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Goals of Messi vs Ronaldo

Goals cumulative distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002/2003	0	5	-5
2003/2004	0	13	-13
2004/2005	1	29	-28
2005/2006	11	44	-33
2006/2007	32	72	-40
2007/2008	51	118	-67
2008/2009	92	145	-53
2009/2010	140	179	-39
2010/2011	197	236	-39
2011/2012	280	305	-25
2012/2013	348	364	-16
2013/2014	396	425	-29
2014/2015	458	491	-33
2015/2016	508	548	-40
2016/2017	565	604	-39
2017/2018	617	658	-41
2018/2019	671	689	-18
2019/2020	704	737	-33
2020/2021	748	783	-35
2021/2022	769	813	-44
2022/2023	821	838	-17
2023/2024	850	895	-45
2024/2025	886	938	-52
2025/2026	886	948	-62

Where do they score? (%)

Player	Games	Home		Away		Neutral field
Leo Messi	1129	494/886	55.76%	328/886	37.02%	64/886	7.22%
Cristiano Ronaldo	1291	511/948	53.9%	384/948	40.51%	53/948	5.59%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 14/10/2025

Goals by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002/2003		5	-5
2003/2004		8	-8
2004/2005	1	16	-15
2005/2006	10	15	-5
2006/2007	21	28	-7
2007/2008	19	46	-27
2008/2009	41	27	+14
2009/2010	48	34	+14
2010/2011	57	57	0
2011/2012	83	69	+14
2012/2013	68	59	+9
2013/2014	48	61	-13
2014/2015	62	66	-4
2015/2016	50	57	-7
2016/2017	57	56	+1
2017/2018	52	54	-2
2018/2019	54	31	+23
2019/2020	33	48	-15
2020/2021	44	46	-2
2021/2022	21	30	-9
2022/2023	52	25	+27
2023/2024	29	57	-28
2024/2025	36	43	-7
2025/2026		10	-10

Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002/2003	0	5	-5
2003/2004	0	13	-13
2004/2005	1	29	-28
2005/2006	11	42	-31
2006/2007	31	65	-34
2007/2008	45	105	-60
2008/2009	82	126	-44
2009/2010	127	156	-29
2010/2011	178	204	-26
2011/2012	246	258	-12
2012/2013	307	310	-3
2013/2014	345	361	-16
2014/2015	399	413	-14
2015/2016	444	462	-18
2016/2017	491	509	-18
2017/2018	539	554	-15
2018/2019	587	579	+8
2019/2020	614	610	+4
2020/2021	648	644	+4
2021/2022	666	669	-3
2022/2023	713	686	+27
2023/2024	741	731	+10
2024/2025	775	763	+12
2025/2026	775	770	+5

Goals (without penalties) by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002/2003		5	-5
2003/2004		8	-8
2004/2005	1	16	-15
2005/2006	10	13	-3
2006/2007	20	23	-3
2007/2008	14	40	-26
2008/2009	37	21	+16
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	48	45	+3
2018/2019	48	25	+23
2019/2020	27	31	-4
2020/2021	34	34	0
2021/2022	18	25	-7
2022/2023	47	17	+30
2023/2024	28	45	-17
2024/2025	34	32	+2
2025/2026		7	-7

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

Player	Games	Right foot		Left foot		Header		Other parts
Leo Messi	1129	110/886	12.42%	745/886	84.09%	28/886	3.16%	3/886	0.34%
Cristiano Ronaldo	1291	611/948	64.45%	178/948	18.78%	156/948	16.46%	2/948	0.21%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 14/10/2025

Goals cumulative distribution by calendar year

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002	0	5	-5
2003	0	6	-6
2004	0	19	-19
2005	3	34	-31
2006	15	59	-44
2007	46	93	-47
2008	68	128	-60
2009	109	158	-49
2010	169	206	-37
2011	228	266	-38
2012	319	329	-10
2013	364	398	-34
2014	422	459	-37
2015	474	516	-42
2016	533	571	-38
2017	587	624	-37
2018	638	673	-35
2019	688	712	-24
2020	715	756	-41
2021	758	803	-45
2022	793	819	-26
2023	821	873	-52
2024	850	916	-66
2025	886	948	-62

