1. Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 34 goals (68)
1. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) The 33-year-old Polish centre-forward has scored the most goals this year, 69 in 55 appearances. He was also nominated for the Ballon d'Or but lost it to Lionel Messi.
1. Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 33 goals (66)
Hyderabad FC's Bartholomew Ogbeche won the Golden Boot award for the 2021-22 season with 19 goals in 23 games. Hyderabad FC's Bartholomew Ogbeche won the Golden Boot award for the 2021-22 season with 19 goals in 23 games.
Lionel Messi has won the most Golden Boot in history. He did it 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 season. His rival Cristiano Ronaldo has won it 4 times in 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14 and 2014–15.
Cristiano Ronaldo remains the most successful player in this category having won the award a record seven times. His rival Lionel Messi comes second in the list, having won the boot on six occasions.
This meant that in 2021, Ronaldo scored an impressive 14 goals in 20 appearances for Man Utd. The year 2022 did not start as well as the previous one ended, though.
While Ronaldo currently has more goals overall, Messi has the edge in the scoring department, with a higher season average (39.5 to 35), having hit a high of 73 goals in 2011-12.
Since scoring on his debut for the Brazil national team against the United States on 10 August 2010, Neymar has gone on to record 71 goals in 117 international appearances, making him Brazil's second all-time men's scorer behind Pelé; he surpassed Ronaldo's total of 62 goals with a hat-trick in a 2022 FIFA World Cup ...
Ronaldo does boast more of FIFA's new 'The Best' awards and has been crowned UEFA Player of the Year on more occasions, but Messi has won more league Player of the Year accolades. Of course, it must be said that Ronaldo has won the Player of the Year award in England, Spain and Italy.
Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona
For over a decade, La Pulga Atómica (Atomic Flea) has remained at the top of this list. In fact, sensational stats and the season have become second nature to him. For any player, it's the season of a lifetime. For Lionel Messi, it was business as usual.
The Guinness World Record for the most goals scored in a specified period is 1,281 by the Brazilian great Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Pele scored these goals between September 7th, 1956, and October 1st, 1977 — a period of 1,363 matches.
The king of football in 2021 was Bundesliga star Robert Lewandowski who ended the calendar year with 69 goals in 59 matches across all competitions. His heroics saw Bayern Munich end their league campaign as the winners.
1. Robert Lewandowski. Bayern Munich's striker, Robert Lewandowski has 46 goals in the 2020/21 season.
However, given the Portuguese footballer's insane goal-scoring record, Cristiano Ronaldo was the god of football in 2020.
Cristiano Ronaldo has won most awards (4), one Golden Ball and three Silver Balls. Brazilian players have won the most Golden Balls, amassing five. They also hold the record for the most Silver and Bronze Balls with six and five, respectively.
When you see Messi you see the essence of football how it was in it's starting form . But he's doing this in a football which is going every day fast and faster . They snatched The Golden boot from CR7 to Messi again.