Records
No player has collected more Ballon d’Or awards than Messi’s seven, with Ronaldo two adrift on five after last winning the crown in 2018. And it would be no surprise to see the Argentinian add an eighth to his trophy cabinet after winning the FIFA Best award, having guided Argentina to their first World Cup in 36 years.
On titles and trophies alone, Messi is out in front with 11 league titles (10 with Barcelona, one with PSG) to Ronaldo’s seven (three with United, two with Real Madrid and two with Juventus). Ronaldo has four Champions League titles to his name, one more than Messi’s three.
And up until two years ago, the absence of an international trophy continued to haunt Messi until he won the Copa America and the 2022 World Cup.
But Ronaldo does have the bragging rights in two areas which may prove he has a right to stake his claim. The Portuguese is the current all-time international record goalscorer after breaking the record set by former Ali Daei, the former Iran international, in 2021 when he scored his 110th international goal for Portugal against the Republic of Ireland.
Since then, the 38-year-old has added another eight goals to his collection to make it 118 in 196 caps. Messi is two away from his century in 172 caps for Argentina but it appears unlikely that he will be able to catch Ronaldo before he brings the curtain down on his career.
However, Messi has his own page of the records books dedicated to his achievements too. In his 17 years with Barcelona, Messi scored 474 goals and registered 192 assists for the Blaugrana – the most in the competition’s history with an astonishing 36 hat-tricks as well. He has also scored eight Champions League hat-tricks, giving him the record above Ronaldo.
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