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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in knockout games before 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
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	27	+16
2015/2016	54	27	+27
2016/2017	60	27	+33

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	2	+10
2015/2016	11		+11
2016/2017	6		+6

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	144	101	41	0.70	0.28	0.99
Argentina	17	4	10	0.24	0.59	0.82
Totals	161	105	51	0.65	0.32	0.97

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 2 months, 8 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Sporting CP	6	2	0	0.33	0.00	0.33
Manchester Utd	67	29	12	0.43	0.18	0.61
Real Madrid	63	50	10	0.79	0.16	0.95
Portugal	15	8	1	0.53	0.07	0.60
Totals	151	89	23	0.59	0.15	0.74