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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in international 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	2	-2
2015/2016	0	6	-6
2016/2017	0	12	-12
2017/2018	3	15	-12
2018/2019	6	17	-11
2019/2020	10	18	-8
2020/2021	12	20	-8
2021/2022	13	20	-7
2022/2023	19	22	-3
2023/2024	21	24	-3
2024/2025	23	25	-2

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2014/2015		2	-2
2015/2016		4	-4
2016/2017		6	-6
2017/2018	3	3	0
2018/2019	3	2	+1
2019/2020	4	1	+3
2020/2021	2	2	0
2021/2022	1		+1
2022/2023	6	2	+4
2023/2024	2	2	0
2024/2025	2	1	+1

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	34	26	10	0.76	0.29	1.06
PSG	14	9	4	0.64	0.29	0.93
Inter Miami	23	18	5	0.78	0.22	1.00
Totals	71	53	19	0.75	0.27	1.01

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 2 months, 1 day

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Real Madrid	49	54	14	1.10	0.29	1.39
Juventus	23	14	4	0.61	0.17	0.78
Manchester Utd	13	8	2	0.62	0.15	0.77
Al-Nassr FC	23	20	2	0.87	0.09	0.96
Totals	108	96	22	0.89	0.20	1.09