Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne tied Premier League legend Frank Lampard on the all-time assists leaderboard when his free kick service to John Stones gave City a 2-0 lead over Arsenal in a huge match late in the 2022-23 season at the Etihad Stadium.
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But an injury has ‘KDB’ waiting to chase down Frank Lampard and the others ahead of him, and that’s left the early-season history chasing to Andy Robertson, Raheem Sterling, and Mohamed Salah.
The last name on the list has made his mark with two assists in Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat of Wolves on Saturday (Sept. 16). Salah’s now on 63 assists, tied for 19th with Matt Le Tissier. Yep, the Egyptian is now in the Premier League’s top 20 all-time in assists.
Kevin De Bruyne’s history chase: Top five and climbing
De Bruyne now has 102 Premier League assists, and 100 PL assists is a feat that can be claimed by only four other players and has never been done faster than De Bruyne’s achieved it.
De Bruyne may not track down Ryan Giggs’ 162 career PL assists, but the other members are the top three are within his reach if he plays at least one more season with Man City.
DC United boss Wayne Rooney is next: He recorded 103.
Second place could take some doing, as Cesc Fabregas record 111 assists between Arsenal and Chelsea.
There are several other active Premier League players in and around the top 25 for all-time assists. Check the full list after the jump.
Premier League all-time assist leaders
bold denotes active Premier League player
- Ryan Giggs, 162
- Cesc Fabregas, 111
- Wayne Rooney, 103
- Frank Lampard, 102
- Kevin De Bruyne, 102
- Dennis Bergkamp, 94
- David Silva, 93
- Steven Gerrard, 92
- James Milner, 87
- David Beckham, 80
- Teddy Sheringham, 76
- Christian Eriksen, 75
- Thierry Henry, 74
- Andrew Cole, 73
- Ashley Young, 71
- Darren Anderton, 68
- Gareth Barry, 64
- Alan Shearer, 64
- Matt Le Tissier, 63
- Mohamed Salah, 63
- Nolberto Solano, 62
- Riyad Mahrez, 61
- Stewart Downing, 59
- Steve McManaman, 59
- Raheem Sterling, 59
- Peter Crouch, 58
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, 58
- Andy Robertson, 57
- Eric Cantona, 56
- Theo Walcott, 56
- Kevin Davies, 55
- Didier Drogba, 55
- Damien Duff, 55
- Steed Malbranque, 55
- Danny Murphy
- Paul Scholes, 55
- Trent Alexander-Arnold, 55
- Eden Hazard, 54
- Juan Mata, 54
- Mesut Ozil, 54
- Jordan Henderson, 54
- Leighton Baines, 53
- Emile Heskey, 53
- Robin van Persie, 53
- Heung-min Son, 52
- Roberto Firmino, 50
- Nick Barmby, 50
- Aaron Lennon, 50
- Gylfi Sigurdsson, 50
- Dwight Yorke, 50