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

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
2008/2009	1	1	0
2009/2010	2	1	+1
2011/2012	5	1	+4
2013/2014	5	2	+3
2014/2015	6	2	+4
2015/2016	9	2	+7
2016/2017	12	2	+10
2017/2018	14	2	+12
2018/2019	16	2	+14
2019/2020	16	3	+13
2020/2021	17	3	+14
2021/2022	19	3	+16

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2008/2009	1	1	0
2009/2010	1		+1
2011/2012	3		+3
2013/2014		1	-1
2014/2015	1		+1
2015/2016	3		+3
2016/2017	3		+3
2017/2018	2		+2
2018/2019	2		+2
2019/2020		1	-1
2020/2021	1		+1
2021/2022	2		+2

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	39	31	13	0.79	0.33	1.13
PSG	1	1	0	1.00	0.00	1.00
Inter Miami	2	1	0	0.50	0.00	0.50
Argentina	8	2	2	0.25	0.25	0.50
Totals	50	35	15	0.70	0.30	1.00

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 3 months, 12 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Manchester Utd	9	3	1	0.33	0.11	0.44
Real Madrid	18	15	1	0.83	0.06	0.89
Juventus	5	2	0	0.40	0.00	0.40
Al-Nassr FC	4	4	0	1.00	0.00	1.00
Portugal	4	1	0	0.25	0.00	0.25
Totals	40	25	2	0.63	0.05	0.68