LIONEL MESSI ALL TIME BEST GOAL SCORER IN EUROPE


Picture : Lionel Messi collects all Trophies and also new records !


Messi surpasses CR7 as all-time best club scorer in Europe!

The goal scored by Messi in the French league game Nice vs PSG (0-2) on 8 April made him the new all-time best club goal-scorer in Europe. 
It was Messi 702nd top level goal for this category while ex-record holder Cristiano Ronaldo stopped his European career in 2022 at 701 club goals (next 11, he scored in Asia).
In the table below, the ranking of players with 500+ top level goals for European clubs.


 ALL-TIME     BESTCLUB   SCORERS    INEUROPE      
           
 PlayerGoalsNationalityCareerNLRLNCOCMICOIC
           
1Lionel Messi 702Argentina 2004-494 5615137 
2Cristiano Ronaldo 701Portugal 2002-2022498 4110152 
3Josef Bican690Austria, BM, CS1931-1955515 75591526
4Ferenc Puskás640Hungary, Spain1943-1966515 69 3818
5Jimmy Jones 636Northern Ireland  1947-1964332 43247212
6Joe Bambrick608Northern Ireland  1926-1943348 40220  
7Abe Lenstra591Netherlands1936-196328928418   
8Glenn Ferguson563Northern Ireland  1987-2011313 5618563
9Jimmy McGrory540Scotland1922-1937409 7754  
10Fernando Peyroteo539Portugal1937-1949332132702 3
11Gerd Müller526Germany1964-1979365 781469 
12Robert Lewandowski515Poland2008-361 4310101 
13Uwe Seeler509Germany1954-1978180267241721 


Abbreviatures:
NL = National Leagues (top divisions), 
RL = relevant Regional Leagues,
NC = (major) National Cup,
OC = other relevant domestic club tournaments,
MIC = major international club competitions,
OIC = other relevant international club competitions.