5 reasons why Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi

#4 Ronaldo is a more prolific goalscorer than Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Golden Shoe award an incredible 4 times!

The ultimate aim of football is to score goals and the ultimate goal scorer of this generation is Cristiano Ronaldo. The only player in the history of the sport to win the golden shoe 4 times, Ronaldo’s goalscoring exploits at Real Madrid have been absolutely mindboggling.

In 348 matches for Madrid, the Portuguese superstar has scored an unbelievable 364 goals having a goal to game ratio of 1.045! Messi on the other hand, with Barcelona, has scored 456 goals in 535 appearances having a goal to game ratio of 0.85.

Ronaldo is also the only person in the history of football to score 50+ goals in 6 different seasons. Both Messi and Ronaldo more often than not play in the position of a winger, and the stats clearly show that the Portuguese superstar has the edge over his Argentine counterpart.

Although Messi is one of the most prolific goalscorers in the history of football, there is no denying the fact that Ronaldo’s finishing and poaching skills are at a level higher than Lionel Messi’s.