Some players are famous for scoring goals, while some are famous for creating. However, sometimes football teams are blessed with such players who can do both things. There are players with incredible goalscoring skills as well as creative skills and these players are rare. They bring so much value to the team that they become irreplaceable. In this article, we look at the players who have had the most goal contributions since 2001.

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Players with the most goal contributions (2001-2010)

Year	Player	Teams	Goals + Assists
2001	Rivaldo	Barcelona, Brazil	46
2002	Raul	Real Madrid, Spain	42
2003	Thierry Henry	Arsenal, France	60
2004	Thierry Henry	Arsenal, France	55
2005	R. Makay	Bayern, Netherlands	51
2006	Ronaldinho	Barcelona, Brazil	50
2007	F. Totti	AS Roma, Italy	47
2008	L. Toni	Bayern, Italy	50
2009	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	56
2010	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	58

Two decades earlier from the present the table looks well shuffled with no names popping off more than twice. However, little that we knew the 2009 season was just the start of the little magician's dominance in world football. His impact on Pep Guardiola's Barcelona team was simply incomparable.

Thierry Henry is the only other player than Messi who managed to be the top contributor twice in consecutive seasons. He was part of the golden generation of Arsenal who won the Premier League title undefeated.

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Players with the most goal contributions (2011-2023)

Year	Player	Teams	Goals + Assists
2011	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	77
2012	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	104
2013	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	76
2014	C. Ronaldo	Real Madrid, Portugal	68
2015	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	88
2016	Luis Suarez	Barcelona, Uruguay	81
2017	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	72
2018	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	63
2019	Lionel Messi	Barcelona, Argentina	71
2020	R. Lewandowski	Bayern, Poland	65
2021	R. Lewandowski	Bayern, Poland	56
2022	Kylian Mbappe	PSG, France	65
2023	Erling Haaland	Manchester City, Norway	60

Clearly in the two charts, Lionel Messi is simply the most dominant player in the world. He has appeared a record 9 times in the list more than any player during this time period. However, Luis Suarez was the only player who sneaked into the table during the prime time of Messi and Ronaldo.

Lionel Messi's 2012 season still remains a record for the most goals scored in a calendar year (91). Erling Haaland had a fantastic 2022-23 season with Manchester City as he won the European treble and scored 52 goals.

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