Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo - season by season comparison of their goal scoring records

5. 2012-13

The next season the little Argentine took revenge on both personal and collective fronts as he kept up his incredible goal-scoring as he guided Barcelona to match Real Madrid’s previous season points tally of 100 and wrest back control of La Liga from Los Blancos. Ronaldo’s slight dip in goal-scoring (this is all relative, he was still scoring a goal a game) meant that even though Messi’s goal scoring dipped from that ludicrous high of 73 goals, he still emerged the outright winner in their personal battle.

Neither the Catalans nor the Castillians though could do anything about the German dominance of the Champions League where Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund in the final.

Pichichi Award winner – Lionel Messi (45)

Champions League Golden Boot – Cristiano Ronaldo (12)

FIFA Ballon d’Or winner (2013) – Cristiano Ronaldo (The year of the SIIIIIIIIII)

GOAL TALLY

Lionel Messi: 60 in 50

Cristiano Ronaldo: 55 in 55