Comparing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's final 2021/22 stats to find the winner

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have both concluded their 2021/22 seasons.

Messi rounded off his first club campaign away from Barcelona by notching an assist in Paris Saint-Germain’s 5-0 win over Metz on Saturday, before proceeding to get his hands on the Ligue 1 trophy.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo experienced something of a low-key conclusion to the first year of his Manchester United comeback as he was ruled out of the club’s Premier League curtain-closer through injury.

And now that the two Ballon d’Or winners have drawn a line under their 2021/22 campaigns, we can make the logical step of comparing exactly how they’ve performed over the past nine months.

The Ronaldo vs Messi debate is a never-ending conversation that we are by no means above and would never pretend to be for a second because, let’s be honest here, it’s just so darn fun.

And with both superstars having taken a major, unexpected step in their careers last summer, there’s arguably never been a more fascinating time to contrast their performances over the course of a club season.

So, calling upon the data gurus over at WhoScored.com and messivsronaldo.app, we’ve crunched the numbers to compare Ronaldo and Messi in some of the most important metrics to their games.

The winner? Well, we’ll allow you to draw your own conclusions as we give your the numerical rundown on everything from goals to assists and trophies to Man of the Match awards down below:

Cristiano Ronaldo 24-11 Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi 14-3 Cristiano Ronaldo

Lionel Messi 1-0 Cristiano Ronaldo

Lionel Messi 7.75-7.32 Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo 7-7 Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo 134.3-261.0 Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo 2-0 Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo 5-4 Lionel Messi

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