Ranking Cristiano Ronaldo’s 10 best seasons as a professional footballer

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Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo

#6 2013-14 season - 51 goals

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo

Two years after winning his first La Liga title, Cristiano Ronaldo won the Champions League with Real Madrid at the fifth time of asking.

He enjoyed another characteristically prolific league campaign, scoring 34 La Liga goals, including hat-tricks against Sevilla and Real Sociedad. Nevertheless, his league exploits were not enough as Real Madrid were usurped by Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in the points table.

In the Champions League, though, Ronaldo was a man on a mission. After opening his campaign with a hat-trick against Galatarasay, he did not draw a blank until the semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich, which Madrid won 1-0 at home.

Ronaldo was back to his goalscoring ways with a brace away in Munich as Madrid reached their first Champions League final in more than a decade. The Portuguese then scored a goal and provided an assist in the final against Atletico Madrid as the Merengues won La Decima.

In the process, Ronaldo became the first player to score 17 times in a Champions League season and to score for two different winning teams in the final.


#5 2015-16 season - 51 goals

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo produced another strong campaign in 2015-16, notching up an impressive 51 strikes and 15 assists across all competitions.

Ronaldo scored in just one of his first seven games of the La Liga season. However, in the match where he found the back of the net, the Portuguese notched up a dazzling five goals and an assist against Espanyol in Madrid's 6-0 win.

Two more hat-tricks followed - against Espanyol and Celta Vigo - as Ronaldo registered 36 league goals for the season. Yet, that was not enough for Madrid to beat Barcelona for the La Liga title.

In the Champions League, though, there was to be no denying Ronaldo. In arguably his best campaign in the competition, the Portuguese racked up three hat-tricks (Shakhtar, Malmo and Wolfsburg). His three strikes against the German club helped Real Madrid overcome a two-goal first-leg deficit.

Although he didn't add to his 16-goal tally, Ronaldo scored the winning penalty against Atletico in the final as Real Madrid won their second Champions League title in three years.


#4 2010-11 season - 53 goals

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo

After playing second fiddle to Lionel Messi in his debut campaign in Spanish football, Cristiano Ronaldo provided a dazzling display of his prowess in 2010-11.

He scored just once in his first five games, but after that, Ronaldo was relentless. The Portuguese racked up a whopping six hat-tricks, including four-goal outings against Racing Santander and Sevilla, as he became the first player in La Liga history to breach the 40-goal mark in a season. However, despite his exploits, Madrid were beaten to the La Liga title by a rampant Barcelona team.

In the Champions League, Ronaldo endured a rather modest campaign, scoring just six times, including a blank against Barcelona in the semis.

In the Copa Del Rey, though, his seven goals, including one in the final against Barcelona, powered Madrid to the title.

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