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#4 First player to score 10 hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League
We have already established that when it comes to scoring goals, Messi and Ronaldo are on a completely different level in comparison to their contemporaries.
Ronaldo and Messi are also the top two-goalscorers in the history of UEFA Champions League with 126 and 112 goals respectively.
Apart from the above-mentioned distinction, they also hold the spectacular record of having scored the maximum number of hat-tricks in the elite European competition, with eight apiece.
Scoring three goals in a match is no easy task, especially in the Champions League where the best of the best go head to head, but if anyone can do it on a regular basis, you can bet your bottom dollar it would be these two talismans.
Given that Messi scored a total of four trebles last season, he now has the opportunity to write history again and become the first player to notch 10 hat-tricks in the Champions League. There's also the incentive of beating his long-time rival to the mark.
#3 Surpass Ronaldo's record of 34 La Liga hat-tricks
Not only does the duo of Messi and Ronaldo keep each other on their toes in terms of individual honors like the Ballon d'Or, but they also provide each other with a healthy amount of competition when it comes to breaking records.
As mentioned earlier, Messi is on the brink of breaking multiple records set by the former Manchester United ace. So, here's the final record of our list that was set by Ronaldo and can be definitively broken by Messi in the 2019/20 season with Barcelona.
The former Real Madrid man still holds the record for the most hat-tricks in La Liga history, with 34 to his name, despite the fact that it has been more than a year since he departed for the Serie A with Juventus.
Messi is right behind the Portuguese legend with 33 three-goal hauls in the Spanish top-flight. So, it might be safe to say that it's just a matter of time before the 32-year-old not only equals but breaks Ronaldo's record this season.
If he scores a 35th hat-trick before the season ends, apart from owning the La Liga record, he would also become the player with most hat-tricks across any of the Europe's top five leagues.
