Ali Daei’s unique record that Messi and Ronaldo can’t reach
Ali Daei, our national team’s former striker, still holds a significant record above Ronaldo and Messi
Lionel Messi, with a hat-trick in a friendly match against Curaçao, surpassed one hundred international goals and became the third player to reach this record after Ali Daei and Cristiano Ronaldo. With 102 international goals, he is now only 7 goals away from Ali Daei’s 109 goals. Currently, Cristiano Ronaldo is the top international goal scorer with 122 goals, and it seems Messi will soon break his record as well.
However, Ali Daei scored this number of goals in 149 matches, with an average of 0.73 goals per game. Ronaldo, with 122 goals in 198 matches, has an average of 0.61 goals per game, and Messi’s average, with 102 goals in 174 matches, is 0.58.
Under such circumstances, it is very unlikely that Ronaldo and Messi will reach Ali Daei’s record, and although he has lost the top spot in international goal scoring, he still has a higher average compared to the two football superstars.