Antoine Griezmann breaks the iconic La Liga scoring record previously held by Lionel Messi under Guardiola

Lionel Messi reached its peak under Pep Guardiola bee FC Barcelonaand became an unstoppable goalscorer for one of the most dominant teams in history. Years after that defining era, Antoine Griezmann has now surpassed the Argentine star under the Spanish coach in a historic goalscoring record in La Liga.

After a slow start, Atlético Madrid have returned to the top positions in the 2025/26 La Liga season. Currently the Colchoneros collected another three points on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Levante, with Griezmann scoring twice to write his name in the competition’s history books.

With his weekend brace, Antoine Griezmann passed Lionel Messi as the player with the most The League objectives under one manager. Under Diego Simeone, the French star has now scored 140 league goals in 327 appearances for Atlético Madrid.

For comparison: Messi scored 138 goals in La Liga during his career Guardiola‘s four-year tenure at Barcelona. The biggest contrast, however, lies in efficiency: Messi needed just 126 league matches to reach that total, just over a third of the games it took Griezmann to reach the milestone.

Although Messi’s scoring rate under Guardiola was well over one goal per game, he is not the leader in that category. Christiano Ronaldo has the best mark among the top scorers of modern times, The League Games (1.13 per match) during Jose Mourinho period at Real Madrid.

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Griezmann continues to build on his Atlético Madrid legacy

Since joining Atlético Madrid from Real Sociedad in 2014, Antoine Griezmann has steadily built a remarkable legacy under Simeone. The Argentine coach immediately entrusted him to lead the attack at the age of 23And now, in his second term after a spell at Barcelona, ​​and at the age of 34, Griezmann continues to elevate his status at the club.

In a competition historically dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid, Atlético managed to break that duopoly. with Griezmann helping to capture three major trophies: the Spanish Super Cup 2014/15, the Europa League 2017/18 and the UEFA Super Cup 2018/19. The French attacker is too Atlético’s all-time top scorer with 203 goals in 461 appearancesand with his contract running through June 2027, that record will grow even further.