The 11-metre duel

Lionel Messi vs Wojciech Szczesny

Lionel Messi converts 77.0% of his career penalties; Wojciech Szczesny concedes 78.1%. Corrected for sample size and matched against each other, the goal comes out at 74.8%. Your turn to shoot.

← All duels

Sort lists
Lionel Messi

🇦🇷 Argentine117/152 scoredraw 77%adjusted 77%

VS
Wojciech Szczesny

🇵🇱 Pologne1.95 mconcedes 75/96raw 78%adjusted 79%

🎯 Click anywhere in the goal: the ball goes where you aim — click the reticle again to release.

Shootout : 0 shot

74.8%18.7%6.6%

GoalKeeper saveOff target or woodwork

Confidence high — the smaller sample in this duel is 96 penalties. Below 12, a few points of difference mean nothing.

Tale of the tape

The raw numbers, and what is left of them once corrected for sample size.

Lionel MessiStatisticWojciech Szczesny
152Penalties96
77%Raw rate78%
77%Adjusted rate79%
74.8%Head to head25.2%

More duels

Lionel Messi vs Thibaut CourtoisLionel Messi vs Emiliano MartínezLionel Messi vs AlissonLionel Messi vs EdersonLionel Messi vs Mike MaignanLionel Messi vs Yann SommerKylian Mbappé vs Wojciech SzczesnyErling Haaland vs Wojciech SzczesnyMohamed Salah vs Wojciech SzczesnyBukayo Saka vs Wojciech SzczesnyCole Palmer vs Wojciech SzczesnyHakan Çalhanoğlu vs Wojciech Szczesny