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

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

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	62	44	25	0.71	0.40	1.11
Totals	62	44	25	0.71	0.40	1.11

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 2 months, 0 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Sporting CP	3	2	0	0.67	0.00	0.67
Manchester Utd	38	17	7	0.45	0.18	0.63
Real Madrid	28	21	3	0.75	0.11	0.86
Totals	69	40	10	0.58	0.14	0.72