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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo against english teams

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
2003/2004	0	8	-8
2004/2005	0	15	-15
2005/2006	0	23	-23
2006/2007	0	39	-39
2007/2008	0	46	-46
2008/2009	1	55	-54
2010/2011	2	55	-53
2011/2012	3	55	-52
2014/2015	5	55	-50
2016/2017	6	55	-49
2017/2018	7	55	-48
2021/2022	8	58	-50

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004		8	-8
2004/2005		7	-7
2005/2006		8	-8
2006/2007		16	-16
2007/2008		7	-7
2008/2009	1	9	-8
2010/2011	1		+1
2011/2012	1		+1
2014/2015	2		+2
2016/2017	1		+1
2017/2018	1		+1
2021/2022	1	3	-2

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	34	26	6	0.76	0.18	0.94
PSG	2	1	0	0.50	0.00	0.50
Totals	36	27	6	0.75	0.17	0.92

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 1 month, 29 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Real Madrid	13	8	0	0.62	0.00	0.62
Juventus	2	1	0	0.50	0.00	0.50
Manchester Utd	278	123	45	0.44	0.16	0.60
Totals	293	132	45	0.45	0.15	0.60