Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi to this season's Pichichi Trophy, which is given to the player who scored the most goals in La Liga, his clubannounced.
Ronaldo finished the 2014-15 league campaign with a quite incredible haul of 48 goals, compared to Messi's 43, per WhoScored.com.
Going into Saturday's final round of games in La Liga—Barca having already wrapped up the title—Ronaldo was firmly in the driving seat for the award on 45 goals, compared to Messi's 41.
Real Madrid provided additional details from the historic feat:
Against Getafe, Ronaldo reached the figure of 300 competitive appearances for Real Madrid. The Portuguese has found the net 314 times in this number of games, to boast a scoring rate that is unparalleled in the club's history.Indeed, nobody else among the Whites' all-time top 20 marksmen has an average higher than one per game. The man who comes closest is [Ferenc] Puskas (0.93).[...]Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick against Getafe means that he has set his best ever goals tally in all competitions in a single season. With 61, he surpasses his mark of 60 from 2011/12.
