When someone brings up La Liga as a topic of discussion, the first names that instantly spring to mind are Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
For nine glorious years, the two superstars lit up the Spanish top-flight with Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively.
Between 2009 and 2018, rarely a week passed in which Messi and Ronaldo didn’t score or assist a goal.
Most weeks, the pair contributed to multiple goals and that’s why their records in La Liga are firmly in the ‘superhuman’ category.
The boffins over there PopFoot have highlighted that fact by providing the 20 players with the most goal contributions in the division since the turn of the millennium.
Check out the list…
The 20 players with the most goals + assists in La Liga since 2000
20. Gerard Moreno – 133 goal contributions (104 goals, 29 assists) in 267 games
19. Raul Tamudo – 135 goal contributions (126 goals, 9 assists) in 405 games
18. Sergio Garcia – 142 goal contributions (75 goals, 67 assists) in 361 games
17. Gonzalo Higuain – 142 goal contributions (107 goals, 35 assists) in 190 games
16. Alvaro Negredo – 143 goal contributions (127 goals, 16 assists) in 333 games
15. Raul Garcia – 158 goal contributions (109 goals, 49 assists) in 555 games
14. Diego Forlan – 163 goal contributions (128 goals, 35 assists) in 240 games
13. Roberto Soldado – 165 goal contributions (129 goals, 36 assists) in 324 games
12. Xavi Hernandez – 166 goal contributions (57 goals, 109 assists) in 464 games
11. Raul Gonzalez – 170 goal contributions (127 goals, 43 assists) in 334 games
10. Iago Aspas – 177 goal contributions (132 goals, 45 assists) in 281 games
9. Joaquin – 179 goal contributions (76 goals, 103 assists) in 598 games
8. Samuel Eto’o – 212 goal contributions (162 goals, 50 assists) in 277 games
7. Aritz Aduriz – 217 goal contributions (168 goals, 49 assists) in 443 games
6. Antoine Griezmann – 217 goal contributions (159 goals, 58 assists) in 421 games
5. David Villa – 233 goal contributions (185 goals, 48 assists) in 352 games
4. Luis Suarez – 252 goal contributions (178 goals, 74 assists) in 258 games
3. Karim Benzema – 330 goal contributions (219 goals, 111 assists) in 415 games
2. Cristiano Ronaldo – 407 goal contributions (311 goals, 96 assists) in 292 games
- Lionel Messi – 666 goal contributions (474 goals, 192 assists) in 520 games
Yeah, Messi and Ronaldo are aliens, it’s the only explanation.
Messi has 259 more goal contributions than any other player, which is frankly obscene.
But Ronaldo’s record is almost as eye-catching when you factor in that he only played 292 La Liga games.
Benzema has featured in 123 more, but has 77 fewer goal contributions.
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