Compare the net worth of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Who is better?

Let’s compare the net worth of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Here are comparisons on salaries, advertising income and more.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been fighting together on the field for the best part of the past 15 years.

Considered by many to be two of the greatest players in the history of world football, the duo boast truly astonishing statistics.

With his goal against Lyon in round 8 of Ligue 1 2022/23, Messi reached the milestone of 672 goals in his career (Infogol), not counting goals scored from the 11 meter mark. The Paris Saint-Germain striker only took 980 matches to score the above number of goals.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo currently owns 671 goals (not including penalties) after 1,130 appearances. With 672 goals, Messi also surpasses Pele, who also has 671 goals (not including penalties) in his career.

If including goals from the penalty spot, Messi has 103 more goals to reach 775 goals. Ronaldo scored 174 goals from penalties in his career for a total of 845 goals up to this point.

But it’s not just their on-field duels that are eye-catching these days. Messi and Ronaldo are also rivals when it comes to their off-field stats.

Although appearing quite obscure at Man United, Ronaldo still has a great influence on cyberspace. Among the players expected to attend the 2022 World Cup, no one can compare to Ronaldo in terms of the number of followers on Instagram.

According to Nielsen Sports, Ronaldo currently has 480 million followers on Instagram. Ranked next in the top 5 most interested players on Instagram are Lionel Messi (360 million followers), Neymar (178 million), Kylian Mbappe (72.5 million) and Vinicius (23 million). .

Messi and Ronaldo have earned a figure of £48 million each when it comes to the annual money they generate through endorsement deals.

Ronaldo has the advantage when it comes to the revenue he generates per Instagram post – £1.2m compared to Messi’s £1.05m.

The Portuguese superstar also outperforms his Argentinian counterpart when it comes to his property empire – boasting a portfolio worth £43m compared to Messi’s £ 17m .

However, that does not include Messi’s current apartment in Paris which he rents for £17,260 per month.

And there are some other big categories in which Messi surpasses Ronaldo. His car collection is up to 28 million pounds, 9 million pounds more than Ronaldo.

Overall, Messi also has a net worth of more than £87m – with the South American believed to be worth more than £500m.

And that will only increase as he now earns more than Ronaldo – with PSG paying him £65m a year compared to the Man United player’s annual salary of £52m.

Messi also topped Forbes’ most recent list of the world’s highest-paid athletes – with Ronaldo ranked third behind LeBron James.

From May 2021 to May 2022, Messi is said to have earned £113 million compared to Ronaldo’s £100 million.

It’s clear that not only the battle on the field but also the battle for money between Ronaldo and Messi is also extremely attractive and has no end in sight.