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# 2: Most goals in a club football season
Lionel Messi scored an incredible 73 goals in all competitions in the 2011-12 season, the same season where he became the first player from a Top 5 league to score 50 league goals in a season.
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Ronaldo's best haul of goals in a season is 61 which he scored for Real Madrid in 2014-15. The Portuguese player has not tallied 50 or more goals a season since scoring 51 for the Spanish capital club in 2015-16.
The 34-year-old's debut season in Italy in 2018-19 produced a total of 28 goals in all competitions for Juventus - his worst return in a decade. Thus, it is safe to surmise that Messi's incredible 73-goal season seems safe from Ronaldo's grasp, for now.
# 3: Most goals in a calendar year (91)
In 2012, Lionel Messi broke a near 4-decade old record of Gerd Muller for most goals in a calendar year by scoring an incredible tally of 91 goals.
Ronaldo scored 60 or more goals in 4 consecutive calendar years from 2011 to 2015 but hasn't come close to matching Messi's tally. With the Portugal captain's goal returns diminishing since moving to Juventus in 2019, this record of Messi looks likely to be beyond the reach of Ronaldo.
