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Only player to provide at least one assist in four and five different World Cup tournaments and most consecutive World Cup tournaments with at least one assist: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 [336] Most Player of the Match awards won at the World Cup finals : 11 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018, 5 in 2022)
Player to win top scorer awards in most continents: 3 – Isidro Lángara, 1930–1948 [note 39] Player to win top scorer awards in most first tier national leagues: 4 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [141] [note 40] Most domestic top scorer awards: 15 – Romário, 1985–2009 [142] [note 41] [note 42]
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the UEFA Champions League (140 goals), and the record for most goals in the UEFA European Championship (14), its qualification stage (40), and the FIFA Club World Cup (7), as well as most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League season (17 in ...
FIFA started officially keeping track of assists in World Cup tournaments at the 1994 edition. [11] This was popularly ascribed to the popularity of detailed sports statistics among fans. [11] 1994 was also the first World Cup in which assists were used as a tie-breaker in determining the Golden Shoe award for top scorer.
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total ...
Most assists in a Ligue 1 season: 18 – Ángel Di María in 2015–16 (National Record). [56] Most assists in a UEFA competitions season: 7 – Zlatan Ibrahimović in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. [68] Most assists in a season (all official competitions): 24 – Safet Sušić in 1984–85 and Ángel Di María in 2015–16. [67]
Most assists provided at the FIFA World Cup: 8 – Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi [16] Most assists provided in CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup qualification matches: 13 – Lionel Messi Most Copa América tournaments assisted in: 7 – Lionel Messi in 2007 , 2011 , 2015 , 2016 , 2019 , 2021 and 2024
Between the years 1960 and 2008, and since 2024, the Golden Boot has been awarded to the top goalscorer(s) of each edition of the UEFA European Championship. [ 16 ] From 2012 to 2020, the number of assists contributed by players was used as a tie-breaker if more than one player scored the same number of goals, with fewest minutes played used as ...