The Portuguese superstar now has an incredible 948 goals in club and international competitions, 805 at club level and 143 for Portugal, after his latest brace against Hungary in the World Cup qualifiers.

In addition, he surpassed Carlos Ruiz to become the all-time top scorer in World Cup qualifying history, with 36 goals, ahead of Lionel Messi’s 39.

Ronaldo turned 40 in February, but despite playing against inferior opponents in Saudi Arabia, where he has scored 104 goals in 117 games over four seasons with Al-Nassr, he still puts up amazing figures both at the club level and internationally.
He has already scored 32 goals for his club and nation in 2025, demonstrating an exceptionally steady level of output in front of goal. Since 2010, Ronaldo has scored more than 50 goals annually on average.

He won the Ballon d’Or in 2013 after having his best scoring season with 69 goals.

Remarkably, in the past ten and a half years, his total has only fallen below 39 goals once during a calendar year.

Based on his current scoring rate, Ronaldo is predicted to become the first player in history to reach the 1,000-goal milestone in October 2026, with Portugal expected to qualify for the World Cup next summer and two years remaining on his Al-Nassr deal.