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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in european clubs 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
2002/2003	0	5	-5
2003/2004	0	14	-14
2004/2005	0	23	-23
2005/2006	5	32	-27
2006/2007	9	53	-44
2007/2008	27	61	-34
2008/2009	46	73	-27
2009/2010	60	85	-25
2010/2011	88	103	-15
2011/2012	124	118	+6
2012/2013	142	131	+11
2013/2014	158	147	+11
2014/2015	191	160	+31
2015/2016	215	160	+55
2016/2017	238	160	+78

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2002/2003		5	-5
2003/2004		9	-9
2004/2005		9	-9
2005/2006	5	9	-4
2006/2007	4	21	-17
2007/2008	18	8	+10
2008/2009	19	12	+7
2009/2010	14	12	+2
2010/2011	28	18	+10
2011/2012	36	15	+21
2012/2013	18	13	+5
2013/2014	16	16	0
2014/2015	33	13	+20
2015/2016	24		+24
2016/2017	23		+23

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	583	507	195	0.87	0.33	1.20
Totals	583	507	195	0.87	0.33	1.20

Summary

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
Manchester Utd	292	118	52	0.40	0.18	0.58
Real Madrid	277	288	77	1.04	0.28	1.32
Totals	600	411	133	0.69	0.22	0.91