A breakdown of the stats behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s 801 career goals

Planet Football • 04 Dec 2021

It’s official: Cristiano Ronaldo’s two goals for Manchester United against Arsenal have taken him over the 800-goal mark in his illustrious career.

Ronaldo has overtaken the likes of Pele and Romario as the top-scorer in official matches – for the record, Lionel Messi is currently on 756 career goals – and one can only imagine the amount of satisfaction the 36-year-old will take from achieving his latest milestone.

We’ve collected a selection of stats to celebrate Ronaldo’s incredible achievement.

Overall

Games: 1095
Goals: 801
Goals per game: 0.73
Hat-tricks: 58
Four in a game: 8
Five in a game: 2
Penalties (missed): 141 (28)
Assists: 282

Season by season breakdown

2002-03: 5 goals in 31 appearances

2003-04: 8 goals in 53 appearances

2004-05: 16 goals in 60 appearances

2005-06: 15 goals in 62 appearances

2006-07: 28 goals in 61 appearances

2007-08: 46 goals in 61 appearances

2008-09: 27 goals in 60 appearances

2009-10: 34 goals in 46 appearances

2010-11: 56 goals in 59 appearances

2011-12: 69 goals in 69 appearances

2012-13: 59 goals in 64 appearances

2013-14: 62 goals in 57 appearances

2014-15: 66 goals in 60 appearances

2015-16: 57 goals in 61 appearances

2016-17: 56 goals in 56 appearances

2017-18: 54 goals in 55 appearances

2018-19: 31 goals in 47 appearances

2019-20: 48 goals in 52 appearances

2020-21: 46 goals in 59 appearances

2021-22: 18 goals in 21 appearances

CRISTIANO RONALDO'S 800th CAREER GOAL!

Witnessing greatness 🐐#PLonPrime #MUNARS pic.twitter.com/ndInXAbTnc

— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 2, 2021

Competitions

League: 485 goals

Sporting Lisbon: 5 (31 games)
Manchester United: 130 (308 games)
Real Madrid: 450 (438 games)
Juventus: 101 (134 games)

Champions League: 141 goals

Manchester United: 22 (60 games)
Real Madrid: 105 (101 games)
Juventus: 14 (23 games)

Domestic Cups: 45 goals

Taca de Portugal: 2 (3 games)
FA Cup: 13 (26 games)
League Cup: 4 (12 games)
Copa del Rey: 22 (30 games)
Coppa Italia: 4 (10 games)

Other club competitions: 15 goals

World Club Cup: 7 goals
UEFA Super Cup: 2 goals
Domestic ‘Super Cups’: 6 goals

International: 115 goals

World Cup finals: 7
World Cup qualifying: 36
European Championship: 14
European Championship qualifying: 31
Confederations Cup: 2
Nations League: 5
Friendlies: 20

Century goal milestones

1st goal Sporting Lisbon v Moreirense (October 7, 2002)
5th match
100th goal v Tottenham (January 27, 2008)
301st match
200th goal v Valencia (December 4, 2010)
458th match
300th goal v Granada (May 5, 2012)
554th match
400th goal v Celta (January 6, 2014)
653rd match
500th goal v Malmo (September 30, 2015)
753th match
600th goal v Juventus (June 3, 2017)
855th match
700th goal v Ukraine (October 14, 2019)
974th match
800th goal v Arsenal (December 3, 2021)
1095th match

ON THIS DAY IN 2017:

Cristiano Ronaldo became the FIRST PLAYER EVER to score in 3 Champions League FINALS.

Producing a masterclass against Juventus by scoring a brace & helping Real Madrid become the 1ST TEAM EVER to win BACK-TO-BACK UCL titles. pic.twitter.com/d93anNh9XB

— The CR7 Timeline. (@TimelineCR7) June 2, 2021

Top 10 club opponents scored against – No. of goals

Twenty-seven goals: Sevilla
Twenty-five goals: Atletico Madrid
Twenty-three goals: Getafe
Twenty goals: Barcelona
Seventeen goals: Athletic Bilbao, Malaga
Fifteen goals: Espanyol, Real Sociedad, Valencia, Villarreal