Top 20 Lionel Messi stats

1. First player ever to score 14 goals in single CL tournament.

2. First player ever to score two hat-tricks in the same CL tournament.

3. Jointly share the most number of hat-tricks (3) in all CL tournament with Filippo Inzaghi.

4. All time highest scorer in CL knock-out stage (26).

5. First player ever to score 5 goals in a CL match (Against Bayer Leverkusen).

6. First player ever to score two hat-tricks in CL knock-out stage (Against Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen).

7. First player ever to become the top scorer in four straight CL tournaments.

8. Shares the honor of being top scorer most number of times (4) in all time CL tournament with Gerd Muller.

9. Highest number of goal scorer in all official matches for Barcelona (Currently 252).

10. First player ever to score 50 goals among all European leagues.

11. First player ever to score 72 goals for his club in all competition.

12 .First player ever to score 8 hat-tricks in a la liga season.

13. Jointly holds the record for most number of hat-tricks (14) for Barca in la liga history with Cesar.

14. First player to score 77 goals combining club and international level beating pele’s 75!

15. First player ever to have direct contribution in more than 100 goals (72 goals+29 assists) for his club.

16. Jointly share the record for Champions League goal scorer in away games (7).

17. Highest number of goal (35) scorer in home games for a la liga season.

18. Youngest player ever to reach 50 goal mark in CL.

19. Top most goal scorer (169) among current La Liga players beating David Villa’s (163).

20. First player ever to score and assist in all the six competition.