It is one of the UEFA Champions League's best sub-plots: Lionel Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the all-time scoring charts.

The pair ended 2014/15 level on 77 goals but Ronaldo has since pulled away. The Juventus star leads 130–115 in terms of UEFA Champions League goals. In all UEFA club competition action the scoreline is 133–118 in the Portuguese forward's favour.

UEFA.com has listed all of Messi and Ronaldo's UEFA Champions League goals since they first struck at this level – picking out some noteworthy stats amid the numbers.

Ronaldo was the first to reach 100 goals with a single club, reaching the mark for Real Madrid on 14 February 2018; Messi completed his century, all for Barcelona, exactly a month later

Messi has been on the losing side just three times when he has scored

2017/18 was the seventh season running that Ronaldo scored ten goals or more in the UEFA Champions League

Messi has scored in 15 UEFA Champions League seasons, one off Ryan Giggs's record

Ronaldo has netted twice or more on 35 different occasions

Each has scored eight hat-tricks

Ronaldo did not score until his 30th game in the competition

Ronaldo is the first player to amass 50 knockout goals, and is now past 60

Ronaldo is the only player to score in three UEFA Champions League finals

Ronaldo is the only player to score in 11 consecutive appearances in the competition proper

Ronaldo's ten goals against his current club Juventus is more than anyone has scored against a single opponent

Messi leads Ronaldo 68–63 in all-time group stage goals

Ronaldo took 144 games to reach 100; Messi 123

Messi and Ronaldo's goal by goal record



Goals in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final. All Messi's goals have come for Barcelona; Ronaldo's were scored for Manchester United (1–15), Real Madrid (16–120) and Juventus (121–).

All stats are group stage to final only.

Please note that the player's club is always mentioned first in the scorelines, even if they are away from home.

Other UEFA club competition goals:

Messi: Porto 2-0 (n), 26/08/2011, UEFA Super Cup; v Sevilla 5-4aet x 2 (n), 11/08/2015, UEFA Super Cup

Ronaldo: Debrecen 3-0 (h) 09/08/05, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round; Sevilla 2-0 x 2 (n), 12/08/2014, UEFA Super Cup