It is a debate that will run until the end of their careers and an argument that is happening in bars and coffee shops around the world, every single day. A person choice will always be based on opinion rather than facts and we will never truly get a straight forward result.
However, we have decided to put the two players stats, side by side and give you our verdict on, who we think is better between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. We will take in to account all competitions and will also give you their international stats too.
First let’s take Cristiano Ronaldo:
2003/04 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Manchester United CC 1 0 0 0
Manchester United FAC 5 0 2 0
Manchester United Prem 14 14 4 4
Manchester United UCL 3 2 0 0
Season Total: 23 16 6 4
2004/05 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Manchester United UCL 7 1 0 0
Manchester United Prem 25 8 5 4
Manchester United FAC 6 1 4 0
Manchester United CC 2 0 0 0
Season Total: 40 10 9 6
2005/06 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Manchester United CC 4 0 2 1
Manchester United FAC 1 1 0 0
Manchester United Prem 24 9 9 6
Manchester United UCL 8 0 1 0
Season Total: 37 10 12 7
2006/07 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Manchester United UCL 11 0 3 5
Manchester United Prem 31 3 17 14
Manchester United FAC 6 1 3 1
Manchester United CC 1 0 0 0
Season Total: 49 4 23 20
2007/08 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Manchester United FAC 3 0 3 0
Manchester United Prem 31 3 31 7
Manchester United UCL 13 0 9 1
Season Total: 47 3 43 8
2008/09 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Manchester United CC 2 2 2 0
Manchester United FAC 2 0 1 0
Manchester United Prem 31 2 18 6
Manchester United UCL 11 1 4 2
Season Total: 46 5 25 8
2009/10 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Real Madrid UCL 5 1 7 0
Real Madrid La Liga 28 1 26 7
Season Total: 33 2 33 7
2010/11 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Real Madrid Cup 7 1 7 0
Real Madrid La Liga 32 2 40 10
Real Madrid UCL 12 0 6 4
Season Total: 51 3 53 14
2011/12 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Real Madrid UCL 4 0 3 2
Real Madrid La Liga 10 1 13 5
Real Madrid WFC 1 2 4 0
Real Madrid Cup 2 0 1 0
Season Total: 17 3 21 7
Career STATISTICS
GS SB G A
343 56 224 81
International STATSTICS
Caps G A
87 32 14
Now Let’s take Lionel Messi:
2004/05 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Barcelona La Liga 0 7 1 0
Barcelona UCL 1 0 0 0
Season Total: 1 7 1 0
2005/06 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Barcelona UCL 4 2 1 1
Barcelona La Liga 11 6 6 0
Season Total: 15 8 7 1
2006/07 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Barcelona Cup 1 0 0 0
Barcelona Cup 2 0 2 0
Barcelona La Liga 23 3 14 2
Barcelona UCL 4 1 1 0
Season Total: 30 4 17 2
2007/08 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Barcelona UCL 12 0 8 1
Barcelona La Liga 23 5 10 12
Barcelona Cup 1 0 0 0
Season Total: 36 5 18 13
2008/09 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Barcelona La Liga 27 4 23 11
Barcelona UCL 10 2 9 5
Barcelona Cup 4 4 6 0
Season Total: 41 10 38 16
2009/10 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Barcelona CWC 1 1 2 0
Barcelona Cup 1 0 0 0
Barcelona Cup 3 0 1 0
Barcelona UCL 11 0 8 0
Barcelona La Liga 30 5 34 10
Season Total: 46 6 45 10
2010/11 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Barcelona La Liga 31 2 31 18
Barcelona UCL 11 2 12 3
Barcelona Cup 5 2 7 0
Season Total: 47 6 50 21
2011/12 STATISTICS
TEAM Comp GS SB G A
Barcelona Cup 1 0 1 0
Barcelona Cup 2 0 3 2
Barcelona UCL 4 0 5 2
Barcelona La Liga 10 1 14 5
Season Total: 17 1 23 9
Career STATISTICS
GS SB G A
233 47 199 72
International STATISTICS
Caps G A
66 19 20
Cristiano Ronaldo has more goals and more assists in his career than Lionel Messi and also has more International goals than him. However, Ronaldo has also had a lot more games than Messi so you could argue that Messi’s record will be better by the time he gets to that mark.
Yet, Cristiano Ronaldo spent 6 seasons playing in the best league in the world, with Manchester United and proved that he had what it takes to succeed against the best. It is unlikely that Lionel Messi will ever leave Barcelona, so we will never see how he would cope with the English Premier League. Therefore, we are going to say that Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi but we know many of you will disagree.
