WORLD RECORDS

• Only player in history to score 40+ club goals in 10 consecutive seasons(2009/10 – 2018/19)
• Only player to score in 6 different club competitions in a season twice: 2011/12 and 2015/16
• Most appearances in the top 3 candidates for the Ballon d’Or: 11 times (2007-2017)
• Guinness World Records title for the most official goals in a calendar year: 91 goals (2012)
• Most consecutive league matches scored in: 21 matches (33 goals)
• First footballer ever to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league
• Only footballer to score 60+ goals in all competitions in 2 consecutive seasons (2011/12 and 2012/13)

EUROPEAN RECORDS

• Most league goals in history across Europe’s top 5 leagues: 419 league goals
• Most European Golden Shoe awards: 5
• Fastest player to reach 100 UEFA Champions League goals (123 games)
• Most official goals for a single club in Europe’s top 5 leagues 603 goal
• Fastest player ever to reach 300 goals in Europe’s top 5 leagues (334 games)
• Youngest player to reach 100 appearances in the Champions League
• First player to score 5 goals in a single UEFA Champions League game

SPANISH RECORDS

• First LaLiga player to score 25+ goals in 11 consecutive seasons across all competitions
• Most free kicks scored in La Liga: 31 free kick goals
• Only player in LaLiga history to score 15+ goals in 11 seasons (did it consecutively) (2008/09 – 2018/19)
• First player in LaLiga history to have scored at least 2 goals in 100 matches
• Most goals scored in LaLiga El Clásico matches: 18 goals
• Only player in La Liga history to score 20+ goals in 9 consecutive seasons (2008/09 – 2016/17)
• First player to score 25+ goals in ten consecutive La Liga seasons (2009/10 – 2018/19)
• All time highest goalscorer in La Liga: 419 goals

BARCELONA RECORDS

• All time Barcelona top scorer in all games: 634 goals
• Most hat-tricks in official competitions for Barcelona: 45 hat-tricks
• Most goals scored in Derbi Barceloní (Catalan derby): 12 goals
• The first Barcelona player to surpass 30 league goals in 4 [consecutive] La Liga seasons
• The first Barcelona player to surpass 50 goals in 5 seasons
• Most free kicks scored for Barcelona: 41 free kick goals

ARGENTINA RECORDS

• First Argentina player to score against the other 9 CONEMBOL countries
• Most goals scored in one FIFA World Cup qualification: 10 goals
• Youngest Argentina player to have scored at the FIFA World Cup Finals): 18 years and 357 days old in 2006 against Serbia and Montenegro
• Youngest player to have reached 100 caps in CONMEBOL history (27 years, 361 days old)
• Most goals scored in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers: 21 goals (shared with Luis Suarez)