Lionel Messi is 15th & Cristiano Ronaldo is 8th in top 5 leagues all-time top scorers. Spurs’ Greaves #1

(NOTE: The table has not been updated since last weekend’s matches, so the data is slightly skewed as explained below)

Following another weekend in which goalscoring records tumbled in La Liga, the excellent stat guru @MisterChiping has gone about working out who are the leading goalscorers in Europe’s top 5 leagues of all-time.

Despite having broken the Spanish scoring record registering his 253rd goal as an FC Barcelona player, Lionel Messi is currently only the 15th highest scorer in the history books.

Messi’s chief rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, sits 8th in the list having scored a total of 282 goals for Manchester United and Real Madrid.

More contemporary players in the list include Real Madrid legend Raul (12th) and Newcastle god Alan Shearer (7th).

Sitting in top spot, however, in a Tottenham living legend, with the great Jimmy Greaves on top of the pile.

Aside from playing for Spurs, Greave bagged 9 goals for AC Milan in the 1961 season.