Barcelona Sets New 21st Century Scoring Record Surpassing Even Messi’s Teams

Barcelona has kicked off the season in a way few of their historic attacking squads ever did. Under Hansi Flick, they have already netted 36 goals in just eight official matches—an unprecedented tally for the club at this stage.

This goal haul ranks as the second-best in La Liga history, only surpassed by Sevilla's 1940/41 team. The breakdown of these goals reveals an even more impressive story.

Multiple Goal Performances Highlight Barcelona’s Potency

Before the season fully settled, Barcelona had already recorded seven braces and two hat-tricks. This means nine occasions where individual players scored multiple times in a single match, a remarkable frequency.

Raphinha and Lamine Yamal Lead the Charge

Aside from a 2-0 win over Athletic Club, Barcelona scored three or more goals in every La Liga and Champions League match so far. Raphinha stands out with 14 goals, including braces against Elche, Rayo Vallecano, and Feyenoord, plus back-to-back hat-tricks versus Racing Santander and Sevilla.

His other strikes came against Athletic and Valencia, making him score in every game except the clash with Levante.

Lamine Yamal is close behind with seven goals. He notched braces against Rayo Vallecano, Valencia, and Levante, along with a goal against Racing. Adding four assists, he shares the top spot in Barcelona’s assist charts with Anthony Gordon.

Fermin Lopez completes the leading trio, scoring twice against Elche and adding goals against Athletic and Valencia. He found the net in three of the first four matches.

Surpassing Even the Messi Era

The high number of multi-goal games is more notable than just the total goals. According to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona’s nine multi-goal individual performances mark the best start to a season in the 21st century. Not even Lionel Messi-led teams matched this across their first eight competitive fixtures.

For example, in 2016/17, Barcelona managed four braces and two hat-tricks during the same period, totaling 14 goals from those efforts. Messi accounted for two braces and one hat-trick, Luis Suarez added one brace and one hat-trick, and Arda Turan scored twice.

Flick’s Consistent Goal-Scoring Pattern

This kind of prolific individual scoring isn't entirely new under Flick. In his first season at Barcelona, Robert Lewandowski had two braces, Yamal one, and Raphinha contributed both a brace and a hat-trick.

Last season, five braces came from Lewandowski, Raphinha, Fermin, Marcus Rashford, and Ferran Torres. What stands out now is how rapidly these performances are piling up, pushing this start into historic territory with 36 goals scored so far.