Calling Ronaldo the greatest goalscorer in football history is misleading.
Let's look at the actual numbers:
• Messi scored 916 goals in 1,158 matches = 0.79 goals per game
• Ronaldo scored 973 goals in 1,326 matches = 0.73 goals per game
This is why goal ratio matters.
Simply counting total goals ignores the fact that Ronaldo has played 168 more matches. The more games you play, the more opportunities you get to score.
The same trend appears in goal contributions per minute:
• Messi: 1 goal contribution every 71.6 minutes
• Ronaldo: 1 goal contribution every 87.9 minutes
So Messi scores more frequently and contributes to goals more often.
Ronaldo has the higher total because he's played significantly more matches.
Messi is the greatest goalscorer in history not Ronaldo
@Conway5559@AFC__G I’ve literally seen players says Messi can do exactly the same stuff as Ronaldinho, but he doesn’t use it. Messi is control, technique and efficiency at the highest possible level