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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in National Teams competitions

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	2	-2
2005/2006	1	2	-1
2006/2007	4	2	+2
2007/2008	4	5	-1
2009/2010	8	6	+2
2010/2011	11	6	+5
2013/2014	12	7	+5
2014/2015	15	7	+8
2015/2016	19	10	+9
2016/2017	19	11	+8
2017/2018	21	11	+10
2018/2019	22	11	+11
2020/2021	27	12	+15
2021/2022	29	12	+17
2022/2023	32	14	+18
2023/2024	33	15	+18
2024/2025	33	16	+17

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004		2	-2
2005/2006	1		+1
2006/2007	3		+3
2007/2008		3	-3
2009/2010	4	1	+3
2010/2011	3		+3
2013/2014	1	1	0
2014/2015	3		+3
2015/2016	4	3	+1
2016/2017		1	-1
2017/2018	2		+2
2018/2019	1		+1
2020/2021	5	1	+4
2021/2022	2		+2
2022/2023	3	2	+1
2023/2024	1	1	0
2024/2025		1	-1