 As well, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African footballers of the past 50 years in 2006.The Football Association of Zambia claimed that Chitalu scored more than 100 goals in all competitions in 1972, more than Gerd Müller's total in 1972 and Lionel Messi's total in 2012, both of which are often referred to by journalist as "world records".The research was presented in the year 2012 after Lionel Messi broke the alleged world record of Gerd Müller.