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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in national leagues 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	8	-8
2015/2016	0	19	-19
2016/2017	0	25	-25
2017/2018	16	30	-14
2018/2019	31	41	-10
2019/2020	54	48	+6
2020/2021	67	52	+15
2021/2022	83	55	+28
2022/2023	103	57	+46
2023/2024	115	69	+46
2024/2025	127	72	+55

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2014/2015		8	-8
2015/2016		11	-11
2016/2017		6	-6
2017/2018	16	5	+11
2018/2019	15	11	+4
2019/2020	23	7	+16
2020/2021	13	4	+9
2021/2022	16	3	+13
2022/2023	20	2	+18
2023/2024	12	12	0
2024/2025	12	3	+9

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	138	125	55	0.91	0.40	1.30
PSG	58	22	30	0.38	0.52	0.90
Inter Miami	53	46	24	0.87	0.45	1.32
Totals	249	193	109	0.78	0.44	1.21

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 3 months, 7 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Real Madrid	109	106	29	0.97	0.27	1.24
Juventus	98	81	16	0.83	0.16	0.99
Manchester Utd	40	19	3	0.48	0.08	0.55
Al-Nassr FC	81	78	16	0.96	0.20	1.16
Totals	328	284	64	0.87	0.20	1.06