| Cristiano RONALDO | YEAR | Lionel MESSI |
| 2003-04 | ||
| 2004-05 | ||
| 2005-06 | ||
| PFA Young Player of the Year | 2006-07 | |
| European Golden Shoe, EPL Golden Boot, Champions League Top Scorer, Uefa Club Footballer of the Year | 2007-08 | |
| Ballon d’Or | 2008-09 | Champions League Top Scorer |
| 2009-10 | Ballon d’Or, European Golden Shoe, La Liga Top Scorer, Champions League Top Scorer | |
| European Golden Shoe, La Liga Top Scorer | 2010-11 | Ballon d’Or, Champions League Top Scorer |
| 2011-12 | Ballon d’Or, European Golden Shoe, La Liga Top Scorer, Champions League Top Scorer | |
| Champions League Top Scorer | 2012-13 | Ballon d’Or, European Golden Shoe, La Liga Top Scorer |
| Ballon d’Or, European Golden Shoe, Champions League Top Scorer, La Liga Top Scorer | 2013-14 | |
| 2014-15 | World Cup Golden Ball |
Now we move to both players records which they made and broke in the last decade or so, some of them are specific league records and some of them are all time world records.
| Lionel MESSI | |
| 1 | Most FIFA Ballon d’Or awards (4) |
| 2 | Only player in history to have won Ballon d’Or, FIFA World Player, Pichichi trophy & Golden Boot in the same season |
| 3 | World record of most goals in a calendar year: 91 goals (2012) |
| 4 | consecutive league matches scored in: 21 matches (33 goals) + only player to have scored against all teams in the same league |
| 5 | Leading goal scorer in Spanish League history (253 goals) |
| 6 | Leading scorer in UEFA Champions League history (74 goals) |
| 7 | All time leading Barcelona scorer (399) |
So now you have the bigger picture, Messi is two year younger than Cristiano Ronaldo and he has achieved everything a football can dream of and in 2014 world cup he was inches away winning a World Cup for his native Argentina side as he guided them to the final, but it was Germany who eventually won it but Messi went home with the Golden Ball (best player in world cup).
More champions League titles, more FIFA player of the year awards, more goals, more assists and broke almost all big scoring records really do make Messi a better player than Ronaldo. It easier to judge them because they are playing in the same era unlike previous big football rivalry which was Maradona vs Pele.
Personaly I think Lionel Messi is slightly better player than Ronaldo because not only his goal record is incredible but he has a bigger impact on the team he is playing in. Ronaldo on the other hand is incredible player and he is in the elite class of all time great footballers and he still has couple of years left at the very peak of his career and things might change and we might look at them differently when they hang up there boots. But so far Messi shades it for me against Ronaldo.
What you think of this rivalry ? who is the better player between Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo ? use the poll below to cast your vote and express your opinion in the comments section.
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