>>150638273 (OP)
Messi's a better overall player, more complete, especially as a playmaker and not just a scorer, though he's almost as good as Ronaldo at that, also winning the World Cup for Argentina and performing so well sort of settled the debate. I'd still argue that Ronaldo's a lot cooler as an icon and personality, and his longevity, and just the fact he managed to compete with Messi, is cool.
By the numbers here, Messi is superior without a shadow of doubt. He outperforms Ronaldo in almost every stat and he played approximately 200 less games in his professional career.
What the website always tries to remind us and is true, is that Ronaldo's numbers are still extremely high and he was elite of the elite for many consecutive years -behind only Messi, with a clear gap between the two and everyone else for a whole generation.