EUROPEAN TOP 5 RECORD HOLDERS
European Top 5: all record holders for one-club games
Here we publish a list of the record holders for the number of top-level appearances in all competitions with the same club in each of the 5 major European leagues separately.
Germany got a new record holder this year. Thomas Müller (756 games for Bayern across all competitions) has overtaken Manfred Kaltz (737 for Hamburg).
In the other 4 leagues, the positions of the record holders look unshakable at the moment.
Lionel Messi has a chance to extend his record for the Spanish League if he one day returns to Barcelona.
| EUROPE | TOP 5 | ALL | COMPETITIONS | |||||
| MOST | GAMES | FOR | ONE CLUB | |||||
| League | Player | Games | Club | Period | NL | NC | OC | IC |
| England | Ryan Giggs | 963 | Manchester United | 1991-2014 | 672 | 74 | 55 | 162 |
| Italy | Paolo Maldini | 902 | Milan | 1985-2009 | 648 | 72 | 7 | 175 |
| Spain | Lionel Messi | 778 | Barcelona | 2004-2021 | 520 | 80 | 20 | 158 |
| Germany | Thomas Müller | 756 | Bayern | 2008-2025 | 503 | 67 | 12 | 174 |
| France | Jean-Luc Ettori | 755 | Monaco | 1975-1994 | 602 | 92 | 1 | 60 |
NL = National League,
NC = National Cup,
OC = Other Domestic Cups,
IC = International Competitions.