A comparison has been made between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s statistics across major international tournaments.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been busy smashing records in this summer’s Euro 2020 tournament.
The Portugal captain sits on top of the scoring charts in the Golden Boot race with five goals in only three games and recently surpassed Michel Platini as the record scorer in European Championship.
One more goal against Belgium on Sunday night will see Ronaldo become the player with the most goals in men’s international football history.
Now Planet Football has done the research and answered the big question – who has the better record in international tournaments between Ronaldo and Messi?
World Cup
Ronaldo
| Games | 17 |
| Starts | 17 |
| Non-Starts | 0 |
| Goals | 7 |
| Assists | 2 |
| Penalties | 2 |
| Minutes-per-goal | 211 |
| Minutes per non-penalty goal | 294.8 |
| Minutes per goal or assist | 163.8 |
Messi
| Games | 19 |
| Starts | 17 |
| Non-Starts | 2 |
| Goals | 6 |
| Assists | 7 |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Minutes-per-goal | 270.8 |
| Minutes per non-penalty goal | 270.8 |
| Minutes per goal or assist | 125 |
European Championship
Ronaldo
| Games | 24 |
| Starts | 22 |
| Non-Starts | 2 |
| Goals | 14 |
| Assists | 9 |
| Penalties | 3 |
| Minutes-per-goal | 147 |
| Minutes per non-penalty goal | 187.6 |
| Minutes per goal or assist | 89.7 |
Copa America
Messi
| Games | 30 |
| Starts | 27 |
| Non-Starts | 3 |
| Goals | 10 |
| Assists | 14 |
| Penalties | 2 |
| Minutes-per-goal | 254.7 |
| Minutes per non-penalty goal | 318.4 |
| Minutes per goal or assist | 106.1 |
Overall Records
Ronaldo
| Games | 41 |
| Starts | 39 |
| Non-Starts | 2 |
| Goals | 21 |
| Assists | 11 |
| Penalties | 5 |
| Minutes-per-goal | 168.5 |
| Minutes per non-penalty goal | 221.1 |
| Minutes per goal or assist | 110.6 |
Messi
| Games | 49 |
| Starts | 44 |
| Non-Starts | 5 |
| Goals | 16 |
| Assists | 21 |
| Penalties | 2 |
| Minutes-per-goal | 260.8 |
| Minutes per non-penalty goal | 298 |
| Minutes per goal or assist | 112.8 |
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