Records Lionel Messi Broke During The 2022 FIFA World Cup

Lionel Messi, often referred to as the Greatest Footballer of All Time(GOAT) did the impossible during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He helped his National Team, Argentina to lift the Word Cup on 18th December, 2022. He was crowned the overall best player of the tournament. Let’s take a look at all the records Lionel Messi broke during the 2022 World Cup.

1. First Player to score in all 5 rounds at a single World Cup (Group Stage, Round of 16, Quarter Final, Semi Final, Final)

2. Most Goal contributions in World Cup History: 21 G/A (13 Goals + 8 Assists)

3. Most World Cup Matches scored in: 11 Goals (shared with Klose)

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3. Most opening Goals in World Cups: 8 Goals

4. First player to win the World Cup Golden Ball twice: 2014 + 2022

5. First Player to win 4 Major Tournament Best Player Awards (no one else has more than 2): 2015 + 2021 Copa América, 2014 + 2022 World Cup

6. Oldest Player to win the World Cup Golden Ball: 35 Years, 178 Days

7. All time most Appearances at the World Cup: 26 Games

8. All time most Minutes played at the World Cup: 2,314 Minutes

9. Most Appearances as Captain at the World Cup: 19 Games

10. Biggest gap between first and last World Cup Goals: 16 Years, 6 Months, 3 Days (16/6/2006 – 18/12/2022)

11. Most Official POTMs Awards at a single World Cup: 5 POTMs

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12. Most Official POTMs Awards overall: 11 POTMs

13. Oldest Player to score 5, 6 & 7 Goals at a World Cup: 35 Years, 178 Days

14. One of only 6 Men to play in 5 different World Cups

15. Most goals for Argentina at the World Cup: 14 Goals

16. Most Assists for Argentina at the World Cup: 8 Assists (shared with Maradona)

17. First Argentine to score in 5 & 6 different World Cup Matches in a single Tournament

18. First Argentine to score in 3 & 4 different World Cup Knockout Matches in a single Tournament

19. Only Player to make an Assist in 4 & 5 different World Cups

20. Only Player to Score and Assist in 4 different World Cup Matches (1 in 2006, 3 in 2022)

21. Youngest and Oldest Player to get a Goal and Assist in a single World Cup Match: 18 Years, 357 Days and 35 Years, 172 Days