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Goals of Messi and Ronaldo in friendly games with their National Teams by season

Cumulative distribution

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004	0	0	0
2004/2005	0	0	0
2005/2006	1	2	-1
2006/2007	3	2	+1
2007/2008	4	2	+2
2008/2009	5	3	+2
2009/2010	6	3	+3
2010/2011	10	5	+5
2011/2012	17	6	+11
2012/2013	20	9	+11
2013/2014	21	11	+10
2014/2015	24	11	+13
2015/2016	27	14	+13
2016/2017	27	15	+12
2017/2018	30	17	+13
2018/2019	32	17	+15
2019/2020	34	17	+17
2020/2021	34	19	+15
2021/2022	39	20	+19
2022/2023	49	20	+29
2023/2024	51	22	+29

Player	Games	Home		Away		Neutral field		Right foot		Left foot		Header		Other parts		Penalty		Free kick
Leo Messi	56	16/51	31.37%	18/51	35.29%	17/51	33.33%	4/51	7.84%	46/51	90.2%	1/51	1.96%	0/51	0%	10/51	19.61%	2/51	3.92%
Cristiano Ronaldo	54	19/22	86.36%	0/22	0%	3/22	13.64%	9/22	40.91%	7/22	31.82%	6/22	27.27%	0/22	0%	1/22	4.55%	1/22	4.55%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 14/06/2024

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004			0
2004/2005			0
2005/2006	1	2	-1
2006/2007	2		+2
2007/2008	1		+1
2008/2009	1	1	0
2009/2010	1		+1
2010/2011	4	2	+2
2011/2012	7	1	+6
2012/2013	3	3	0
2013/2014	1	2	-1
2014/2015	3		+3
2015/2016	3	3	0
2016/2017		1	-1
2017/2018	3	2	+1
2018/2019	2		+2
2019/2020	2		+2
2020/2021		2	-2
2021/2022	5	1	+4
2022/2023	10		+10
2023/2024	2	2	0

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	1	2	-1
2007	2	2	0
2008	3	2	+1
2009	4	2	+2
2010	6	2	+4
2011	7	4	+3
2012	13	5	+8
2013	15	8	+7
2014	18	10	+8
2015	21	10	+11
2016	21	13	+8
2017	21	14	+7
2018	23	16	+7
2019	26	16	+10
2020	26	17	+9
2021	26	19	+7
2022	34	19	+15
2023	39	19	+20
2024	41	21	+20

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003			0
2004			0
2005			0
2006	1	2	-1
2007	1		+1
2008	1		+1
2009	1		+1
2010	2		+2
2011	1	2	-1
2012	6	1	+5
2013	2	3	-1
2014	3	2	+1
2015	3		+3
2016		3	-3
2017		1	-1
2018	2	2	0
2019	3		+3
2020		1	-1
2021		2	-2
2022	8		+8
2023	5		+5
2024	2	2	0