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#6 Andres Iniesta - 29
Andres Iniesta, a four-time Champions League winner, is one of the most decorated players in the competition's history.
Known for his imperious ability on the ball, Iniesta has tallied more assists than goals in the Champions League. He provided at least one assist in all but two of his 15 campaigns in the competition.
He provided a career-best seven Champions League assists in Barcelona's triumphant 2010-11 campaign in the competition, including one in the final.
#5 Xavi Hernandez - 30
Xavi Hernandez is arguably one of the best midfielders to have graced the Champions League. The Barcelona midfield metronome played a key role in the Blaugrana's four Champions League-winning campaigns during his time with the club.
Like Iniesta, Xavi didn't score a lot of goals in the Champions League, but he provided a decent number of assists. One of them was to Lionel Messi in Barcelona's 2009 final win over Manchester United. Messi would later call that strike - a rare header - one of the best ever goals of his career.
Xavi's most prolific Champions League campaign in terms of assists came in 2008-09. The now-retired player created seven goalscoring opportunities for teammates in Barcelona's triumphant campaign in the competition that season.
#4 Ryan Giggs - 31
Ryan Giggs is one of the greatest one-club players in the game's history. The former Manchester United winger played 20 seasons in the competition, winning two titles.
The Welshman, like a few others on this list, wasn't a prolific goalscorer, but he provided assists galore in the competition. Incidentally, Giggs is the first player to score in 16 different seasons in the Champions League. That's a feat emulated or surpassed by only three different players - Karim Benzema (17), Lionel Messi (17) and Cristiano Ronaldo (16).
Giggs provided at least one assist in a staggering 17 different campaigns in the Champions League. He provided a career-best eight assists in the 2006-07 edition of the competition.
