5 European Club Records that Messi or Ronaldo have not broken yet

#1 Goals per Game

Messi and Ronaldo might have scored loads of goals in the Champions League, but when it comes to goals per game ratio, there was someone even better than these two.

Gerd Muller set an incredible record of 0.97 goals per game in European Cup/Champions League and 0.87 goals per game in UEFA Club Competition. Both of these records are still unbroken and looks set to remain so.

Ronaldo has an average of 0.77 goals per game – he has scored 121 goals in 157 appearances, in the Champions League. In all UEFA Club Competitions, his average is 0.76 – 123 goals in 161 appearances.

Messi is a little better than him, he has scored 100 goals in 125 games in the Champions League, at an average of 0.8, while in all UEFA Club Competitions, he has scored 103 goals in 129 games, at an average of 0.82 goals per game.

Messi would have to score consecutive hattricks in his next 11 games and Ronaldo would need consecutive hattricks in his next 16 games to even touch Muller. As such, this is one record which seems unassailable even for these two.

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