4 Records Lionel Messi has set this season so far

#1 First Player to reach 150 Assists in La Liga

Real Sociedad v FC Barcelona - La Liga

At the start of the second half in the game vs Huesca in La Liga on 2nd of September, Barcelona were comfortably leading 4-2. Messi had already scored a goal and looked to be in fine form. In the 52nd minute, Messi exchanged a couple of passes with Coutinho just outside the penalty area and looked like he was setting his sights on goal.

The Huesca defense thought so too and maybe the whole world joined in anticipation. But the Argentinian is an artist who takes as much pleasure in scoring as he does in setting others up and hence, saw what few others did in the pitch – Rakitic making a late run into the box.

With a touch of his magical boots, Messi had churned up a perfect pass for Rakitic to score and in doing so, had become a part of history. He had reached 150 assists in the La Liga, the first player to do so since the records had been maintained from the 90s.

Lionel Messi had been leading the assist charts in the La Liga for years now and has assisted 32 different Barcelona players to score, in his career! The player who has been showered the most with his generosity has been his good friend Luis Suarez, who has been set up 23 times. Pedro is the next player on the list, who was assisted 14 times by Messi and the prolific Samuel Eto’o was set up 13 times!

Messi also has the record of reaching double figures in assists provided in 10 of the last 12 seasons. His highest assists for a season has been 21 in the 2010/11 season. Last season, he set up 12 goals in the La Liga.

By the end of Huesca game, Messi had set up Jordi Alba to score Barcelona’s 7th goal. Messi ended the game with 2 assists, along with 2 goals, and now has 151 assists to his name in the La Liga. The next two players on the list, both from Barcelona, no longer play in the La Liga – Dani Alves has 101 assists and Xavi Hernandez has 91.

The next current player in the list is Joaquin, who has 74 assists so far. The stats have spoken; Lionel Messi is not just La Liga's top goal scorer, he is also the La Liga assist King and after setting new records, still the G.O.A.T.