FIFA World Player of the Year merged with Ballon d'Or in 2010. Award renamed to Best FIFA Men's Player in 2016. Award ceremony moved from Zürich to London due to FIFA-FA relationship issues. Trophy designed by Croatian artist Ana Barbić Katičić
El Clásico refers to all matches between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Matches have global audience of hundreds of millions. Real Madrid leads in head-to-head results with 105 wins
GOAT stands for 'greatest of all time'. Term popularized by Muhammad Ali in 1964 after defeating Sonny Liston. GOAT must be better than all contemporaries and predecessors
Messi scored 58 goals and 21 assists in 5,692 minutes for Barcelona. Ronaldo scored 61 goals and 20 assists in 5,033 minutes for Real Madrid. Messi had 5 hat-tricks, Ronaldo had 4 hat-tricks. Messi converted 70% of penalties, Ronaldo 92.9%
Messi scored 91 goals and 22 assists in 69 games for Barcelona. Ronaldo scored 63 goals and 13 assists in 71 games for Real Madrid. Messi played 5,972 minutes for Barcelona, Ronaldo 6,310 minutes for Real Madrid. Messi had 1.32 goals per game, Ronaldo 0.89 goals per game
Messi scored 672 goals and assisted 269 times in Barcelona's history. He played 63,531 minutes in total matches. Scored 0.86 goals per game, surpassing Ronaldo's 0.00. Completed 48 hat-tricks and 82/107 penalties