A breakdown of the stats behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s 801 career goals
It’s official: Cristiano Ronaldo’s two goals for Manchester United against Arsenal have taken him over the 800-goal mark in his illustrious career.
Ronaldo has overtaken the likes of Pele and Romario as the top-scorer in official matches – for the phonograph record, Lionel Messi is presently on 756 career goals – and one can merely imagine the sum of satisfaction the 36-year-old will take from achieving his latest milestone .
We ’ ve collected a choice of stats to celebrate Ronaldo ’ s incredible accomplishment.
Overall
Games: 1095
Goals: 801
Goals per game: 0.73
Hat-tricks: 58
Four in a game: 8
Five in a game: 2
Penalties (missed): 141 ( 28 )
Assists: 282
Season by season breakdown
2002-03: 5 goals in 31 appearances
2003-04: 8 goals in 53 appearances
2004-05: 16 goals in 60 appearances
2005-06: 15 goals in 62 appearances
2006-07: 28 goals in 61 appearances
2007-08: 46 goals in 61 appearances
2008-09: 27 goals in 60 appearances
2009-10: 34 goals in 46 appearances
2010-11: 56 goals in 59 appearances
2011-12: 69 goals in 69 appearances
2012-13: 59 goals in 64 appearances
2013-14: 62 goals in 57 appearances
2014-15: 66 goals in 60 appearances
2015-16: 57 goals in 61 appearances
2016-17: 56 goals in 56 appearances
2017-18: 54 goals in 55 appearances
2018-19: 31 goals in 47 appearances
2019-20: 48 goals in 52 appearances
2020-21: 46 goals in 59 appearances
2021-22: 18 goals in 21 appearances
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Competitions
League: 485 goals
Sporting Lisbon : 5 ( 31 games )
Manchester United : 130 ( 308 games )
real number Madrid : 450 ( 438 games )
Juventus : 101 ( 134 games )
Champions League: 141 goals
manchester United : 22 ( 60 games )
real Madrid : 105 ( 101 games )
Juventus : 14 ( 23 games )
Domestic Cups: 45 goals
Taca de Portugal : 2 ( 3 games )
FA Cup : 13 ( 26 games )
league Cup : 4 ( 12 games )
Copa del Rey : 22 ( 30 games )
Coppa Italia : 4 ( 10 games )
Other club competitions: 15 goals
World Club Cup : 7 goals
UEFA Super Cup : 2 goals
Domestic ‘ Super Cups ’ : 6 goals
International: 115 goals
World Cup finals : 7
World Cup qualify : 36
european championship : 14
european Championship qualify : 31
Confederations Cup : 2
Nations League : 5
Friendlies : 20
Century goal milestones
- 1st goal Sporting Lisbon v Moreirense (October 7, 2002)
5th match - 100th goal v Tottenham (January 27, 2008)
301st match - 200th goal v Valencia (December 4, 2010)
458th match - 300th goal v Granada (May 5, 2012)
554th match - 400th goal v Celta (January 6, 2014)
653rd match - 500th goal v Malmo (September 30, 2015)
753th match - 600th goal v Juventus (June 3, 2017)
855th match - 700th goal v Ukraine (October 14, 2019)
974th match - 800th goal v Arsenal (December 3, 2021)
1095th match
ON THIS DAY IN 2017 :
Cristiano Ronaldo became the FIRST PLAYER EVER to score in 3 Champions League FINALS .
Producing a masterclass against Juventus by scoring a couple & helping real Madrid become the 1ST TEAM EVER to win BACK-TO-BACK UCL titles. pic.twitter.com/d93anNh9XB
— The CR7 Timeline. ( @ TimelineCR7 ) June 2, 2021
Top 10 club opponents scored against – No. of goals
Twenty-seven goals : sevilla
Twenty-five goals : Atletico Madrid
Twenty-three goals : Getafe
Twenty goals : Barcelona
Seventeen goals : acrobatic Bilbao, Malaga
Fifteen goals : Espanyol, Real Sociedad, Valencia, Villarreal
How Ronaldo has scored
left foot : 146 ( 18.27 % )
right animal foot : 514 ( 64.08 % )
head : 139 ( 17.40 % )
other ( Arm, middle ) : 2 ( 0.26 % )
open play : 603 ( 75.34 % )
free kicks : 56 ( 7.01 % )
Penalties : 142 ( 17.65 % )
dwelling : 435 ( 54.19 % )
away : 334 ( 40.55 % )
achromatic : 42 ( 5.26 % )
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