Messi and Ronaldo are among the players who have had the most assists in the last two decades.
One of the most underrated aspects of the beautiful game is assists.
With players usually judged by the number of goals they score in a season, assists go under the radar, but there is no doubt they form the basis of the quality of a player.
It’s not often that we see a list of players who have assisted most goals for their teammates.
Today, we bring you a list of stars who have provided the most assists every single calendar year since 2000 right up until 2020.
Luis Figo – 2000 – FC Barcelona/Real Madrid
Games played: 48
Assists: 25
Luis Figo – 2001 – Real Madrid
Games played: 53
Assists: 20
Luis Figo – 2002 – Real Madrid
Games played: 20
Assists: 20
Thierry Henry – 2003 – Arsenal
Games played: 51
Assists: 28
Deco – 2004 – Porto/FC Barcelona
Games played: 48
Assists: 23
Ronaldinho – 2005 – FC Barcelona
Games played: 44
Assists: 24
Juninho – 2006 – Lyon
Games played: 44
Assists: 24
Cristiano Ronaldo – 2007 – Manchester United
Games played: 50
Assists: 20
Lionel Messi – 2008 – FC Barcelona
Games played: 40
Assists: 18
Mesut Ozil – 2009 – Werder Bremen
Games played: 41
Assists: 28
Mesut Ozil – 2010 – Werder Bremen/Real Madrid
Games played: 46
Assists: 23
Lionel Messi – 2011 – FC Barcelona
Games played: 54
Assists: 29
Eden Hazard – 2012 – Lille/Chelsea
Games played: 52
Assists: 30
Mesut Ozil – 2013 – Real Madrid/Arsenal
Games played: 51
Assists: 25
Cristiano Ronaldo – 2014 – Real Madrid
Games played: 48
Assists: 25
Kevin De Bruyne – 2015 – Wolfsburg/Manchester City
Games played: 54
Assists: 28
Lionel Messi – 2016 – FC Barcelona
Games played: 51
Assists: 28
Neymar – 2017 – FC Barcelona/PSG
Games played: 47
Assists: 27
Luis Suarez – 2018 – FC Barcelona
Games played: 50
Assists: 27
Kevin De Bruyne – 2019 – Manchester City
Games played: 47
Assists: 23
Lionel Messi – 2020 – FC Barcelona
Games played: 44
Assists: 26
Messi, De Bruyne, Ozil, Ronaldo and Figo are the only players to have seen their names on this lucrative list twice in the last two decades!
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