5 Cristiano Ronaldo records that are impossible to break

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The Greatest Ever?

There is not a shadow of a doubt that Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best footballers to have ever stepped onto the football pitch, if not the best.

Customarily, many players peter out when on the wrong side of thirty as it is normally characterized as the twilight of one's career. However, Ronaldo seems reluctant to follow suit as evidenced by his mega transfer this past summer, which saw the 33-year-old join Juventus for a whopping £99.2 million, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time.

Consequently, this only goes on to show the Portuguese's profound love for the beautiful game, which allows him to outclass every footballer in terms of hard work, dedication, perseverance, determination and whatnot.

Let us take a look at 5 records held by CR7 which are impossible to be surpassed.


#5 More than 50 goals in six consecutive seasons

RC Deportivo La Coruna v Real Madrid CF - La Liga

Needless to say, Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most prolific goalscorers in world football whose penchant for leathering the ball into the back of the net has seen him register goals constantly over the past few years.

His goal-scoring ability, in tandem with his consistency, has even enabled him to bag a remarkable record. From 2010/11 to 2015/16, Ronaldo netted more than 50 goals in 6 successive seasons for Real Madrid.

Even his arch-rival, Lionel Messi, has not accomplished 50+ goals in 6 seasons, let alone on the spin.

Ronaldo's stats from 2010/11 to 2015/16:

2010/11: 53 goals

2011/12: 60 goals

2012/13: 55 goals

2013/14: 51 goals

2014/15: 61 goals

2015/16: 51 goals

#4 Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League

Real Madrid v Juventus - UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg

As far as Cristiano Ronaldo's finishing abilities are concerned, he has particularly showcased them in the UEFA Champions League - sometimes also known as the Cristiano Ronaldo Champions League.

His achievements in the aforementioned competition are mind-boggling, to say the least. He is the only player to have scored in all group stage matches in a single Champions League season. Besides, he even holds the record for the most goals in a single UEFA Champions League season (17 goals in 2013–14) and is also the only player to score 15+ goals in the Champions League in a calendar year on three occasions.

Along with Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to have notched up more than 100 goals in UEFA Champions League's history. As of now, he has scored a total of 120 goals in the Champions League.

Here are the top UEFA Champions League scorers (excluding qualifying) according to UEFA:

120: Cristiano Ronaldo

103: Lionel Messi

71: Raúl González

56: Karim Benzema

56: Ruud van Nistelrooy

#3 Winning every individual and team honor with two clubs

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Winning every individual and team honor with a single club is pretty hard, but to pull off this extraordinary feat with two clubs is well-nigh impossible.

Cristiano Ronaldo, however, has done THE IMPOSSIBLE. The 33-year-old megastar has won the league, domestic cup, Community Shield, Player of the Year Award, Golden Boot, Ballon d'Or, Champions League and Club World Cup with both Real Madrid and Manchester United.

In consequence, he is the only player in the illustrious history of the sport to have brought off this noteworthy exploit, bringing us to the conclusion that his record can only be eclipsed when pigs fly!

#3 60 goals in 4 consecutive calendar years

FC Barcelona v Real Madrid CF - Copa Del Rey - Semi Final Second Leg

Another record that is a manifestation of Cristiano Ronaldo's consistency, the Portugal international is the only player in history to score 60 or more goals in a calendar year four times (consecutively from 2011 to 2014).

In fact, he is also the only player to score 50 goals or more in 7 successive calendar years. As for Lionel Messi, the Argentine has chalked up 60+ goals only on 2 occasions in his career (2010 and 2012) and has scored 50 or more goals in seven calendar years, but only managed to do it four years on the trot.

Ronaldo yearly stats:

2011: 60 goals in 60 appearances

2012: 63 goals in 71 appearances

2013: 69 goals in 59 appearances

2014: 61 goals in 60 appearances

2015: 57 goals in 57 appearances

2016: 55 goals in 57 appearances

2017: 53 goals in 60 appearances

#1 Fastest La Liga player to score 150 league goals (140 games)

Real Madrid CF v Getafe CF - La Liga

With only 140 La Liga matches played, Cristiano Ronaldo achieved the record of scoring 150 La Liga goals in the least number of matches. The milestone was managed against Getafe in 2013 when the former Manchester United star converted the penalty at the beginning of his fifth season with Los Blancos.

So far, only 20 players have made the list of the scorers with 150 goals or more over the course of Spain’s La Liga.

Nevertheless, only one of these players has hit this number with an average of more than one goal per game: Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram