THE FIRST TO REACH 500
Cristiano Ronaldo: the first to reach 500 league wins
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in football history to reach 500 wins in domestic league matches. The milestone was the Al Nassr win against Al Riyadh (2-1) on April 12 inspired by CR7 himself scoring a brace.
The breakdown of 500 wins by his teams: Sporting 11, Manchester United 152, Real Madrid 216, Juventus 69, Al Nassr 52.
The ranking, which we are publishing for the first time, takes into account all matches of the top divisions of national and regional leagues.
MOST WINS | IN | LEAGUE | GAMES | ||
Player | Wins | Nation | Career | Games | |
1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 500 | Portugal | 2002- | 724 |
2 | Fábio | 484 | Brazil | 2000- | 990 |
3 | Rogério Ceni | 470 | Brazil | 1993-2015 | 882 |
4 | Dougie Gray | 465 | Scotland | 1925-1946 | 667 |
5 | Lionel Messi | 441 | Argentina | 2004- | 610 |
6 | Émerson Leão | 440 | Brazil | 1968-1987 | 810 |
7 | Ryan Giggs | 425 | Wales | 1990-2014 | 672 |
8 | Fernandinho | 423 | Brazil | 2003- | 632 |
9 | Iker Casillas | 418 | Spain | 1999-2019 | 626 |
10 | Roberto Dinamite | 415 | Brazil | 1971-1992 | 765 |
11 | Luka Modrić | 409 | Croatia | 2003- | 649 |
12 | Gianluigi Buffon | 408 | Italy | 1995-2023 | 675 |
13 | Karim Benzema | 406 | France | 2004- | 596 |
14 | Luis Suárez | 404 | Uruguay | 2005- | 641 |
15 | Roberto Carlos | 403 | Brazil | 1991-2015 | 717 |
16 | Alec McNair | 401 | Scotland | 1903-1925 | 584 |