Messi won the Pichichi Trophy for the fourth time in a row. All in all, he won for the seventh time, beating former Spanish forward Telmo Zarra. The Athletic Bilbao legend set a record by winning Pichichi a total of six times between 1945 and 1953.
Barcelona beat Deportivo Alaves 5-0 on Sunday. Messi scored a pair of goals. He is the highest scorer with a total of 25 goals. Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema, who won two titles, with 21 goals.
Messi is the third player after former Real-Atletico compatriots Alfredo Di Stefano and Hugo Sanchez to have picked Pichichi in four consecutive seasons. Argentine superstar, six-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi has been winning it continuously since the 2016-17 season.
Messi also set a new record for scoring goals with teammates this season. Xavi Hernandez broke the record set in the 2008-09 season, and the Barcelona captain scored 21 goals with his teammates in the recent season.
The 🐐 does it again!https://t.co/AZQdzid0BI
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 20, 2020
However, despite winning the Pichichi Trophy, Barcelona lost the La Liga title. The Catalans lost the title to arch-rivals Real a match earlier. However, Messi is once again at the top of the personal craft award. He has set a new record in assists as well as winning Pichichi.
2009-10: 34 goals in 35 matches, average 0.971 per match
2011-12: 50 goals in 37 matches, average 1.351 per match
2012-13: 46 goals in 32 matches, averaging 1.438 per match
2016-17: 37 goals in 34 matches, average 1.088 per match
2017-18: 34 goals in 36 matches, average 0.944 per match
2018-19: 36 goals in 34 matches, average 1.056 per match
2019-20: 25 goals in 33 matches, average 0.758 per match
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