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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo after turning 30 years old

Transfermarkt‘s criteria is more lenient in their concept of assists. They include deflected passes, rebounded shots, penalties earned, and passes or shots leading to an own goal.

In this section, we use that criterion, although the figures on Transfermarkt may differ, as they are quite inconsistent in gathering assists.

Cumulative distribution

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2014/2015	0	10	-10
2015/2016	0	28	-28
2016/2017	0	42	-42
2017/2018	26	53	-27
2018/2019	51	66	-15
2019/2020	80	75	+5
2020/2021	103	83	+20
2021/2022	122	87	+35
2022/2023	155	93	+62
2023/2024	174	110	+64
2024/2025	188	116	+72
2025/2026	188	117	+71

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2014/2015		10	-10
2015/2016		18	-18
2016/2017		14	-14
2017/2018	26	11	+15
2018/2019	25	13	+12
2019/2020	29	9	+20
2020/2021	23	8	+15
2021/2022	19	4	+15
2022/2023	33	6	+27
2023/2024	19	17	+2
2024/2025	14	6	+8
2025/2026		1	-1

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	195	165	74	0.85	0.38	1.23
PSG	75	32	34	0.43	0.45	0.88
Inter Miami	77	66	31	0.86	0.40	1.26
Argentina	76	56	22	0.74	0.29	1.03
Totals	423	319	161	0.75	0.38	1.13

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 3 months, 2 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Real Madrid	161	162	43	1.01	0.27	1.27
Juventus	134	101	20	0.75	0.15	0.90
Manchester Utd	54	27	5	0.50	0.09	0.59
Al-Nassr FC	116	103	20	0.89	0.17	1.06
Portugal	105	89	15	0.85	0.14	0.99
Totals	570	482	103	0.85	0.18	1.03