CLUB 1000+ GAMES

• Dec 4, 2022
• History Statistics

Picture : After Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi is also now in the Club 1000+ games !

“Club 1000+ games”: now 19 members

We publish the updated world ranking for players with most top-level games in the whole history of football.
Lionel Messi has played his 1000th top-level game on 3 December to become 19th member of the symbolic “Club 1000+” and 5th active of them (along with Cristiano Ronaldo, Gianluigi Buffon, Dani Alves and Yasuhito Endō).
Rogério Ceni is the record holder in this category: 1214 games.

	PLAYERS     WITH	MOST	GAMES
	Player	Country	Period	Games				Total
				NL	NC	ICC	NT+
1	Rogério Ceni	Brazil	1992-2015	873	138	186	17	1 214
2	Peter Shilton	England	1966-1997	848	204	29	125	1 206
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2002-	651	93	205	194	1 143
4	Javier Zanetti	Argentina	1992-2014	717	78	162	143	1 100
5	Roberto Carlos	Brazil	1991-2015	717	76	172	125	1 090
6	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	1995-	675	51	167	176	1 069
7	Ray Clemence	England	1965-1988	712	187	107	63	1 069
8	Iker Casillas	Spain	1999-2019	626	62	193	167	1 048
9	Pat Jennings	Northern Ireland	1963-1986	709	159	55	119	1 042
10	Glenn Ferguson	Northern Ireland	1987-2011	646	364	26	5	1 041
11	Raúl	Spain	1994-2015	685	77	170	102	1 034
12	Dani Alves	Brazil	2001-	620	115	172	125	1 032
13	Paolo Maldini	Italy	1985-2009	648	79	175	126	1 028
14	Ryan Giggs	Wales	1990-2014	672	129	162	64	1 027
15	Yasuhito Endō	Japan	1998-	675	132	66	152	1 025
16	Xavi	Spain	1998-2019	587	102	195	133	1 017
17	Noel Bailie	Northern Ireland	1989-2011	577	398	36		1 011
18	Frank Lampard	England	1995-2016	640	130	134	106	1 010
19	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2004-	559	102	170	169	1 000

Abbreviatures:
NL = National Leagues 
NC = National Cups 
ICC = International Club Competitions
NT+ = National Team + other relevant selections (Inter-League games for Clemence).