Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by season
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2009/2010
45
30
+15
2010/2011
96
78
+18
2011/2012
164
132
+32
2012/2013
225
184
+41
2013/2014
263
235
+28
2014/2015
317
287
+30
2015/2016
362
336
+26
2016/2017
409
383
+26
2017/2018
456
427
+29
Goals (without penalties) by season
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2009/2010
45
30
+15
2010/2011
51
48
+3
2011/2012
68
54
+14
2012/2013
61
52
+9
2013/2014
38
51
-13
2014/2015
54
52
+2
2015/2016
45
49
-4
2016/2017
47
47
0
2017/2018
47
44
+3
With which parts of the body do they score their goals? (%)
Player
Games
Right foot
Left foot
Header
Other parts
Leo Messi
561
68/524
12.98%
435/524
83.02%
20/524
3.82%
1/524
0.19%
Cristiano Ronaldo
524
332/512
64.84%
94/512
18.36%
85/512
16.6%
1/512
0.2%
Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 15/06/2018
Goals cumulative distribution by calendar year
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2009
17
13
+4
2010
77
61
+16
2011
136
121
+15
2012
227
184
+43
2013
272
253
+19
2014
330
314
+16
2015
382
371
+11
2016
441
426
+15
2017
495
479
+16
2018
524
512
+12
Goals by calendar year
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2009
17
13
+4
2010
60
48
+12
2011
59
60
-1
2012
91
63
+28
2013
45
69
-24
2014
58
61
-3
2015
52
57
-5
2016
59
55
+4
2017
54
53
+1
2018
29
33
-4
Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by calendar year
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2009
14
12
+2
2010
73
52
+21
2011
124
99
+25
2012
201
152
+49
2013
237
212
+25
2014
288
260
+28
2015
332
306
+26
2016
384
354
+30
2017
428
399
+29
2018
456
427
+29
Goals (without penalties) by calendar year
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2009
14
12
+2
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
28
28
0
How do they score? (%)
Player
Games
Penalty
Free kick
Open play
Leo Messi
561
68/524
12.98%
39/524
7.44%
417/524
79.58%
Cristiano Ronaldo
524
85/512
16.6%
39/512
7.62%
388/512
75.78%
Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 15/06/2018
Goals cumulative distribution by age
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
22
48
0
+48
23
105
0
+105
24
187
15
+172
25
256
68
+188
26
302
127
+175
27
366
194
+172
28
416
258
+158
29
473
318
+155
30
524
376
+148
31
524
430
+94
32
524
483
+41
33
524
512
+12
Goals by age
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
22
48
+48
23
57
+57
24
82
15
+67
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
54
-54
32
53
-53
33
29
-29
Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by age
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
22
45
0
+45
23
96
0
+96
24
163
14
+149
25
225
58
+167
26
261
103
+158
27
317
161
+156
28
362
217
+145
29
409
263
+146
30
456
310
+146
31
456
357
+99
32
456
401
+55
33
456
427
+29
Goals (without penalties) by age
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
22
45
+45
23
51
+51
24
67
14
+53
25
62
44
+18
26
36
45
-9
27
56
58
-2
28
45
56
-11
29
47
46
+1
30
47
47
0
31
47
-47
32
44
-44
33
26
-26
Goals of while both played in Spain: key facts
Who has scored more goals, Messi or Ronaldo?
Messi has scored 524 goals and Ronaldo 512 goals. Messi is ahead by 12 goals. However, Ronaldo has needed fewer games, so Messi's lead comes mainly from having played 37 more matches.
