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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi and Ronaldo in their National Teams 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
2003/200403-3
2004/200508-8
2005/2006411-7
2006/2007814-6
2007/20081217-5
2008/20091417-3
2009/20101821-3
2010/201124240
2011/20122926+3
2012/20133329+4
2013/20143631+5
2014/20154031+9
2015/20164434+10
2016/20174636+10
2017/20184939+10
2018/20195039+11
2019/20205139+12
2020/20215641+15
2021/20225842+16
2022/20236344+19
2023/20246847+21
2024/20256848+20

Distribution by season

PeriodLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoDifference
2003/20043-3
2004/20055-5
2005/200643+1
2006/200743+1
2007/200843+1
2008/20092+2
2009/2010440
2010/201163+3
2011/201252+3
2012/201343+1
2013/201432+1
2014/20154+4
2015/201643+1
2016/2017220
2017/2018330
2018/20191+1
2019/20201+1
2020/202152+3
2021/202221+1
2022/202352+3
2023/202453+2
2024/20251-1