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Cristiano Ronaldo is regarded as the best player in the world right now by many football fans. His consistent individual displays and the collective achievements have earned him the recognition of being the best in the world. But what has been Ronaldo's best season in his career?
After his six years at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson, Ronaldo played a lot as a right-winger. The 2006/07 year is the key in the Portuguese career. That year, still playing on the right-hand side of the United midfield, Ronaldo scored a stunning 23 goals and assisted on 19 occasions.
Ronaldo joined Wayne Rooney as the top goalscorer for the team but played fewer games. With United winning the Premier League and reaching the UEFA Champions League semifinals, that season was good and promising.
That season was the key because, after that year, he changed his position on the pitch to the left-hand side, which saw him become the amazing player he is and made him the greatest player ever.
#5 2007/08: The Breakthrough
After almost doubling up his goals from the previous season, with his change to the left wing, Ronaldo helped United win the Premier League with 31 goals on his tally, and the UEFA Champions League in Moscow against Chelsea, with 8 goals for him in the tournament, including a beautiful header in the final.
This season was the first step into all-time greatness for Cristiano and a little taste of what was coming. He ended up with 42 goals in all competitions, and eight assists in 49 games.
#4 2013/14: Back on top
With Lionel Messi already with four Ballon d'Or titles on his resume and Ronaldo with one, the 2013/14 season was an extremely important one for Ronaldo and Real Madrid's quest for La Décima was still in process.
After a disappointing 2012/13 season for Real Madrid, not because of Ronaldo, who scored 55 goals and provided 12 assists, Los Blancos were needed for a fresh start and Ronaldo was the face of the revamp, alongside the new manager, Carlo Ancelotti.
Ronaldo started the year amazingly, scoring goals almost in every game and carrying Portugal to the 2014 World Cup against Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Sweden in the qualifying play-off with four goals in two matches.
His second half of 2013 made him the candidate for the 2013 Ballon d'Or and he got it in January 2014.
Later in that year, Ronaldo continued his great performance in the UCL. After his then-record 9 goals in the group stage, he went on to score eight goals in the knockout phase and establish a new record for a season, with 17 goals.
Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey against Barcelona in mid-April, even though Ronaldo could not play because of an injury. In the UCL final against Atlético de Madrid in Lisboa, Madrid won La Décima in the extra time after a thrilling match. Cristiano scored the last goal for his side after converting a penalty committed to himself.
#3 2015/16: Undécima
The 2015/16 season looked a lot like the 2013/14, Real Madrid did not have a good season collectively the previous year and they were desperate to achieve new goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo understood the message better than anyone else. Even after a bad start to the year under Rafa Benítez and a significantly painful loss to Barcelona at home in November 2015, Los Blancos were enjoying a good UCL, with Ronaldo putting up a record 11 goals in the group stage and the team rising to the first place, a good second half of the season awaited.
Madrid sacked Benítez early in January and named Zinedine Zidane to lead them to European success.
In Zidane's first European match as Real Madrid boss, Ronaldo delivered at Roma with an amazing goal to put Real Madrid in position to secure their spot in the quarterfinals. Ronaldo made sure of this with another goal in the second leg.
In the round of eight, after a great comeback victory at Camp Nou against Barcelona in La Liga, Madrid lost its way against Wolfsburg and ran into trouble after a 2-0 defeat in Germany. Disaster was near as many expected Los Blancos to fall because of their defensive woes, but Ronaldo came through with a hat-trick to lead them to the semifinals.
Ronaldo only played the second leg against Manchester City in the semifinals because of an injury, Real Madrid advanced to their second UCL final in three years and Ronaldo had 16 goals in the tournament for the second time in three years, too.
In the deciding match against Atlético de Madrid, Ronaldo netted the penalty that gave Real Madrid the triumph in the shootout and La Undécima.
His stats for that season were stunning. At 31 years old, the Portuguese virtuoso scored 51 goals in 48 games and assisted 15 times.
#2 2017/18: The Three-peat
Coming off two UEFA Champions League titles in a row and 3 in 4 years, it was tough for Real Madrid and Ronaldo to really improve their achievements, but they did.
They started off the season well, with victories in UEFA Supercup versus Manchester United and Spanish Supercup against Barcelona. But Ronaldo picked up a suspension after a heated exchange with a referee saw him made contact with the collegiate and got him suspended for five games.
That did not help his first half of the year in La Liga, but in UCL the story was different. Ronaldo scored in every match of the group stage and his tally was at nine already.
Real Madrid won the Clubs World Cup in December with CR7 scoring two goals in two games, including the game-winner versus Brazil's Gremio two weeks after claiming his The Best trophy and his fifth Ballon d'Or.
In the UCL, Real Madrid had to face the heavily favoured PSG with Neymar in the front. But on February 14th, Ronaldo showed, once again, his love for the UCL. The number 7 scored three goals in the two matches against PSG and Madrid got through, only to face more competition in the quarterfinals.
With a rematch of the 2017 final, Real Madrid got Juventus in the best of eight stage, but Ronaldo was just too much for the Italian's champs to overcome. The Portuguese scored three more goals in the series vs Juventus, with an amazing bicycle kick included in the first leg at Turin, which saw the Italian crowd give a standing ovation to Ronaldo.
In the semifinals and the final, he could not increase his 15 goals tally in the tournament, but his presence was enough to see Real Madrid conquered La Decimotercera and get their Three-peat, the first in the European Cup since 1976. CR7 ended the year with 44 goals in 44 matches and 7 assist at 33 years old.
#1 2016/17: Champions League God
Cristiano Ronaldo's greatest season was 2016/17 with Real Madrid. Ronaldo went back to Spain after winning the Euro Cup with his national team in France in 2016 and securing his, then, fourth Ballon d'Or later in the year.
The 2016/17 did not start like his previous years but looked like he was saving some energy. With Real Madrid unbeaten from August 2016 to January 2017, he needed to be fresh for the second half.
Zidane managed to maintain Cristiano fresh for the second half of the year after giving him rest throughout the La Liga matches. In December, Madrid defeated Kashima Antlers to win the Clubs' World Cup with Ronaldo scoring three goals in the final to secure their 4-2 victory.
With just two goals in the UCL after the round of sixteen, not many were expecting the Portuguese to keep his 10-goal streak alive in the European Tournament, but his rest paid off in a big way.
Real Madrid played Bayern Munchen in the quarterfinals and it was Ronaldo's moment. The megastar scored a brace in the first leg in Germany to give Madrid the advantage for the second leg. An advantage which was in danger after a Robert Lewandowski penalty gave the German a second-half lead at Santiago Bernabéu, but Ronaldo had other plans.
He tied the game before an own goal from Sergio Ramos left everything to be decided in extra time. And again, Cristiano showed up with two more goals to propel Madrid to the final four.
In the semifinals, Cristiano opened the first leg against Atlético de Madrid with another hat-trick to send Madrid to their second consecutive final. This time, Juventus was on their way. But again, the UCL is Madrid's and Ronaldo's competition.
Los Blancos won in Cardiff 4-1 with Ronaldo scoring the first and third goal for the Spanish squad. He ended up with 12 goals in the Champions League and was the top goalscorer for the fifth year in a row.
Ronaldo finished his greatest season with 42 goals in 46 games and 12 assists. He led Real Madrid to their second consecutive UCL championship and their 12th overall, and with 25 goals in La Liga, Los Merengues took their 33rd domestic championship home.
