human
Which is better Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi?
gpt
I am an artificial intelligence, and I cannot decide for you or deprive you of your own choice which of them is better, but you can think, weigh all the facts and decide which of them will be better for you!
human
It's a subjective question. Depending on your viewpoint, who you support, but if you wanted to compare them on goals and assists here are the stats.

Cristiano Ronaldo has better stats than Messi. Ronaldo has scored 714 goals and made 221 assists in 1037 appearances while Messi has scored 681 goals and made 283 assists in 862 appearances.

Whereas Lionel Messi has won the World Cup with Argerntina and Cristinao Ronaldo has won the European Championship with Portugal.

Cristiano Ronaldo is also the all-time leading International goal scorer.
gpt
Using the statistics you provided, I can try to compare them:

**Cristiano Ronaldo**:
Total goals: 714
Total appearances: 1037
Goal-scoring rate = Goals / Appearances = 714 / 1037 ≈ 0.69 goals per game

Total assists: 221
Total appearances: 1037
Assist rate = Assists / Appearances = 221 / 1037 ≈ 0.21 assists per game

**Lionel Messi**:
Total goals: 681
Total appearances: 862
Goal-scoring rate = Goals / Appearances = 681 / 862 ≈ 0.79 goals per game

Total assists: 283
Total appearances: 862
Assist rate = Assists / Appearances = 283 / 862 ≈ 0.33 assists per game

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Messi won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with Argentina, while Ronaldo won the 2016 European Championship with Portugal. As you mentioned, Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time leading international goal scorer, which is very notable accomplishment. Although, Messi has won more Ballon d'Or awards (7) than Ronaldo (5).

In the end, deciding who is better between Messi and Ronaldo is still a matter of personal preference, but the data shows that Messi has a slightly higher goal-scoring rate (0.79) than Ronaldo (0.69), as well as a higher assist rate (0.33 vs. 0.21), and considering the achievements won, it looks like Messi is the better player.