Sergio Ramos or Pique? Who is the better player?
The greatest defender duo in the history of Spain is the biggest defender rivalry in World football when it comes to the league. The tale of two Spanish brothers who stand together for their nation yet be arch enemies in La Liga.
Since the past decade, it has been up for debate among the fans about who is the better defender among them. The world gets divided into two halves when it comes to Sergio Ramos and Gerard Pique.
Over the years both of them have proved that their rivalry was real and the battle for dominance kept going on. These two are the Champions of Spain, Champions of Europe and Champions of the World.
The big question that still exists, who is the better player between Sergio Ramos and Gerard Pique? Let’s find out.
Sergio Ramos or Gerard Pique
— Goal (@goal) March 30, 2019
Who would you rather have in your team? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/hA08KSLXDJ
1: Personal Stats
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are two teams from La Liga which have both battled for supremacy since the start of the beautiful game. In the last decade, FC Barcelona experienced more success than their rivals with the help of Leo Messi and other great players. Despite having more success the personal statistics of Gerard Pique is nowhere close to that of Sergio Ramos.
| Games | Goals | Assists | |
| Ramos | 716 | 104 | 40 |
| Pique | 630 | 57 | 14 |
Pique is ahead of Ramos in terms of scoring is getting more goals in the Champions League. Now as a defender he is the joint highest goalscorer with Roberto Carlos. He also has a better clean sheet record which is the most important thing for any defender.
List of categories where Pique gives Ramos an edge:
| Pique | Ramos | |
| Clearance | 4.75 | 4.64 |
| C/S | 0.43 | 0.35 |
| Fouls | 0.75 | 1.60 |
| Errors | 0.063 | 0.073 |
| Accuracy | 89.8% | 88.6% |
| Failed Passes | 6.48 | 7.04 |
| Pass Completed | 58.54 | 53.87 |
Ramos and Pique playing against each other:
| Wins | Goals | Assists | |
| Ramos | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Pique | 18 | 2 | 1 |
Sergio Ramos is the winner when it comes to personal statistics. The career led by Gerard Pique is exceptional but he can’t surpass Ramos in terms of goalscoring and assists.
1: Personal Stats
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are two teams from La Liga which have both battled for supremacy since the start of the beautiful game. In the last decade, FC Barcelona experienced more success than their rivals with the help of Leo Messi and other great players. Despite having more success the personal statistics of Gerard Pique is nowhere close to that of Sergio Ramos.
Pique is ahead of Ramos in terms of scoring is getting more goals in the Champions League. Now as a defender he is the joint highest goalscorer with Roberto Carlos. He also has a better clean sheet record which is the most important thing for any defender.
Sergio Ramos is the winner when it comes to personal statistics. The career led by Gerard Pique is exceptional but he can’t surpass Ramos in terms of goalscoring and assists.
Gerard Pique's stats vs Coutinho's in La Liga this season:
— Oddschanger (@Oddschanger) May 4, 2019
🇪🇸 Pique -
👤 Appearances: 33
🥅 Goals: 4
🅰️ Assists: 2
📊 Whoscored rating: 7.17
🇧🇷 Coutinho -
👤 Appearances: 33
🥅 Goals: 5
🅰️ Assists: 2
📊 Whoscored rating: 6.94
👀 pic.twitter.com/vJrKhuchwP
2: Titles
The biggest achievement for any central defender is winning titles. These players are considered to be the second manager of their team as they control the mentality of other players on the pitch. One of the main reasons why a centre back is usually the captain of the team.
The list of trophies for Gerard Pique is much longer compared to that of Sergio Ramos. FC Barcelona had their best trophy-winning run with Pique being a major part of it. The Spaniard has won a total of 37 trophies in his career. To win half the trophies Pique has would be the biggest achievement for many other defenders.
He is one of the few players to win it both in the Premier League and La Liga. In 2008-09 he won the Premier League, Champions League, English League Cup and the Community Shield.
Gerard Pique Titles:
World Cup x1
Euro Cup x1
Premier League x1
La Liga x8
UEFA Champions League x4
UEFA Super Cup x6
Spanish Cup x8
Spanish Super Cup x9
English Super Cup x2
English League Cup x1
U-19 Euro x1
📊 | Pique is the defender with 2nd most titles with clubs from the top 5 leagues (30 titles). Only Dani Alves has more (33 titles). pic.twitter.com/W3Y6HSxIpm
— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) May 4, 2018
Sergio Ramos has a big trophy cabinet too as he saw many glories over the years in Madrid. The El Capitan of Real Madrid has lifted more Champions League trophies in Madrid than any of their past players. The partnership of Pepe and Ramos is considered to be one of the deadliest in the history of La Liga.
