Trophies

Messi vs Ronaldo trophies: the cabinets, line by line.

Messi has the bigger overall haul thanks to a long Barcelona era and the 2022 World Cup. Ronaldo wins the Champions League column outright and is the only player here with league titles in four different countries.

Messi · trophies

Across the 10 competition categories below

Ronaldo · trophies

Across the 10 competition categories below

These counters sum the 10 competition categories below and equal the published career totals exactly: 45 for Messi, 35 for Ronaldo. Senior team honours only — no youth trophies and no individual awards. Published totals elsewhere vary because sources differ on whether the MLS Supporters' Shield, the FA Community Shield and the Arab Club Champions Cup count; every one of those is itemised here. For Messi that spread is real and worth stating: other sources publish 44 (senior honours only), 46 (including youth honours) and 48 (scope not stated). We publish 45because that is what our own itemised rows add up to and the scope of each row is visible below — but anyone quoting a number in the low-to-high forties is not necessarily wrong. Ronaldo's 35 matches the most commonly published senior figure.

Trophy count by competition

10 categories

League titles: Messi: 10 La Liga, 2 Ligue 1, 1 MLS Supporters' Shield. Ronaldo: 3 Premier League, 2 La Liga, 2 Serie A, 1 Saudi Pro League.
Domestic cups: Messi: 7 Copa del Rey, Leagues Cup, MLS Cup. Ronaldo: FA Cup, 2 EFL Cup, 2 Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia.
Domestic super cups: Messi: 8 Supercopa de España, Trophée des Champions. Ronaldo: Community Shield, 2 Supercopa de España, 2 Supercoppa Italiana.
Other club honours: Ronaldo: Arab Club Champions Cup 2023 with Al Nassr.
Copa America / Euros: Messi 2021 + 2024; Ronaldo Euro 2016.
Finalissima / Nations League: Messi: Finalissima 2022. Ronaldo: Nations League 2019 + 2025.

Messi · trophy run

A historic Barcelona haul, finished in Qatar.

Most of Messi's trophies came in a single dynasty: the Pep Guardiola Barcelona side and the years that followed. Ten La Liga titles, four Champions Leagues and multiple domestic doubles and trebles. Two Ligue 1 titles with PSG followed, then MLS Leagues Cups with Inter Miami. His international cabinet was empty until 2021 — and now contains a Copa America, a Finalissima, a World Cup and a second Copa America. That late run is the difference between the two trophy counts.

Ronaldo · trophy run

Four leagues, five Champions Leagues, one Euros.

Ronaldo's distinction is breadth. Premier League titles with Manchester United, La Liga titles with Real Madrid, Serie A titles with Juventus, and an Asian league title with Al Nassr — no other male footballer has been league champion in four different domestic leagues. Add five Champions Leagues — one at United, four in five years at Madrid — and Euro 2016 with Portugal, and you have a cabinet that travels well.

Four of the rows above have a page of their own with the matches behind them: the Champions League record where Ronaldo leads on titles and goals, the World Cup where Messi has the only winner's medal between them, the international careers that produced the rest of the national-team honours, and the club-by-club breakdown showing which trophies were won where.