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

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	4	-4
2004/2005	0	7	-7
2005/2006	1	9	-8
2006/2007	4	12	-8
2007/2008	4	13	-9
2008/2009	7	16	-9
2009/2010	9	16	-7
2010/2011	15	19	-4
2011/2012	26	20	+6
2012/2013	27	21	+6
2013/2014	31	25	+6
2014/2015	43	29	+14
2015/2016	54	32	+22
2016/2017	60	34	+26
2017/2018	67	36	+31
2018/2019	76	36	+40
2019/2020	78	37	+41
2020/2021	84	38	+46
2021/2022	86	39	+47
2022/2023	91	39	+52
2023/2024	94	40	+54
2024/2025	94	41	+53
2025/2026	94	42	+52

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004		4	-4
2004/2005		3	-3
2005/2006	1	2	-1
2006/2007	3	3	0
2007/2008		1	-1
2008/2009	3	3	0
2009/2010	2		+2
2010/2011	6	3	+3
2011/2012	11	1	+10
2012/2013	1	1	0
2013/2014	4	4	0
2014/2015	12	4	+8
2015/2016	11	3	+8
2016/2017	6	2	+4
2017/2018	7	2	+5
2018/2019	9		+9
2019/2020	2	1	+1
2020/2021	6	1	+5
2021/2022	2	1	+1
2022/2023	5		+5
2023/2024	3	1	+2
2024/2025		1	-1
2025/2026		1	-1

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	182	127	53	0.70	0.29	0.99
PSG	7	1	0	0.14	0.00	0.14
Inter Miami	20	15	5	0.75	0.25	1.00
Argentina	32	11	20	0.34	0.63	0.97
Totals	241	154	78	0.64	0.32	0.96

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 1 month, 30 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Sporting CP	6	2	0	0.33	0.00	0.33
Real Madrid	97	84	16	0.87	0.16	1.03
Juventus	21	13	1	0.62	0.05	0.67
Manchester Utd	70	29	12	0.41	0.17	0.59
Al-Nassr FC	23	14	3	0.61	0.13	0.74
Portugal	34	15	3	0.44	0.09	0.53
Totals	251	157	35	0.63	0.14	0.76