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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi and Ronaldo in National Team official games by season

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
2003/200402-2
2004/200507-7
2005/200628-6
2006/2007510-5
2007/2008613-7
2008/2009813-5
2009/20101215-3
2010/20111516-1
2011/201217170
2012/20131920-1
2013/201421210
2014/20152421+3
2015/20162824+4
2016/20173026+4
2017/20183228+4
2018/20193328+5
2020/20213829+9
2021/20224030+10
2022/20234332+11
2023/20244735+12
2024/20254736+11

Distribution by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2003/20042-2
2004/20055-5
2005/200621+1
2006/200732+1
2007/200813-2
2008/20092+2
2009/201042+2
2010/201131+2
2011/201221+1
2012/201323-1
2013/201421+1
2014/20153+3
2015/201643+1
2016/2017220
2017/2018220
2018/20191+1
2020/202151+4
2021/202221+1
2022/202332+1
2023/202443+1
2024/20251-1