RECORD FOR GRIEZMANN
Griezmann surpasses Messi as La Liga’s most experienced foreigner
Antoine Griezmann set a new Spanish League record for the player with the most appearances by a foreigner.
The 29 March match against Espanyol (1-1) was the Atletico Madrid forward's 521st. Thus, the Frenchman surpassed the previous record of Lionel Messi, who has played 520 times in La Liga for Barcelona.
| LA LIGA | FOREIGNERS WITH MOST GAMES | ||||
| Player | Games | Nation | Period | Breakdown | |
| 1 | Antoine Griezmann | 521 | France | 2010- | Real Sociedad 141, Atlético Madrid 306, Barcelona 74 |
| 2 | Lionel Messi | 520 | Argentina | 2004-2021 | Barcelona 520 |
| 3 | Karim Benzema | 439 | France | 2009-2023 | Real Madrid 439 |
| 4 | Ivan Rakitić | 438 | Croatia | 2011-2024 | Sevilla 238, Barcelona 200 |
| 5 | Dani Alves | 436 | Brazil | 2002-2022 | Sevilla 175, Barcelona 261 |
| 6 | Luka Modrić | 387 | Croatia | 2012- | Real Madrid 387 |
| 7 | Marcelo | 386 | Brazil | 2007-2022 | Real Madrid 386 |
| 8 | Valeriy Karpin | 384 | Russia | 1994-2005 | Real Sociedad 180, Valencia 36, Celta 168 |
| 9 | Roberto Carlos | 370 | Brazil | 1996-2007 | Real Madrid 370 |
| 10 | Mauro Silva | 369 | Brazil | 1992-2005 | Deportivo La Coruña 369 |
| 11 | Iñaki Williams | 369 | Ghana | 2014- | Athletic Bilbao 369 |
| 12 | Miroslav Đukić | 368 | Yugoslavia | 1991-2003 | Deportivo La Coruña 212, Valencia 156 |
| 13 | Diego Godín | 368 | Uruguay | 2007-2019 | Villarreal 91, Atlético Madrid 277 |
| 14 | Jan Oblak | 361 | Slovenia | 2015- | Atlético Madrid 361 |
| 15 | Filipe Luís | 351 | Brazil | 2006-2019 | Deportivo La Coruña 111, Atlético Madrid 240 |