Between January 1 and December 31, 2018, Barcelona picked up 85 points in LaLiga, scoring 101 goals and conceding 40.
Those numbers would allow them to finish the year as leaders in a hypothetical league table which only takes into account results in the calendar year.
Barcelona are ahead of Real Madrid by 11 points in that 2018 table, with Los Blancos third behind rivals Atletico Madrid.
Diego Simeone's men have ended the year as the best defence in the league by conceding the fewest amount of goals.
From the opening day of 2018 until the last, they have conceded just 26 goals, which not only makes them the best in LaLiga Santander but one of the best in the world.
Atletico have scored 58 goals during that time and picked up a total of 77 points.
Another team who have impressed this year are Alaves, who would be sixth on 60 points in a 2018 table, tied with Valencia and only one point behind Sevilla, who would occupy the final Champions League place.
Of the 17 teams who have played each of the last 12 months in the top flight, the side with the worst points record would be Athletic Club.
They have picked up just 36 points, scoring 39 goals and conceding 57.
Valladolid, Rayo Vallecano, Huesca, Deportivo, Malaga and Las Palmas played just five months in LaLiga Santander and, logically, occupy the bottom positions.
chimeka10
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forca messi is our only hope
Mightyreyes8
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Real Madrid was focused on history making accomplishments rather than 11 points, 3 UCL back2back seemed much fitting and CR7 presence played a major role.
dettaboss4l
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This is the best team in the world and we have the GOAT🐐🐐🐐
Vahcilnprs
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for real madrid re-covering that space is just a simple like A B C D and the thing is that they don't focuse on those points because they're time is to short to make more histories on the football by making back to back UCL winning and back to back winning CWC's and so on. so now let them be like that and i dnt want someone should forget that real is the top dog because barca 5 times champ of UCL winners and reals 12 times UCL and its a difference and it shows what real madrid is stand for making those kind of histories
chimeka10
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this is how you will sleep ,when messi is in your team