Answers about goals, scopes, date windows, missing metrics and the difference between sourced data and editorial ratings.
The dated ledger records 936 for Messi and 982 for Ronaldo. The comparison covers senior competitive club and senior international goals. Inspect the latest recorded goal dates and scope below.
Messi: 126 for Argentina. Ronaldo: 146 for Portugal. Senior international friendlies are included; youth and Olympic goals are excluded.
Competitive senior club goals, including the Arab Club Champions Cup. Club-friendly and penalty-shootout conversions are excluded.
This goal ledger cannot establish assists. The old season dataset is not fully audited. We withhold its totals while a separate match dataset and explicit assist definition are being verified.
A goal row only establishes a goal. It omits matches with zero goals and does not record minutes played. Counting these rows as appearances would be incorrect.
Choose a calendar year or an explicit 1 July–30 June date window. Goals are grouped by match date. July–June does not imply that every league follows a European season.
Each interval starts on a player’s birthday and ends immediately before their next birthday. A current age can be partial because the archive has a dated cutoff.
Individual finish types are not recorded in the imported ledger. Blank fields do not mean zero. These breakdowns remain unavailable until independently sourced.
Possible differences include cutoff dates, youth or friendly inclusion, competition scope and goal-credit conventions. Real Madrid credits Ronaldo with 451 goals; this ledger follows the standard match-credit convention of 450.
Team honours are separate from individual awards. The honours pages give source-checked club-era records with explicit inclusions; they do not claim a complete career total.
Goals Scored is normalized from ledger totals. The other 29 starting scores are editorial ratings. User weights produce a preference score, rather than an official ranking.
The updates hub has scheduled checks at 11:00 and 18:00 Europe/London. It shows when the last check completed and links to sources. It is not a live match stream.
Senior competitive club goals and senior internationals, including international friendlies. Youth, Olympic, club-friendly and shootout goals are excluded. Includes the Arab Club Champions Cup.
Latest recorded goal: Messi 2026-10-17 · Ronaldo 2026-10-23. Matches checked through: Messi 2026-10-24 · Ronaldo 2026-10-23. Checked 2026-10-26T12:02:49+00:00. Zero-goal appearances, minutes, assists and finish types are unavailable in this ledger. Methodology · CSV
Messi vs Ronaldo App compiled match histories, supplemented by club and league reports and attributed reporting. This is a dated record, not a live score.
News checked
MLS lists Inter Miami third in the East on 55 points ahead of the 28 October match against Cincinnati. Miami are pursuing second-placed New England and a higher playoff seed.
Official MLS match preview and playoff scenarios
Full report · MLSsoccer.com · match preview published 27 October 2026 at 14:34 UTC; clinching scenarios published at 15:00 UTC
AFP reports that a Portuguese federation spokesperson has confirmed Ronaldo’s inclusion in the preliminary squad for November’s Nations League matches.
FPF spokesperson confirmation reported by AFP · preliminary squad only
Full report · AFP · published 27 October 2026, citing an FPF spokesperson