"Records are made to be broken".This is exactly with Messi . From winning the ballon d'Or three years in a row to breaking the Cesar Rodriguez 232 goals for Barcelona.Or Five goals in a Champions League Match (First Ever).He is breaking records one after another, And hopefully more to come from this amazing striker.
The Argentine continues to rewrite the club's history books as his strike on Saturday means he has now beaten the Brazil legend's record of 34 goals during the 1996-97 campaign.And also Messi matches Barcelona record for most appearances by a foreign player in La Liga.
"May be - Raul's 71 Champions League strikes, Cristiano Ronaldo's six La Liga hat-tricks (leveled), Pele's 1281 goals - the records Messi has yet to break."
While the jury is still debating on whether he really deserves to be hailed as the greatest of all time, as some of his colleagues at Barca have labelled him, there is no doubting that Messi is, by quite a country-mile, the best of his generation. And he has made breaking records his part-time hobby in recent weeks.
He became only the third player to win the Ballon d'Or three times; he is now the record goalscorer in Champions League knockout games with 24 goals; he became the first player to score five goals in a single game in the Champions League era; he is the youngest player to reach 150 La Liga goals, and of course, Tuesday's landmark that looks set to cement his legendary status at Barca, becoming the club's all-time top marksman. All these in the first three months of 2012.
He became only the third player to win the Ballon d'Or three times; he is now the record goalscorer in Champions League knockout games with 24 goals; he became the first player to score five goals in a single game in the Champions League era; he is the youngest player to reach 150 La Liga goals, and of course, Tuesday's landmark that looks set to cement his legendary status at Barca, becoming the club's all-time top marksman. All these in the first three months of 2012.
Below we list some of the all-time records Messi is yet to conquer.
 |  | BARCELONA & LA LIGA |
| ALL-TIME RECORD | MESSI'S TOTAL | |
| Barca all-time appearance record: Xavi - 616 | 314 | |
| Barca all-time top scorer in La Liga: Cesar Rodriguez - 192 | 153 | |
| Barca all-time top scorer (including friendlies): Paulino Alcantara - 369 | 245 | |
| Most goals scored in one season for Barca (including unofficial matches): Clemente Gracia - 59 | 56 | |
| Most goals scored in a single game for Barca: Joan Gamper - 9 | 5 | |
| Most Liga titles won for Barca: Xavi, Pep Guardiola, Josep Samitier - 6 | 5 | |
| La Liga all-time appearance record: Andoni Zubizarreta - 622 | 204 | |
| Most La Liga titles won: Francisco Gento - 12 | 5 | |
| All-time La Liga top scorer: Telmo Zarra - 252 | 153 | |
| Most goals in a single Liga season: Cristiano Ronaldo - 40 | 34 | |
| Most goals scored in a single Liga game: Laszlo Kubala, Bata - 7 | 4 | |
| Most hat-tricks in a single Liga season: Cristiano Ronaldo - 7 | 7 |
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