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Originally Posted by kingweed
Ronaldo has to be the best goal scorer ever right? He just scores goal for fun. Older guys speak about Muller just being a goal scoring machine and just a beasting finisher. Modern day game puts Ronaldo ahead?
519 goals in 713 games. Unreal.
Muller had 653 in 707 fwiw
Given his early career didn't have him as a striker at all I think definitely. He only became a more central player around '07. Even then he played as part of a front 3 and not always the most central. Look at the stats from just that period. He isn't really a true number 9, certainly didn't start as one. But he has become the best number 9 of all time anyway imo. After being one of the world's best as a totally different type of player (look at highlights from United days compared to how he plays now).
How many players have knock out champions league hat tricks on their CV? Very few. Quarters or Semi finals vs fellow giant clubs? Incredibly short list, just to do it once. Ronaldo has done it time and again. He has just a metric ton of goals in these important games.
Tonight would be the best individual match of most world class strikers careers. For Ronaldo, it's a Tuesday.