Lionel Messi, at an age of 35, finally claimed the world’s most prestigious trophy in Qatar. With his amazing performance, Argentina was able to defeat the defending champion France in the penalty shootout. During his stellar career, Lionel Messi has a number of records in his name, some of them can be broken while most of them are impossible to break. In this blog post, we will list out the records of Lionel Messi in World Cup.
List Of Lionel Messi World Cup Records
- Appearance: Messi made his 26th World Cup appearance for Argentina in the World Cup final against France overtaking Lothar Matthaus for record appearances at the World Cup.
- Assist: Lionel Messi becomes the first player to assist at five separate men’s World Cup tournaments (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022). He also becomes the youngest and oldest player to score and assist in a World Cup. His first assist was at the age of 18 against Serbia in 2006 and against Mexico at 35 in 2022. Meanwhile, He also equals the record of Maradona’s Argentinan record for eight assists at the World Cup.
- Messi now also holds the record for playing the most minutes at the FIFA World Cup by surpassing Italy legend Paolo Maldini, who appeared for 2,217 minutes at FIFA World Cup. Messi has appeared for 2314 minutes in World Cup.
- Most Golden Ball Awards in FIFA World Cup: Messi was named the best player of the tournament in 2018 and 2022.
- Messi also holds the record for scoring goals in every stage of the FIFA World Cup, from the group stage to the knockout.
- Messi also holds the record for most player of the match awards with a tally of 11.
- Messi also holds the record for most games as a captain.
- Messi also holds the record for most wins in World Cup matches with a tally of 17.
- For Argentina, he holds the record for most goals in World Cup with 13 goals in his name.
Summary: This much for now, Let us know if we have missed out something in this list of records of Messi in the World Cup.
