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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in club competitions after 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
2014/2015	0	10	-10
2015/2016	0	25	-25
2016/2017	0	37	-37
2017/2018	23	45	-22
2018/2019	47	58	-11
2019/2020	75	67	+8
2020/2021	93	73	+20
2021/2022	110	76	+34
2022/2023	138	80	+58
2023/2024	152	94	+58
2024/2025	164	99	+65
2025/2026	164	100	+64

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2014/2015		10	-10
2015/2016		15	-15
2016/2017		12	-12
2017/2018	23	8	+15
2018/2019	24	13	+11
2019/2020	28	9	+19
2020/2021	18	6	+12
2021/2022	17	3	+14
2022/2023	28	4	+24
2023/2024	14	14	0
2024/2025	12	5	+7
2025/2026		1	-1

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	195	165	74	0.85	0.38	1.23
PSG	75	32	34	0.43	0.45	0.88
Inter Miami	75	62	29	0.83	0.39	1.21
Totals	345	259	137	0.75	0.40	1.15

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 2 months, 25 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Real Madrid	161	162	43	1.01	0.27	1.27
Juventus	134	101	20	0.75	0.15	0.90
Manchester Utd	54	27	5	0.50	0.09	0.59
Al-Nassr FC	115	101	20	0.88	0.17	1.05
Totals	464	391	88	0.84	0.19	1.03