Ranking the top 5 goalscorers for Barcelona in the last decade

Barcelona's fabled 'MSN troika has been prolific for the club in the last decade.
Barcelona's fabled 'MSN troika has been prolific for the club in the last decade.

#3 Neymar - 105 goals

Neymar was involved in nearly 200 goals in just four years for Barcelona.
Neymar was involved in nearly 200 goals in just four years for Barcelona.

There was plenty of doubt over how Messi and Neymar could play together at Barcelona. But the South American duo gelled brilliantly during the Brazilian's first year at the club and elevated their games following the arrival of Luis Suarez in 2014.

Although he was a regular name on the scoresheet, Neymar was more of a creator for Messi and Suarez, putting things on a plate for the duo to feed on.

Despite playing for only four years at the Camp Nou, the winger departed for PSG in 2017, having tallied 105 goals and 76 assists in 186 games, winning eight trophies, including a continental treble.


#2 Luis Suarez - 198 goals

Luis Suarez became one of Barcelona's top-three goalscorers in just six years.
Luis Suarez became one of Barcelona's top-three goalscorers in just six years.

Luis Suarez has to be the best Barcelona signing of the last decade. The Uruguayan, costing £65 million from Liverpool in 2014, took to the club's system like a fish to water.

Over the next six years, he would hit peak form and consistently delivered for the Blaugrana. Suarez played a key role in their historic 2015 continental treble before lifting nine more trophies.

He tallied a total of 198 goals from 283 games, which is no mean feat. In fact, Suarez is third on the all-time list of goalscorers for Barcelona.

Despite all his accomplishments on the field, El Pistolero was deemed surplus to Barcelona's requirements last year and jettisoned to rivals Atletico Madrid. Suarez proved Barcelona were wrong to do so, scoring over 20 goals to win the La Liga title with the Rojiblancos.


#1 Lionel Messi - 492 goals

Lionel Messi has scored an average of almost 50 goals per season in the last decade/
Lionel Messi has scored an average of almost 50 goals per season in the last decade/

Could it possibly be anyone else? Lionel Messi firmly established himself as the one of the best players of all time, thanks to his imperious goalscoring exploits in the last decade, netting 492 times since the 2011-12 season.

That has resulted in not only a plethora of individual honours, but fetched numerous trophies for Barcelona too, including a continental treble in 2015.

While many would say that campaign was Lionel Messi's best of the last decade, the Argentine had registered arguably the greatest campaign by a player in history when he scored an astonishing 73 times in all competitions in 2011-12.

Although given his age, the Argentine superstar is unlikely to post such ridiculous numbers again, he remains a quality player, and is likely to be re-signed by Barcelona before the start of the 2021-22 season.

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