# Mesut Özil vs Juan Román Riquelme

Who's better, Özil or Riquelme? On MyGOAT's head-to-head of goals, trophies and awards, Riquelme wins 5–4, a narrow win: more Libertadores titles (3 to 0), more trophies (16 to 10) and more goals (167 to 121). Özil has more World Cups (1 to 0), more trophies for their country (1 to 0) and more goals for their country (23 to 17).

|   | Özil | Riquelme |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 696 | 647 |
| Goals | 121 | 167 |
| Goals per game | 0.17 | 0.26 |
| Goals for their country | 23 | 17 |
| Trophies | 10 | 16 |
| League titles | 1 | 5 |
| Libertadores | 0 | 3 |
| World Cup | 1 | 0 |
| Trophies for their country | 1 | 0 |
| Ballon d'Or | 0 | 0 |
| Individual awards | 24 | 21 |

## Who has more goals, Özil or Riquelme?

Riquelme has more goals: 167 to 121.

## Who has won more trophies, Özil or Riquelme?

Riquelme has won more trophies: 16 to 10.

## Who has more Ballon d'Ors, Özil or Riquelme?

They're level, 0 each.

## Özil and Riquelme

- [Mesut Özil's career stats](https://mygoat.football/p/Mesut_%C3%96zil)
- [Juan Román Riquelme's career stats](https://mygoat.football/p/Juan_Rom%C3%A1n_Riquelme)
- [Who's the GOAT? Vote](https://mygoat.football/picks/goat)

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