Thread by @MessiScored

Ronaldo being a better goal scorer than Lionel Messi is a myth. Thread:

Most goals in a single season:

Lionel Messi - 73
Cristiano Ronaldo - 61

Messi holds the all time record for most goals scored in a single season.

Most Goals in a calendar year

Lionel Messi - 91
Cristiano Ronaldo - 69

Messi holds the all time record for the most goals scored in a single year.
(Ronaldo is 5th of all time)

Golden Boots (European leading scorer):

Lionel Messi - 6
Cristiano Ronaldo - 4

Messi holds the record for most golden boot wins in history,
in addition to most total league top scorer awards (7).

Goals scored during Ronaldo’s time at Real Madrid (2009-2018):

Lionel Messi - 462
Cristiano Ronaldo - 443

No player has scored more goals than Messi in that time frame.

All time career goals to game ratio:

Lionel Messi
895 Appearances
719 Goals
0.80 Ratio

Cristiano Ronaldo
1,041 Appearances (*most games played out of all top 20 leading goalscorers in history)
760 Goals
0.72 Ratio

Club career:

Lionel Messi
753 Appearances
648 Goals
79 Penalties scored
48 Free Kick goals
48 Hat-tricks
0.86 Goal ratio
(95 mins per goal)

Cristiano Ronaldo
871 Appearances
658 Goals
122 Penalties scored
46 Free Kick goals
47 Hat-tricks
0.76 Goal ratio
(108 mins per goal)

Who is better in shooting from outside the box?

All time career:
Messi - 70 outside the box goals
Ronaldo - 55 outside the box goals

All time club:
Messi - 62
Ronaldo - 44

League:
Messi - 44
Ronaldo - 34

UCL:
Messi - 13
Ronaldo - 8

Cups:
Messi - 5
Ronaldo - 2

Hat-tricks:

Messi has already scored more club hattricks despite playing far less games, but is still only 2 behind overall in 146 less career games.

*Messi: 13 of his 54 hattricks included a penalty goal (only 24%)

Ronaldo: 30 of his 56 hattricks included a penalty goal (52%)

How are they doing from open play?

Lionel Messi
569 goals in 895 career appearances
520 goals in 753 club apps

Cristiano Ronaldo
571 goals in 1,041 career appearances
489 goals in 871 club apps

Non-penalty goals:

Lionel Messi
623 goals in 895 career appearances
568 goals in 753 club apps

Cristiano Ronaldo
627 goals in 1,041 career appearances
536 goals in 871 club apps

Note: Lionel Messi is the only player ever to score 50+ non-penalty goals in a single season more than once. He has done it 3 different times: 11/12, 12/13, 14/15.

Ronaldo has never done it once in his career.

Youngest player between the two to reach every scoring career milestone:

100 goals: Messi (22 years old)
200 goals: Messi (24 y/o)
300 goals: Messi (25 y/o)
400 goals: Messi (27 y/o)
500 goals: Messi (28 y/o)
600 goals: Messi (30 y/o)
700 goals: Messi (33 5 days y/o)
800: ⏳🔜

Appearances needed for 100 Champions League goals:

Lionel Messi
123 Appearances
100 Goals

Cristiano Ronaldo
141 Appearances
100 Goals

Lionel Messi is the quickest player to ever reach 100 Champions League goals.

All time UCL goal ratio:
Messi - 0.81
Ronaldo - 0.76

Goals against top sides in their careers:

VS Top 3 sides:
Messi - 40 goals in 54 apps
Ronaldo - 28 goals in 62 apps

Top 4 sides:
LM - 66 goals in 82
CR - 51 goals in 95

Top 5 sides:
LM - 90 goals in 110
CR - 82 goals in 127

Top 6 sides:
LM - 111 goals in 135
CR - 108 in 158

Goals scored vs Premier League top 6 teams:

Lionel Messi
34 Matches
26 Goals
6 Braces
2 Hattricks

Cristiano Ronaldo (spent 6 seasons in PL)
81 Matches
28 Goals
4 Braces
0 Hattricks

Goals scored in finals:

Lionel Messi
41 Games
29 goals (most of all time)

Cristiano Ronaldo
34 Games
19 Goals (4th in history)

Most consecutive matchdays scored in:

Lionel Messi - 21 games in a row in 12/13, the all time record
(33 goals in the run)

Cristiano Ronaldo - 11 in 19/20, ranked 12th of all time
(16 goals in the run)

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