Messi 600: The Opta breakdown
A day after Cristiano Ronaldo passed 300 LaLiga goals, Lionel Messi netted for the 600th time in his career for Barcelona v Atletico Madrid.
Lionel Messi celebrated yet another milestone on Sunday with his 600th career goal as Barcelona met Atletico Madrid in a crucial top-of-the-table LaLiga clash.
The 30-year-old came into the game at Camp Nou on 599 for club and country and reached the latest landmark of a phenomenal career in the 26th minute.
After being brought down by Thomas Partey 25 yards out, Messi curled a sumptuous trademark free-kick over the wall and into the top-right corner, Jan Oblak unable to keep it out despite getting a hand to the effort.
Messi's 600 was brought up a day after great rival Cristiano Ronaldo reached 300 LaLiga goals, the Real Madrid superstar netting a brace in Saturday's 3-1 home win over Getafe.
Below, we crunch the Opta numbers behind Messi's latest milestone.
96 - Nearly one in six of Messi's goals have come from outside the box, proving he is a threat from almost anywhere on the field.
77 - Although more fallible from the spot than someone of his quality ought to be, Messi still has 77 successful penalties to his name. He has also netted from 39 free-kicks.
42 - The most frequent provider of Messi's goals is Dani Alves, now plying his trade at Paris Saint-Germain. Of Messi's current team-mates, Andres Iniesta (36) has supplied him with the most assists.