Bruno Fernandes missed three of Manchester United’s Premier League matches this season and still rewrote the history books.
Fernandes, 31, collected his 21st ssist of the PL season with a set-up of Patrick Dorgu in the first half of United’s Championship Sunday match versus Brighton.
The newly-crowned Premier Player of the Season had tied the shared record of Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry in Week 37.
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In setting the record Fernandes passes two of the greatest playmakers to ever put on a shirt in England’s top tier, as Henry rang up 20 assists in 2002-03, the year before he became an Invincible with Arsenal, and De Bruyne also hit 20 with Manchester City in the 2019-20 season.
Fernandes had already made history as one of only 21 players to dial up 15 or more assists in a single season of Premier League football. He’s one more helper from sitting alone in second.
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- Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, 2025-26 — 21
- Thierry Henry, Arsenal, 2002-03 — 20
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2019-20 — 20
- Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, 2024-25 — 18
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2016-17 — 18
- Mesut Ozil, Arsenal, 2015-16 — 18
- Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, 2014-15 — 18
- Frank Lampard, Chelsea, 2004-05 — 18
- Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal, 2007-08 — 17
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2022-23 — 16
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2017-18 — 16
- Eric Cantona, Manchester United and Leeds United, 1992-93 — 16
- Eden Hazard, Chelsea, 2018-19 — 15
- Leroy Sane, Manchester City, 2017-18 — 15
- Christian Eriksen, Tottenham Hotspur, 2016-17 — 15
- David Silva, Manchester City, 2011-12 — 15
- Robert Pires, Arsenal, 2001-02 — 15
- David Beckham, Manchester United, 1999-2000 — 15
- Nolberto Solano, Newcastle United, 1999-2000 — 15
- Steve McManaman, Liverpool, 1995-96 — 15
- Matt Le Tissier, Southampton, 1994-95 — 15
