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#3 Samuel Eto’o – 3 penalties
Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto’o did not play together for long, but the understanding they had was for all to see.
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Following an impressive 2007-08 campaign, the Argentine emerged as Barcelona’s primary goal-getter the following season. Eto’o was still the club's frontman, but Pep Guardiola appointed Messi for spot-kick duties.
That season, he let Eto’o take three penalties, allegedly giving them all from his own share.
The most memorable one came against Real Madrid in December 2008. Having already scored once, the Cameroonian was full of confidence and took the 70th-minute spot-kick ahead of Messi.
Los Blancos keeper Iker Casillas stopped his effort, keeping the scoreline at 1-0. Barcelona ultimately scored another through Messi in the 90th minute to bag a convincing 2-0 win.
#2 Luis Suarez – 8 penalties
The trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar have gone down as one of the most explosive and versatile attacking line-ups in the history of the game.
Not only did the players read each other well, but they also seemed to genuinely care about the well-being of one another. Suarez and Messi were two peas in a pod at Barcelona and regularly combined to devastating effect.
Messi also made it a point to gift penalties to Suarez when he needed a helping hand. He allowed the Uruguayan to take eight penalties when the duo played together, seven of which were comfortably converted by the former Liverpool star.
In an eventual 8-2 win over Huesca in the 2018-19 campaign, Suarez won a penalty three minutes into added time. Instead of trying to complete his hat-trick, the Argentina international gave the penalty to Suarez, who had already scored once.
The striker scored, of course, and pointed towards his captain while wheeling away in celebration.
#1 Neymar – 12 penalties
Before switching to PSG for a record-breaking €222 million in 2017, Neymar and Messi used to torment Europe in Barcelona’s colors. The duo had a telepathic understanding and regularly fed off of one another. The Argentine took Neymar under his wing and always lent him a helping hand when he needed it.
Between 2013 and 2014, the Barca record-goalscorer gifted a whopping 12 spot-kicks to the Brazilian. Unfortunately, the left-winger could only convert half of those chances, which is abysmal for a player of his quality. Thankfully, he did not fluff his line when it mattered the most in the 2016-17 campaign.
Despite being the team’s spot-kick taker, the Argentine allowed Neymar to take an injury-time penalty in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 clash against PSG.
The Brazilian converted emphatically to give Barcelona a 5-1 lead, completing his brace.
A couple of minutes later, Sergi Roberto scored the tie-winning goal for the Blaugrana, overturning the 4-0 first leg defeat in Paris.
