LA PULGA, CLOSER TO 'CR7'
This is how the Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo duel goes in the classification of top scorers in history
Published:11/11/2024 - 04:29h
Updated:11/11/2024 - 05:57h
Leo Messi scored the 850th goal of his professional career on Saturday with Inter Miami. However, La Pulga is still far from the records of Cristiano Ronaldo, who continues to score goals in Arabia
The eternal battle between Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is still far from coming to an end. The two legends of world football continue to score goals for their clubs and national teams at 37 and 39 years old, respectively. The Portuguese maintains an important advantage over the Argentine, although the age factor favors La Pulga.
On Saturday, the '10' from Rosario reached 850 goals in his professional career during Inter Miami's defeat against Atlanta United (2-3). The 'herons' said goodbye to the MLS Cup with a bitter and unexpected loss at home, in a duel where Leo scored his 21st goal in 22 games of the 2024 American season.
'CR7', for his part, has two games without 'wetting' with the Saudi Al-Nassr. The Portuguese 'crack' could not score in the duels against Al Hilal (1-1) and Al-Riyad, which keeps him at 908 goals scored in 1-244 official matches during his 22-year career. In 2024/25, the man from Funchal has scored 10 goals in 15 games with his club.
In that sense, Cristiano maintains an advantage of 58 goals over Messi. The Portuguese debuted a couple of years earlier as a professional and has played 163 more games than the Rosario player. With his national teams, Ronaldo has accumulated 208 caps in which he has scored 133 goals. La Pulga, for his part, has 112 goals in 189 appearances with Argentina's senior team.
In the remainder of 2024, the 'Commander' has the possibility of extending its lead, since Al-Nassr has four league games left to play before the Christmas break. Leo, on the other hand, has already closed his season in the MLS. At the national team level, both have a couple more matches to play on the FIFA date in November.
Goal scoring comparison between Leo Messi Cristiano Ronaldo
- Total of goals scoring for Cristiano Ronaldo: 908 in 1.244 matches (2002-2024)
- Total of goals scoring for Leo Messi: 850 in 1.081 matches (2004-2024)
- Goals of Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal: 133 in 208 matches
- Goals of Leo Messi with Argentina: 112 in 189 matches
- Goals of Cristiano Ronaldo with clubs: 775 in 1033 matches
- Goals of Leo Messi with clubs: 738 in 892 matches
Top scorers in world football history
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 908 goals
- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 850 goals
- Josef Bican (Austria): 805 goals
- Romário (Brazil): 772 goals
- Pelé (Brazil): 757 goals
