Lionel Messi has officially surpassed Pele as the all-time leading goalscorer.Despite a disappointing first season with Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi is now the second greatest goalscorer in football history. Messi joined PSG as a free agent last summer and helped them win Ligue 1, although he only scored six league goals in 26 games.
In the Champions League, he did much better, scoring five goals in just seven games. That's a total of 11 goals, bringing his career total to a remarkable 764.
That puts him two ahead of Pele, the Brazilian icon who (we emphasize) scored 762 goals in three decades.
He'll be hard pressed to overtake Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 813 goals in his career.
However, the Argentina international has a chance to become only the second player in history to score 800 goals.
Check out the full IFFHS list below:
Franz Binder (Austria/Germany) is ranked 23rd with 502 goals.
Imre Schlosser (Hungary) is ranked 22nd with 504 goals.
Hugo Sanchez (Mexico) is number 21 with 507 goals.
Roberto Dinamite (Brazil) is ranked 20th with 511 goals.
Luis Suarez (Uruguay) is the 19th best goal scorer in the world with 520 goals.
Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary) is ranked 18th with 526 goals.
Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Spain) is ranked 17th with 530 goals.
Uwe Seeler (Germany) is ranked 16th with 551 goals.
Jimmy McGrory (Scotland) is in 15th place with 552 goals.
Fernando Peyroteo (Portugal) is 14th with 553 goals.
Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic has 560 goals.
Glenn Ferguson (Northern Ireland) is in 12th place with 561 goals.
11. Robert Lewandowski (563 goals) (Poland)
Joe Bambrick (Northern Ireland) is ranked 10th with 616 goals.
Eusebio (Portugal) is ranked ninth with 619 goals.
Gerd Muller (Germany) is ranked eighth with 634 goals.
Jimmy Jones (Northern Ireland) is ranked seventh with 647 goals.
Josef Bican (Austria/Czechoslovakia) is in sixth place with 720 goals.
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary) is in fifth place with 729 goals.
Romario (Brazil) is in fourth place with 755 goals.
Pele (Brazil) is third with 762 goals.
Lionel Messi (Argentina) is second with 764 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) ranks number one with 813 goals.
Back at Manchester United, Ronaldo enjoyed a successful season, scoring 24 goals in all competitions.
United, on the other hand, finished sixth in the Premier League, missing out on a place in the Champions League.
Their final point total of 58 was also the club's lowest ever.
However, he has pledged his future to the Red Devils and is eager to work with new boss Erik ten Hag.
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