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Goals of Messi vs Ronaldo in club competitions

Goals cumulative distribution by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2002/200305-5
2003/2004011-11
2004/2005120-19
2005/2006932-23
2006/20072655-29
2007/20084297-55
2008/200980123-43
2009/2010127156-29
2010/2011180209-29
2011/2012253269-16
2012/2013313324-11
2013/2014354375-21
2014/2015412436-24
2015/2016453487-34
2016/2017507529-22
2017/2018552573-21
2018/2019603601+2
2019/2020634638-4
2020/2021672674-2
2021/2022683698-15
2022/20237157150
2023/2024738765-27
2024/2025763800-37
2025/2026763800-37

Where do they score? (%)

Player Games Home Away Neutral field
Leo Messi 924 446/763 58.45% 297/763 38.93% 20/763 2.62%
Cristiano Ronaldo 1061 439/800 54.88% 334/800 41.75% 27/800 3.38%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 19/08/2025

Goals by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2002/20035-5
2003/20046-6
2004/200519-8
2005/2006812-4
2006/20071723-6
2007/20081642-26
2008/20093826+12
2009/20104733+14
2010/201153530
2011/20127360+13
2012/20136055+5
2013/20144151-10
2014/20155861-3
2015/20164151-10
2016/20175442+12
2017/20184544+1
2018/20195128+23
2019/20203137-6
2020/20213836+2
2021/20221124-13
2022/20233217+15
2023/20242350-27
2024/20252535-10
2025/20260

Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2002/200305-5
2003/2004011-11
2004/2005120-19
2005/2006931-22
2006/20072649-23
2007/20083785-48
2008/200971106-35
2009/2010116135-19
2010/2011164179-15
2011/2012223225-2
2012/2013278273+5
2013/2014311314-3
2014/2015363362+1
2015/2016400405-5
2016/2017445440+5
2017/2018487477+10
2018/2019533499+34
2019/2020559522+37
2020/2021590549+41
2021/2022599570+29
2022/2023631581+50
2023/2024653621+32
2024/2025677646+31
2025/2026677646+31

Goals (without penalties) by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2002/20035-5
2003/20046-6
2004/200519-8
2005/2006811-3
2006/20071718-1
2007/20081136-25
2008/20093421+13
2009/20104529+16
2010/20114844+4
2011/20125946+13
2012/20135548+7
2013/20143341-8
2014/20155248+4
2015/20163743-6
2016/20174535+10
2017/20184237+5
2018/20194622+24
2019/20202623+3
2020/20213127+4
2021/2022921-12
2022/20233211+21
2023/20242240-18
2024/20252425-1
2025/20260

With which parts of the body do they score their goals? (%)

Player Games Right foot Left foot Header Other parts
Leo Messi 924 98/763 12.84% 636/763 83.36% 26/763 3.41% 3/763 0.39%
Cristiano Ronaldo 1061 527/800 65.88% 144/800 18% 127/800 15.88% 2/800 0.25%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 19/08/2025

Goals cumulative distribution by calendar year

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
200205-5
200306-6
2004012-12
2005325-22
20061344-31
20073873-35
200858107-49
200996136-40
2010154181-27
2011209234-25
2012288292-4
2013327351-24
2014377407-30
2015425461-36
2016476503-27
2017526545-19
2018573588-15
2019618613+5
2020644654-10
2021678688-10
2022695701-6
2023715745-30
2024738781-43
2025763800-37

Goals by calendar year

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
20025-5
20031-1
20046-6
2005313-10
20061019-9
20072529-4
20082034-14
20093829+9
20105845+13
20115553+2
20127958+21
20133959-20
20145056-6
20154854-6
20165142+9
20175042+8
20184743+4
20194525+20
20202641-15
202134340
20221713+4
20232044-24
20242336-13
20252519+6

Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by calendar year

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
200205-5
200306-6
2004012-12
2005324-21
20061343-30
20073464-30
20085194-43
200985118-33
2010142155-13
2011190196-6
2012256244+12
2013290294-4
2014334337-3
2015375381-6
2016420417+3
2017461453+8
2018507488+19
2019546508+38
2020564532+32
2021594561+33
2022611572+39
2023631604+27
2024653632+21
2025677646+31

Goals (without penalties) by calendar year

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
20025-5
20031-1
20046-6
2005312-9
20061019-9
200721210
20081730-13
20093424+10
20105737+20
20114841+7
20126648+18
20133450-16
20144443+1
20154144-3
20164536+9
20174136+5
20184635+11
20193920+19
20201824-6
20213029+1
20221711+6
20232032-12
20242228-6
20252414+10

How do they score? (%)

Player Games Penalty Free kick Open play
Leo Messi 924 86/763 11.27% 58/763 7.6% 619/763 81.13%
Cristiano Ronaldo 1061 154/800 19.25% 53/800 6.63% 593/800 74.13%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 19/08/2025

Goals cumulative distribution by age

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
1715-4
1896+3
192616+10
204227+15
218047+33
2212782+45
23180111+69
24253138+115
25313188+125
26354240+114
27412302+110
28453356+97
29507411+96
30552466+86
31603507+96
32629549+80
33672592+80
34683623+60
35704660+44
36729688+41
37754702+52
38763745+18
39763788-25
40763800-37

Goals by age

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
1715-4
1881+7
191710+7
201611+5
213820+18
224735+12
235329+24
247327+46
256050+10
264152-11
275862-4
284154-13
295455-1
304555-10
315141+10
322642-16
3343430
341131-20
352137-16
362528-3
372514+11
38943-34
3943-43
4012-12

Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by age

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
1715-4
1896+3
192616+10
203726+11
217144+27
2211672+44
2316496+68
24223120+103
25278161+117
26311200+111
27363253+110
28400299+101
29445340+105
30487385+102
31533420+113
32555455+100
33590491+99
34599514+85
35620537+83
36644561+83
37668572+96
38677604+73
39677637+40
40677646+31

Goals (without penalties) by age

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
1715-4
1881+7
191710+7
201110+1
213418+16
224528+17
234824+24
245924+35
255541+14
263339-6
275253-1
283746-9
294541+4
304245-3
314635+11
322235-13
333536-1
34923-14
352123-2
3624240
372411+13
38932-23
3933-33
409-9