Most feared opponents of Messi and Ronaldo before turning 30 years old

Leo Messi

Opponent			Games	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Mins/contribution
1.		Chelsea FC	8	655′	0	2	328′
2.		FC Rubin Kazán	4	236′	0	0	0′
3.		Inter Milan	3	270′	0	0	0′
4.		Juventus	3	270′	0	0	0′
5.		Netherlands	2	189′	0	0	0′
6.		Liverpool FC	2	180′	0	0	0′
7.		SL Benfica	2	122′	0	2	61′
8.		Xerez CD	2	73′	0	1	73′
9.		Costa Rica	1	90′	0	2	45′
10.		Real Murcia CF	1	90′	0	2	45′
11.		Al-Sadd SC	1	90′	0	1	90′
12.		Australia	1	90′	0	1	90′
13.		Saudi Arabia	1	90′	0	0	0′
14.		Belgium	1	90′	0	0	0′
15.		South Korea	1	90′	0	0	0′
16.		Greece	1	90′	0	0	0′
17.		Jamaica	1	90′	0	0	0′
18.		Japan	1	90′	0	0	0′
19.		Norway	1	90′	0	0	0′
20.		Romania	1	90′	0	0	0′
21.		Sweden	1	90′	0	0	0′
22.		Trinidad and Tobago	1	90′	0	0	0′
23.		Cádiz CF	1	82′	0	1	82′
24.		Catar	1	81′	0	1	81′
25.		UDA Gramenet	1	75′	0	0	0′
26.		Udinese Calcio	1	69′	0	0	0′
27.		Honduras	1	64′	0	0	0′
28.		Ireland	1	58′	0	0	0′
29.		Angola	1	27′	0	0	0′
30.		Hungary	1	1′	0	0	0′

Cristiano Ronaldo

Opponent			Games	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Mins/contribution
1.		SL Benfica	5	391′	0	2	196′
2.		Germany	4	360′	0	0	0′
3.		Spain	4	340′	0	0	0′
4.		Lille OSC	4	328′	0	1	328′
5.		England	3	285′	0	0	0′
6.		Celtic Glasgow	3	262′	0	0	0′
7.		Brazil	3	243′	0	0	0′
8.		Albania	3	225′	0	0	0′
9.		Israel	2	180′	0	1	180′
10.		Sheffield United FC	2	180′	0	1	180′
11.		Turkey	2	180′	0	1	180′
12.		Serbia	2	180′	0	0	0′
13.		France	2	166′	0	0	0′
14.		Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	2	156′	0	0	0′
15.		Cape Verde	2	151′	0	0	0′
16.		Liechtenstein	2	146′	0	1	146′
17.		Italy	2	135′	0	0	0′
18.		Ireland	2	133′	0	0	0′
19.		FK Partizan	2	119′	0	0	0′
20.		Hungary	2	117′	0	0	0′
21.		UD Leiria	2	116′	0	2	58′
22.		Vitória Guimarães SC	2	112′	0	1	112′
23.		CD Nacional de Madeira	2	105′	0	0	0′
24.		Gil Vicente FC	2	94′	0	0	0′
25.		CS Marítimo de Funchal	2	89′	0	0	0′
26.		Vitória Setúbal FC	2	84′	0	0	0′
27.		CF Os Belenenses	2	81′	0	0	0′
28.		Sparta Prague	2	79′	0	0	0′
29.		Norwich City FC	2	75′	0	0	0′
30.		SC Beira-Mar	2	20′	0	1	20′
31.		Cruz Azul FC	1	90′	0	2	45′
32.		Aalborg BK	1	90′	0	1	90′
33.		USA	1	90′	0	1	90′
34.		Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito	1	90′	0	1	90′
35.		Northampton Town FC	1	90′	0	1	90′
36.		Associação Naval 1º de Maio	1	90′	0	0	0′
37.		CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	1	90′	0	0	0′
38.		Ivory Coast	1	90′	0	0	0′
39.		Dinamo Zagreb	1	90′	0	0	0′
40.		Fenerbahçe SK	1	90′	0	0	0′
41.		Glasgow Rangers FC	1	90′	0	0	0′
42.		Leeds United FC	1	90′	0	0	0′
43.		Leicester City FC	1	90′	0	0	0′
44.		Norway	1	90′	0	0	0′
45.		Panathinaikos FC	1	90′	0	0	0′
46.		Southend United FC	1	90′	0	0	0′
47.		VfB Stuttgart	1	90′	0	0	0′
48.		North Macedonia	1	72′	0	0	0′
49.		Dinamo Bucharest	1	64′	0	0	0′
50.		Angola	1	60′	0	0	0′
51.		China	1	45′	0	1	45′
52.		Canada	1	45′	0	0	0′
53.		CD Santa Clara	1	45′	0	0	0′
54.		Georgia	1	45′	0	0	0′
55.		Crystal Palace FC	1	35′	0	0	0′
56.		South Africa	1	33′	0	0	0′
57.		Académica de Coimbra	1	31′	0	0	0′
58.		Burton Albion FC	1	31′	0	0	0′
59.		Mozambique	1	27′	0	0	0′
60.		Lithuania	1	26′	0	0	0′
61.		Sporting de Braga	1	21′	0	0	0′