Statistics of Messi and Ronaldo showing who is the best goal scorer without penalty goals

Some of the greatest players that the game of football has witnessed are Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both from Portugal and Argentina respectively.

The coining of the word ‘GOAT’ came as a result of the exploits of these two players in a decade and half.

The talk about the ‘Greatest Of All Time’ has always been about laurels and statistics; no matter how meagre it might be, once it gains an advantage over the other, it is good to be used for defence.

This time, Lionel Messi has the superiority over Christiano Ronaldo according to the BBC Sports. This stats talks about the scoring breakdowns of the aforementioned players without penalty goals.

Lionel Messi now has more goals than Cristiano Ronaldo, discounting penalties.

And he’s played 145 games fewer.

Messi has one non penalty goal ahead of Ronaldo. This comes as a bragging right to fans of the Argentine playmaker.

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