Lionel Messi
Argentina · FW · age 39
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Argentina
- Position
- FW
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #2
- Intl caps
- 198
- Intl goals
- 116
- Intl assists
- 64
- Composite rating
- 0.80(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 46.9%
See Lionel Messi on the full Argentina scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.89 vs 7.82).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copa América 2024 | 5 | 475 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| World Cup 2022 | 7 | 739 | 7 | 3 | 6.0 | 32 | 16 | 89 | 109 | 4 | 0 |
| World Cup 2018 | 4 | 378 | 1 | 1 | 1.9 | 18 | 8 | 47 | 74 | 2 | 0 |
| All tournaments | 16 | 1,592 | 9 | 5 | 10.0 | 63 | 37 | 177 | 230 | 6 | 0 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
449
Career matches
37,840
Career minutes
453
Goals
186
Assists
110.9
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
1.08
100
xG / 90
0.26
99
xAG / 90
0.16
95
vs 355 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Barcelona | La Liga | 35 | 2,805 | 34 | 9 | — | — |
| 2010-11 | Barcelona | La Liga | 33 | 2,858 | 31 | 19 | — | — |
| 2011-12 | Barcelona | La Liga | 37 | 3,270 | 50 | 16 | — | — |
| 2012-13 | Barcelona | La Liga | 32 | 2,650 | 46 | 11 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Barcelona | La Liga | 31 | 2,501 | 28 | 11 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Barcelona | La Liga | 38 | 3,375 | 43 | 18 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Barcelona | La Liga | 33 | 2,729 | 26 | 14 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Barcelona | La Liga | 34 | 2,830 | 37 | 9 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Barcelona | La Liga | 36 | 3,000 | 34 | 12 | 27.1 | 13.9 |
| 2018-19 | Barcelona | La Liga | 34 | 2,713 | 36 | 13 | 23.8 | 14.4 |
| 2019-20 | Barcelona | La Liga | 33 | 2,880 | 25 | 21 | 19.4 | 15.4 |
| 2020-21 | Barcelona | La Liga | 35 | 3,023 | 30 | 9 | 22.1 | 9.5 |
| 2021-22 | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 26 | 2,153 | 6 | 14 | 11.3 | 9.2 |
| 2022-23 | Paris S-G | Ligue 1 | 12 | 1,053 | 7 | 10 | 7.2 | 5.3 |
| 2023-24wiki | Inter Miami CF | Major League Soccer | — | — | 20 | — | — | — |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.