88 outside the box
No stranger to a screamer, Messi has netted 88 of his 565 goals from outside the box, meaning 477 have come from inside the penalty area.
40+ since 2008/09
For club and country, Messi has scored more than 40 goals every season since the 2008/09 campaign. He's showing no sign of slowing down, with his most recent tally of 57 ranking as his joint-fourth best season in front of goal.
The tormentor of Sevilla
Messi has scored more than 20 goals against six different Spanish opponents, but no side have let in more than Sevilla. At a rate of 0.97 goals per game, Messi has found the net 29 times against Sevilla - six more than he has achieved against Real.
4 x 4
Messi has scored four goals in a game on four occasions. Three of those times came in La Liga, against Valencia (Feb 2012), Espanyol (May 2012) and Osasuna (Jan 2013), while he also achieved the feat against Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-final second leg back in 2010.
Five-goal haul
Messi became the first player to score five goals in a Champions League game when Barcelona humiliated Bayer Leverkusen 7-1 in the last-16 second leg, back in 2012.
"His class is just extraordinary, there's no discussion," said Leverkusen boss Robin Dutt at the time. "Without Messi, Barca are the best team and with him, they are in another galaxy."
"His class is just extraordinary, there's no discussion. Without Messi, Barca are the best team and with him, they are in another galaxy."
Bayer Leverkusen boss Robin Dutt after the defeat
Two pairs of Golden Shoes
Messi's 37-goal haul in the league this season saw him claim the European Golden Shoe for a fourth time, having done so in 2009/10, 2011/12 and 2012/13. That equals Ronaldo's feat, while Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid 2008/09) and Luis Suarez (Liverpool 2013/14, Barcelona 2015/16) are the only two players to have also taken home the Golden Shoe in the past decade.