THE CAREER TIMELINE

Find the turning points.

Choose a year range, switch between goals and assists, and explore how the two careers compare over time.

Start year

End year

Statistic

Cumulative within range

2002–2026

Goals

Each point is one calendar year.

Messi930

Ronaldo979

Totals for the selected years

Messi: solid line. Ronaldo: dashed line. Move through the years below or open the data table.

Explore a year

2026

2026Messi 34Ronaldo 22View original record

Open the data table

Goals · Annual totals
Year	Messi	Ronaldo
2002	0	5
2003	0	1
2004	0	13
2005	3	15
2006	12	25
2007	31	34
2008	22	35
2009	41	30
2010	60	48
2011	59	60
2012	91	63
2013	45	69
2014	58	61
2015	52	57
2016	59	55
2017	54	53
2018	51	49
2019	50	39
2020	27	44
2021	43	47
2022	35	16
2023	28	54
2024	29	43
2025	46	41
2026	34	22

Club and country records are combined. Cumulative totals restart at your chosen first year; they are not full career totals unless you select every year.

The latest year is incomplete through 21 September 2026. Assist definitions follow the published dataset.

Sources & counting rules