• Why has Ronaldo only managed 21 league goals this season?

• How many goals would he have scored if he wasn’t playing for Juve?

Short THREAD below about how clinical Ronaldo has been this season. RT’s appreciated https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏" title="Folded hands" aria-label="Emoji: Folded hands">

Ronaldo has looked clutch, like he’s been scoring from nothing this season. He feels very undersupported by Juve’s poor midfield.

Let’s start by looking at goals, big chances missed and conversation rate from these big chances of top players:

If we use Ronaldo’s conversion rate if he played in the following teams:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flag of Germany" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Germany"> Bayern: 37 goals in 49 BC
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇹" title="Flag of Italy" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Italy"> Lazio: 32 goals in 42 BC
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flag of Germany" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Germany"> Leipzig: 31 goals in 41 BC
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flag of Germany" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Germany"> Dortmund: 30 goals in 40 BC
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flag of France" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of France"> PSG: 28 goals in 37 BC
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿" title="Flag of England" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of England"> Leicester: 26 goals in 34 BC
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇸" title="Flag of Spain" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Spain"> Barca: 23 goals in 31 BC

This is a direct comparison to if he was in the big chance positions that other top players were in.

If you also consider Ronaldo has a better attacking position and off the ball movement than maybe any other player in history, we’d expect this number to increase even more.

Let’s combine these goals with the games played by the original player and extrapolate that to a 34 game season:

In essence, had he kept his big chance conversion up, he would be having a positive G/G and winning the golden boot if he played with a proper midfield.

If he had played for Bayern, he could have equalised Messi’s 50 golden boot in less games at the age of 35.