2007-08 – (42 goals, 9 assists, Premier League, Champions League)
The season that made him a global superstar. Ronaldo scored 31 league goals, still the most by any Manchester United player in Premier League history, and headed the winner in the Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow. It earned him his first Ballon d’Or.
2010-11 – (53 goals, 18 assists, Copa del Rey)
His first trophy in Spain, scoring the winner in the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona. He also claimed his first Pichichi award for La Liga’s top scorer that season.
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2011-12 – (60 goals, 15 assists, La Liga)
Real Madrid won a first title in four years with a then-record 100 points, built on Ronaldo’s 46 goals in 38 league appearances, still his personal best in a single La Liga campaign.
2013-14 – (51 goals, 17 assists, Copa del Rey, Champions League)
“La Décima.” Ronaldo scored in the Champions League final as Real Madrid finally won their long-awaited tenth European Cup, beating city rivals Atlético in extra time, adding the Copa del Rey along the way and picking up his second Ballon d’Or.
2014-15 – (61 goals, 23 assists, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup)
Statistically his most prolific season in Madrid, including five-goal hauls against both Granada and Espanyol, though it came without a major end-of-season trophy as Barcelona won La Liga and eliminated Real from the Champions League. He still claimed his third Ballon d’Or, the Pichichi, and the European Golden Shoe.
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2015-16 – (51 goals, 15 assists, Champions League)
Ronaldo scored the winning penalty as Real won a record 11th European Cup, then captained Portugal to their first-ever major trophy at Euro 2016, despite going off injured in the final itself. It brought him a fourth Ballon d’Or, and he later called it the best season of his career.
2016-17 – (42 goals, 12 assists, La Liga, Champions League, Club World Cup)
A rare league and Champions League double, with Ronaldo finishing as the tournament’s top scorer for a sixth time, en route to a fifth Ballon d’Or.
2017-18 – (44 goals, 8 assists, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup)
A third consecutive Champions League title, an achievement no player or club has managed since, before Ronaldo left for Juventus that summer.
2018-19 – (28 goals, 14 assists, Serie A, Supercoppa Italiana)
His first season in Italy, immediately delivering Juventus their eighth straight Scudetto and settling any doubts about his move.
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2019-20 – (37 goals, 9 assists, Serie A)
A second consecutive Serie A title, with Ronaldo becoming the second-fastest player in the club’s history to reach 50 goals, extending a run of scoring at least 15 league goals in 14 consecutive seasons across three different countries.
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