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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in european clubs

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
2003/2004014-14
2004/2005023-23
2005/2006532-27
2006/2007953-44
2007/20082761-34
2008/20094673-27
2009/20106085-25
2010/201188103-15
2011/2012124118+6
2012/2013142131+11
2013/2014158147+11
2014/2015191170+21
2015/2016215185+30
2016/2017238197+41
2017/2018261205+56
2018/2019285218+67
2019/2020313227+86
2020/2021331233+98
2021/2022348236+112
2022/2023370238+132

Distribution by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2002/20035-5
2003/20049-9
2004/20059-9
2005/200659-4
2006/2007421-17
2007/2008188+10
2008/20091912+7
2009/20101412+2
2010/20112818+10
2011/20123615+21
2012/20131813+5
2013/201416160
2014/20153323+10
2015/20162415+9
2016/20172312+11
2017/2018238+15
2018/20192413+11
2019/2020289+19
2020/2021186+12
2021/2022173+14
2022/2023222+20
Totals Per game
Team Games Goals Assists Goals Assists Contrib.
FC Barcelona 778 672 269 0.86 0.35 1.21
PSG 75 32 34 0.43 0.45 0.88
Totals 853 704 303 0.83 0.36 1.18
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi 38 years, 1 month, 29 days
Totals Per game
Team Games Goals Assists Goals Assists Contrib.
Sporting CP 31 5 4 0.16 0.13 0.29
Real Madrid 438 450 120 1.03 0.27 1.30
Juventus 134 101 20 0.75 0.15 0.90
Manchester Utd 346 145 57 0.42 0.16 0.58
Totals 949 701 201 0.74 0.21 0.95
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo 40 years, 6 months, 17 days

Last games:

Ligue 1 ·
PSG vs Clermont Foot
Paris Saint-Germain 2-3 Clermont Foot
Messi, 90′
 
 
03-06-2023
Premier League ·
Aston Villa FC vs Manchester Utd
Aston Villa FC 3-1 Manchester United
 
C. Ronaldo, 90′
 
06-11-2022