Cristiano Ronaldo averages about 19.7 passes per game in his overall career stats, but that is not World Cup-only data.

For World Cup matches specifically , the sources I found here give his overall tournament totals and recent match-by-match passing output, but not a clean tournament-wide passes-per-game average. So the safest answer is: there isn’t enough verified World Cup-only data in the available sources to state an exact average.

What we do know

  • Ronaldo has played 22 World Cup appearances across 5 tournaments.
  • He has 8 World Cup goals and 2 assists overall.
  • In one recent World Cup match, he completed 35 passes.

Practical read

If you want the overall passing average for his career , it’s about 19.7 passes per match.

If you want the World Cup-only average , I’d need a match log or a stats source that lists passing totals across all his World Cup games.

TL;DR: Career average: 19.7 passes/game ; World Cup-only average: not reliably confirmed from the sources available here.