Goals by calendar year

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002		5	-5
2003		1	-1
2004		13	-13
2005	3	15	-12
2006	12	25	-13
2007	31	34	-3
2008	22	35	-13
2009	41	30	+11
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	51	49	+2
2019	50	39	+11
2020	27	44	-17
2021	43	47	-4
2022	35	16	+19
2023	28	54	-26
2024	29	43	-14
2025	36	32	+4

Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by calendar year

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	775	770	+5

Goals (without penalties) by calendar year

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	34	24	+10

How do they score? (%)

Player	Games	Penalty		Free kick		Open play
Leo Messi	1129	111/886	12.53%	69/886	7.79%	706/886	79.68%
Cristiano Ronaldo	1291	178/948	18.78%	64/948	6.75%	706/948	74.47%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 14/10/2025

Goals cumulative distribution by age

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	886	873	+13
39	886	923	-37
40	886	948	-62

Goals 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	20	53	-33
39		50	-50
40		25	-25

Goals cumulative distribution (without penalties) by age

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	11	6	+5
19	29	23	+6
20	45	35	+10
21	82	58	+24
22	127	91	+36
23	178	116	+62
24	245	140	+105
25	307	184	+123
26	343	229	+114
27	399	287	+112
28	444	343	+101
29	491	389	+102
30	538	436	+102
31	587	483	+104
32	610	527	+83
33	646	568	+78
34	666	602	+64
35	699	628	+71
36	728	660	+68
37	756	673	+83
38	775	712	+63
39	775	751	+24
40	775	770	+5

Goals (without penalties) by age

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	10	1	+9
19	18	17	+1
20	16	12	+4
21	37	23	+14
22	45	33	+12
23	51	25	+26
24	67	24	+43
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	49	47	+2
32	23	44	-21
33	36	41	-5
34	20	34	-14
35	33	26	+7
36	29	32	-3
37	28	13	+15
38	19	39	-20
39		39	-39
40		19	-19

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	778	672	269	0.86	0.35	1.21
PSG	75	32	34	0.43	0.45	0.88
Inter Miami	81	68	35	0.84	0.43	1.27
Argentina	195	114	60	0.58	0.31	0.89
Totals	1129	886	398	0.78	0.35	1.14

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 3 months, 22 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Sporting CP	31	5	4	0.16	0.13	0.29
Real Madrid	438	450	120	1.03	0.27	1.30
Juventus	134	101	20	0.75	0.15	0.90
Manchester Utd	346	145	57	0.42	0.16	0.58
Al-Nassr FC	117	104	20	0.89	0.17	1.06
Portugal	225	143	37	0.64	0.16	0.80
Totals	1291	948	258	0.73	0.20	0.93

Summary

Cristiano Ronaldo 40 years, 8 months, 11 days

Last games:

FIFA Friendly ·
Puerto Rico vs Argentina

	0-6
		Messi, 90′

14-10-2025

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FIFA World Cup Qualifier · Group stage
Portugal vs Hungary

	2-2
C. Ronaldo, 78′

14-10-2025

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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	20	53	-33
39		50	-50
40		25	-25

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	10	1	+9
19	18	17	+1
20	16	12	+4
21	37	23	+14
22	45	33	+12
23	51	25	+26
24	67	24	+43
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	49	47	+2
32	23	44	-21
33	36	41	-5
34	20	34	-14
35	33	26	+7
36	29	32	-3
37	28	13	+15
38	19	39	-20
39		39	-39
40		19	-19

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	20	53	-33
39		50	-50
40		25	-25

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	10	1	+9
19	18	17	+1
20	16	12	+4
21	37	23	+14
22	45	33	+12
23	51	25	+26
24	67	24	+43
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	49	47	+2
32	23	44	-21
33	36	41	-5
34	20	34	-14
35	33	26	+7
36	29	32	-3
37	28	13	+15
38	19	39	-20
39		39	-39
40		19	-19

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	20	53	-33
39		50	-50
40		25	-25

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
17	1	5	-4
18	10	1	+9
19	18	17	+1
20	16	12	+4
21	37	23	+14
22	45	33	+12
23	51	25	+26
24	67	24	+43
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	49	47	+2
32	23	44	-21
33	36	41	-5
34	20	34	-14
35	33	26	+7
36	29	32	-3
37	28	13	+15
38	19	39	-20
39		39	-39
40		19	-19