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Total production: more in less time
Global career data (November 8, 2026, source messivsronaldo.app):
- Messi: 936 goals, 427 assists, 1,183 games.
- Ronaldo: 985 goals, 261 assists, 1,343 games.
This means:
- Messi decides more often per game: a goal every 104 minutes, a goal contribution (goal+assist) every 71 minutes.
- Ronaldo needs more time: 111 minutes per goal and 88 minutes per goal+assist.
- Without penalties, Messi has 821 goals against Ronaldo's 801 - in 97,321 minutes played versus 109,812.
Even granting that Ronaldo has more total goals, Messi has more impact per minute and per game - and still adds nearly double the assists.