THE NEW PLAYER RECORDS 2024
Picture : Luka Modric has beaten 3 records in 2024 !
The new records set in 2024: Players
Here we finish the series of publications on the important records set in 2024. In this part we list the new records set by players; in chronological order according to the date they were established.
In the column “Zone”, W means a World record; E, SA, NA – a record valid for a continent (Europe, South America, North America).
The old record holders (the last column) are not mentioned if a record was shared by more than two holders before.
The “Number” column indicates the status of a record at the end of 2024.
Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten 5 significant records, Lionel Messi 3 and Luka Modrić also 3.
| THE RECORDS | BEATEN IN 2024 | PLAYERS | ||||
| New record holder | Date | Zone | Category | Number | Ex-record holders | |
| 1 | Christoph Baumgartner | 23/03/2024 | W | Fastest Goal in NT Games | 0:06 | Christian Benteke |
| 2 | Paolo Guerrero | 26/03/2024 | SA | Oldest Scorer in NT | 40-085 | Faustino Delgado |
| 3 | Marcos Rocha | 12/04/2024 | SA | Most Consecutive Seasons in Copa Libert. | 12 | Sergio Otálvaro |
| 4 | Fábio | 01/05/2024 | W | Most Domestic Games | 1089 | Peter Shilton |
| 5 | Rodri | 19/05/2024 | W | Longest Unbeaten Run in All Club Comp. | 74 | Paolo Maldini, Demetrio Albertini |
| 6 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 27/05/2024 | W | Season Top Scorer in Most Nat. Leagues | 4 | |
| 7 | Toni Kroos | 01/06/2024 | W | Most International Trophies | 17 | Cafú, Dani Alves |
| 8 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 11/06/2024 | W | Most Games in total | 1255 | Rogério Ceni |
| 9 | Lamine Yamal | 15/06/2024 | E | Youngest Player in Euro | 16-338 | Kacper Kozlowski |
| 10 | Nedim Bajrami | 15/06/2024 | E | Fastest Goal in Euro | 0:23 | Dmitri Kirichenko |
| 11 | Pepe | 18/06/2024 | E | Oldest Player in Euro | 41-130 | Gábor Király |
| 12 | Lionel Messi | 21/06/2024 | SA | Most Games in Copa America | 39 | Sergio Livingstone |
| 13 | Claudio Bravo | 22/06/2024 | SA | Oldest Player in Copa America | 41-073 | Carlos Trucco |
| 14 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 22/06/2024 | E | Longest Span of Games in Euro | 20-023 | Lothar Matthäus |
| 15 | Luka Modrić | 24/06/2024 | E | Oldest Scorer in Euro | 38-289 | Ivica Vastic |
| 16 | Lamine Yamal | 09/07/2024 | E | Youngest Scorer in Euro | 16-362 | Johan Vonlanthen |
| 17 | Lionel Messi | 10/07/2024 | SA | Most Wins in Copa America | 25 | Zizinho |
| 18 | Luis Suárez | 14/07/2024 | SA | Oldest Scorer in Copa America | 37-171 | Ángel Labruna |
| 19 | Lamine Yamal | 14/07/2024 | E | Youngest European Champion | 17-001 | Renato Sanches |
| 20 | Jesús Navas | 14/07/2024 | E | Oldest European Champion | 38-236 | Ricardo Carvalho |
| 21 | Lionel Messi | 15/07/2024 | W | Most Trophies | 43 | Dani Alves |
| 22 | Gregersen & Atlason | 01/08/2024 | W | Father&Son with Most Joint ICC Games | 4 | |
| 23 | Modrić, Carbajal | 14/08/2024 | E | Most European Super Cup Titles | 5 | |
| 24 | Harry Kane | 17/09/2024 | E | Most Penalty Goals in CL Game | 3 | |
| 25 | Thomas Müller | 17/09/2024 | E | Most CL Games With Same Club | 156 | Xavi |
| 26 | Thоmas Müller & Neuer | 17/09/2024 | E | Most Joint CL Games | 112 | Busquets & Messi |
| 27 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 05/10/2024 | W | Most Goals after 30 Years | 453 | Romário |
| 28 | Marc Pujol | 13/10/2024 | E | Oldest Scorer in NT | 42-053 | Stanley Matthews |
| 29 | Andrés Guardado | 16/10/2024 | NA | Most Caps | 182 | Maynor Figueroa |
| 30 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 15/11/2024 | W | Most Wins in NT | 132 | Sergio Ramos |
| 31 | Modrić & Perišić | 18/11/2024 | E | Most Common Caps | 119 | Reim & Kristal |
CL = Champions League, ICC = International Club Competitions.