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)

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 in 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 (2011-2020)

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 in 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 calender year (91). Robert Lewandowski is the latest introduction in the list when he guided his team to a Inter Continental Treble and eventually ending up with Sextuple.