Ceased to exist in 2009. FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2009. World Soccer Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008. World Soccer Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. Onze d'Or (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010. IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer (2): 2011, 2012. IFFHS World's best Top Division Goal Scorer (1): 2012. Goal.com Player of the Year (2): 2009, 2011. El País King of European Soccer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
ESPY Best International Athlete (1): 2012. European Golden Shoe (3): 2010, 2012, 2013. UEFA Best Player in Europe Award (1): 2011. Created in 2011. UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010. UEFA Team of the Year (5): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year (1): 2009. UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match (1): 2011. FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament (1): 2005. FIFA U-20 World Cup Top Goalscorer (1): 2005. FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball (2): 2009, 2011. FIFA FIFPro World XI (6): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. FIFPro World Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008. ESM Team of the Year (6): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12. Pichichi Trophy (3): 2010, 2012, 2013. Copa del Rey Top Goalscorer (1): 2010–2011. La Liga Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2010, 2011. La Liga Foreign Player of the Year (3): 2007, 2009, 2010. La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year (5): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. LFP Best Player (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. LFP Best Forward (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. Marca Leyenda (1): 2009. Bravo Award (1): 2007. Copa América Young Player of the Tournament (1): 2007. European Golden Boy (1): 2005. Olimpia de Oro (1): 2011. Olimpia de Plata (7): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. Records
As of 2 April 2013. World
Most FIFA Ballon d'Or awards: 4
Guinness World Records title for the most goals in a year: 91 goals
Most international goals in a year (club and national team): 25 goals (shared with Vivian Woodward)
Most goals scored in FIFA Club World Cup: 4 goals (held jointly with Denilson and Mohamed Aboutrika)
Most consecutive league matches scored in: 19 matches (30 goals)
Europe
Most European Golden Shoe awards: 3
Most goals scored in a season (club): 73 goals
Most goals scored in a year (club): 79 goals
Most goals scored in a European Cup season: 14 goals (held jointly with José Altafini)
Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 (shared with Gerd Müller)
Highest scorer in a European Cup game: 5 goals (held jointly with ten other players)
Argentina
Most goals scored in a year (national team): 12 goals (shared with Gabriel Batistuta)
Spain
Most goals scored in La Liga in a season: 50 goals
Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8 hat-tricks
Most goals scored in the Supercopa de España: 10 goals
Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 19 matches, 30 goals
Most goals scored in El Clásico matches: 18 goals (shared with Alfredo Di Stéfano)
Barcelona
Top scorer in official competitions: 313 goals
Top scorer in La Liga: 215 goals
Top scorer in UEFA Champions League: 59 goals
Top scorer in European competitions: 60 goals
Top scorer in international competitions: 64 goals
Most hat-tricks overall: 22 hat-tricks
Most La Liga hat-tricks overall: 16 hat-tricks
