Player Comparison: Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo

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Standard Stats

Standard Stats Table
					Playing Time				Performance						Per 90 Minutes					Expected			Per 90 Minutes
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK	xG	npxG	xA	xG	xA	xG+xA	npxG	npxG+xA
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	501	447	40,523	450.3	455	186	60	72	49	0	1.01	0.41	1.42	0.88	1.29	79.3	66.2	47.5	0.71	0.43	1.14	0.59	1.02
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	591	528	47,489	527.7	465	146	93	108	72	8	0.88	0.28	1.16	0.71	0.98	85.3	64.0	14.8	0.85	0.15	0.99	0.63	0.78

Shooting

Shooting Table
						Standard												Expected
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	FK	PK	PKatt	xG	npxG	npxG/Sh	G-xG	np:G-xG
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	450.3	455	790	1156	46.5	5.52	2.57	0.16	0.34	19.2	152	60	72	79.3	66.2	0.11	+26.7	+26.8
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	527.7	465	766	1388	37.5	5.94	2.63	0.11	0.27	17.4	55	93	108	85.3	64.0	0.11	+7.7	+5.0

Passing

Passing Table
						Total					Short			Medium			Long
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	TotDist	PrgDist	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Ast	xA	A-xA	KP	1/3	PPA	CrsPA	Prog
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	450.3	5728	7218	79.4	96573	32495	3105	3527	88.0	1926	2381	80.9	597	1014	58.9	186	47.5	+0.5	298	709	473	26	1055
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	527.7	3052	3720	82.0	45674	9060	1830	2093	87.4	930	1107	84.0	206	305	67.5	146	14.8	+4.2	149	183	116	28	243

Pass Types

Pass Types Table
							Pass Types								Corner Kicks			Height			Body Parts					Outcomes
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Att	Live	Dead	FK	TB	Press	Sw	Crs	CK	In	Out	Str	Ground	Low	High	Left	Right	Head	TI	Other	Cmp	Off	Out	Int	Blocks
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	450.3	7218	6614	604	298	107	1384	191	235	236	82	22	6	5529	713	976	6471	606	69	27	26	5728	85	83	213	246
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	527.7	3720	3579	141	31	14	786	76	205	11	0	0	0	2925	436	359	590	2913	68	69	47	3052	15	33	83	137

Goal and Shot Creation

Goal and Shot Creation Table
						SCA		SCA Types						GCA		GCA Types
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	SCA	SCA90	PassLive	PassDead	Drib	Sh	Fld	Def	GCA	GCA90	PassLive	PassDead	Drib	Sh	Fld	Def	OG
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	450.3	798	7.15	461	50	133	47	100	6	131	1.17	77	9	21	13	10	0	1
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	527.7	424	4.20	265	4	48	66	36	5	55	0.55	29	0	9	12	4	1	0

Defensive Actions

Defensive Actions Table
						Tackles					Vs Dribbles				Pressures						Blocks
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Past	Press	Succ	%	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Blocks	Sh	ShSv	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	450.3	53	53	12	18	23	7	60	11.7	53	1167	349	29.9	63	488	616	48	2	0	46	30	76	1	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	527.7	37	26	10	17	10	11	53	20.8	42	835	196	23.5	70	314	451	47	17	0	30	31	60	74	0

Possession

Possession Table
						Touches							Dribbles					Carries								Receiving
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Touches	Def Pen	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Att Pen	Live	Succ	Att	Succ%	#Pl	Megs	Carries	TotDist	PrgDist	Prog	1/3	CPA	Mis	Dis	Targ	Rec	Rec%
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	450.3	8881	3	220	4280	5271	818	8266	582	876	66.4	616	30	7710	40425	23526	1534	564	188	195	290	8926	7547	84.6
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	527.7	5104	91	263	2117	3204	807	4916	171	275	62.2	178	5	4050	24308	15136	933	290	172	204	134	5867	4299	73.3

Playing Time

Playing Time Table
					Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success						Team Success (xG)
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off	onxG	onxGA	xG+/-	xG+/-90	On-Off
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	501	40,523	81	85.8	450.3	447	88	395	54	36	0	2.36	565	163	+402	+1.91	+0.74	223.5	112.6	+110.9	+0.99	+0.58
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	591	47,489	80	81.1	527.7	528	89	429	63	30	1	2.29	506	190	+316	+1.59	+0.62	190.8	106.6	+84.2	+0.84	+0.19

Miscellaneous Stats

Miscellaneous Stats Table
						Performance													Aerial Duels
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG	Recov	Won	Lost	Won%
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	Barcelona	450.3	49	0	0	334	337	51	235	30	53	1	0	0	464	24	23	51.1
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	4 squads	527.7	72	8	0	397	190	144	205	31	26	5	0	0	351	93	95	49.5

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