Percentage of penalty goals with respect to the total goals scored
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Percentage of penalty goals by team
Evolution of their success rate throughout the seasons
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2002/2003
0
2003/2004
100.0000
-100
2004/2005
100.0000
-100
2005/2006
100.0000
-100
2006/2007
100.0000
83.3333
+16.6667
2007/2008
85.7143
76.1905
+9.5238
2008/2009
76.9231
82.1429
-5.2198
2009/2010
81.2500
81.8182
-0.5682
2010/2011
80.0000
85.7143
-5.7143
2011/2012
79.5455
85.0000
-5.4545
2012/2013
82.3529
85.2941
-2.9412
2013/2014
82.8125
86.0759
-3.2634
2014/2015
80.7692
85.4167
-4.6475
2015/2016
77.2727
82.8829
-5.6102
2016/2017
78.7879
82.1138
-3.3259
2017/2018
76.6355
82.0896
-5.4541
2018/2019
77.1930
82.2695
-5.0765
2019/2020
77.6860
83.1250
-5.439
2020/2021
77.7778
83.3333
-5.5555
2021/2022
77.8571
82.8729
-5.0158
2022/2023
78.8079
83.5979
-4.79
2023/2024
78.4314
84.3902
-5.9588
2024/2025
78.3439
84.0183
-5.6744
2025/2026
77.3006
83.5498
-6.2492
2026/2027
83.1897
-83.1897
Cumulative distribution
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2015/2016
4
2
+2
2016/2017
7
7
0
Distribution by season
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2015/2016
4
2
+2
2016/2017
3
5
-2
Distribution by season
Period
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Difference
2015/2016
6
6
0
2016/2017
3
7
-4
Every penalty taken by Messi and Ronaldo
Messi
Penalties in matches: 7 scored and 2 missed (77.8% conversion)
Date
Team
Opponent
Competition
Result
Scored
Missed
23 Nov 2016
FC Barcelona
Celtic Glasgow
UEFA Champions League · Group stage
2-0
1
22 Oct 2016
FC Barcelona
Valencia CF
La Liga
3-2
1
17 Sep 2016
FC Barcelona
CD Leganés
La Liga
5-1
1
29 Mar 2016
Argentina
Bolivia
FIFA World Cup Qualifier · Group stage
2-0
1
12 Mar 2016
FC Barcelona
Getafe CF
La Liga
6-0
1
6 Mar 2016
FC Barcelona
SD Eibar
La Liga
4-0
1
23 Feb 2016
FC Barcelona
Arsenal FC
UEFA Champions League · Round of 16
2-0
1
14 Feb 2016
FC Barcelona
Celta de Vigo
La Liga
6-1
1
17 Jan 2016
FC Barcelona
Athletic Club
La Liga
6-0
1
Penalty shoot-outs: 0 scored and 1 missed (0.0% conversion)
Date
Team
Opponent
Competition
Result
Scored
Missed
26 Jun 2016
Argentina
Chile
Copa América · Final
0-0
1
Ronaldo
Penalties in matches: 7 scored and 6 missed (53.8% conversion)
Date
Team
Opponent
Competition
Result
Scored
Missed
18 Dec 2016
Real Madrid
Kashima Antlers
FIFA Club World Cup · Final
4-2
1
26 Nov 2016
Real Madrid
Real Sporting de Gijón
La Liga
2-1
1
19 Nov 2016
Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
La Liga
3-0
1
13 Nov 2016
Portugal
Latvia
FIFA World Cup Qualifier · Group stage
4-1
1
1
29 Oct 2016
Real Madrid
Alavés
La Liga
4-1
1
1
18 Jun 2016
Portugal
Austria
UEFA Euro · Group stage
0-0
1
25 Mar 2016
Portugal
Bulgaria
FIFA Friendly
0-1
1
20 Mar 2016
Real Madrid
Sevilla FC
La Liga
4-0
1
2 Mar 2016
Real Madrid
Levante UD
La Liga
3-1
1
21 Feb 2016
Real Madrid
Málaga CF
La Liga
1-1
1
31 Jan 2016
Real Madrid
Espanyol
La Liga
6-0
1
Penalty shoot-outs: 2 scored and 0 missed (100.0% conversion)
Date
Team
Opponent
Competition
Result
Scored
Missed
30 Jun 2016
Portugal
Poland
UEFA Euro · Quarter finals
1-1
1
28 May 2016
Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
UEFA Champions League · Final
1-1
1
Penalties taken by Messi vs Ronaldo in 2016: key facts
Who has more goals without penalties?
Messi has scored 7 penalties and Ronaldo 7, which is 11.9% and 12.7% of their goals. Without penalties, Messi has 52 goals and Ronaldo 48, so Messi is ahead by 4.
