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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi and Ronaldo in knockout games by season

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

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2003/200404-4
2004/200507-7
2005/200619-8
2006/2007412-8
2007/2008413-9
2008/2009716-9
2009/2010916-7
2010/20111519-4
2011/20122620+6
2012/20132721+6
2013/20143125+6
2014/20154329+14
2015/20165432+22
2016/20176034+26
2017/20186736+31
2018/20197636+40
2019/20207837+41
2020/20218438+46
2021/20228639+47
2022/20239139+52
2023/20249440+54
2024/20259441+53

Distribution by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2003/20044-4
2004/20053-3
2005/200612-1
2006/2007330
2007/20081-1
2008/2009330
2009/20102+2
2010/201163+3
2011/2012111+10
2012/2013110
2013/2014440
2014/2015124+8
2015/2016113+8
2016/201762+4
2017/201872+5
2018/20199+9
2019/202021+1
2020/202161+5
2021/202221+1
2022/20235+5
2023/202431+2
2024/20251-1