Football Stats: Most 50+ goals scored in a calendar year

Maintaining a good goal-scoring streak is hard, but scoring 50+ goals in a calendar year and that too for more than once is very difficult. But some players are there who have made goalscoring look easy. Currently, Lionel Messi is the only player who has managed to score 50+ goals 9 times in a calendar year. But he is not the only one who managed to score 50+ goals on multiple occasions. So let us look at the Football Stats of Most 50+ goals scored in a calendar year.

Football stats: Most 50+ goals scored in a calendar year:

#5. Josef Bican - 4 Times

Josef Bican hails from Austria and has been considered one of the greatest Goal-Scorers of all time. However, there are claims that he has scored over 1800 goals but officially he has 801 goals to his name. To add more to his credit, Bican has scored 50+ goals in a calendar year 4 times in his career.

#4. Pele - 5 Times

Brazilian legend Pele is one of the players who have maintained a constant goal-scoring record. He is one of the few players with the highest number of goals in their career. Pele scored 50+ goals 5 times and all for Santos in competitive matches.

#3. Gerd Muller - 5 Times

One of the iconic German strikers Gerd Muller was and is still known for his goal-scoring prowess. He also held the record for most goals in a season (42 goals in 1972) which was recently broken by Lewandowski. Still, Gerd Muller managed to maintain this record for an unbelievable 49 years. Moreover, not only that Gerd Muller also scored 50+ goals in a calendar year 5 times as well. 

#2. Cristiano Ronaldo - 7 Times

The Portuguese superstar is the only active Goal-Scorer in the world with 115 international goals. He is also the only player to cross the 800 mark and currently is the only active player with the most goals in his career. A goal-scoring machine, Cristiano Ronaldo has been an exceptional player throughout his career and provides brilliant performances in whichever jersey he puts on. He has scored 50+ goals 7 times in a calendar year.

#1. Lionel Messi - 9 Times

The Argentine magician is one of the greatest players of all time. His performances throughout his Barcelona career took the football world by storm. During his peak years, he was a ruthless goal scorer who used to score from the tightest possible angles as well. His skills on the pitch were eye-catching and were well-cherished by football fans all over the globe. After a fruitful career in Barcelona, Messi moved to PSG to explore more. But this Barcelona legend is the only player in the world who managed to score 50+ goals on 9 occasions including a record-breaking 91 goals in a calendar year (2012) breaking the previous record of 85 held by Gerd Muller.