The 23 Players To Have Registered 10 Or More Assists In 2020

Lionel Messi is the 2020 assist king after recording 20 assists in the calendar year.

The six-time Ballon d'Or winner has only laid on three assists in 14 La Liga appearances this term but his form in the beginning of the year sees him at the very top of the playmaking rankings.

Messi is three ahead of Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller, who set up teammates on 17 occasions in the Bundesliga in a very successful 2020 for the World Cup winner.

Kevin De Bruyne and Bruno Fernandes, the Premier League's two chief creators, are both level on 15 after doing the business on a consistent basis for Manchester City and Manchester United respectively.

Hakan Calhanoglu has been in fine form for AC Milan and he too is on 15 for the year.

There are a couple of surprises in the overall list of top assisters, specifically Alexis Sanchez managing 12 in new surroundings at Inter Milan - the same as Liverpool's Andy Robertson and one more than former teammate Marcus Rashford.

Harry Kane registered ten assists for Spurs in the league and we reckon every single one was for Heung-Min Son.

Joshua Kimmich of Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain sensation Kylian Mbappe and Premier League flops Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Iago Aspas also assisted ten times this year.

Using data from Transfer Markt, here is the list in full:

23. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) - 10 assists

22. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) - 10 assists

21. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) - 10 assists

20. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) - 10 assists

19. Harry Kane (Tottenham) - 10 assists

18. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (AS Roma) - 10 assists

17. Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) - 11 assists

6. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) - 11 assists

15. Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg) - 11 assists

14. Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich) - 11 assists

13. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) - 11 assists

12. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) - 11 assists

11. Papu Gomez (Atalanta) - 12 assists

10. Dries Mertens (Napoli) - 12 assists

9. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) - 12 assists

8. Alexis Sanchez (Inter Milan) - 12 assists

7. Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin) - 12 assists

6. Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain) - 13 assists

5. Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan) - 15 assists

4. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) - 15 assists

3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) - 15 assists

2. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) - 17 assists

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 20 assists

Topics: Bruno Fernandes, Football News, FC Barcelona, Football, Lionel Messi

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