Ronaldo, Messi, Ronaldinho, Neymar: Players with best goals-per-game ratio in La Liga since 2000
So many great goal scorers have played in La Liga in the 21st century.
Two names that stand out are Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The two legends, who featured for Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively, smashed record after record during their time in Spain’s top tier.
Other greats that have scored a bucket load of goals in the league include Ronaldo Nazario, Samuel Eto’o and David Villa.
While the likes of Karim Benzema and Luis Suarez are both hitting the back of the net regularly in the present day for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid respectively.
But who has the best goals-per-game ratio in La Liga since 2000? PopFoothave answered that very question and you can view their findings below…
*Players must have played over 50 matches.
20. Thierry Henry: 0.44 goals-per-game
19. Gareth Bale: 0.46 goals-per-game
18. Patrick Kluivert: 0.47 goals-per-game
17. Iago Aspas: 0.47 goals-per-game
16. Diego Milito: 0.47-goals-per-game
15. Ricardo Oliveira: 0.48 goals-per-game
14. Ronaldinho: 0.48 goals-per-game
13. Luis Fabiano: 0.48 goals-per-game
12. Ruud van Nistelrooy: 0.52 goals-per-game
11. David Villa: 0.52 goals-per-game
10. Karim Benzema: 0.53 goals-per-game
9. Diego Forlan: 0.53 goals-per-game
8. Neymar: 0.55 goals-per-game
7. Gonzalo Higuain: 0.56 goals-per-game
6. Samuel Eto’o: 0.59 goals-per-game
5. Ronaldo Nazario: 0.65 goals-per-game
4. Radamel Falcao: 0.67 goals-per-game
3. Luis Suarez: 0.70 goals-per-game
2. Lionel Messi: 0.91 goals-per-game
1. Cristiano Ronaldo: 1.07 goals-per-game
Ronaldo is top and his 1.07 goals-per-game ratio may never be beaten.
He didn’t just achieve that tally in a small sample size, though. He managed to average over a goal-per-game while playing an incredible 438 times. That’s just