Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar: Who has the best goals-per-game ratio for Barcelona?

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·16 July 2022

Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar: Who has the best goals-per-game ratio for Barcelona?

Barcelona have played home to some of the finest footballers in history.

And arguably the greatest of them all, Lionel Messi, spent the majority of his glittering career dazzling supporters at Camp Nou.

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For 17 glorious years, the diminutive Argentine played football from a different planet while wearing Barcelona‘s famous jersey.

In 776 games across all competitions, Messi rippled the back of the an astonishing 670 times, the most goals ever scored by a player for one single club in the history of the beautiful game.

It’s a record that will almost certainly remain intact for decades to come.

Messi is Barcelona’s leading goalscorer by over 400 goals. The closest player to him according to Transfermarkt is Cesar Rodriguez, who has 226 to his name.

Madness, right?

Unsurprisingly, Messi also ranks very highly in terms of goals-per-game for Barcelona, although he doesn’t take top spot in that regard.

In fact, the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner has to make do with a fourth-place finish.

We know, it’s a bit of a shock.

Below, we’ve detailed the 25 players with the best goals-per-game ratios in Barcelona’s rich history and only those with 40 or more goals for the club were considered for selection.

So sadly, both Diego Maradona (38 goals) and Romario (39 goals) miss out…

The 25 players with the best goals-per-game ratios for Barcelona

25. Luis Suarez (Spain)

Goals: 79 | Goals-per-game: 0.45

24. Ronaldinho

Goals: 94 | Goals-per-game: 0.45

23. Hristo Stoichkov

Goals: 117 | Goals-per-game: 0.46

22. Justo Tejada

Goals: 92 | Goals-per-game: 0.47

21. Patrick Kluivert

Goals: 122 | Goals-per-game: 0.47

20. Jose Zaldua

Goals: 106 | Goals-per-game: 0.49

19. Moreno

Goals: 42 | Goals-per-game: 0.52

18. Quini

Goals: 74 | Goals-per-game: 0.52

17. Rivaldo

Goals: 130 | Goals-per-game: 0.55

16. Neymar

Goals: 105 | Goals-per-game: 0.56

15. Cayetano Re

Goals: 66 | Goals-per-game: 0.58

14. Josep Escola

Goals: 119 | Goals-per-game: 0.63

13. Sandor Koscis

Goals: 81 | Goals-per-game: 0.65

12. Eulogio Martinez

Goals: 106 | Goals-per-game: 0.66

11. Samuel Eto’o

Goals: 130 | Goals-per-game: 0.66

10. Cesar Rodriguez

Goals: 226 | Goals-per-game: 0.66

9. Luis Suarez (Uruguay)

Goals: 194 | Goals-per-game: 0.69

8. Evaristo

Goals: 105 | Goals-per-game: 0.70

7. Hans Krankl

Goals: 45 | Goals-per-game: 0.74

6. Lazslo Kubala

Goals: 193 | Goals-per-game: 0.76

5. Josep Samiter

Goals: 79 | Goals-per-game: 0.79

4. Lionel Messi

Goals: 670 | Goals-per-game: 0.86

3. Angel Arocha

Goals: 78 | Goals-per-game: 0.87

2. Mariano Martin

Goals: 129 | 0.90 goals-per-game

1. Ronaldo Nazario

Goals: 47 | Goals-per-game: 0.87

That’s a pretty familiar face sitting top of the pile, isn’t it?

In his one season with Barcelona, Ronaldo was ludicrously good. He won the 1996/97 European Golden Shoe, before going on to lift both the Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year in 1997.

Inter Milan…