Cristiano Ronaldo is on a mission to score 1000 goals in his football career. Ronaldo will be the first footballer in the world to score 1000 televised goals.
The last updated data shows that Ronaldo’s goalscoring record reaches 968 goals. Now he is 32 goals away from reaching a millennium of goals.
His 968 goals came after scoring in 15 minutes in a Saudi Pro League match against Al Akhdoud on Saturday, April 11, 2026.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s mission to 1000 goals overview;
Ronaldo’s Goal Number 968
The goal was scored on Saturday, April 11, 2026.
The goal was scored in 15 minutes, when Al- Nassr won 2-0 V Al Akhdoud.
Competition: Saudi Pro League.
Games he played: 1314.
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s career stats drive the world’s attention and arguably make him one of the greatest players ever to exist on the planet.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal-scoring record makes him one of the greatest of all time in football history.
To respond to the question of how and to what extent Ronaldo could be one of the GOATs in football history, we present additional data on the Portuguese international.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s career goals
Ronaldo had netted 968 goals at both club and national levels. He is only 33 goals away from netting 1000 goals in his career. Cristiano Ronaldo scored 968 goals in 1314 matches.
Ronaldo has a goal ratio of 0.743 per game.
According to pundits’ analysis, for Ronaldo to achieve this milestone is the result of commitment, resilience, consistency, and discipline in the game.
Ronaldo’s desire to reach 1000 goals before his retirement in competitive football.
At the Global Soccer Awards in Dubai, where he won the best player of the Middle East, Ronaldo revealed that he won’t retire until he manages to score 1000 goals.
“It is hard to continue playing, but I am motivated….my passion is high, and I want to continue. It doesn’t matter where I play, whether in the Middle East or Europe. I always enjoy playing football, and I want to keep going.
“You know what my goal is. I want to win trophies, and I want to reach that number (1,000 goals) that you all know. I will reach that number for sure if no injuries”. Ronaldo was quoted in the BBC podcast.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s career goals per minute
Cristiano Ronaldo’s minutes per goal have recently fluctuated due to his age. Cristiano Ronaldo had 103.2 minutes per goal while playing in the European top five leagues.
In the best years of his football career, Ronaldo scored a goal every 95.6 minutes of a football match.
When will Ronaldo reach 1000th goals?
Based on Sky Sports’ data projection, Ronaldo will score his 1000th career televised goal by October 2026. Ronaldo will be able to reach this milestone if he maintains his match appearances and his goal ratio as well.
At the age of 40+, Ronaldo registered an average of scoring a goal every 97.8 minutes. He scored 123 goals in 102 appearances for the Al-Nassr, Saudi Pro League club.
Number of minutes required for Ronaldo to score his 1000th career televised goal.
If he continues at that rate of scoring, he will need to play another 4,073minutes of football matches to score the remaining 32 goals needed to 1000 goals for him.
Furthermore, Ronaldo requires another 38 matches of football to reach his 1000th career goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s mission to 1000 career goals description -in detail.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored more goals at home ground compared to away ground. The table below shows Cristiano Ronaldo’s goals distribution in detail.
| Goals scored at the home ground. | 507 |
| Goals scored at away grounds | 380 |
| Goals scored at neutral ground | 63 |
| Goals he scores inside the box (Including Penalty goals) | 817 |
| Goals he scored outside the box | 136 |
| Penalty goals | 182 |
| Direct free-kick goals | 64 |
| Left foot goals | 184 |
| Right foot goals | 622 |
| Header goals | 156 |
| Other | 3 |
These data are valid until March 20, 2026.
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s career goals by opponent.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored many goals while he was playing in La Liga. This is why he said that, it is easy to score goals in La Liga compared to the Saudi Pro League.
His statement is well evidenced by data. He scored 311 La Liga goals. Here, we highlight Ronaldo’s goals by opponent.
The table below shows Cristiano Ronaldo’s career goals by opponent.
| Number | Opponent | Appearances | Goals. |
| 1 | Seville | 18 | 27 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 37 | 25 |
| 3 | Getafe | 14 | 23 |
| 4. | Celta Vigo | 13 | 20 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 34 | 20 |
| 6 | Athletic Bilbao | 18 | 17 |
| 7 | Malaga | 19 | 17 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 16 | 15 |
| 10 | Valencia | 20 | 15 |
Cristiano Ronaldo’s mission to 1000 goals. Who assisted him mostly?
Of all teammates Ronaldo has played alongside, three of his teammates from Real Madrid assisted him the most. Karim Benzema (42), Gareth Bale (27) and Mesut Ozil assisted him more.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s career hat tricks.
By March 2026, CR-7 has scored 66 career hat-tricks for club and his country. Cristiano Ronaldo’s career hat-trick distribution is as follows: At Real Madrid, he registered 44, 10 for Portugal, 6 for Al-Nassr and 3 for each at Manchester United and Juventus Turin.
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for a footballer with the most career hat-tricks in modern football. Second after him is Lionel Messi with 60 career hat-tricks. Cristiano Ronaldo scores a hat-trick every 20 games.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s mission to 1000 goals. Ronaldo’s goals by competition.
Ronaldo’s career goals by competition
La Liga:311 goals
Champions League:140 goals
English Premier League: 103 goals
Saudi Pro League: 98 goals
Serie A: 81 goals
European Championship qualifying: 41 goals
World Cup qualifying: 41 goals
International friendlies:22 goals
Copa del Rey: 22 goals
Nations League:15 goals
European Championship:14 goals
AFC Champions League:14 goals
FA Cup:13 goals
World Cup:8 goals
Club World Cup:7 goals
Arab Club Champions Cup:6 goals
Coppa Italia: 4 goals
Supercopa de España: 4 goals
English League Cup: 4 goals
Saudi King Cup :3 goals
Primeira Liga :3 goals
Saudi Super Cup :3 goals
Europa League: 2 goals
Supercoppa Italiana: 2 goals
UEFA Super Cup: 2 goals
Confederations Cup:2 goals
Taca de Portugal:2 goals
Champions League qualifying :1 goal
Credit to: The Athletic
The above data are frequently updated to ensure validity.
