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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

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
2014/20154327+16
2015/20165427+27
2016/20176027+33

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
2014/2015122+10
2015/201611+11
2016/20176+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
Lionel Messi
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
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo 40 years, 6 months, 27 days

Last games:

Copa del Rey · Final
Alavés vs FC Barcelona
Real Club Deportivo Alavés 1-3 FC Barcelona
 
Messi, 90′
Goal Assist
27-05-2017
Copa del Rey · Round of 16
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid 2-2 Atlético de Madrid
C. Ronaldo, 90′
Goal
 
15-01-2015