in 2022) Only player to provide at least one assist in four and five different World Cup tournaments and most consecutive World Cup tournaments with at least one assist: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 Most Player of the Match awards won at the World Cup finals: 11 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018, 5 in 2022) Most total dribbles completed at the World Cup finals: 125 Most goal contributions at the World Cup: 21 Most goals at major international tournaments: 26 (13 goals at FIFA World Cup, 13 goals at Copa América) Most goal contributions at international tournaments' knockout matches: 27 Most goal contributions at major international tournaments: 51 (13 goals and 8 assists at FIFA World Cup, 13 goals and 17 assists at Copa América) Only player to win a 'Best Player/Golden Ball' award at all official tournaments participated in (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Cup and Copa América) Continental records Europe Most European Golden Shoe awards: 6 (2010, 2012–2013, 2017–2019) Most consecutive European Golden Shoe awards: 3 (2017–2019) Most goals scored in Europe's top 5 leagues: 700, in La Liga and Ligue 1 Fastest player ever to reach 300 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues: in 334 matches Fastest player ever to reach 400 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues: in 435 matches Most goals scored for a single club in the UEFA Champions League: 120 for Barcelona Fastest player to reach 100 UEFA Champions League goals: in 123 matches Most goals scored in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League match: 5, against Bayer Leverkusen on 7 March 2012 Most goals scored in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League quarter-final match: 4, against Arsenal on 6 April 2010 Most hat-tricks scored in the UEFA Champions League: 8 Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League group stage: 80 Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League round of 16: 29 Most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie: 6, against Bayer Leverkusen in 2011–12 Most different opponents scored against in UEFA Champions League history: 40 Most goals in the UEFA Super Cup: 3 Most appearances in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 7 (2015–2021) Most appearances in the ESM Team of the Season: 13 (2006, 2008–2013, 2015–2020) Most UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season awards: 3 (2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19) First player to win the UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season award