Top 10 players with the most goals and assists in the last 10 years

Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid lead by a big margin.

At the end of the day, football is a simple game which is all about who scores the highest number of goals. These ten players in the list have made the highest contribution towards that in the past 10 years.

Not surprisingly, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo lead the charts sharing almost 700 goals among themselves. Ronaldo has been more prolific while Messi’s assist rates are un-paralleled. Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes third and is followed by Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney.

Sl. No.	Player	Matches Played	Goals	Assists	Goals + Assists
1	Lionel Messi	284	249	100	349
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	331	270	79	349
3	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	315	196	77	273
4	Wayne Rooney	312	161	79	240
5	Antonie Di Natale	330	178	54	232
6	Francesco Totti	279	136	81	217
7	David Villa	308	166	43	209
8	Frank Lampard	312	127	76	203
9	Dimitar Berbatov	309	138	53	191
10	Robin van Persie	257	136	51	187