New game and new record for Lionel Messi. The Argentine star will play this Saturday, against Alavés, his 505th game in the league competition, equaling the historical record of Xavi Hernandez. In Barca, Andrés Iniesta closes the podium, who played a total of 442.
These 505 Messi games in the First Division make it also enter the historic Top-10 of the competition. Taking into account all the teams in the League, the one who leads this historical ranking is the former Blue Andoni Zubizarreta, who played 622 First Division games between Athletic Club, Barça and Valencia.
Behind are Joaquín (still active), Raúl González, Eusebio Sacristán, Paco Buyo, Manolo Sanchís, Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos, also active and with 507 games in the First Division.
Another record in sight
The number of games played in the League is not the last record in which Messi can surpass Xavi in the coming weeks. In fact, he has only eight games to go to match him in one of the most emblematic historical classifications: that of total games played with the Barça first team. Since 2015, Xavi leads this statistic with 767 games dressed as a Barça player, while now Messi has already added 759 official commitments with Barça.
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