Penalties taken by Messi vs Ronaldo in Champions League before turning 30 years old

Penalty success rate

Penalty success rate in shootouts

Penalty success rate during the match

Success rate by team

Percentage of penalty goals with respect to the total goals scored

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	78.5714	84.0183	-5.4469

Cumulative distribution

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004	0	0	0
2004/2005	0	0	0
2005/2006	0	0	0
2006/2007	0	0	0
2007/2008	1	1	0
2008/2009	1	1	0
2009/2010	1	1	0
2010/2011	2	2	0
2011/2012	6	4	+2
2012/2013	6	4	+2
2013/2014	8	6	+2
2014/2015	8	8	0
2015/2016	9	8	+1
2016/2017	11	8	+3

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004			0
2004/2005			0
2005/2006			0
2006/2007			0
2007/2008	1	1	0
2008/2009			0
2009/2010			0
2010/2011	1	1	0
2011/2012	4	2	+2
2012/2013			0
2013/2014	2	2	0
2014/2015		2	-2
2015/2016	1		+1
2016/2017	2		+2