The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) announced the list of players who have played the most games.
Lionel Messi has broken many records in his glittering career with Barcelona, PSG, Inter Miami and Argentina, however, there is one statistic in which he is not in the top three. On Tuesday, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) announced the list of players who have played the most games so far in the 21st century and Messi is in fourth place, with 1,047 games.
Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list with 1,204 games and the Portuguese forward is still playing making his record quite difficult to beat. Current Fluminense goalkeeper Fabio is second on the list with 1,202 appearances. He has also played for Brazilian sides Vasco da Gama and Cruzeiro. In third place is Brazil’s Dani Alves, with 1,056 appearances for Bahia, Sevilla, Barcelona, Juventus, PSG, Sao Paulo and Pumas UNAM.
Messi’s appearances
Messi, 36, made 778 appearances for Barcelona, 180 for Argentina, 75 for Paris Saint Germain and, so far, 14 for Inter Miami. Ronaldo has represented Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, Al Nassr and Portugal.
The 10 players who have played the most games so far in 21st century
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 1,204
Fabio (Brazil) 1,202
Dani Alves (Brazil) 1,056
Lionel Messi (Argentina) 1,047
Luka Modric (Croatia) 1,010
João Moutinho (Portugal) 997
Iker Casillas (Spain) 974
Sergio Ramos (Spain) 974
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) 962
Andrés Iniesta (Spain) 949
Davichi
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Messi is fourth on the list yet he has won more trophies and more individual awards than any other player. This is another prove of his supremacy over all... simply the GOAT.
TNSB
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You people should stop doing all this, the more you try to give Ronaldo and his followers hope the more we know how Messi is far far better than him, so Ronaldo is 157 matches than Messi yet Messi is far far far ahead of him
chukwudera353
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Simply the greatest without a single competitor 💯💎🤍✨🔥 MIGHTY CRISTIANO ❤️
Bamzee001
514
LOOK CLOSELY 🤔
Fisco007
513
At the same time all of them are older than him King 👑 Leonel Messi salute
Mullerpelly
512
The foot rules the football world ❤️❤️👏🔟🐐
munshtembo
505
Ronald ahead of Messi, But Messi ahead of Ronaldo..
chukwudera353
439
CRISTIANO RONALDO ❤️ GREATEST THERE IS💎💎💎 GREATEST THERE WAS🔥💎 GREATEST THERE WILL EVER BE✨💎❤️ LIVING LEGEND💯🙌
ualhaji
375
Goat always be the top
muoaekmr
362
CR7 and Missi will always be remember in football as the two greatest footballers of all times ⚽
yung_breezy654
268
My opinion RONALDO and MESSI defined an ERA💯Simply the 2 football greats…They both KING’S 🤴🤴🏻In they own way
Rumawa
225
Yes, Messi is the with LESS games, but still the one with MOST. 1. Ballon d'Ors 2. European golden boots 3. Trophies 4. Golden Ball 5. Goal contributions 6. Man-of-the-match performance 7. FIFA best 8. IFFHS awards. 9. Pichichi 10. Simply the best of the bests.