most free kick goals in soccer history

Lionel Messi has tallied the most career free kick goals in Europe's top five leagues, with 30 free kick goals in LaLiga and Ligue 1.

Interpreted as:
most free kick goals by a player in soccer history
NAME FK G M MIN START G/M A G+A PK SH SOT WOOD TCH TCH-BOX OFF
1 Lionel Messi
L. Messi
30
253
301
25,538
282
0.84
125
378
28
1,463
677
76
24,364
1,513
103
2 James Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
17
56
350
26,140
290
0.16
43
99
15
409
180
11
19,204
266
5
3 Dani Parejo
D. Parejo
12
63
377
31,601
359
0.17
61
124
31
370
161
17
29,043
221
12
4 Miralem Pjanić
M. Pjanić
11
30
208
15,031
172
0.14
50
80
1
282
102
13
15,602
118
6
5 Paulo Dybala
P. Dybala
11
126
322
22,592
266
0.39
66
192
33
917
332
31
17,312
833
89
6 Aleksandar Kolarov
A. Kolarov
10
23
189
15,422
168
0.12
21
44
5
283
80
13
14,248
194
13
7 Hakan Çalhanoğlu
H. Çalhanoğlu
10
67
338
25,567
311
0.20
73
140
21
834
271
26
21,727
497
32
8 Maximilian Arnold
M. Arnold
10
34
337
27,393
308
0.10
38
72
3
449
160
8
19,889
123
14
9 James Maddison
J. Maddison
9
56
221
16,462
190
0.25
47
103
2
485
171
9
12,214
622
27
10 Vincenzo Grifo
V. Grifo
9
66
257
18,697
218
0.26
64
130
26
502
206
12
12,827
584
45
11 Nabil Fekir
N. Fekir
9
74
269
20,216
240
0.28
50
124
12
690
290
22
14,477
901
130
12 Christian Eriksen
C. Eriksen
8
51
324
23,565
266
0.16
70
121
0
670
236
21
20,354
416
12
13 Antoine Griezmann
A. Griezmann
8
158
383
29,261
344
0.41
70
228
12
850
373
28
18,071
1,142
186
14 Simone Verdi
S. Verdi
8
37
245
13,448
157
0.15
28
65
7
399
135
13
8,430
296
34
15 Cristiano Biraghi
C. Biraghi
8
15
333
26,928
304
0.05
34
49
2
246
70
9
20,808
267
25
16 Alexis Sánchez
A. Sánchez
7
95
301
18,777
208
0.32
55
150
7
635
259
20
13,879
878
149
17 Ángel di María
Á. di María
7
64
250
17,161
204
0.26
83
147
2
630
231
22
14,649
731
78
18 Dimitri Payet
D. Payet
7
64
271
20,448
233
0.24
83
147
15
541
193
18
15,913
493
19
19 Iago Aspas
I. Aspas
7
152
349
27,026
304
0.44
55
207
37
764
347
30
15,646
1,349
131
20 David Alaba
D. Alaba
7
19
269
21,878
247
0.07
22
41
0
248
80
8
21,205
260
18
21 Neymar Jr
N. Jr
7
141
209
17,668
199
0.67
74
215
30
700
322
32
17,655
1,005
98
22 Téji Savanier
T. Savanier
6
48
195
16,506
191
0.25
42
90
26
425
162
12
14,487
246
7
23 Enis Bardhi
E. Bardhi
6
23
148
9,921
106
0.16
12
35
2
240
73
8
6,206
203
20
24 Trent Alexander-Arnold
T. Alexander-Arnold
6
18
255
20,541
233
0.07
64
82
0
320
80
12
22,188
429
33
25 Memphis Depay
M. Depay
6
87
233
15,057
165
0.37
48
135
15
588
251
11
10,322
867
73
StatMuse has season-level data for free kick goals going back to the 2014-15 season.

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24
4
5
57
76
2
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22
6
5
35
72
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18
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16
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60
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14
10
8
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Thu
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1
Liverpool Liverpool
24
7
2
44
79
2
Arsenal Arsenal
18
13
3
34
67
3
Man City Man City
18
7
9
23
61
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Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
18
6
9
14
60
5
Newcastle Newcastle
18
5
10
18
59
6
Chelsea Chelsea
16
9
8
18
57
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Barcelona Barcelona
24
4
5
57
76
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
22
6
5
35
72
3
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
18
9
5
26
63
4
Athletic Club Athletic Club
16
12
5
24
60
5
Villarreal Villarreal
14
10
8
10
52
6
Real Betis Real Betis
14
9
9
5
51
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Bayern Bayern
22
6
2
58
72
2
Leverkusen Leverkusen
18
10
2
29
64
3
Frankfurt Frankfurt
15
7
8
16
52
4
Leipzig Leipzig
13
10
7
10
49
5
Freiburg Freiburg
14
6
10
-4
48
6
Mainz Mainz
13
8
9
12
47
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Inter Inter
21
8
4
40
71
2
Napoli Napoli
21
8
4
27
71
3
Atalanta Atalanta
19
7
7
36
64
4
Bologna Bologna
16
12
5
15
60
5
Juventus Juventus
15
14
4
18
59
6
Lazio Lazio
17
8
8
12
59
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1
PSG PSG
24
6
0
55
78
2
Marseille Marseille
17
4
9
20
55
3
Monaco Monaco
16
6
8
22
54
4
Lille Lille
15
8
7
15
53
5
Nice Nice
14
9
7
18
51
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Lyon Lyon
15
6
9
17
51

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
3/27
LYO LYO
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RCS RCS
2-4
Fri
3/28
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RSO RSO
1-2
Fri
3/28
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Fri
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Thu
4/24
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1:00 PM
Thu
4/24
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LEG LEG
1:00 PM
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4/24
RAY RAY
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ATM ATM
3:30 PM
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4/24
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BET BET
3:30 PM
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4/25
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VFB VFB
2:30 PM