Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably the best soccer player in the world. But for now, he has his sights set on becoming the best player in Real Madrid history.

At the moment, Ronaldo has 301 career goals as a member of Real Madrid, the third most in team history. Raúl González holds the all-time scoring record with 323 club goals. The only other player with more goals than Ronaldo at the moment is Alfredo Di Stéfano, who scored 305 goals for Real Madrid. Ronaldo is just five goals away from surpassing Stéfano for second on the list.

Not only is Ronaldo approaching Stéfano for second place on the all-time Real Madrid list, but he is close to passing him for most La Liga goals as well. Ronaldo has scored 215 La Liga goals since coming over from Manchester United in 2009, that's the eighth most all-time. Only Lionel Messi has more career La Liga goals (277) as an active player.

Ronaldo needs to just one more La Liga goal to tie Stéfano, and another 13 goals to tie González for most La Liga goals in Real Madrid franchise history. To make things even more interesting and intriguing, Ronaldo currently has 38 La Liga goals this season.

Why is that relevant?

It's critical because Ronaldo is also 13 goals away from breaking Messi's single season La Liga scoring record of 50 goals. Messi scored 50 goals in the 2011-12 season for Barcelona. Right now, the magic number for Ronaldo is 13.

Fortunately for Ronaldo, he not only has the ongoing 2015 UEFA Champions League to score, but he also has seven more Spanish League games remaining this year to find the net. Ronaldo is still just 30 years old, and he shows no signs of slowing down. At the rate he is going, Ronaldo will break González's record in less than one year.

Ronaldo has the top three single-season highest scoring outputs in Real Madrid history. Because of this extraordinary accomplishment, he has put himself on a scoring pace that would shatter the Real Madrid scoring record. Ronaldo has also benefited from staying healthy, and being able to play in almost every game for Real Madrid on a consistent basis.

As far as potentially breaking the single season record this year, Ronaldo will need to score 13 goals in the final seven La Liga games. That's a tough challenge, but Ronaldo is fully capable of doing so.

HE BROKE IT!

All Time Real Madrid Scorers*

1. Cristiano Ronaldo 325 (230 La Liga)

2. Raúl González: 323 (228 La Liga)

3. Alfredo Di Stéfano: 305 (216 La Liga)

4. Carlos Santillana: 289 (186 La Liga)

5. Ferenc Puskás: 242 (156 La Liga)

*Updated Sept. 12, 2015

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