There is a difference between being a great player and a great goalscorer. Gerd Müller has scored 398 goals in 453 games for Bayern and 68 goals in 62 games for Germany and he has even won a World and Euro Cup. Yet no one considers him among legends like Maradona (who has a rather poor goal scoring record by the way). When you talk about Messi, you remember his performances (THAT goal against Real Madrid in the CL semis, THAT performance against Arsenal in the CL quarters, the 5 goal performance against Leverkusen, THAT pass to Villa in the 5-0 mauling of Real Madrid, THAT dribble when he was 19 years old against Getafe, that CL final performance where he was nutmegging half of Manchester United's team). When you talk about Ronaldo, you are talking about numbers only. People will always remember performances, not numbers. While Ronaldo deserves a lot of credit for his goal scoring record, goal scoring alone doesn't make a great player, let alone an all-time great.
.. Romario is back: Messi is the best right now .. but to be the best ever he has to be better than Maradona .. then me and I'm better than Maradon and finally Pele who's on top of all players .. that won't happen till he wins the world cup "
