The football king is really strong! He has won 31 golden boots! He has worn the hat for 17 consecutive years

Messi is in hot form. He scored a hat trick in this game and also sent an assist. This is the 60th hat trick in his career. So far, Messi has scored 50 goals in 53 games for Inter Miami, surpassing Joseph Martinez and Ibrahimovic to become the fastest player to achieve 50 goals in MLS history.

It is worth mentioning that Messi scored 29 goals and 19 assists in 28 MLS regular season games this season, becoming the league's top scorer + assist leader. This is the ninth time in Messi's career that he has won the top scorer in his league. The previous eight times were all while playing for Barcelona. List of Messi’s career league top scorer honors:

09/10 season, 34 goals

11/12 season, 50 goals

12/13 season, 46 goals

16/17 season, 37 goals

17/18 season, 34 goals

18/1 9 seasons, 36 goals

19/20 season, 25 goals

20/21 season, 30 goals

2025 season, 29 goals

What’s even more terrifying is that if other events are included, Messi has won the top scorer 31 times in his career.

La Liga Golden Boot, 8 times

Champions League Golden Boot, 6 times

Spanish Super Cup Golden Boot, 5 times

Spanish King's Cup Golden Boot, 4 times

European Super Cup Golden Boot, 2 times

Club World Cup Golden Boot, 1 time

America's Cup Golden Boot, 1 time

North American League Cup Golden Boot, 1

U20 World Cup Golden Boot, 1

World Cup Qualifying Golden Boot, 1

MLS Golden Boot, 1

Messi also has a very shocking statistic - according to ESPN statistics, he has performed hat tricks for 17 consecutive years. The specific statistics are as follows:

2009, 1 time

2010, 6 times

2011, 6 times

2012, 9 times

In 2013, 4 times

In 2014, 5 times

In 2015, 3 times

In 2016, 6 times

In 2017, 3 times

In 2018, 5 times

In 2019, 4 times

In 2020, 1 time

In 2021, 1 time

In 2022, 1 time

2023, 1 time

2024, 2 times

2025, 1 time

Finally, Messi’s old rival Cristiano Ronaldo also played well today. Cristiano Ronaldo contributed 1 pass and 1 shot, helping Riyadh win 5-1 over Al-Hasa Conquest.

According to ESPN statistics, the latest career data comparison between Messi and Ronaldo is: Ronaldo, 949 goals and 259 assists in 1,292 games; Messi, 889 goals and 399 assists in 1,130 games.