First, we must begin with Ronaldo. Not only did the Portuguese tally an astonishing five goals in Real's 6-0 hammering of Espanyol, but he did so with a hat trick inside the first 20 minutes and in record-setting fashion. The handful of goals pushed Ronaldo past Raulon Real Madrid's all-time La Liga scoring chart, with Ronaldo now at 230 goals to Raul's 228.
Even more impressive was the speed with which he achieved the feat. While it took the current New York Cosmos striker 550 Spanish league matches to reach his number, Ronaldo needed just 204 encounters on the Iberian Peninsula to claim the No. 1 spot.