{"id":20049,"date":"2026-05-09T16:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/20049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:21:19","slug":"lionel-messi-luka-modric-co-barcelona-real-madrid-players-with-most-el-clasico-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/20049\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi, Luka Modri\u0107 &#038; Co. &#8211; Barcelona &#038; Real Madrid players with most El Clasico wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barca can win title at Camp Nou\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/el-clasico-spotlight-1778254141-196497.png\" title=\"Lionel Messi, Luka Modri\u0107 &amp; Co. - Barcelona &amp; Real Madrid players with most El Clasico wins\" alt=\"Lionel Messi, Luka Modri\u0107 &amp; Co. - Barcelona &amp; Real Madrid players with most El Clasico wins\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                       \u00a9TM\/IMAGO\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>No game in football boasts a bigger worldwide fanbase than the El Cl\u00e1sico between old rivals <a title=\"FC Barcelona\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/fc-barcelona\/startseite\/verein\/131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barcelona<\/a> and <a title=\"Real Madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/real-madrid\/startseite\/verein\/418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a>. Two of the most decorated clubs in the history of the game go head-to-head again at the Camp Nou this Sunday and there is plenty at stake. If Barca avoid defeat, they will win the LaLiga title against their most coveted rival. And the game comes off the back of a turbulent week for Los Blancos. <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/vergleich\/vereinsvergleich\/statistik\/131_418\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"spielervergleichLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Club Comparison<\/p>\n<p>\u20ac1.17bn<\/p>\n<p>Market Value<\/p>\n<p>\u20ac1.34bn<\/p>\n<p>            <br class=\"clearer\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First Tier<\/p>\n<p>League Level<\/p>\n<p>First Tier<\/p>\n<p>            <br class=\"clearer\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u20ac27.50m<\/p>\n<p>Expenditures 25\/26<\/p>\n<p>\u20ac167.50m<\/p>\n<p>            <br class=\"clearer\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hansi Flick<\/p>\n<p>Managers<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa<\/p>\n<p>\n                Full Club Comparison\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Midfielder <a title=\"Federico Valverde\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/federico-valverde\/profil\/spieler\/369081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Federico Valverde<\/a> went to hospital with a head injury after a dressing room row with Real Madrid team-mate <a title=\"Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/aur-lien-tchouam-ni\/profil\/spieler\/413112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aurelien Tchouam\u00e9ni<\/a>. The Uruguayan said the injury, which will keep him out of Sunday&#8217;s match against Barcelona, was caused when he &#8220;accidentally hit a table&#8221;. The pair were also thought to have had a less serious feud 24 hours prior. There have been several other training ground bust ups too in the past month. So can Barcelona capitalise and secure the title? They have a decent recent record against Real Madrid, but down the years which players have won the most El Cl\u00e1sico matches? Let&#8217;s take a look.<\/p>\n<p>\nPlayers with most El Cl\u00e1sico wins<\/p>\n<p>Leading the way, having tasted El Cl\u00e1sico glory 23 times from his 48 games is former Barca midfielder <a title=\"Ezequiel Busquets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/ezequiel-busquets\/profil\/spieler\/589687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sergio Busquets<\/a>. The Spaniard was a stalwart in midfield in one of the club&#8217;s most successful eras. In second is former Madrid man <a title=\"Paco Gento\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/paco-gento\/profil\/spieler\/170723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paco Gento<\/a>, who won 21 of his 42 El Cl\u00e1sico games in the 1950s and 60s. In third is ex Barca defender <a title=\"Gerard Piqu\u00e9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/gerard-piqu-\/profil\/spieler\/18944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gerard Piqu\u00e9<\/a> with 19 wins from 40 matches. He just edges past the great <a title=\"Lionel Messi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/lionel-messi\/profil\/spieler\/28003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lionel Messi<\/a>; the Argentina also won 18 El Cl\u00e1sico matches but from 45 fixtures. Real Madrid icon <a title=\"Alfredo Di Stefano\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/alfredo-di-stefano\/profil\/spieler\/681545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alfredo Di Stefano<\/a> is fifth ith 17 wins from 30 games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/most-el-clasico-wins-1778240013-196466.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"629\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former Barcelona midfielder and manager <a title=\"Xavi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/xavi\/profil\/spieler\/7607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xavi<\/a> is sixth with 17 wins from 42 matches. There are then three players with 16 wins. The legendary midfield duo of <a title=\"Andr\u00e9s Iniesta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/andr-s-iniesta\/profil\/spieler\/7600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andr\u00e8s Iniesta<\/a> and <a title=\"Luka Modri\u0107\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/luka-modri-\/profil\/spieler\/27992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luka Modri\u0107<\/a> both won 16 of their 28 El Cl\u00e1sico matches. Former Madrid player <a title=\"Manolo Sanch\u00eds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/manolo-sanch-s\/profil\/spieler\/120627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manolo Sanch\u00eds<\/a> is tenth, after boasting an impressive record of 15 wins from 23 games against Barcelona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barca can win title at Camp Nou\u00a0 \u00a9TM\/IMAGO No game in football boasts a bigger worldwide fanbase than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1055,2531,92,10756,223,640,930,557,85,332,2011,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-20049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-alvaro-arbeloa","9":"tag-aurelien-tchouameni","10":"tag-barcelona","11":"tag-ezequiel-busquets","12":"tag-fc-barcelona","13":"tag-federico-valverde","14":"tag-hansi-flick","15":"tag-kylian-mbappe","16":"tag-laliga","17":"tag-lionel-messi","18":"tag-luka-modric","19":"tag-real-madrid"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}