Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo: Who has more goals?

Cristiano Ronaldo Vs. Lionel Messi: The question of who is better between the Portuguese phenomenon and the empyrean Argentine has dominated the minds of football fans everywhere. The issue of which player is the greatest of all time persists. Club and national loyalties can cloud judgement on the matter, while personalities also play a part in how good a player is perceived to be, and most people know who they'd pick. A serious discussion point on five-a-side pitches and barstools across the world, the issue of which player is the greatest of all time persists...

Interestingly, while Ronaldo's seasonal totals have declined somewhat in recent years - he failed to break the 30-goal mark in 2018-19 during his first season at Juventus - Messi's have remained consistent.

Who has more goals Ronaldo or Messi?

Ronaldo has scored more club goals than Messi, but only just and it should be noted that the Juventus star benefits from having played two more seasons than his Argentine nemesis thus far. Each of them has remarkably netted over 670 club goals in their career so far, with the five seasons between 2009-10 and 2014-15 proving particularly golden as they pushed each other to greater heights.

While Ronaldo currently has more goals overall, Messi has the edge in the scoring department, with a higher season average (39.5 to 35), having hit a high of 73 goals in 2011-12. Ronaldo's highest season return was 61, which he achieved in 2014-15 and he surpassed the 50-goal mark every season for six years between 2010-11 and 2015-16.