The Greatest Superstars of all-time

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are arguably the best footballers of this century.

They have scored a combined 704 league goals during the 2010s - the exact same number Arsenal FC scored in the English Premier League this past decade.

They've shattered countless records in the footballing scenery for years, a combined total of 11 Ballon D'or awards between them isn't enough to sum it all up.

Records of both pĺayers so far

Lionel Messi

- He scored 369 league goals in the 2010s.

- He currently has 10 La Liga titles in his ca

- He has won the Champions League twice in the last decade - 4 in total (2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2014/15).

- He has scored 114 goals in the UEFA Champions League and 117 goals in total UEFA competitions.

- Messi has currently scored a staggering 618 club goals throughout his career for Barcelona.

- In total, his career goals is 688 alongside 282 assists in 843 appearances.

- Messi had 53 hattricks so far.

- He has scored 87 penalties and missed 26.

- He has been red carded just twice.

He has won 35 career trophies including under-20 FIFA world cup in 2005 and Olympics gold medal in 2008 respectively.

Individual honours

- The Best FIFA Men's player of the year (2019).

- The 32-year old has won the Ballon D'Or 6 times. (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019).

Topscorers Award

-  Six-times European Golden Shoe winner; 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13, & 2016 to 2019.

National team level

Messi has scored 70 goals and 45 assists in 138 international games for Argentina.

34 goals from friendlies and 21 goals from World cup qualifiers and he scored only 15 goals in 46 competitive games - Copa America 

(9 goals), and World Cup (6 goals) itself.

He has runner-up finishes in the 2014 World Cup and two Copa America.

Cristiano Ronaldo 

- He became the first player to win three league titles in England, Spain, and Italy.

- 3 EPL titles with Manchester United united

- 2 La Liga titles with Real Madrid (2011/12 & 2016/17).

- 1 Serie A title with Juventus (2018/19 ), while scoring 21 goals enroute to winning the MVP award.

- He scored a staggering 50+ goals in six consecutive seasons, between the season of 2010/11 and 2015/16 (a total of 331 goals within that period).

- He has won the UEFA Champions league a record 5 times with Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017 & 2018) and Manchester  United(2008).

- He is also the only player in Champions league history to score in all 6 group matches in a single season.

- Ronaldo also holds the records for the most goals in a single Champions League campaign (17 goals in 2013/14), while he has 128 goals in champions league all time record books, with 107 of those goals coming in the last decade.

He has 131 goals in total UEFA competitions .

- He has scored 335 goals in the leagues ( Spain, English, & Italian) in the 2010s.

- He has scored 712 senior career goals and 219 assists for clubs and country in 989 appearances.

- He has won 31 career trophies, including his youth career.

- He scored 55 hattricks so far.

- Ronaldo has scored 116 penalties and missed 23.

- He has received red cards 11 times.

Individual honours 

Ballon D'Or or winner 5 times (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2017).

Two times The Best FIFA Men's player of the year. (2016 & 2017).

Topscorers awards

Four-times European Golden Shoe winner (2007/08, 2010/11, 2013/14, 2014/15).

National Team 

The 34-year old has scored 99 international goals and provided 28 assists in 164 games for Portugal with only 7 coming in the FIFA World Cup - he has played in 4 tournaments. 

Ronaldo capped off 2019 by scoring a staggering 14 goals in 10 games to sealed a Euro 2020 spot for Portugal.

National Team honours

Euro 2004 - Runner-up 

Euro 2016 Champion

UEFA Nations league - 2019 Champion

The football globe will miss these guys when they call it a day on the pitch.

Can we see a better generation of player in future?

Fabiyi Ridwan.