No player would like to mess with Pepe or Ramos. The Captain of Spain and Real Madrid won a total of 25 trophies in his career.
Sergio Ramos Titles:
World Cup x1
Euro Cup x2
La Liga x5
UEFA Champions League x4
UEFA Super Cup x3
Club World Cup x4
Supercopa De Espana x4
Copa Del Rey x2
U-19 Euro x1
There is no chance that Ramos can ever win over Pique in this category. The trophies won by him over the years is certainly a great achievement for the player.
⚪️ 16 years at Real Madrid. 4 #UCL titles 🏆
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) June 16, 2021
Sergio Ramos 🙌 pic.twitter.com/FCi1SfGDGy
3: Individual Achievements
A player is considered to be great based on the heroics he shows on the pitch. Players like Sergio Ramos and Gerard Pique can die for their team and that has earned them individual honours and respect from fans all around the world.
Some moments from the careers of these two players are magical and will go down as the greatest moments in their club history. The magnificent goal scored by Sergio Ramos in the Champions League final at 93:48 is irreplaceable.
The list of individual awards for these two is long. However, the amount of honours won by Sergio Ramos is too long for any defender to overtake.
The player is certainly the best in terms of getting great performances as he is better in front of the goal. Only strikers are used to having such a long list of achievements but Ramos is made different and has more international goals than many great strikers.
List Of Individual Achievements Of Sergio Ramos:
La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2005
FIFA FIFPro World11: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
UEFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2010
La Liga Best Defender: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012
FIFA Confederations Cup Dream Team: 2013
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2014
FIFA Club World Cup top scorer: 2014
UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year: 2015
La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16
UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2016–17, 2019–20
ESM Team of the Year: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17
UEFA Defender of the Season: 2017, 2018
IFFHS Men’s World Team: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
IFFHS World Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
IFFHS World’s Highest Scoring Defender of the Decade: 2011–2020
IFFHS World’s Highest Scoring Defender of the 21st century: 2001–2020
Castrol Performance Index: 2010 FIFA World Cup Castrol Index Winner
Castrol Performance Index: UEFA Euro 2012 Castrol EDGE Index Winner
Luis Aragones Award: 2016
Ballon d’Or Dream Team (Bronze): 2020
L’Équipe Team of the Year: 2020
L’Équipe Team of the Year (Fan Vote): 2020
11Leyendas Jornal AS: 2021
Sergio Ramos is the winner in terms of Individual Honours.
Sergio Ramos will receive his 11th FIFPro XI award, only Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi (both 13) have more. pic.twitter.com/erbJyttypy
— Madrid Xtra. (@MadridXtra) December 14, 2020
4: International Career
The tale of these two brothers is well known who fight for the same cause under one flag. Spain had two great defenders playing for them for a long time. In their career with Spain National Team, they won the World Cup and the Euro together.
If we compare according to statistics then Sergio Ramos wins easily. The player has scored 23 goals for Spain in his career which helped them in winning big titles. The contribution of Pique is also a big one but he can’t surpass Ramos in international football.
Ramos also holds the record of being the most capped player (180) in the history of Spain. He is the clear winner in this category. It has to be the ‘Captain Marvel’.
- Be honest who better pique or Ramos
— 🥀 (@BLXKKING) February 28, 2021
No being bias pic.twitter.com/vdiZtszPHN
5: Club
In terms of winning for different teams, Gerard Pique is much ahead of Sergio Ramos as he has conquered the Premier League too. Pique is an FC Barcelona youth academy player who was sold to Manchester United. He returned to his home in 2009 after signing again for Barcelona. Since then it is the home of this player and he has defended the badge in the best ways possible.
Ramos came from the youth academy of Sevilla. The Spaniard wanted to be the captain of Sevilla but his request was denied. The scouts of Real Madrid saw potential in him and signed him with a promise of making him the captain in future. We all know what happened after that when he was given the captaincy of Real Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo x Gerard Pique back in the Manchester United days. — 📸 pic.twitter.com/PGvlBeuyol
— TCR. (@TeamCRonaldo) June 8, 2020
Conclusion:
If we look at the defensive prospects like interceptions, clearances, tackles, take-ons, ariel duels won Pique is ahead of Ramos while in terms of speed, goals and heading Ramos is better than him. Pique lacks pace and it is difficult for him to chase defenders but he has perfect positioning and passing abilities.
All the above statistics suggest that Ramos is ahead of Pique in many criteria. Pique is a great defender while Ramos is a great defender, goalscorer and a great leader.
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