How Lionel Messi’s Race to 100 Inter Miami Goals Compares to Ronaldo at Al Nassr

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The two all-time greats continue to be prolific in front of goal. | Carmen Mandato/Getty Images , Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo remain devastating goalscoring forces even during the twilight of their careers, and the pair reached the 100-goal mark at their respective clubs in eerily-similar fashions.

At 39, Messi continues to be the talismanic figure for the Herons up front, and Wednesday’s win saw him liftIt took Messi 115 games to reach his 100th for the Herons, which quickly resurfaced the never-ending comparisons with career arch-rival Ronaldo, who scored his 100th goal for Al Nassr in an alarmingly-similar timeframe. Messi and Ronaldo will always be compared. | Rich Storry/Leagues Cup/MLS/Getty Images ; Fadel SENNA/AFP/Getty Images for the Saudi side.

By his 115th appearance, Ronaldo had added one more goal to his account. Still, a detailed breakdown of Messi and Ronaldo’s goalscoring numbers after 115 games played at their current clubs sees the Argentine get the edge in many significant categories. Only five of Messi’s 100 Miami goals came from the penalty spot, while Ronaldo scored 27 penalties by the time he reached the century mark.

Ronaldo, unsurprisingly, has 14 headed goals to Messi’s 6, but the left-footed magician has double the amount of free kick goals with a 10 to five split. The most glaring difference comes in the form of minutes played. Ronaldo had already eclipsed the 10,000 minute mark by the time of his 115th game for Al Nassr.

Meanwhile, Messi has played just over 9,500 minutes, considerably less than the Portuguese striker. As a result, Messi’s goals per minute average is higher, giving him the edge in another major statistical category by the time they reached the century mark.pursuit to reach 1,000 career goals closes in on the promise landRoberto Casillas is a writer for SI FC, focusing primarily on FC Barcelona, the Mexico National Team, Liga MX and all things Latin American football.

Born and raised in Mexico City, he developed a deep passion for football from an early age and fell in love with Cruz Azul. The once future star of Mexican football still likes to showcase what’s left of his talent on the Sunday league pitch. He’s also a big fan of the New England Patriots—so much so he moved to the region for four years—, Chicago Cubs and is a life-long Formula 1 follower.

When he takes a break from sports, he enjoys traveling the world, watching the latest great TV show, going to concerts and spending plenty of time with friends and family.

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