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

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

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	26	17	5	0.65	0.19	0.85
Totals	26	17	5	0.65	0.19	0.85

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 1 month, 30 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Manchester Utd	237	104	42	0.44	0.18	0.62
Real Madrid	8	6	0	0.75	0.00	0.75
Totals	245	110	42	0.45	0.17	0.62

Summary

Cristiano Ronaldo 40 years, 6 months, 18 days

Last games:

UEFA Champions League · Group stage
Manchester City FC vs FC Barcelona

	3-1
		Messi, 90′

01-11-2016

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UEFA Champions League · Group stage
Real Madrid vs Liverpool FC

	1-0
C. Ronaldo, 90′

04-11-2014

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