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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in Champions League

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	1	-1
2004/2005	0	3	-3
2005/2006	2	3	-1
2006/2007	2	8	-6
2007/2008	4	9	-5
2008/2009	9	12	-3
2009/2010	9	14	-5
2010/2011	13	18	-5
2011/2012	20	21	-1
2012/2013	23	22	+1
2013/2014	23	27	-4
2014/2015	30	31	-1
2015/2016	31	35	-4
2016/2017	33	41	-8
2017/2018	36	44	-8
2018/2019	39	46	-7
2019/2020	43	47	-4
2020/2021	45	49	-4
2021/2022	46	49	-3
2022/2023	50	49	+1

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003/2004		1	-1
2004/2005		2	-2
2005/2006	2		+2
2006/2007		5	-5
2007/2008	2	1	+1
2008/2009	5	3	+2
2009/2010		2	-2
2010/2011	4	4	0
2011/2012	7	3	+4
2012/2013	3	1	+2
2013/2014		5	-5
2014/2015	7	4	+3
2015/2016	1	4	-3
2016/2017	2	6	-4
2017/2018	3	3	0
2018/2019	3	2	+1
2019/2020	4	1	+3
2020/2021	2	2	0
2021/2022	1		+1
2022/2023	4		+4

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
FC Barcelona	149	120	36	0.81	0.24	1.05
PSG	14	9	4	0.64	0.29	0.93
Totals	163	129	40	0.79	0.25	1.04

Summary

Lionel Messi 38 years, 1 month, 30 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Real Madrid	101	105	28	1.04	0.28	1.32
Juventus	23	14	4	0.61	0.17	0.78
Manchester Utd	59	21	9	0.36	0.15	0.51
Totals	183	140	41	0.77	0.22	0.99