Lionel Messi’s career milestones
Earlier this year, Lionel Messi became the second player in the history of football to reach 900 goals in top-level games.
He did it on 18 March in the CONCACAF Champions Cup game vs Nashville (1-1).
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 900th goal on 5 September 2024, in his 1236th game at the age of 39 years 218 days.
Messi reached this landmark being younger (38 years 267 days) and taking fewer games (1142).
At the moment, Lionel has already 911 goals.
Here is the list of all milestone goals in his outstanding career, with his exact age and number of game at reaching each of them.
Also indicated are how many time (TB = time between) and how many games (GB = games between) took CR7 to reach another milestone.
NL = National League
CL = UEFA Champions’ League
CC = CONCACAF Champions Cup
NSC = National Super Cup
NT Fr = National Team Friendly
| LIONEL | MESSI | MILESTONES | ||||||
| Milestone | Date | Team | Game | Comp. | Age | TB | Game № | GB |
| Debut | 16/10/2004 | Barcelona | Espanyol (1:0) | NL | 17-114 | 1 | ||
| Goal № 1 | 01/05/2005 | Barcelona | Albacete (2:0) | NL | 17-312 | 9 | ||
| Goal № 100 | 29/09/2009 | Barcelona | Dynamo Kyiv (2:0) | CL | 22-097 | 4-348 | 210 | 210 |
| Goal № 200 | 17/08/2011 | Barcelona | Real Madrid (3:2) | NSC | 24-054 | 1-322 | 332 | 122 |
| Goal № 300 | 27/10/2012 | Barcelona | Rayo Vallecano (5:0) | NL | 25-125 | 1-071 | 418 | 86 |
| Goal № 400 | 27/09/2014 | Barcelona | Granada (6:0) | NL | 27-095 | 1-335 | 525 | 107 |
| Goal № 500 | 17/04/2016 | Barcelona | Valencia (1:2) | NL | 28-297 | 1-202 | 632 | 107 |
| Goal № 600 | 04/03/2018 | Barcelona | Atletico (1:0) | NL | 30-253 | 1-321 | 747 | 115 |
| Goal № 700 | 30/06/2020 | Barcelona | Atletico (2:2) | NL | 33-006 | 2-118 | 862 | 115 |
| Goal № 800 | 23/03/2023 | Argentina | Panama (2:0) | NT Fr | 35-272 | 2-266 | 1017 | 155 |
| Goal № 900 | 18/03/2026 | Inter Miami | Nashville (1:1) | CC | 38-267 | 2-360 | 1142 | 125 |