Leo Messi scored his 48th goal of the 2010/11 season against the same team that he made his debut in the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk. With this goal the Argentine striker broke the record for goals by a Barça player in one season, that was in possession of himself (09/10) and the Brazilian Ronaldo (96/97), with 47 goals in total. In addition, Messi still has at least ten games to continue breaking records.

Leads all the rankings

Messi has this record, but he can also become the top scorer in all competitions he has played in this season. For now, he tops the list of scorers in the Champions League with 9 goals, in the Spanish League, with 29, and also the Spanish Cup, with 7, and he also scored 3 in the Spanish Super Cup. At this point of the season Leo Messi leads every list of top scorers and is on his way to breaking all scoring records.

175 official goals

With goal number 48, Leo Messi now has 175 in official matches. Messi has scored 117 League goals, 34 in the Champions League, 17 in the Spanish Cup, 5 in the Spanish Super Cup and 2 in the World Club Championship. The Argentinian player has scored 96 goals in the Camp Nou, 75 away from home, and 4 at neutral grounds.