Ronaldo had been tied on 56 with Madrid legend Hugo Sanchez since scoring from the spot in Madrid's 2-1 defeat to Sevilla on January 15.
However presently they have the record all to himself having slammed home a penalty on Sunday right after a Toni Kroos shot was controversially adjudged to get struck the arm of Bruno.
Ronaldo's successful spot-kick brought the match straight back to 2-2 after Madrid had earlier fallen two goals behind.
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi lags some way behind Ronaldo in fifth with 43, also trailing Luboslav Penev (44) and Ronald Koeman (45).
Ronaldo's 57th spot-kick is his fifth penalty goal in LaLiga this current year and takes his overall league tally for your campaign to 16.
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