2020 BBC World Sport Star of the Year: 2022 International Sports Press Association (AIPS) – Best Male Athlete of the Year: 2022 Selections for national sports personality of the year Argentine Athlete of the Year Olimpia de Oro: 2011, 2021, 2022 Olimpia de Plata: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 Man of the match awards UEFA Champions League Final UEFA Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup Final 2010 FIFA World Cup 2011 Copa América 2014 FIFA World Cup 2015 Copa América Copa América Centenario 2018 FIFA World Cup 2019 Copa América 2021 Copa América 2022 Finalissima 2022 FIFA World Cup Other IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 IFFHS World's Best Playmaker of the Decade: 2011–2020 IFFHS World's Best Playmaker of 2006–2020 Nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year: 2006 Nominated for the Eurosport Emotional Moment of the Year: 2016 Records World records Most FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player Awards: 7 (2009–2012, 2015, 2019, 2022) Most Ballons d'Or: 7 (2009–2012, 2015, 2019, 2021) Most consecutive Ballons d'Or: 4 (2009–2012) Youngest two-time, three-time, four-time, five-time, six-time and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner: aged 23, 24, 25, 28, 32 and 34 years old Largest gap between first and last Ballon d'Or awards: 10 years (2009, 2019) First player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player Award in three different decades: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s First player to win the Ballon d'Or in three different decades: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s Guinness World Record for top goalscorer for club and country in a calendar year (official goals): 91 goals in 2012 Most official goals for a single club: 672, for Barcelona Most recorded assists for a single club: 268, for Barcelona Most trophies won with a single club: 35, with Barcelona Most goals in a calendar year (including club friendlies): 96 in 2012 Most goals in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 in 2012 Most goals in a club season: 73 in 2011–12 Most goals scored in a domestic league: 474, in La Liga Most assists provided in a domestic league: 192, in La Liga Most goals scored in a domestic league in a single season: 50 in 2011–12 Most assists provided in a domestic league in a single season: 21 in 2019–20 Most goals and assists