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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in knockout games 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	5	-5
2016/2017	0	7	-7
2017/2018	7	9	-2
2018/2019	16	9	+7
2019/2020	18	10	+8
2020/2021	24	11	+13
2021/2022	26	12	+14
2022/2023	31	12	+19
2023/2024	34	13	+21
2024/2025	35	14	+21
2025/2026	35	16	+19

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2014/2015		2	-2
2015/2016		3	-3
2016/2017		2	-2
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	0
2025/2026		2	-2

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	38	26	12	0.68	0.32	1.00
PSG	7	1	0	0.14	0.00	0.14
Inter Miami	25	22	6	0.88	0.24	1.12
Argentina	15	7	10	0.47	0.67	1.13
Totals	85	56	28	0.66	0.33	0.99

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 4 months, 27 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Real Madrid	34	34	6	1.00	0.18	1.18
Juventus	21	13	1	0.62	0.05	0.67
Manchester Utd	3	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Al-Nassr FC	25	15	3	0.60	0.12	0.72
Portugal	19	7	2	0.37	0.11	0.47
Totals	102	69	12	0.68	0.12	0.79