With over 800 goals at club and international level combined, Cristiano Ronaldo is the top goalscorer of all time.
Lionel Messi became only the second player after Cristiano Ronaldo to score 800 career goals when he scored against Panama at the Monumental Stadium in Argentina on Friday. This was the first international match for the Argentine since winning the FIFA World Cup in Qatar last year.
Lionel Messi became the second-ever player to reach 800 goals with a goal in Argentina's 2-0 win over Panama on Thursday. Cristiano Ronaldo, who holds the all-time record for career goals (830), is the only other player that has reached 800 goals.
Who is better Messi Or Ronaldo? Ronaldo has scored a record number of international goals and appearances, but Messi has won more Ballon d'Or awards (7). Messi has spent most of his playing career in Spain and France, while Ronaldo has played in Portugal, England, Spain, and Italy.
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 18th, 19th and 20th goals of the season on Tuesday against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center to become the third player in NHL history to reach the 800-goal mark, joining Hall of Famers Gordie Howe (801) and Wayne Gretzky (894).
Ovechkin is now one of only three players in NHL history to score at least 800 career goals, joining Wayne Gretzky (894) and Gordie Howe (801).
Another week, another landmark for Lionel Messi as the Argentina superstar scored his 800th career goal in Thursday's friendly against Panama. It's been an almighty journey for the all-time great, who has basically won everything on offer and claimed a record haul of seven Ballons d'Or along the way.
An analysis of the players' statistics reveals that Ronaldo was labelled the undisputed GOAT of soccer with the most overall goals, Champions League goals, club goals and assists, and international caps and goals.
Maradona – 259
Pele's goal figures are inaccurate because there are too many unverified sources. Even so, the Brazilian star still ultimately prevailed over his Argentine opponent.
Pele, the legendary Brazilian footballer, is considered the football god of all time.
1,000 goals!
Incredibly, Pele was not even 30 when he reached this milestone, which puts his otherworldly ability to find the back of the net into some sort of context. Estimates of how many he scored by the time he hung up his boots vary considerably, with the man himself claiming he netted 1,283 goals back in 2015.
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Pelé scored 92 hat-tricks during his career for Santos, NY Cosmos and Brazil. Cristiano Ronaldo is the record holder for the most international hat-tricks (10).
Robert Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes is one of football's greatest performances. In a strange way, Robert Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes for Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg in 2015 feels like an underappreciated moment.
Pelé: King of the World Cup
Pelé managed to raise three World Cup trophies with Brazil, finishing with victories in Sweden 1958, Chile 1962 and Mexico 1970. Maradona won one World Cup throughout his career, although behind him there is a memorable performance in Mexico 1986.
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is regarded as the king of dribbling skills in football. Messi has won the Ballon d'Or for being the best footballer in the world over a calendar year seven times over the course of his career, which is the most in the history of world football.
Ronaldo has received praise for his physical attributes, goalscoring skills, leadership and performance under pressure, while Messi is lauded for his combination of dribbling, playmaking, passing and goalscoring.
1. Lionel Messi – 7 Ballon d'Ors, 2022 World Cup.
Franklin joins Gordon Coventry (1920-1937, 1299 goals), Doug Wade (1961-1975, 1057), Gary Ablett Snr. (1982-1996, 1031), Jason Dunstall (1985-1998, 1254) and Tony Lockett (1983-2002, 1360) in the illustrious 1,000 career goal club.
The last player in these leagues to score seven goals in a match was László Kubala in 1952 for FC Barcelona.
Cristiano Ronaldo now stands alone as the first player in football history to achieve 800 career goals - a ludicrous feat that has not been matched by anyone past or present.