Factbox- Messi by numbers

The following is a look at Argentina captain Lionel Messi’s career by numbers:
499 million : Global followers on social media platforms Facebook and Instagram (over 10 times the population of Argentina)
$120 million : Messi’s estimated earnings for the 2022-23 season before taxes and agents’ fees, according to Forbes.
$26.60 million : Messi’s estimated transfer value, according to Swiss research group CIES Football Observatory.
2,315 : Minutes played in the World Cup. No one has played more.
853 : Club matches for Barcelona B, Barcelona, and Paris St Germain
701 : Club goals for Barcelona B, Barcelona, and Paris St Germain
172 : International caps
98 : International goals
37 : Club trophies won
35 : Age
26 : Matches played at the World Cup (Overall record)
19 : Appearances as captain in the World Cup — a record
16 : World Cup match victories (Germany’s Miroslav Klose has 17). Does not include penalty shootout wins.
16 years : The gap between his first and latest World Cup goals
13 : World Cup goals (Argentine record)
11 : Player of the match awards (first given in 2002)
7 : Ballons d’Or
6 : Men to have played in five World Cups – Messi, Lothar Matthaeus, Antonio Carbajal, Rafa Marquez, Andres Guardado and Cristiano Ronaldo
6 : Assists in the knockout phase of World Cups
5 : World Cups played in and assisted in
2 : World Cup finals
1 : Copa America trophy
1 : World Cup winners’ medals