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Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo
Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria)
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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi and Ronaldo in club competitions 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
2003/2004014-14
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
2022/2023376240+136
2023/2024390254+136
2024/2025392259+133

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
2022/2023284+24
2023/202414140
2024/202525-3