Messi vs Ronaldo is one of the biggest rivalries in sports. The Guinness Book of Records was created in 1955 and this is the biggest fight ever between two soccer players.
This ongoing debate has caused many harsh words to be said, punches to be thrown and friendships to be broken over the past 15 years.
There’s only one criterion that really matters: who has the most Guinness World Records titles? Lionel Messi’s uniqueness, agility and natural talent are often contrasted with Cristiano Ronaldo’s efficiency, sportsmanship and work ethic.
Perhaps the best football player of all time is Lionel Messi. His career has been hugely successful, and during that time, he has broken many records. At the World Cup, he received the most best player of the match titles (11 times).
Messi maintains the record of scoring 50 goals in the Champions League at his youngest age. At the age of 24, he achieved that milestone in April 2012. More than any other footballer in the world, Messi has appeared on 10 video game covers.
He is the highest paid soccer player in the world, reportedly earning $107 million annually. Messi became the player with the most goals scored in a single match in the Champions League when he scored 5 goals in a match against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012.
The 36-year-old has played for Barcelona for most of his career and currently holds the record for the most appearances by a foreign player in La Liga (520).
Last but not least, Messi surpassed the record for most goals scored in a single Copa America match by a substitute when he scored a hat-trick for Argentina against Panama in June 2019. 2016.
As for Cristiano Ronaldo, he holds 16 Guinness World Records, which says a lot about the perfect person he has proven to be. Ronaldo leads international scorers of all time. He also has 140 goals in the Champions League, the most of any player.
The maximum number of goals scored by any player in a single Champions League season is Cristiano Ronaldo’s 17 in the 2013–14 season. Along with Radamel Falcao, who scored 17 goals for Porto in the 2011–12 Europa League, he holds the record for most goals scored in a single campaign of UEFA’s European club competition.
During the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, Ronaldo scored in 11 consecutive Champions League matches, a feat that has never been surpassed. He also leads all players in goals scored in UEFA club championships.
At 33 years and 130 days old, he made history as the oldest player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup when he scored three goals in Portugal’s opening match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup before Spain.
Besides Brazilian superstar Pele, German scoring machine Miroslav Klose and Uwe Seeler of the German team, Ronaldo is still the only player to appear in 5 FIFA World Cups.
After surpassing Michel Platini’s record at Euro 2020, the Portuguese icon continues to hold the record for the most goals scored at EUROs (14 goals).
Ronaldo is one of the most accurate penalty takers in La Liga history (72) and is noted for his consistency right from the 11m mark. He received the highest rating of any player ever—99%—in the EA Sports FIFA 18 Team of the Year, based on the Guinness World Records website.
Ronaldo, a global celebrity, has the most followers of any athlete on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. On the contrary, he is also the most followed person.
The most visited website on the internet for a male athlete is Ronaldo’s Wikipedia entry, which has received more than 48 trillion visits.
When he played his 200th match for the Portugal national team in a Euro 2024 qualifying match against Iceland on 20 June 2023, he beat his own record for most caps by a player. men in international football career.
