After Bolivia’s “hat-trick”… What are Messi’s chances of catching Ronaldo at the top of the top scorers in football history?

During Argentina’s confrontation against Bolivia, which is part of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, Messi scored a hat-trick for the tenth time internationally, raising his total goals in his international career to 112 goals and to 846 goals in total in his career with the national team and the clubs he represented.

Messi is now only 60 goals away from his rival Ronaldo, who is at the top of the list of top scorers in football history (906 goals).

Messi and Ronaldo will return this weekend to play with their teams, Inter Miami of the United States and Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia, and it is expected that the rivalry between the two legends will continue until at least the end of the 2025 season.

Messi refused to confirm his participation in the 2026 World Cup, but Ronaldo is still keen to represent Portugal in his last major tournament.

Given the numbers that Messi has achieved in the past few years, he may reach 900 goals within two seasons.

If Messi (37 years old) and Ronaldo (39 years old) retire at the same age, it is expected that the Argentine will snatch the title of best scorer in the history of football if we take into account the scoring average of both players over the course of their careers.

Statistics show that Messi has a better goal-scoring rate than “Don,” noting that the latter began his professional career in 2001, three years before “The Flea.”

Source: Football Chaos + RT