RAOUL GARCIA IN CLUB 600+ GAMES
Raúl García enters “Club 600+ games” in top 5 European leagues
Athletic Bilbao midfielder Raúl García made on 12 February vs Almeria (0-0) his 600th appearance in the Spanish league. He became just the third player in the history of the tournament to reach this milestone, after Andoni Zubizarreta and Joaquín.
At the same time, Raúl García became the 32nd member of the “Club 600+ games”, uniting players with 600+ matches in the top divisions of the top 5 leagues in Europe.
The record is held by Peter Shilton, 848 matches (all in his native English league).
Raúl García is one of 4 currently active players on the “Club 600+”, along with Pepe Reina, James Milner and Cristiano Ronaldo (who is outside of top 5 European leagues now).
| MOST GAMES IN BIG | FIVE | EUROPEAN | LEAGUES | ||||||
| Player | Games | Nationality | Years | Eng | Fra | Ger | Ita | Spa | |
| 1 | Peter Shilton | 848 | England | 1966-1991 | 848 | ||||
| 2 | John Hollins | 714 | England | 1964-1983 | 714 | ||||
| 3 | Ray Clemence | 710 | England | 1970-1988 | 710 | ||||
| 4 | Pat Jennings | 709 | Northern Ireland | 1965-1985 | 709 | ||||
| 5 | Martin Peters | 688 | England | 1962-1980 | 688 | ||||
| 6 | Gianluigi Buffon | 675 | Italy | 1995-2021 | 17 | 658 | |||
| 7 | Ryan Giggs | 672 | Wales | 1991-2014 | 672 | ||||
| 8 | Joaquín | 671 | Spain | 2001-2023 | 49 | 622 | |||
| 9 | Mick Mills | 658 | England | 1969-1985 | 658 | ||||
| 10 | Gareth Barry | 653 | England | 1998-2018 | 653 | ||||
| 11 | Pepe Reina | 651 | Spain | 2000- | 297 | 3 | 190 | 161 | |
| 12 | Paolo Maldini | 648 | Italy | 1985-2009 | 648 | ||||
| 13 | Miroslav Votava | 642 | Germany | 1976-1996 | 546 | 96 | |||
| 14 | James Milner | 634 | England | 2003- | 634 | ||||
| 15 | Alan Ball Jr. | 632 | England | 1963-1983 | 632 | ||||
| Stanley Matthews | 632 | England | 1934-1965 | 632 | |||||
| 17 | Steve Perryman | 630 | England | 1970-1987 | 630 | ||||
| 18 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 626 | Portugal | 2002-2022 | 236 | 98 | 292 | ||
| 19 | Andoni Zubizarreta | 622 | Spain | 1981-1998 | 622 | ||||
| 20 | Francesco Totti | 619 | Italy | 1992-2017 | 619 | ||||
| 21 | Mickaël Landreau | 618 | France | 1997-2014 | 618 | ||||
| 22 | Javier Zanetti | 616 | Argentina | 1995-2014 | 616 | ||||
| Raúl | 616 | Spain | 1994-2012 | 66 | 550 | ||||
| 24 | Gary Speed | 614 | Wales | 1991-2008 | 614 | ||||
| 25 | Frank Lampard | 609 | England | 1996-2015 | 609 | ||||
| Ian Callaghan | 609 | England | 1963-1978 | 609 | |||||
| Frank McLintock | 609 | Scotland | 1960-1977 | 609 | |||||
| 28 | David Seaman | 607 | England | 1986-2004 | 607 | ||||
| 29 | Bobby Charlton | 606 | England | 1957-1973 | 606 | ||||
| 30 | Jean-Luc Ettori | 602 | France | 1975-1994 | 602 | ||||
| Charly Körbel | 602 | Germany | 1972-1991 | 602 | |||||
| 32 | Raúl García | 600 | Spain | 2004- | 600 |