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#3 Lionel Messi | 4 assists
Lionel Messi has been one of the Champions League and world football’s greatest ever. Along with Cristiano Ronaldo, the Argentine wizard has dominated the Champions League for more than a decade.
In the ongoing 2020-21 Champions League, Messi’s goal against PSG extended his goal-scoring run in the competition to 17 consecutive seasons.
The Argentine has been involved in a mammoth tally of 161 goals (120 goals, 41 assists) in 149 appearances for the Blaugrana.
Messi has won everything there is to win in European club football, including two European trebles and a trophy-laden 2009. By the end of 2009, Messi had won all six available trophies that Barcelona competed for that year - Champions League, La Liga, European Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Copa Del Rey and Supercopa de Espana.
The Argentine has laid hands on 4 Champions League titles in his time at Barcelona, making 36 appearances in the knockout stages of the competition. He has 47 goals and 12 assists in the knockout stage of the Champions League and has scored two goals in three finals in the competition.
#2 Kaka | 5 assists
One of the most naturally gifted players in the modern era, Kaka is the last player to win the Ballon D’Or award before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's duopoly.
Like Roberto Carlos, Kaka was brought to Spanish shores as one of the 'Galacticos' after a spectacular 6-year spell with AC Milan. Despite a big-money move to Madrid, Kaka failed to nail down a regular starting spot due to injuries and could not recreate his golden days in Milan.
At Milan, Kaka made it to three semi-finals and two finals of the Champions League, scoring three goals and providing five assists.
The Brazilian was the top scorer in Milan's victorious 2006-07 Champions League campaign. Kaka scored three goals over two semi-final legs against Manchester United and bagged an all-important assist in the 2-1 win over Liverpool in the final.
#1 Zinedine Zidane | 6 assists
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is one of the most successful personalities in world football. He is one of the few to have won the Champions League as a player and manager for the same club.
Like Kaka, Zidane operated mainly as an attacking midfielder. As evidenced by his time on the sidelines, he has one of the finest minds in world football. The Frenchman was deadly in front of goal and equally adept in finding his teammates in dangerous positions.
With 121 goals and 119 assists in 631 career appearances. Zidane played in as many as five semi-finals and three finals in the Champions League, doing so for two different clubs - Real Madrid and Juventus.
Four of his assists came for the Bianconeri and two for Los Blancos. In 80 Champions League appearances, Zidane scored 14 goals and also bagged 32 assists.
