Ronaldo does not rely solely on his team-mates to create goals for himself, I don't know where you're getting the impression from.
It's either this, or he himself is massively under-performing at international level. You can't have it both ways.
And solely is a tad hyperbolic, as it's obvious Ronaldo has his moments of genuine class, but at the same time, he is largely reliant on others in a way players such as Neymar, Robben, Suarez and the like are not. If they, as inferior players can maintain their own standards no matter what, then why can't Ronaldo?
People make him out to be some Ruud Van Nistelrooy/ Inzaghi type supercharged sniping artists, when in actuality he is perfectly capable of fashioning goals for himself out of thin air, and bringing others into play. That is evidenced by the fact that he is on pace to reach 100, or even match Figo's tally of 105 la Liga assists behind Messi; plus he has more Champions League assists than Xavi and Iniesta and Pirlo, and is on his way to equaling Giggs' Champions League mark of 30.
Now this is disingenuous. You can't possibly be comparing defence-splitting, sublime 30+ yard through ball passes with squared balls across a box? In terms of raw assist numbers via relatively easy final balls, or rebounds etc Ronaldo probably has as many as Riquelme, one of the greatest through-ball passers of the last 30 years, there's not a sane soul who is going to validate a Ronaldo final pass on a 1:1 with the players you mentioned.
Ronaldo isn't a RVN or Inzaghi, no, but he's quite a different animal from the majority of other all-time greats, too, which is why I said how he is and what he's doing is very unique. Even his Benjamin Button-esque reversal to a striker to see out his career is an absurdity, which makes for a player who is far removed from the normal trajectory of a footballer, let alone all-time great. I don't know how many other players have converted from winger, to wing-forward to striker to see out a career, but it really can't be many.
And just for the record, Puskas was more of a finisher than a director even at Honved, and for Hungary. He too had heaps of tap-ins and reductive goals supplied by the players I've mentioned before. Again, at the risk of repeating myself, some of the arguments are duplicitous. Puskas' achievements always came with teams that were filled to the brim with talent. So how can you hold Ronaldo to this standard?
Puskas forged an insane amount of chances for himself off the back of unspectacular passages of play, not dissimilar to an Aguero or Martial turning nothing into something, but to a higher degree. Ronaldo certainly doesn't do that with the same kind of frequency. As I said before, Puskas was the outstanding player amongst outstanding players - he wasn't just given that moniker for the sake of it, it was because he was a sublime individual, just the same as all other players generally mentioned in top 5 and 10 lists.
Did Ferenc really prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he can consistently lead Honved, Hungary and Madrid without stacked lineups, and team-mates that supplied him with the ammunition? No, he didn't. Hence why the arguments are set up to be intrinsically flawed.
He proved that no matter what, his own individual standard did not drop, which is all any player can do under any circumstance and what Ronaldo doesn't do enough times for it to be noted. As I have said time and time again, it doesn't matter if a player is on a stacked team or not, you can still gauge them as individuals. Everyone on planet earth knows when Messi is being Messi or Robben is being Robben.
How is Ronaldo not competing and showing himself? He is the highest scorer of all time for the national team, the highest assist maker for Portugal in the European Championships, the third highest assist maker for Portugal in the World Cup, the highest scorer for Portugal in the European Championships. Isn't that competing and showing himself? Or is that him stealing his team-mates' thunder and scoring tap ins? How is anything less than the Golden Team considered as failure when the contrast between supporting casts and managers in like night and day? He is not a part of the crows with the sinking ship, one man cannot rescue a losing situation again, and again, and again. And, as I've also said in another post, Portugal's record with Ronaldo is rather good, contrary to popular perception :
Ronaldo has been to three world cups and three European championships and will probably go to another two Euros and one more World Cup. He has had ample opportunity to pad out his stats. The amount of games he has played for his country
122!! is a platform others have not had. I am not trying to character assassinate the guy, but if you're going to bring up such things, perspective and context is vitally important. I can only imagine what Eusebio would've done inside 122 caps.
When Ronaldo for example had a Figo at the start of his international career, they reached the finals of Euro 2004 at age 19 (where he was named in the team of the tournament, and was arguably one of the Top 3 young players behind Rooney), and the semis of the 2006 World Cup at age 21. Once the Portuguese team became abysmal compared to the likes of Spain, Germany, and atleast half a dozen other teamsl and Quieroz and Bento took charge, did he genuinely have a great chance to achieve success in international competitions? I don't think so to be honest. Also, just to gauge Portugal in the tournaments a bit :
Euro 2004 : On the team of the tournament, scored the opening goal in the semis to send Portugal to the final.
World Cup 2006 : Narrowly lost in the semis to France.
Euro 2008 : Edged out by finalists Germany.
2010 World Cup : Lost 1-0 to eventual Champions Spain against a highly functional defense that just didn't concede.
Euro 2012 : Reached the semi-finals, lost to Spain again, a team that eventually handled Italy.
Portugal was far inferior to all the teams they eventually lost to. Did Ronaldo help them superior teams, yes he did, but there's only so much he can do when Portugal's ceiling is limited compared to the Magyars, Cruyff's Holland, Pele's Brazil, and so forth. That's one final, 2 semi-final losses where they lost to Spain's golden generation and Germany; and two others where they lost to the eventual finalists (including France with Zidane, Makelele, Thuram, Vieira, Henry, Ribery and co.), all teams that were far superior to Portugal apart from Greece, and Ronaldo was 19 when they lost Euro 2004 at home.
Wherever and whenever Portugal happen to be knocked out, all that's asked of Ronaldo is to be Ronaldo and let the chips fall where they may. That alone would elevate his legacy amongst people such as myself, Spoony and others because then, no matter what, you could say Ronaldo did his bit and cannot be faulted - just the same as Robben was hailed as having a spectacular tournament just gone, or James did even though Columbia didn't even reach the quarter finals.
Ronaldo doesn't have to win an international tournament to be hailed, the only time that was expected of Portugal as a NT was when the golden generation was about.