PHP: 8.2.29 | MySQL: 8.0.43

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	114	69	+45
2024/2025	131	72	+59
2025/2026	131	73	+58

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	11	12	-1
2024/2025	17	3	+14
2025/2026		1	-1

	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	50	28	0.94	0.53	1.47
Totals	249	197	113	0.79	0.45	1.24

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 4 months, 18 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	85	83	17	0.98	0.20	1.18
Totals	332	289	65	0.87	0.20	1.07