Lionel Messi: Barcelona striker's goal record in numbers

Lionel Messi is La Liga's all-time leading goalscorer after scoring a hat-trick in Saturday's 5-1 thrashing of Sevilla.

Messi had been one short of the record for over a month but finally matched Telmo Zarra's 251 league goals with a fantastic free-kick, before adding two more after the break.

The 27-year-old Argentine has scored 368 goals for Barcelona, the only senior club he has ever played for.

Messi magic: Where the goals were scored
Season	Inside box	Outside box	Free-kicks	Penalties
2004-05	1	0	0	0
2005-06	6	0	0	0
2006-07	13	1	0	0
2007-08	5	1	0	4
2008-09	16	3	1	3
2009-10	27	5	1	1
2010-11	22	4	1	4
2011-12	37	0	3	10
2012-13	35	4	3	4
2013-14	15	5	2	6
2014-15	9	0	1	0

Top 10 La Liga highest goalscorers
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2004-present	253
Telmo Zarra (Athletic Bilbao) 1940-55	251
Hugo Sanchez (Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano) 1981-94	234
Raul (Real Madrid) 1994-2010	228
Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid, Espanyol) 1953-66	227
Cesar Rodriguez (Granada, Barcelona, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Elche) 1939-55	223
Quini (Sporting Gijon, Barcelona) 1970-87	219
Pahino (Celta Vigo, Real Madrid, Deportivo La Coruna) 1943-56	210
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 2009-present	197
Edmundo Suarez (Valencia, Alcoyano) 1939-50	195

1 May 2005: A star is born as a fresh-faced Lionel Messi, aged 17 years, 10 months and seven days, announces himself with his first La Liga goal, against Albacete

10 March 2007: The boy becomes a man as Messi, aged 19, delivers his first La Liga hat-trick... against Real Madrid

5 May 2012: Messi writes his name into La Liga's record books by becoming the first player to score 50 times in a single league season after netting four against Espanyol

27 January 2013: Messi celebrates with team-mates Xavi Hernandez (left) and Carles Puyol after scoring four against Osasuna to pass the 200-goal mark in La Liga

30 March 2013: The man who cannot stop scoring... Messi finds the net for the 19th consecutive La Liga game against Celta Vigo

Champagne moments: Messi has won six La Liga titles at Barcelona since making his debut in 2004, scoring a combined total of 141 goals in those triumphant campaigns

22 November 2014: Lionel Messi levels, breaks and extends the record with his hat-trick against Sevilla

Messi's records
La Liga top scorer: 253	Barcelona's top goalscorer: 368
Champions League top scorer:71 (joint with Raul)	Most goals in a La Liga season: 50
Most goals in a season: 68	Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 21
Most Ballon d'Ors: 4	Most goals in a single European Cup game: 5 (joint with Luiz Adriano)
Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 (with Gerd Muller)	Most goals in Clasicos: 21
Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season :8	Most goals in Club World Cup: 4 (held jointly with Denilson)
Most goals in a calendar year: 91