Years will pass and their names will continue to be heard constantly. The biggest rivalry so far in the world of football has been carried out by the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldowhich has dominated from the mid-2000s to the present day and in part thanks to its past, where the first defended the Barcelona and the second to real Madrid.
At 39 years old, the Lusitanian attacker is still in force with the Al-Nassr of the Saudi Professional League, where he is a figure of his squad. Currently El Bicho accumulates 877 points in his career, finishing with 54 in 2023, in addition he has nine consecutive games with a goal after scoring in the 3-2 victory over Al-Shabab.
On the other hand, the 36-year-old forward from Rosario reaps in his account 824 entriesremembering that he is now the Franchise Player and captain of the Inter Miami of the MLSwhere just this weekend he contributed a double in the victory over Orlando City in it Sun Classic.
Although the selected Portugal has a greater number of targets, the element of The Albiceleste has a better goal average with 0.78 against 0.72. To reach this sum of many, Christian has played 1,208 matches, after defending the jerseys of Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, real Madrid, Juventus and Al-Nassr. In the case of Messiits total sum has been achieved in one thousand 50 matches when representing the Barça, PSG and Inter Miami.
He Commander is currently 53 goals ahead of The flea on the road to being the top scorer in the history of football and although the second is younger, it is unknown if he can reach or surpass the first, who boasts great physical strength. It is very difficult for someone else to get into the fight because in third place is the Austrian Josef Bican, active between 1928 and 1956 to score 759 goals. The Brazilian appears on the fourth step Pele with 757 and in fifth his compatriot Romario de Souza with 745. Up to the ninth comes another who remains active, the Polish Robert Lewandowski with 642 points, while the Uruguayan Luis Suarez He is thirteenth with 557.
# |
PLAYER |
COUNTRY |
PERIOD |
GOALS |
MATCHES |
AVERAGE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
2002-2004 |
877 |
1208 |
0.72 |
2 |
Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
2004-2024 |
824 |
1050 |
0.78 |
3 |
Josef Bican |
Austria |
1928-1956 |
759 |
495 |
1.53 |
4 |
Pele |
Brazil |
1956-1977 |
757 |
820 |
0.92 |
5 |
Romario |
Brazil |
1985-2009 |
745 |
692 |
0.77 |
6 |
Gerd Müller |
Germany |
1962-1983 |
735 |
793 |
0.93 |
7 |
Ferenc Puskas |
Hungary |
1943-1966 |
704 |
718 |
0.98 |
8 |
Jimmy Jones |
Ireland |
1946-1965 |
647 |
614 |
1.05 |
9 |
Robert Lewandowski |
Poland |
2007-2024 |
642 |
907 |
0.71 |
10 |
Eusebio |
Portugal |
1957-1979 |
621 |
639 |
0.97 |
eleven |
Max Morlock |
Germany |
1940-1964 |
609 |
970 |
0.63 |
12 |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
Sweden |
1999-2023 |
573 |
988 |
0.58 |
13 |
Luis Suarez |
Uruguay |
2005-2024 |
557 |
941 |
0.59 |
14 |
Isidro Lángara |
Spain |
1930-1948 |
525 |
437 |
1.20 |
fifteen |
Zico |
Brazil |
1971-1994 |
522 |
773 |
0.68 |
16 |
Hugo Sanchez |
Mexico |
1976-1997 |
516 |
883 |
0.58 |
17 |
Alfredo Di Stefano |
Argentina |
[1945-1966 |
509 |
706 |
0.72 |
18 |
Ferenc Bene |
Hungary |
1961-1985 |
508 |
493 |
1.03 |
19 |
Roberto Dynamite |
Brazil |
1971-1992 |
507 |
838 |
0.61 |
twenty |
Jef Mermans |
Belgium |
1937-1960 |
500 |
629 |
0.79 |
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