Bukayo Saka’s 100 G/A milestone in comparison with his idol Cristiano Ronaldo

October 5, 2025
10:06 am

Bukayo Saka has notched his one centesimal Premier League aim contribution in his two hundredth look for Arsenal within the competitors – however how does that examine to his boyhood idol Cristiano Ronaldo?

Solely six gamers in Premier League historical past have reached 100 mixed targets and assists at a youthful age than Saka – Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Robbie Fowler, Cesc Fabregas, Romelu Lukaku and Ronaldo.

Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland had been additionally 24 years outdated after they notched their one centesimal Premier League aim contribution, however Saka is youthful. He solely celebrated his birthday final month.

“I can’t think about enjoying for so long as Ronaldo,” Saka advised Males In Blazers.

“Once I was youthful, CR7 was my idol. Now that I’m enjoying soccer professionally, I’ve much more respect for him. How he’s managed to remain this disciplined & this targeted & obtain the whole lot he’s achieved”

To place Ronaldo’s longevity in context, Saka was simply two years outdated when Ronaldo made his Premier League debut for Manchester United on the opening weekend of the 2003-04 Premier League season.

The Portuguese winger was an adolescent when he made his bow in a 4-0 thrashing of Sam Allardyce’s Bolton Wanderers, having been signed that summer season after catching the attention in a pre-season pleasant, turning out for Sporting Lisbon towards United.

Ronaldo was uncooked in his early years at Outdated Trafford and took time to become the devastatingly environment friendly goalscorer he turned in his Ballon d’Or-winning peak years, however he nonetheless demonstrated his immense potential by needing simply 169 appearances to notch the milestone of a century of targets and assists.

Saka, against this, took time to nail down his spot for his boyhood Gunners.

The Hale Finish academy graduate was handed his Premier League debut by Unai Emery on New Yr’s Day 2019, a late substitute in a snug 4-1 victory over Fulham not lengthy after his seventeenth birthday.

However that was the one look that Saka made that season. He needed to wait 9 months to get his second alternative, and it was solely actually after Mikel Arteta’s appointment in December 2019 that he actually nailed down a spot as a daily starter.

Quick ahead 5 years and he’s made it to 100 aim contributions (55 targets, 45 assists) with a coolly-dispatched penalty within the Gunners’ routine 2-0 victory over West Ham.

Right here’s how Saka’s 100 targets and assists milestone compares to Ronaldo’s: