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Goals of Messi and Ronaldo in national cups by calendar year

Cumulative distribution

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002	0	2	-2
2003	0	2	-2
2004	0	4	-4
2005	0	9	-9
2006	1	10	-9
2007	3	13	-10
2008	4	17	-13
2009	10	19	-9
2010	11	23	-12
2011	17	27	-10
2012	22	30	-8
2013	24	36	-12
2014	29	39	-10
2015	34	40	-6
2016	39	40	-1
2017	44	41	+3
2018	48	41	+7
2019	51	41	+10
2020	53	43	+10
2021	56	45	+11
2022	56	45	+11
2023	56	46	+10
2024	56	48	+8

Player	Games	Home		Away		Neutral field		Right foot		Left foot		Header		Other parts		Penalty		Free kick
Leo Messi	83	35/56	62.5%	14/56	25%	7/56	12.5%	4/56	7.14%	49/56	87.5%	3/56	5.36%	0/56	0%	3/56	5.36%	3/56	5.36%
Cristiano Ronaldo	89	22/48	45.83%	22/48	45.83%	4/48	8.33%	27/48	56.25%	15/48	31.25%	6/48	12.5%	0/48	0%	10/48	20.83%	2/48	4.17%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 29/10/2024

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002		2	-2
2003			0
2004		2	-2
2005		5	-5
2006	1	1	0
2007	2	3	-1
2008	1	4	-3
2009	6	2	+4
2010	1	4	-3
2011	6	4	+2
2012	5	3	+2
2013	2	6	-4
2014	5	3	+2
2015	5	1	+4
2016	5		+5
2017	5	1	+4
2018	4		+4
2019	3		+3
2020	2	2	0
2021	3	2	+1
2022			0
2023		1	-1
2024		2	-2

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002	0	2	-2
2003	0	2	-2
2004	0	4	-4
2005	0	8	-8
2006	1	9	-8
2007	3	10	-7
2008	4	13	-9
2009	9	14	-5
2010	10	18	-8
2011	16	22	-6
2012	21	25	-4
2013	23	30	-7
2014	28	31	-3
2015	32	32	0
2016	37	32	+5
2017	41	33	+8
2018	45	33	+12
2019	48	33	+15
2020	50	34	+16
2021	53	35	+18
2022	53	35	+18
2023	53	36	+17
2024	53	38	+15

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002		2	-2
2003			0
2004		2	-2
2005		4	-4
2006	1	1	0
2007	2	1	+1
2008	1	3	-2
2009	5	1	+4
2010	1	4	-3
2011	6	4	+2
2012	5	3	+2
2013	2	5	-3
2014	5	1	+4
2015	4	1	+3
2016	5		+5
2017	4	1	+3
2018	4		+4
2019	3		+3
2020	2	1	+1
2021	3	1	+2
2022			0
2023		1	-1
2024		2	-2