Lionel Messi has now scored 600 goals for Barcelona.A number of remarkable statistics have emerged since Messi's brace against Liverpool, but joining an exclusive club of strikers to surpass 600 goals is surely the best of the lot.The moment his free-kick flew past the hand of Alisson Becker, the great Argentine equalled the goal-scoring tally of Cristiano Ronaldo and closed in on the likes of Pele and Romario.Depending on your definition of 'official goals', it's believed that Gerd Muller, Ferenc Puskas and Josef Bican also join Messi with six centuries at the footballing crease.Of course, Messi has spent the entirety of his club career at Barcelona, meaning that each and every goal propels him further above Cesar Rodriguez Alvarez in the scoring charts.

Messi reaches 600 goals

In fact, when you consider his closest rivals all fall short of 300 goals, it shows that Messi is quite literally head and shoulders above Barcelona's greatest forwards.

That's certainly impressive in itself, but how does Messi compare to some of the other club-record scorers around Europe?

For a little bit of context, Messi's total of 600 goals is actually better than Ian Rush and Wayne Rooney's respective records for Manchester United and Liverpool combined.

Messi vs club-record scorers

However, sorry Premier League fans, but those great goal-scorers aren't the most prolific strikers on the continent and Messi faces closer competition from elsewhere.

Bearing this in mind, Barcelona jumped on the recent trend of live graphics to show how Messi has compared to the most prolific club-record scorers in Europe.

Beginning in Messi's debut season, it shows how the young forward hunts down legends like Thierry Henry, Francesco Totti and Jimmy Greaves on his way to taking over.

Watch the full graphic down below:

Incredible stuff and especially when you consider Messi could be playing for another half-decade.

Now, let's address the elephant in the room, Ronaldo would be sharing first place if all his club goals were scored with the same team but his Real Madrid tally remains very impressive.

However, even if we include Ronaldo's goals with Manchester United and Juventus, the 34-year-old has reached the same number in 118 more games than his rival.

Either way you look at it, though, the statistics reiterate that Messi is one of the greatest players we've ever seen and he can mix it with legends from almost every era.

In terms of the overall world-record for goals at a single club, Messi is now getting closer to the 643 official goals that Pele amassed during his time with Santos.

If Messi can surpass that number, beat Ronaldo to it and stay on top of the rest of his career, surely we can call him the greatest of all-time without debate?

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