LONGEST WINNING RUN
Longest individual winning runs in La Liga
Barcelona central defender Iñigo Martinez (picture) managed to win 19 consecutive matches in La Liga. This is joint-third longest streak in the history of the competition. It ended on 10 November with a defeat to Real Sociedad (0-1).
Since the start of his streak (8 March), Martinez has missed 4 of his team's league matches. In 3 of them Barcelona lost, whereas with him in the lineup always won until yesterday.
All-time ranking for longest individual winning runs in the Spanish League sees the top 4 places occupied by Barcelona players, with Sergio Busquets holding the record: 25 consecutive wins between May 2010 and April 2011.
During his record series, Busquets missed 7 Barcelona games in the league, of which his side couldn't win 3.
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PLAYERS’ | LONGEST | WINNING | RUNS | ||
Player | Games | Team | From | To | |
1 | Sergio Busquets | 25 | Barcelona | 01/05/2010 | 02/03/2011 |
2 | Carles Puyol | 21 | Barcelona | 24/04/2010 | 22/01/2011 |
3 | Iñigo Martínez | 19 | Barcelona | 08/03/2024 | 03/11/2024 |
4 | David Villa | 19 | Barcelona | 19/09/2010 | 05/02/2011 |
5 | Ferenc Puskás | 18 | Real Madrid | 22/10/1960 | 11/03/1961 |
6 | Luis Del Sol | 18 | Real Madrid | 22/10/1960 | 11/03/1961 |
7 | Éric Abidal | 18 | Barcelona | 16/10/2010 | 05/03/2011 |
8 | Samuel Umtiti | 18 | Barcelona | 20/08/2016 | 05/04/2017 |