Much has always been said about Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's goal ratio versus the big nations at International football in a major tournament.
Ronaldo is presently the overall Top scorer at International level with over 110 goals, while Leo Messi is the greatest scorer in South America with 80 strikes to his name.
The big question on everyone's mouth is, "Who has scored the most goals against competitive nations at a Major International tournament"?
We will be using a detailed stats to Breakdown their goals in Major tournaments (Euros, Nation's League, Confederations Cup, World Cup and Copa America) versus the higher ranked nations based on the FIFA rankings when the tournaments was played.
Ronaldo (12 major tournaments):
2004 Euros - 2 goals
Greece (35th) - 2 apps - 1 goal
Russia (31st)
Spain (3rd)
England (13th)
Netherlands (5th) - 1 goal
2006 World Cup - 1 goal
Angola (57th)
Iran (23rd) - 1 goal
Netherlands (3rd)
England (10th)
France (8th)
Germany (19th)
2008 Euros - 1 goal
Turkey (20th)
Czech Republic (6th) - 1 goal
Germany (5th)
2010 World Cup - 1 goal
Cote d'Ivoire (27th)
North Korea (105th) - 1 goal
Brazil (1st)
Spain (2nd)
2012 Euros - 3 goals
Germany (3rd)
Denmark (9th)
Netherlands (4th) - 2 goals
Czech Republic (27th) - 1 goal
Spain (1st)
2014 World Cup - 1 goal
Germany (2nd)
USA (13th)
Ghana (37th) - 1 goal
2016 Euros - 3 goals
Iceland (34th)
Austria (10th)
Hungary (20th) - 2 goals
Croatia (27th)
Poland (27th)
Wales (26th) - 1 goal
France (17th)
2017 Confederations Cup - 2 goals
Mexico (17th)
Russia (63rd) - 1 goal
New Zealand (95th) - 1 goal
Chile (4th)
2018 World Cup - 4 goals
Spain (10th) - 3 goals
Morocco (41st) - 1 goal
Iran (37th)
Uruguay (14th)
2018-19 Nations League - 3 goals
Switzerland (8th) - 3 goals
Netherlands (16th)
2020-21 Nations League - 2 goals
Sweden (17th) - 2 goals
France (2nd) - 2 apps
Croatia (9th)
2020 Euros (played in 2021) - 5 goals
Hungary (37th) - 2 goals
Germany (12th) - 1 goal
France (2nd) - 2 goals
Belgium (1st)
28 goals (52 appearances) in Major tournaments - 7 World Cup (17 appearances), 14 Euros (25 appearances), 2 Confederations Cup (4 appearances), 5 Nations League (6 appearances).
Top 10 (1st - 10th) -> 23 games, 12 goals
Top 20 (1st - 20th) -> 34 games, 17 goals
Top 30 (1st - 30th) -> 40 games, 20 goals
Top 40 (1st - 40th) -> 47 games, 24 goals
Top 50 (1st - 50th) -> 48 games, 25 goals
Others excluding top 50 = 3 goals in 4 apps
Messi (10 major tournaments)
2006 World Cup - 1 goal
Serbia & Montenegro (44th) - 1 goal
Netherlands (3rd) - 0
Mexico (4th) - 0
2007 Copa América - 2 goals
USA (16th)
Colombia (31st)
Paraguay (37th)
Peru (64th) - 1 goal
Mexico (26th) - 1 goal
Brazil (3rd)
2010 World Cup - 0 goal
Nigeria (21st)
South Korea (47th)
Greece (13th)
Mexico (17th)
Germany (6th)
2011 Copa América - 0 goal
Bolivia (94th)
Colombia (54th)
Costa Rica (55th)
Uruguay (18th)
2014 World Cup - 4 goals
Bosnia (21st) - 1 goal
Iran (43rd) - 1 goal
Nigeria (44th) - 2 goals
Switzerland (6th)
Belgium (11th)
Netherlands (15th)
Germany (2nd)
2015 Copa América - 1 goal
Paraguay (85th) - 2 games - 1 goal
Uruguay (8th)
Jamaica (65th)
Colombia (4th)
Chile (19th)
2016 Copa América - 5 goals
Panama (56th) - 3 goals
Bolivia (82nd)
Venezuela (77th) - 1 goal
USA (31st) - 1 goal
Chile (5th)
2018 World Cup - 1 goal
Iceland (22nd)
Croatia (20th)
Nigeria (48th) - 1 goal
France (7th)
2019 Copa América - 1 goal
Colombia (13th)
Paraguay (36th) - 1 goal
Qatar (55th)
Venezuela (33rd)
Brazil (3rd)
Chile (16th)
2020 Copa América (played in 2021) - 4 goals
Chile (19th) - 1 goal
Uruguay (9th)
Paraguay (35th)
Bolivia (81st) - 2 goals
Ecuador (53rd) - 1 goal
Colombia (15th)
Brazil (3rd)
19 goals (53 games) in Major competitions - 6 World Cup (19 games), 13 Copa América (34 games).
Top 10 (1st - 10th) -> 13 games, 0 goals
Top 20 (1st - 20th) -> 25 games, 1 goal
Top 30 (1st - 30th) -> 29 games, 3 goals
Top 40 (1st - 40th) -> 35 games, 5 goals
Top 50 (1st - 50th) -> 40 games, 10 goals
Others excluding top 50 = 9 goals in 13 apps.
From the above stats, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most goals against Top ranked nation's at International level (major tournament). Most of Leo Messi's goals Vs the big nations have come in Friendly games, or World Cup Qualifiers.
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