Cristiano Ronaldo—the Stats Don't Lie!

Cristiano Ronaldo's 40 goal season doesn't have you convinced? Richard McMillan breaks down the stats to show how the great United winger has improved.

by Richard McMillan (Member)

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May 12, 2008

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In the last five seasons, Cristiano Ronaldo has moved from being an out-and-out winger to a goal-scoring roaming midfielder.

Through Sir Alex's design and management, Ronaldo's goal ration stats have been tumbling. From scoring once every 6.5 games back in the 2003-04 season, his statistics are now down to scoring once every 1.2 games!

Year	Goals	Games	Ratio
2003/04	6	39	6.50
2004/05	9	50	5.56
2005/06	11	46	4.18
2006/07	23	53	2.30
2007/08	41	49	1.20

All Man United fans wanted Ronaldo to reach the 40 goals per season mark—this is a remarkable achievement for the world's best strikers—never mind from midfield!

Personally, I am left quietly happy that it is unlikely that he will reach 46 as achieved by Denis Law—another record that should remain unreachable for many years to come.

I think Ronaldo will struggle to keep up the 1.2 ratio—but even if he comes close, United should be confident of equalling Liverpool's 18 league titles next year.

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comments (5) write a comment »

reply to comment by Kiran
2 months ago

Love or hate him you cant deny that he is the best.
reply to comment by Anthony
2 months ago

Torres will out do him next year, mark my words.
reply to comment by Krisna
2 months ago

Just too Good that guy... Those who have wore ze num 7, 1st (C Ronaldo, G Best) 2nd (E Cantona) 3rd (D Beckham)
reply to comment by q
2 months ago

he's not bad but would look a lot better in a spurs shirt!
reply to comment by Andy
14 days ago

Torres almost scored as many goals in his first season in the PL. He's just as fast, just as
talented and much more of a team player. I agree with Anthony. Torres will blow Ronaldo
away, if he even makes it back from his surgery. and lets not forget it took Ronaldo five seasons
to produce those numbers. Last year he had only have the goals as this year and the first three season, basically nothing. One good season does not justify considering someone the greatest player of his era. Give me a break. Also, if anyone knows, please tell me how many of his goals were from
penalty kicks? I can't find that stat, but I think it was quite a few.