who has more la liga goals messi or ronaldo
Messi–Ronaldo rivalry Messi is the all-time top goalscorer in La Liga,[46] has scored co-record seven UEFA Champions League hat-tricks,[47] and holds a single Champions League game scoring record with five goals.[48] On 17 April 2016, Messi scored his 500th professional career goal.[1][49]
Messi–Ronaldo rivalry Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions League all-time top goalscorer while Messi is second. The two had broken each other's record over the course of 2015 after Messi surpassed the previous record holder Raúl in November 2014.[62] Ronaldo opened a gap in the 2015–16 season when he became the first player to score double figures in the group stage of the Champions League, setting the record at 11 goals.[63] They are the first two players to score 100 goals in UEFA Champions League history.[64]
Messi–Ronaldo rivalry 1) A 2015 study[318] compared Messi to Ronaldo using two metrics: total goals scored and weighted expected points added, a measure that gives bigger value to match deciding goals. While Ronaldo scored more goals, Messi was overall more influential in terms of points earned to his team due to his goals by scoring more decisive goals.
Lionel Messi Unsatisfied with his position on the right wing, Messi resumed playing as a false nine in early 2010, beginning with a Champions League last 16-round match against VfB Stuttgart. After a first-leg draw, Barcelona won the second leg 4–0 with two goals and an assist from Messi. At that point, he effectively became the tactical focal point of Guardiola's team, and his goalscoring rate increased.[88] Messi scored a total of 47 goals in all competitions that season, equaling Ronaldo's club record from the 1996–97 campaign.[89][90] He notably scored all of his side's four goals in the Champions League quarter-final against Arsène Wenger's Arsenal on 6 April while becoming Barcelona's all-time top scorer in the competition.[91][92] Although Barcelona were eliminated in the Champions League semi-finals by the eventual champions, Inter Milan, Messi finished the season as top scorer (with 8 goals) for the second consecutive year.[93] As the league's top scorer with 34 goals (again tying Ronaldo's record), he helped Barcelona win a second consecutive La Liga trophy with only a single defeat.[90][94]