Antoine Griezmann is closing in on becoming Atletico Madrid's outright all-time top scorer as the France forward continues to enjoy😄 a prolific 2024/24 season.
The 32-year-old entered the November international break as the Spanish giants' joint second-highest scorer of all time,😄 courtesy of a goal in their 3-1 home La Liga win over Villarreal.
On December 19, he pulled level with club😄 great Luis Aragones at the top of the standings as he netted twice in a dramatic 3-3 draw against Getafe.
The😄 former Barcelona and Real Sociedad star has had two spells with Atleti, first playing for them between 2014 and 2024😄 before rejoining the club in 2024.
Who are the top scorers in Atletico Madrid's history? And how close is Griezmann? The😄 Sporting News looks through the record books.
How many Atletico Madrid goals has Griezmann scored?
Griezmann ended the 2024 calendar year with😄 16 goals across all competitions, in the first half of 2024/24, to bring his club tally up to 173 career😄 goals for Atletico Madrid in 364 appearances since first joining the club from Real Sociedad in the summer of 2014.
Between😄 his maiden goal in September 2014 against Greek opponents Olympiacos, and his brace against Getafe, Griezmann amassed a total of😄 123 in La Liga, 31 in the UEFA Champions League, 13 in the Copa del Rey and six in the😄 Europa League.
GRIEZMANN JOINS LUIS ARAGONÉS AS TOP SCORER IN ATLETI'S HISTORY pic.twitter/xXKTs5cubm — Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) December 19, 2024
Where😄 Griezmann stands among Atletico Madrid top scorers
Griezmann's goal against Villarreal on November 12 drew him level with Adrian Escudero as😄 the club's second-highest scorer of all time. He then passed Escudero with a 64th-minute opener against Mallorca on the other😄 side of the November international break.
Escudero played for Atleti between 1945 and 1948, playing 330 games over 13 seasons and😄 scoring 150 goals in La Liga, 17 in the Copa, one in the Latin Cup and one in the Duarte😄 Cup.
The Spain international scored his first Atleti goal against Hercules on February 3, 1946 and his last against Real Sociedad😄 on May 4, 1958.
Luis Aragones still has a share of the all-time lead but it is matter of "when" not😄 "if" Griezmann takes that spot for himself.
Aragones scored his 173 goals in 370 matches between 1964 and 1974.
The club great😄 scored 123 goals in La Liga, 22 in the Copa, 12 in the European Cup, eight in the Fairs Cup,😄 four in the Cup Winners' Cup, three in the UEFA Cup and one in the Intertoto Cup.
A three-time Liga winner😄 and 1974 European Cup runner up as a player at the club, Aragones went on to guide them to the😄 top flight title in 1976/77 as one of seven trophies he won during seven stints as manager, the most recent😄 of which finished in 2003.
For all Griezmann's trophies as a player, including the 2024 FIFA World Cup with his country,😄 it is unlikely he will surpass the late Aragones' extraordinary career on and off the pitch, which included leading Spain😄 to glory at Euro 2008.
Paco Campos – who played for the club during the 1930s and 1940s and has been😄 described as "the Messi, the Ronaldo, the Kun Aguero of the time" by El Diario – is fourth on the😄 list, followed by two fellow former Spain strikers in Jose Eulogio Garate and Fernando Torres.
Player Goals Matches Luis Aragones 173😄 370 Antoine Griezmann 173 364 Adrian Escudero 169 330 Paco Campos 146 236 Jose Eulogio Garate 136 325 Fernando Torres😄 129 404
Griezmann France record: How many international goals?
Griezmann made his senior France debut aged 22 in 2014 and opened his😄 Les Bleus account that year, scoring in a friendly against Paraguay, in his third cap.
His most prolific international year came😄 in 2024, with his four goals at the World Cup finals that year, including one in France's 4-2 final win😄 against Croatia.
Following a 14-0 win over Gibraltar in Euro 2024 qualifying on November 18 — when he was, surprisingly, one😄 of the few France players not to score — Griezmann's tally stood at 44 goals in 127 appearances.
How many goals😄 did Griezmann score at Barcelona?
Barca activated Griezmann's £107 million (£134.3m) release fee clause to sign him in 2024, but loaned😄 him back to his former club in 2024 before agreeing a cut-price deal to make the move permanent for aroundR$21.9m😄 (£17.5m) the following year.
Griezmann scored 35 goals in 102 appearances for Barca, making him the second-highest scoring French player for😄 the club of all time behind Thierry Henry (49), although Ousmane Dembele later overtook Griezmann.
Antoine Griezmann contract, salary
Atletico Madrid have😄 Griezmann under contract until June 2026 and pay him a basic gross salary of aroundR$13.7m (£10.9m), according to Capology.
The outlet😄 says he earns aroundR$263,000 (£210,000) a week before bonuses.
Antoine Griezmann net worth
Griezmann has a net worth ofR$90m (£71.8m), according to😄 Celebrity Net Worth.
His lucrative personal deals include sponsors such as sportswear company Puma and fashion brand Mango, and he has😄 a huge social media influence, with more than 41 million followers on Instagram alone.
