Cristiano Ronaldo Reaches Incredible League Goals Scoring Streak Lionel Messi Cannot Match

Al-Nassr maintained their perfect start in this season’s Saudi Pro League on Sunday by thrashing Al-Khaleej 4-1 in Riyadh.

Former Chelsea playmaker Joao Felix, Brazilian starlet Wesley and ex-Liverpool forward Sadio Mane all found the net for Al-Nassr, before Cristiano Ronaldo completed the scoring with a stunning bicycle kick in added time.

Ronaldo’s superb strike was the 110th goal of his Al-Nassr career, coming in his 123rd appearance for the Saudi side.

Meanwhile, he has now scored 954 senior goals for club and country since making his debut for Sporting Lisbon in 2002.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s 954 senior goals

• Sporting Lisbon — 5
• Manchester United — 145
• Real Madrid — 450
• Juventus — 101
• Al-Nassr — 110
• Portugal — 143

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Cristiano Ronaldo reaches double figures for 20th season in a row

Cristiano Ronaldo’s brilliant bicycle kick against Al-Khaleej delivered the 40-year-old his 10th Saudi Pro League goal of the 2025/26 season.

That means that Ronaldo has now scored at least 10 league goals in 20 consecutive seasons.

Ronaldo first hit double figures in the 2006/07 campaign when he netted 17 Premier League goals for Manchester United.

Since then, he has averaged 29 league goals per season — not including the current campaign, which is less than a third complete.

How many league goals has Cristiano Ronaldo scored by season?

Season	Club(s)	League goals	League games	Goals per game
2002/03	Sporting	3	25	0.12
2003/04	Man Utd	4	29	0.14
2004/05	Man Utd	5	33	0.15
2005/06	Man Utd	9	33	0.27
2006/07	Man Utd	17	34	0.50
2007/08	Man Utd	31	34	0.91
2008/09	Man Utd	18	33	0.55
2009/10	R Madrid	26	29	0.90
2010/11	R Madrid	40	34	1.18
2011/12	R Madrid	46	38	1.21
2012/13	R Madrid	34	34	1.00
2013/14	R Madrid	31	30	1.03
2014/15	R Madrid	48	35	1.37
2015/16	R Madrid	35	36	0.97
2016/17	R Madrid	25	29	0.86
2017/18	R Madrid	26	27	0.96
2018/19	Juventus	21	31	0.68
2019/20	Juventus	31	33	0.94
2020/21	Juventus	29	33	0.88
2021/22	Juventus, Man Utd	18	31	0.58
2022/23	Man Utd, Al-Nassr	15	26	0.58
2023/24	Al-Nassr	35	31	1.13
2024/25	Al-Nassr	25	30	0.83
2025/26	Al-Nassr	10	9	1.11

In how many seasons has Lionel Messi scored at least 10 league goals?

Lionel Messi — Cristiano Ronaldo’s great rival — scored 10 or more La Liga goals in his final 15 seasons for Barcelona.

However, his run of double-digit returns ended in the 2021/22 campaign, when he netted just six goals in 26 appearances for Paris Saint-Germain.

Messi has since rediscovered his scoring form, though. He bagged 20 goals in 19 Major League Soccer appearances in 2024, while he currently has 29 in 28 games during the current MLS campaign.

Both Ronaldo and Messi are closing in on winning a new piece of team silverware this season.

Messi’s Inter Miami side are potentially just two victories away from winning the MLS Cup, while Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr are favourites to finally win the Saudi Pro League.

After winning all of their first nine matches this season, the Saudi Pro League points record could also be on the cards for Al-Nassr.