Real Madrid sensation Kylian Mbappe has achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming the youngest player in football history to reach the 500-goal and 500-assist mark, but how does his achievement stack up against those of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo?
Mbappe achieved a milestone in his professional career by scoring the 500th goal he has directly contributed to during Saturday's 1-1 tie with Atletico Madrid. This achievement was marked by a second-half equalizer, and it represents the 313rd goal he has scored throughout his career, complementing the 187 goals he has also directly assisted.
At the age of 26, Messi achieved a milestone of 500 goal contributions (359 goals, 141 assists) a month before Mbappe, when he scored a hat-trick for Barcelona in a September 2013 Champions League group stage match against Ajax.
Ronaldo scored his 500th professional goal just one day before his long-standing rival, achieving this milestone with a hat-trick in a Champions League group stage match, scoring three goals and providing another assist in a 4-0 win over Galatasaray.
Ronaldo is two and a half years older than Messi and made his professional debut two years prior.
Real Madrid's all-time top scorer has achieved 500 goal contributions (372 goals, 130 assists) in more than 150 more games than Messi and over 100 more than Mbappe, who both reached great heights much faster as young players.
Ronaldo was 28 years old when he achieved this milestone, accomplishing it more than 11 years after his professional debut with his childhood club Sporting. It took Messi and Mbappe eight and nine years, respectively.
So Mbappe has a significant head start on Ronaldo, who was more unpolished in his early days at Manchester United – if he's to one day surpass his records, but it would be an impressive achievement for Real Madrid's current Galactico to match his longevity.
Here are the overall statistics:
Kylian Mbappe
Games: 489
Twenty-six years, one month, nineteen days.
Nine years, two months, six days
Goals: 313
Penalties: 47
Assists: 187
Minutes per goal: 104
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 140
Average minutes per goal or assist: 74
Lionel Messi
Games: 468
Twenty-six years, two months, twenty-five days
Almost nine years, one month, and two days.
Goals: 359
Penalties: 44
Assists: 141
Minutes per goal: 102
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 116
Minutes per goal or assist: 73
Cristiano Ronaldo
633
Twenty-eight years, seven months, twelve days
Eleven years, one month, three days
Goals: 372
Penalties: 54
Assists: 130
Minutes per goal: 132
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 155
Time taken per goal or assist: 98
