Messi is greater.
734 goals
309 assists
34 trophies
55 freekicks
54 hattricks
50 league goals in a season
73 goals all competitions in a season
91 goals in a calendar year
7 Pichichi
6 Golden Boot
6 Ballon d'Or
1 World Cup Golden Ball
6 FIFA Best Player
2 UEFA Best Player
Goalscorer and playmaker (unlike Ronaldo)
Better goal/match ratio compared to Ronaldo.
Better assist/match ratio compared to Ronaldo.
Sure Messi has one less CL titles, but Messi beat Ronaldo is their only CL final together, and Messi has more league titles in total, many of which he directly faced Ronaldo’s Madrid. Ronaldo only has two league title during his many years in Madrid as a consequence of Messi’s dominance.
Again, give me Messi’s accomplishments all day over Ronaldo’s.
While your post is totally one sided and posted on the wrong thread, and after having weighting merits from both sides based on similar criteria you’ve set above, I still think Ronaldo accomplishment is slightly better.
Ronaldo:
More career goals, more club goals, more international goals, more CL goals, more CL assists, more freekicks goals, more hat tricks, more individual records, more CL wins, more international trophies.
Messi:
More career assists, more club assist, more international assist, more league titles, more Ballon D’ors, more golden shoe, more trophies.
But note some of criteria above are indeed very close, so it could still change anytime, I’ll list the closest one here:
Ballon D’or: Messi 6 Ronaldo 5
Freekicks: Ronaldo 56 Messi 55
Trophies: Messi 34 Ronaldo 33
And for those which I don’t see there will be any possible change of their standing in future:
International goals: Ronaldo 103 Messi 71
Career assist: Messi 309 Ronaldo 224
Club assists: Messi 267 Ronaldo 194
For those which I think will be unlikely to change in future, but won’t say 100% won’t happen:
Individual records: Ronaldo 143 Messi 126
CL goals: Ronaldo 134 Messi 120
International assist: Messi 42 Ronaldo 30
For career goals, although Ronaldo is still comfortably leading by 773 to 734, their standing could still change if Ronaldo retired maybe 2 seasons earlier than Messi, or if Messi decided to spend a few more years in MLS earning his last big pay cheque before retiring etc And given that Messi is 2 years younger, it could actually be very close in the end. It’s mostly about longevity game at this stage.