat|title=5 stats that prove Lionel Messi is the GOAT|website=Sportskeeda|date=9 June 2020|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> has received seven [[Ballon d'Or]] awards, the most for any football player, as well as the [[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year]] and [[The Best FIFA Men's Player|2019 The Best FIFA Men's Player]]. Messi holds the record for most goals in [[La Liga]] (474), the [[Supercopa de España]] (14), the [[UEFA Super Cup]] (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (350).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/lionel-messi-factfile/articleshow/79817354.cms|title=Lionel Messi factfile|publisher=Times of India|date=19 December 2020|access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://michelacosta.com/en/messi-vs-cristiano-assists/|title=Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo: Assists|website=MichelAcosta.com|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> He has scored [[List of footballers with 500 or more goals|791 goals for club and country]] throughout his professional career and is also the first player in history to win five and six [[European Golden Shoe]]s.
Argentinian footballer [[Lionel Messi]], widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribuna.com/en/fcbarcelona/news/2020-04-19-4-football-legends-whove-named-leo-messi-goat-over-cristiano-ronaldo-just-over-last-month|title=4 football legends who've named Leo Messi GOAT over Cristiano Ronaldo just over last month|website=Tribuna|date=19 April 2020|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/laliga-implies-messi-goat-shares-incredible-photo-1502882819|title=La Liga implies Messi is the GOAT, shares incredible photo|website=The Statesman|date=1 May 2020|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/5-stats-prove-lionel-messi-goat|title=5 stats that prove Lionel Messi is the GOAT|website=Sportskeeda|date=9 June 2020|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> has received seven [[Ballon d'Or]] awards, the most for any football player, as well as the [[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year]] and [[The Best FIFA Men's Player|2019 The Best FIFA Men's Player]]. Messi holds the record for most goals in [[La Liga]] (474), the [[Supercopa de España]] (14), the [[UEFA Super Cup]] (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (350).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/lionel-messi-factfile/articleshow/79817354.cms|title=Lionel Messi factfile|publisher=Times of India|date=19 December 2020|access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://michelacosta.com/en/messi-vs-cristiano-assists/|title=Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo: Assists|website=MichelAcosta.com|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> He has scored [[List of footballers with 500 or more goals|791 goals for club and country]] throughout his professional career and is also the first player in history to win five and six [[European Golden Shoe]]s.
== Collective awards ==
== Collective awards ==
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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."[53] Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season.[53]
In the past, the award was solely decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists.[54] 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.[55]
Champions League positional awards were introduced in 2017 to "recognise the season's best player in each position in Europe's premier club competition".[59]
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[66]
Nominated for the UEFA Player of the Week: 8/2016[67]
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.[102][103][104]
Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 129 to his name.[108] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl, in November 2014.[109] 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.[110]
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.[170] 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.[171]
Only player to score 40+ goals in 12 consecutive seasons[198]
Only player to score 30+ goals in 13 consecutive seasons[199]
Only player to score in seven different official competitions in a single calendar year: 2015, in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, Copa América, UEFA Super Cup, Supercopa de España and FIFA Club World Cup (completed on 20 December 2015)
Only player to score in six different club competitions in a calendar year twice: 2011 and 2015
Only player to score and assist in six 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[200]
First player to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league: 2012–13[201]
Most (official) assists provided in football history: 350[203]
Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup finals: 25 (3 in 2006, 5 in 2010, 7 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 6 in 2022)[204][s]
Most Man of the Match awards won in a single FIFA World Cup: 4, in 2014 and 2022[t]
Only player to score in his teens, his twenties and his thirties in the history of the World Cup[205]
Largest gap between first and last Ballon d'Or awards: 10 years (2009, 2019)[206]
Only player to provide at least one assist in four and five different World Cup tournaments and most consecutive World Cup tournaments with at least one assist: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022[207]
Most total dribbles completed at the World Cup finals: 125[208]
Most goal contributions at international tournaments' knockout matches: 25[209]
Most goal contributions at major international tournaments: 49 (11 goals and 8 assists at FIFA World Cup, 13 goals and 17 assists at Copa América)[210]
Only player to win a 'Best Player/Golden Ball' award at all official tournaments participated in (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Cup and Copa América)[211][212]
Most assists in the Copa América: 17 (1 in 2007, 3 in 2011, 3 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 5 in 2021)[226]
Most assists in a Copa América tournament: 5, in 2021[227]
Only player to provide at least one assist in five and six different Copa América tournaments: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021
Most assists in CONMEBOL qualification matches for the World Cup: 10[z]
Most goals scored by a substitute in a Copa América match: 3, against Panama on 10 June 2016
Most Man of the Match awards won in Copa América matches: 14 (2 in 2011, 4 in 2015, 3 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 4 in 2021)
Most Copa América Best Player awards: 2 (2015 and 2021)
Spanish records
Most Best Player in La Liga awards: 6 (2009–2013, 2015)[228]
Most Best Forward in La Liga awards: 7 (2009–2013, 2015–2016)[228]
Most La Liga Player of the Month awards: 8 (January 2016, April 2017, April 2018, September 2018, March 2019, November 2019, February 2020, February 2021)
^ abcBarcelona's official website lists these titles;[6] Messi played little in the 2004–05 La Liga season (7 substitute appearances totalling 77 minutes, 1 goal),[7] he was not in the squad for either of the matches in the 2005 Supercopa de España, and was not in the squad for 2006 Champions League Final but played in 6 matches (1 goal) in the competition.[8]
^Ronaldo additionally scored one goal[111] 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.[188]
^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". Real Madrid CF. 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.
^"Messi named top striker of the year by IFFHS". FC Barcelona. 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
^"Goal of the Season: see the 2014/15 winners". 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". FC Barcelona. 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". Selección Española de Fútbol. 26 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. 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". Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid CF. 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. 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". Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid CF. 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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