Ronaldo, Messi, Bican, Pele: Who has the best goals-per-game record?

Last weekend, Cristiano Ronaldo broke Josef Bican’s record for the most goals by a single player in the history of men’s professional football.

The 37-year-old scored a magnificent hat-trick for Manchester United in a 3-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.

Ronaldo has now found the back of the net an astonishing 807 times for club and country, a total which almost beggars belief.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s record haul will likely remain intact for decades to come, with Lionel Messi the only man who stands a chance of surpassing him.

However, while the Paris Saint-Germain superstar has scored fewer goals, there is one department in which he’s superior to Ronaldo and that is goals-per-game.

Messi boasts a record of 0.79 in that regard, while Ronaldo is on 0.73 at the time of writing.

But Messi’s impressive ratio is far from the best among the 30 highest goalscorers in the history of football, according to the folks over at Neogol.

Amazingly, the Argentine genius has to settle for joint-16th place and you can check out who’s ahead of him by going through our 30-man list below.

Games: 1033 | Goals: 446

Games: 874 | Goals: 471

Games: 883 | Goals: 516

Games: 956 | Goals: 572

Games: 838 | Goals: 507

Games: 846 | Goals: 517

Games: 773 | Goals: 522

Games: 662 | Goals: 451

Games: 660 | Goals: 466

Games: 706 | Goals: 509

Games: 797 | Goals: 576

Games: 1111 | Goals: 807

Games: 601 | Goals: 442

Games: 629 | Goals: 500

Games: 960 | Goals: 759

Games: 961 | Goals: 772

Games: 592 | Goals: 489

Games: 554 | Goals: 480

Stjepan Bobek. The all time leading goalscorer in Yugoslavia national team and FK Partizan history. pic.twitter.com/9GtTxrssh0

Games: 548 | Goals: 498

Games: 596 | Goals: 547

Games: 831 | Goals: 767

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