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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi and Ronaldo by season

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
2002/200305-5
2003/2004017-17
2004/2005031-31
2005/2006943-34
2006/20071767-50
2007/20083978-39
2008/20096090-30
2009/201078106-28
2010/2011112127-15
2011/2012153144+9
2012/2013175160+15
2013/2014194178+16
2014/2015231201+30
2015/2016259219+40
2016/2017284233+51
2017/2018310244+66
2018/2019335257+78
2019/2020364266+98
2020/2021387274+113
2021/2022406278+128
2022/2023439284+155
2023/2024458301+157
2024/2025460307+153

Distribution by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2002/20035-5
2003/200412-12
2004/200514-14
2005/2006912-3
2006/2007824-16
2007/20082211+11
2008/20092112+9
2009/20101816+2
2010/20113421+13
2011/20124117+24
2012/20132216+6
2013/20141918+1
2014/20153723+14
2015/20162818+10
2016/20172514+11
2017/20182611+15
2018/20192513+12
2019/2020299+20
2020/2021238+15
2021/2022194+15
2022/2023336+27
2023/20241917+2
2024/202526-4