Barcelona & Real Madrid: The highest-scoring seasons in the 21st century

The attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar is arguably the greatest ever assembled in football history.

During their three seasons together at Barcelona, the South American superstars scored and assisted goals for fun.

No defence on the planet was safe when they came up against the famous ‘MSN’ trident and they’re also the main reason why the Blaugrana won the treble in 2014/15.

That season, Barcelona finished with 175 goals scored across all competitions, the club’s most prolific campaign out of the three in which Messi, Suarez and Neymar played together.

But amazingly, that enormous tally of goals is only the sixth-most by a single team operating in one of Europe’s top 15 leagues during the 21st century.

Don’t believe us? Well, we’ve got the evidence to prove that we’re not lying thanks to the folks over at Transfermarkt.

They’ve drawn up a list featuring the 10 most prolific seasons by a single team since the turn of the millennium and unsurprisingly, Barcelona feature heavily.

10. Barcelona (2016/17) – 171 goals

9. Paris Saint-Germain (2017/18) – 171 goals

8. Barcelona (2015/16) – 173 goals

7. Real Madrid (2016/17) – 173 goals

6. Barcelona (2014/15) – 175 goals

5. Real Madrid (2011/12) – 175 goals

4. Manchester City (2018/19) – 176 goals

3. Ajax (2018/19) – 179 goals

2. Red Bull Salzburg (2013/14) – 181 goals

Do not adjust your screen, Pep Guardiola‘s Barcelona side really did score 190 goals across all competitions in 2011/12 and guess what? Messi was responsible for 73 of them – and he also assisted a further 32 of them, utter madness.

Real Madrid are the only other side along with the Blaugrana to feature on the list more than once, with Manchester City (another team coached by Guardiola) the sole