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#4 Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain) - 20 assists
Matches played: 34
Assists/match: 0.59.
Paris Saint-Germain have dominated Ligue 1 for the past decade, and Angel Di Maria has played a key role in the club's domestic success.
The 32-year-old is in his sixth season at the club and has won 15 major trophies with the French side, including four league titles.
In 2020, the Argentina international was at his influential best, assisting 20 goals and scoring seven in 34 appearances across competitions for PSG. His assists/matches ratio of 0.59 is the joint-best among all players in Europe's top-5 leagues.
#3 Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) - 21 assists
Matches played: 41
Assists/match: 0.51.
Where does one even begin when talking about Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne?
Widely touted as one of the best midfielders in the world, the 29-year-old is absolutely sublime in setting up chances and assisting goals. In 242 appearances for Manchester City, he has assisted a remarkable 102 goals.
2020 proved to be no different, as the Belgium international notched up 21 assists in 41 matches for Manchester City, doing so at an average of 0.51 assists per match. He also scored 11 goals, taking his goal-involvements to 32 for the year.
#2 Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) - 24 assists
Matches played: 46
Assists/match: 0.52.
The fact that Bayern Munich have won 26 major trophies during Thomas Müller's time at the club is no mere coincidence. The 31-year-old has been at the club since 2008 and has contributed handsomely to the club's success during this period.
Bayern Munich's unparalleled success in 2020 had a lot to do with Müller, as he pulled the strings throughout the year.
In the 46 matches he played for the club across competitions all year, he assisted 24 goals, doing so at the rate of 0.52 assists per match. He also scored 18 goals and finished the calendar year with a goal-involvement of 0.91 per match.
#1 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 26 assists
Matches played: 44
Assists/match: 0.59.
Lionel Messi may have scored fewer goals than usual in 2020, but in no way did that reduce his impact for Barcelona.
While his goal tally may have dipped (relatively speaking), the 33-year-old made up for it in the form of assists.
In 2020, no player in Europe's top-five leagues assisted more goals than Lionel Messi.
The Argentina international assisted 26 goals in 44 matches for the Catalan club, doing so at an average of 0.59 assists/match - the joint-best by any player during the year.
He scored the same number of goals - 26 - too, taking his total goal involvements to 52 in 44 appearances in the year, for an impressive 1.18 goal-involvements per match.
