# Carles Puyol vs Virgil van Dijk

Who's better, Puyol or Van Dijk? On MyGOAT's head-to-head of goals, trophies and awards, Puyol wins 5–4, a narrow win: more World Cups (1 to 0), more Champions League titles (3 to 1) and more trophies (20 to 12). Van Dijk has more goals (79 to 21), more goals for their country (14 to 3) and more goals per game (0.11 to 0.03).

|   | Puyol | Van Dijk |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 699 | 749 |
| Goals | 21 | 79 |
| Goals per game | 0.03 | 0.11 |
| Goals for their country | 3 | 14 |
| Trophies | 20 | 12 |
| League titles | 6 | 4 |
| Champions League | 3 | 1 |
| World Cup | 1 | 0 |
| Trophies for their country | 2 | 0 |
| Ballon d'Or | 0 | 0 |
| Individual awards | 26 | 47 |

## Who has more goals, Puyol or Van Dijk?

Van Dijk has more goals: 79 to 21.

## Who has won more trophies, Puyol or Van Dijk?

Puyol has won more trophies: 20 to 12.

## Who has more Ballon d'Ors, Puyol or Van Dijk?

They're level, 0 each.

## Puyol and Van Dijk

- [Carles Puyol's career stats](https://mygoat.football/p/Carles_Puyol)
- [Virgil van Dijk's career stats](https://mygoat.football/p/Virgil_van_Dijk)
- [Who's the GOAT? Vote](https://mygoat.football/picks/goat)

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