Messi led the league for shots, through balls and big chances created, outperforming his expected goals by more than six. He’s 13 goals over ‘average’ since joining Miami, keeping up the kind of finishing overperformance that has been a through line across his career.

Inter Miami start Lionel Messi was presented his Major League Soccer Golden Boot Award by commissioner Don Garber during a brief, on-field ceremony prior to Game 1 of the first-round playoff series against Nashville SC.

Lionel Messi shares a long history with the city of Barcelona, Spain, for his time at FC Barcelona. Messi is a club legend at FC Barcelona and is considered by many as the greatest player in the club's history.