Team-work
Besides putting the finishing touches to moves for club and country both Ronaldo and Messi provide more than their fair share of assists and are not averse to tracking back and helping out their team-mates.
Over the past 18 months Messi has provided 20 assists in 62 Barcelona appearances and in the same period of time Ronaldo has racked up 19 assists in 65 Real Madrid matches.
Whilst it’s perhaps fair to say Ronaldo is more adept at venturing back into a defensive role neither player is known for getting stuck in to any real degree and as such Messi shades this one.
You could argue to some extent that both players offer so much in individual terms that what they offer to a team as a whole is perhaps less key an attribute.
Lionel Messi: 9/10
Cristiano Ronaldo: 8/10