Most appearances on a videogame cover by a soccer player (multiple franchises)

The most appearances on a videogame cover by a soccer player across multiple franchises is 12, and was achieved by Lionel Messi (Argentina), on 30 September 2021.

As of the release of eFootball 2022 in September 2021, Argentina's Lionel Messi has featured on 12 soccer videogame covers across the FIFA and eFootball (formally Pro Evolution Soccer, aka PES) franchises. Messi's full list of covers include: PES 2009, PES 2010, PES 2011, FIFA Street, FIFA 13, FIFA 14, FIFA 15, FIFA 16; PES 2017; PES 2018 Legendary Edition, both as part of a Barcelona line-up; and, most recently, eFootball 2020 and 2022.