Footballers with most goals in a calendar year in the 21st century: 1️⃣ 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi in 2012 - 91 Goals. 2️⃣ 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013 - 69 Goals. 3️⃣ 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski in 2021 - 69 Goals. 4️⃣ 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo in 2012 - 63 Goals. 5️⃣ 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014 - 61 Goals. 6️⃣ 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo in 2011 - 60 Goals. 7️⃣ 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi in 2010 - 60 Goals. 8️⃣ 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi in 2016 - 59 Goals. 9️⃣ 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi in 2011 - 59 Goals. 🔟 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi in 2