The following is a look at Argentina captain Lionel Messi's career by the 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
World Cup player of the match awards (first given in 2002)
7
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
1
(Compiled by Aadi Nair and Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, Tommy Lund in Gdansk, Editing by Toby Davis and Ed Osmond)