Arsenal, FC Barcelona and Borussia Monchengladbach have the most players in the top 50 assists chart from Europe’s best five leagues. Read who features below.
In the interests of fairness to those players not participating in UEFA Champions League and Europa League, we have only included assists in games from the English Premier League, France’s Ligue 1, Germany’s Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s La Liga.
50. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Paris Saint-Germain
13 appearances, 4 assists
49. Yann Jouffre
Lorient
13(1) appearances, 4 assists
48. Thomas Muller
Bayern Munich
10(3) appearances, 4 assists
47. Stephane Mbia
Sevilla
8 appearances, 4 assists
46. Sergio Aguero
Manchester City
10(1) appearances, 4 assists
45. Sebastian Freis
SC Freiburg
11(2) appearances, 4 assists
44. Romulo
Verona
12(1) appearances, 4 assists
43. Rodrigo Palacio
Inter Milan
12(1) appearances, 4 assists
42. Robinho
AC Milan
7(5) appearances, 4 assists
41. Roberto Firmino
1899 Hoffenheim
12 appearances, 4 assists
40. Raffael
Borussia Monchengladbach
13 appearances, 4 assists
39. Patrick Ebert
Valladolid
10 appearances, 4 assists
38. Olivier Giroud
Arsenal
12 appearances, 4 assists
37. Miralem Pjanic
AS Roma
13 appearances, 4 assists
36. Mesut Ozil
Arsenal
9 appearances, 4 assists
35. Max Kruse
Borussia Monchengladbach
13 appearances, 4 assists
34. Lucas Moura
Paris Saint-Germain
7(6) appearances, 4 assists
33. Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona
10(1) appearances, 4 assists
32. Jonathan Schmid
SC Freiburg
11 appearances, 4 assists
31. Joao Moutinho
AS Monaco
11 appearances, 4 assists
30. Henri Saivet
Bordeaux
14 appearances, 4 assists
29. Gonzalo Castro
Bayer Leverkusen
10 appearances, 4 assists
28. Gabi
Atletico Madrid
13(1) appearances, 4 assists
27. Dennis Aogo
Schalke 04
10 appearances, 4 assists
26. Arturo Vidal
Juventus
11(2) appearances, 4 assists
25. Alessio Cerci
Torino
12(1) appearances, 4 assists
24. Aaron Ramsey
Arsenal
11(1) appearances, 4 assists
23. Wayne Rooney
Manchester United
10(1) appearances, 5 assists
22. Steven Gerrard
Liverpool
12 appearances, 5 assists
21. Sidney Sam
Bayer Leverkusen
12(1) appearances, 5 assists
20. Cani
Villarreal
14 appearances, 5 assists
19. Rafael van der Vaart
Hamburger SV
12 appearances, 5 assists
18. Patrick Herrmann
Borussia Monchengladbach
13 appearances, 5 assists
17. Marco Reus
Borussia Dortmund
12(1) appearances, 5 assists
16. Luca Cigarini
Atalanta
12 appearances, 5 assists
15. Kevin Strootman
AS Roma
12 appearances, 5 assists
14. Kevin Mirallas
Everton
12 appearances, 5 assists
13. Karim Benzema
Real Madrid
12(1) appearances, 5 assists
12. Suso
Almeria (on loan from Liverpool)
12 appearances, 5 assists
11. James Rodriguez
AS Monaco
8(4) appearances, 5 assists
10. Ivan Rakitic
Sevilla
13 appearances, 5 assists
9. Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Borussia Dortmund
11 appearances, 5 assists
8. Gareth Bale
Real Madrid
6(2) appearances, 5 assists
7. Borja Valero
Fiorentina
13 appearances, 5 assists
6. Franck Ribery
Bayern Munich
10(1) appearances, 6 assists
5. Francesco Totti
AS Roma
7(1) appearances, 6 assists
4. Alexandru Maxim
VfB Stuttgart
11 appearances, 6 assists
3. Neymar
FC Barcelona
10(2) appearances, 8 assists
2. Koke
Atletico Madrid
13(1) appearances, 8 assists
1. Francesc Fabregas
FC Barcelona
11(2) appearances, 8 assists