The next biggest span in World Cup history belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo at 16 years and 160 days. The Player of the Match, first awarded in 2002, has been given to Messi an unequalled 11 times.
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo is not too far ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup winner. After his hat-trick in Al Nassr's 3-0 win over Damac on Saturday, Ronaldo now has 709 club goals in 955 senior
In the final against Germany in Yokohama, Japan, Ronaldo scored twice in Brazil's 2–0 win and tied Pelé's Brazilian record of 12 career World Cup goals. Ronaldo was the first player to seek out German players to offer his condolences, before he was congratulated by Pelé when receiving his World Cup winners medal.But if you’re boring and won’t take the view of five goats as gospel, we’ve crunched the numbers to see exactly how their World Cup records compare. Lionel Messi. Games: 26 Starts: 24 Sub appearances: 2. Goals: 13 Assists: 8 Penalties scored: 4. Minutes per goal: 178.0 Minutes per non-penalty goal: 257.2 Minutes per goal or assist: 110.2 Once again, Cristiano Ronaldo scored an amazing goal for Portugal in the 2024 UEFA Euro qualifiers. After the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo had a very disappointing first season with Al