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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

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2014/2015010-10
2015/2016028-28
2016/2017042-42
2017/20182653-27
2018/20195166-15
2019/20208075+5
2020/202110383+20
2021/202212287+35
2022/202315593+62
2023/2024174110+64
2024/2025188116+72
2025/2026188117+71

Distribution by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2014/201510-10
2015/201618-18
2016/201714-14
2017/20182611+15
2018/20192513+12
2019/2020299+20
2020/2021238+15
2021/2022194+15
2022/2023336+27
2023/20241917+2
2024/2025146+8
2025/20261-1
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
Lionel Messi
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
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo 40 years, 7 months, 21 days

Last games:

Major League Soccer ·
New York City FC vs Inter Miami
New York City FC 0-4 Inter Miami
 
Messi, 90′
Goal Goal Assist
24-09-2025
Saudi Pro League ·
Al-Nassr FC vs Al Riyadh
Al-Nassr FC 5-1 Al Riyadh
C. Ronaldo, 90′
Goal Goal
 
20-09-2025