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Goals of Messi vs Ronaldo

Name: Goals of Messi vs Ronaldo
Creator: Míchel Acosta
Published: 2013-09-05
License: https://michelacosta.com/messi-vs-ronaldo/license/

Cumulative distribution

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	11	6	+5
19	30	23	+7
20	51	36	+15
21	92	62	+30
22	140	102	+38
23	197	132	+65
24	279	160	+119
25	348	213	+135
26	394	272	+122
27	458	339	+119
28	508	403	+105
29	565	463	+102
30	616	521	+95
31	671	575	+96
32	699	628	+71
33	745	677	+68
34	769	722	+47
35	807	762	+45
36	837	803	+34
37	866	820	+46
38	896	873	+23
39	896	923	-27
40	896	961	-65
41	896	962	-66

Where do they score? (%)

Player	Games	Home		Away		Neutral field
Leo Messi	1137	498/896	55.58%	333/896	37.17%	65/896	7.25%
Cristiano Ronaldo	1309	518/962	53.85%	391/962	40.64%	53/962	5.51%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 14/02/2026

Distribution by age

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	10	1	+9
19	19	17	+2
20	21	13	+8
21	41	26	+15
22	48	40	+8
23	57	30	+27
24	82	28	+54
25	69	53	+16
26	46	59	-13
27	64	67	-3
28	50	64	-14
29	57	60	-3
30	51	58	-7
31	55	54	+1
32	28	53	-25
33	46	49	-3
34	24	45	-21
35	38	40	-2
36	30	41	-11
37	29	17	+12
38	30	53	-23
39		50	-50
40		38	-38
41		1	-1

Cumulative distribution (Without penalties)

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002	0	5	-5
2003	0	6	-6
2004	0	19	-19
2005	3	33	-30
2006	15	57	-42
2007	41	83	-42
2008	60	114	-54
2009	96	138	-42
2010	155	178	-23
2011	206	225	-19
2012	283	278	+5
2013	319	338	-19
2014	370	386	-16
2015	414	432	-18
2016	466	480	-14
2017	510	525	-15
2018	559	565	-6
2019	601	596	+5
2020	619	623	-4
2021	656	660	-4
2022	685	673	+12
2023	713	712	+1
2024	741	746	-5
2025	784	777	+7
2026	784	781	+3

Distribution by age (Without penalties)

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002		5	-5
2003		1	-1
2004		13	-13
2005	3	14	-11
2006	12	24	-12
2007	26	26	0
2008	19	31	-12
2009	36	24	+12
2010	59	40	+19
2011	51	47	+4
2012	77	53	+24
2013	36	60	-24
2014	51	48	+3
2015	44	46	-2
2016	52	48	+4
2017	44	45	-1
2018	49	40	+9
2019	42	31	+11
2020	18	27	-9
2021	37	37	0
2022	29	13	+16
2023	28	39	-11
2024	28	34	-6
2025	43	31	+12
2026		4	-4

Cache date: 15-02-2026 21:13:32

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	10	1	+9
19	19	17	+2
20	21	13	+8
21	41	26	+15
22	48	40	+8
23	57	30	+27
24	82	28	+54
25	69	53	+16
26	46	59	-13
27	64	67	-3
28	50	64	-14
29	57	60	-3
30	51	58	-7
31	55	54	+1
32	28	53	-25
33	46	49	-3
34	24	45	-21
35	38	40	-2
36	30	41	-11
37	29	17	+12
38	30	53	-23
39		50	-50
40		38	-38
41		1	-1

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	10	1	+9
19	19	17	+2
20	21	13	+8
21	41	26	+15
22	48	40	+8
23	57	30	+27
24	82	28	+54
25	69	53	+16
26	46	59	-13
27	64	67	-3
28	50	64	-14
29	57	60	-3
30	51	58	-7
31	55	54	+1
32	28	53	-25
33	46	49	-3
34	24	45	-21
35	38	40	-2
36	30	41	-11
37	29	17	+12
38	30	53	-23
39		50	-50
40		38	-38
41		1	-1

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	10	1	+9
19	19	17	+2
20	21	13	+8
21	41	26	+15
22	48	40	+8
23	57	30	+27
24	82	28	+54
25	69	53	+16
26	46	59	-13
27	64	67	-3
28	50	64	-14
29	57	60	-3
30	51	58	-7
31	55	54	+1
32	28	53	-25
33	46	49	-3
34	24	45	-21
35	38	40	-2
36	30	41	-11
37	29	17	+12
38	30	53	-23
39		50	-50
40		38	-38
41		1	-1