Compare the listed heights of Cristiano Ronaldo (185 cm) / Lionel Messi (170 cm) on one scale; the gap is 15 cm.
Listed height: Cristiano Ronaldo 185 cm. Range on this board: Lionel Messi 170 cm – Cristiano Ronaldo 185 cm (15 cm). These are reference values, not measurements made by this site.
Height source: UEFA player profile
Cristiano Ronaldo is 10 cm (3.9 in) taller than Average Man, a gap of 5.7%. Cristiano Ronaldo is 15 cm (5.9 in) taller than Lionel Messi, a gap of 8.8%. Average Man is 5 cm (2 in) taller than Lionel Messi, a gap of 2.9%.
In our table of modelled mean heights at age 19 (NCD-RisC), 185 cm is above the average for men in all 27 countries, 1.2 cm (0.5 in) more than the highest, Netherlands at 183.8 cm.
Real people with a profile here near this height: Barack Obama (185 cm, ±0 cm), Henry Cavill (185 cm, ±0 cm), and Rafael Nadal (185 cm, ±0 cm).
Compare the listed heights on one scale and check the size of the gap.
Within this curated comparison group, listed heights range from Lionel Messi at 170 cm (5'6.9") to Cristiano Ronaldo at 185 cm (6'0.8"), an overall spread of 15.0 cm (5.9 inches). Cristiano Ronaldo's reference value is 185 cm (6'0.8"). The shared baseline makes these numerical gaps easier to compare without estimating them from a photograph.
Cristiano Ronaldo is listed here at 185 cm (6'0.8"), approximately 6 feet 0.8 inches. This selected comparison ranges from Lionel Messi at 170 cm (5'6.9") to Cristiano Ronaldo at 185 cm (6'0.8").
The tallest figure featured here is Cristiano Ronaldo at 185 cm (6'0.8"), and the shortest is Lionel Messi at 170 cm (5'6.9"). The net height difference between the two extreme endpoints is 15.0 cm (5.9 inches).
