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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in national cups

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	3	-3
2004/2005	0	6	-6
2005/2006	1	7	-6
2006/2007	3	8	-5
2008/2009	4	9	-5
2010/2011	7	10	-3
2011/2012	11	10	+1
2012/2013	12	11	+1
2013/2014	15	12	+3
2014/2015	19	12	+7
2015/2016	25	12	+13
2016/2017	29	12	+17
2017/2018	33	12	+21
2018/2019	37	12	+25
2019/2020	38	12	+26
2020/2021	40	12	+28
2022/2023	42	12	+30

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004		3	-3
2004/2005		3	-3
2005/2006	1	1	0
2006/2007	2	1	+1
2008/2009	1	1	0
2010/2011	3	1	+2
2011/2012	4		+4
2012/2013	1	1	0
2013/2014	3	1	+2
2014/2015	4		+4
2015/2016	6		+6
2016/2017	4		+4
2017/2018	4		+4
2018/2019	4		+4
2019/2020	1		+1
2020/2021	2		+2
2022/2023	2		+2

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	80	56	33	0.70	0.41	1.11
PSG	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Inter Miami	1	0	2	0.00	2.00	2.00
Totals	83	56	35	0.67	0.42	1.10

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 1 month, 29 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Sporting CP	3	2	0	0.67	0.00	0.67
Real Madrid	30	22	3	0.73	0.10	0.83
Juventus	10	4	0	0.40	0.00	0.40
Manchester Utd	39	17	7	0.44	0.18	0.62
Al-Nassr FC	7	3	0	0.43	0.00	0.43
Totals	89	48	10	0.54	0.11	0.65