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Antoine Griezmann now Atletico Madrid's fifth highest goalscorer

Atletico Madrid attacker Antoine Griezmann moved up on the club's goalscorers' list with the winner against Rayo Vallecano.

Griezmann has officially become the club's fifth all-time highest scorer.

He now tallies 130 goals and has surpassed former teammate Fernando Torres in the standings.

After the game, Griezmann took to Twitter to express his joy at his latest achievement.

"130 goals. An honor to continue writing pages in the history of Atleti and appear among such legendary names!" read the post.

Jose Eulogio Garate (136), Paco Campos (146), Adrian Escudero (169) and Luis Aragones (172) are the only players ahead of him in the all-time standings.

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