Neymar is catching up. There is a good chance, by the end of their careers, the top 3 will be Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar.
Odds are he’ll retire before Ronaldo
Neymar’s decline has already started. I HIGHLY doubt he’s gonna get close.
Never. He is too often injured and Brazil doesn’t get easy fixtures
Ronaldo only scoring his 50th goal at the age of 29 is crazy to still end up the highest
Ronaldo after 30: over 400+ goals, 2 Ballon D’ors, 2x FIFA best, Euro 2016, championships in Spain and Italy, three Champions League back to back
Messi after 30: 250+ goals, 3 Ballon D’ors, World Cup 2022 win, 1x FIFA best.
Most players start going downhill after 30 these mfs doubled up on their individual awards and achievements
But Messi and Ronaldo caseses seem different.
Ronaldo doubled down and become even better after 30, Messi kept
a highan extraordinary level but he was far from his best (even if he managed to lead ARgentina to the WC)Unless you purely compare stats, Ronaldo pre-30 is better than Ronaldo post-30. What he has going over his pre-30 days is winning. 3 b2b2b Champions Leagues and the Euro 2016 means his post-30s are greater than his pre-30s, but purely in terms of overall player performance, 06-14 were his peak. But with all that he has a GOAT level career just considering his post 30 career
Maybe improved is not the word, but my impression is that he become more decisive and clutch. Maybe this is coincidental with the departure of Guardiola and decrease of Barcelona’s dominance which left more room to Madrid and CR to claim the throne.
In any case, I think the point I was trying to make is understood and that Messi and Cristiano’s careers are not really parallels despite their huge longevity and consistency
C. Ronaldo has over 400 goals after turning 30. He has scored more goals after turning 30 than most of the best strikers during their whole career… (Ronaldo, Raul, Van nistelrooy etc…)
Raul to be precise has more than 440 goals
I don’t know why, but is there a problem in CAF? How come we don’t have prolific goal scorers?
Cristiano Ronaldo is aging like a fine wine 🍷
I hope Lewandowski can be 3rd on this list by the end of his career
Always rated Ali Mabkhout
I do think international goals hold less weight these days, due to the amount of games played. Especially European nations playing the likes of San Marino, Luxembourg, Andorra etc more often.
I hope ali mabkhout becomes in the top 5,
These lists mean absolutely nothing.
The difference between Messi and ronaldo is 22 goals in 25 appearances. Messi to lukaku is 23 in 67. I feel like lukaku could become all time goal scorer if his game ages gracefully
Chhetri my Goat
Super Mokh!
Date of 50th goal seems like an odd stat to bother listing…what does it show? How does it help with anything? It’s not age at 50th goal or number of caps to 50, it’s just the date…
It’s from the “List of men’s footballers with 50 or more international goals” wiki page hence they added a date of the 50th goal.
I know it’s not the most immediately eye-catching number on this list, but Lewandowski scoring over 80 goals for a country that hasn’t been consistently able to create chances since the early Eighties is absolutely insane.
This ronaldo fanboys can’t give up xd