Top 50 best assistants ranked by most assists in European football leagues (Season 2020/21) – 08.07.2021
Top 50 best assistants ranked by most assists
in European football leagues (Season 2020/21)
- Date: 08.07.2021
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 best assistants ranked by most assists in European football leagues (Season 2020/21)
Who finished the season as the top assistant ranked by most assists in European football leagues?
It’s easy to count assists, but who are really the best assistants? Who makes the most impact on their team?
Assisting is a lost art form in football, but these players on the list try to keep the tradition going.
There are thousands of relevant statistics that we could take away from the season, and some would argue that the most important statistic is the one that tells us who’s at the top of the league.
But today we are looking at the top 50 assistants ranked by most assists in European football leagues. Who has made the most assists? And how many? Let’s see.
| R | Player | A |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Müller Bayern Munich, 31, M(CLR),FW | 18 |
| 2 | Filip Kostic Eintracht Frankfurt, 28, M(LR),FW | 14 |
| 3 | Harry Kane Tottenham, 27, AM(C),FW | 14 |
| 4 | Iago Aspas Celta Vigo, 33, AM(CR),FW | 13 |
| 5 | Bruno Fernandes Manchester United, 26, M(CLR) | 12 |
| 6 | Daichi Kamada Eintracht Frankfurt, 24, AM(CR),FW | 12 |
| 7 | Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City, 29, M(CLR),FW | 12 |
| 8 | Memphis Depay Lyon, 27, AM(CL),FW | 12 |
| 9 | Ruslan Malinovskiy Atalanta, 28, M(CR),FW | 12 |
| 10 | Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund, 21, AM(CLR) | 11 |
| 11 | Jonas Hofmann Borussia M.Gladbach, 28, M(CLR) | 11 |
| 12 | Marcos Llorente Atletico Madrid, 26, M(CR),FW | 11 |
| 13 | Romelu Lukaku Inter, 28, AM(R),FW | 11 |
| 14 | Dimitri Payet Marseille, 34, M(CLR),FW | 10 |
| 15 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan Roma, 32, M(CLR),FW | 10 |
| 16 | Son Heung-Min Tottenham, 28, M(CLR),FW | 10 |
| 17 | Jack Grealish Aston Villa, 25, AM(CL) | 10 |
| 18 | Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich, 26, D(CR),DMC | 10 |
| 19 | Juan Cuadrado Juventus, 33, D(R),M(CLR),FW | 10 |
| 20 | Kingsley Coman Bayern Munich, 24, AM(LR),FW | 10 |
| 21 | Moussa Diaby Bayer Leverkusen, 21, M(CLR) | 10 |
| 22 | Piotr Zielinski Napoli, 27, M(CL) | 10 |
| 23 | Raphael Guerreiro Borussia Dortmund, 27, D(L),M(CL) | 10 |
| 24 | Toni Kroos Real Madrid, 31, M(C) | 10 |
| 25 | Vincenzo Grifo Freiburg, 28, AM(CL) | 10 |
| 26 | Yannick Carrasco Atletico Madrid, 27, M(CLR),FW | 10 |
| 27 | Zinedine Ferhat Nimes, 28, AM(LR) | 10 |
| 28 | Aleksandr Golovin Monaco, 25, M(CLR) | 9 |
| 29 | Álvaro Morata Juventus, 28, AM(L),FW | 9 |
| 30 | Andy Delort Montpellier, 29, AM(R),FW | 9 |
| 31 | Ángel Di María Paris Saint-Germain, 33, M(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 32 | Borna Sosa VfB Stuttgart, 23, D(L),M(L) | 9 |
| 33 | Christopher Trimmel Union Berlin, 34, D(CR),M(R) | 9 |
| 34 | Dani Olmo RB Leipzig, 23, AM(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 35 | Denis Suárez Celta Vigo, 27, AM(CLR) | 9 |
| 36 | Duván Zapata Atalanta, 30, FW | 9 |
| 37 | Hakan Calhanoglu AC Milan, 27, M(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 38 | Jamie Vardy Leicester, 34, AM(L),FW | 9 |
| 39 | Jonathan Bamba Lille, 25, AM(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 40 | Jorge de Frutos Levante, 24, M(R) | 9 |
| 41 | Josip Ilicic Atalanta, 33, AM(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 42 | Karim Benzema Real Madrid, 33, FW | 9 |
| 43 | Leroy Sané Bayern Munich, 25, M(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 44 | Lionel Messi Barcelona, 33, AM(CR),FW | 9 |
| 45 | Luis Muriel Atalanta, 30, AM(CL),FW | 9 |
| 46 | Marcus Rashford Manchester United, 23, AM(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 47 | Raphinha Leeds, 24, AM(LR) | 9 |
| 48 | Rodrigo de Paul Udinese, 27, AM(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 49 | Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Lazio, 26, AM(C) | 9 |
| 50 | Aaron Cresswell West Ham, 31, D(CL),M(L) | 8 |
A = Assists
* A list of the top 50 best assistants ranked by most assists in European football leagues (Season 2020/21).
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Site expert for statistical analysis and avid fan of all European football. Nikola Horvat has written for various Italian football portals and now he writes for Euro Football Rumours. He is a sports and travel aficionado and has lived in three continents – North America, South America and Europe. The languages that Nikola knows are Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Italian, English, and Spanish.
