Kammala wannan jumla: Messi ya ci kwallaye 23 a wasannin neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama na biyu a jerin 'yan wasan da suka fi cin kwallaye a wasannin neman shiga gasar a CONMEBOL, bayan tsohon abokin wasansa na Barcelona Luis Suárez. Ya zura kwallaye goma sha uku a Copa América, yana jagorantar tawagarsa zuwa nasara a gasar cin kofin na 2021, kuma ya zama na biyu a 2007, 2015, da
Shekarar 2016. A gasar ta 2015, an yi zargin cewa ya ƙi kyautar Mafi Kyawun Mai kunnawa kuma an cire kofin daga bikin, kodayake ya ci nasara kuma ya karɓi girmamawa a 2021.