Who is Better ?? Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo !! This is probably the only comparison in the world right now where you can’t declare a clear winner. Whenever this question asked ,every time heated arguments broke out between their fans whether it’s on social media or in real life.
In This year Cristiano Ronaldo wins the prestigious Ballon d ór award as his nemesis Lionel Messi finishing behind him in the second spot.For the past 9 years no player has dethrone them for the title of “Best Player in the world”.
Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo : Statistical Comparison 2016
| Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | |||||
| Appearnces | Goals | Assists | Appearnces | Goals | Assists | |
| 62 | 59 | 32 | 57 | 55 | 17 | |
| Team Houners | 1. La-Liga
2. Copa Del Rey 3. Spanish Super Cup
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1. UEFA Champions League
2. FIFA Club World Cup 3. UEFA Super Cup 4. UEFA European Championship |
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| Indivisual Hounours | 1. Ballon d ór’ | |||||
Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi : Stats 2016-17 (as of 19 December 2016)
| Competition | Games | Goals | Assist |
| Spanish League BBVA | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| UEFA Champions League | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Copa del Rey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Super Cup/Others | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 16 | 6 |
| Competition | Games | Goals | Assist |
| Spanish League BBVA | 13 | 12 | 4 |
| UEFA Champions League | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Copa del Rey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Super Cup & Club World Cup | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 20 | 23 | 8 |
As we all know Football is not a individual sport , it’s a team sports .So we have to take this in consideration when we we comparing two players.In Messi & Ronaldo case , we have to compare MSN(Messi,Suarez,Neymar) & BBC(Bale,Benzema,Cristiano) as both attacking trio currently dominating the world.
MSN VS BBC : Stats 2016
| Neymar | Suarez | Messi | vs | Ronaldo | Benzema | Bale | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | As | G | Ap | As | G | Ap | As | G | G | As | Ap | G | As | Ap | G | As | Ap | |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 12 | La Liga | 10 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | Champions League | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Other Cups | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 23 | All Competitions | 16 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
All Competitions
MSN (Messi,Suarez,Neymar)
- 59 APPS*
- 26 ASSISTS
- 44 GOALS
BBC (Bale, Benzema, Cristiano)
- 33 GOALS
- 13 ASSISTS
- 54 APPS*
LA LIGA
MSN (Messi, Suarez, Neymar)
- 41 APPS*
- 13 ASSISTS
- 28 GOALS
BBC (Bale, Benzema, Cristiano)
- 19 GOALS
- 5 ASSISTS
- 32 APPS*
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
MSN (Messi, Suarez, Neymar)
- 15 APPS*
- 11 ASSISTS
- 14 GOALS
BBC (Bale, Benzema, Cristiano)
- 8 GOALS
- 7 ASSISTS
- 17 APPS*
OTHER CUPS (Copa Del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup)
MSN (Messi,Suarez,Neymar)
- 3 APPS*
- 2 ASSISTS
- 2 GOALS
BBC (Bale,Benzema,Cristiano)
- 6 GOALS
- 1 ASSISTS
- 5 APPS*
