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The Premier League is arguably the most competitive football league in the world. It's also the richest on the planet, which explains why the competition has attracted some of the finest players in the game over the years.
The English top flight has been graced by several prolific goalscorers. But the competition has also seen a plethora of fine assist creators like Ryan Giggs, Frank Lampard, David Silva, and more recently, Wayne Rooney, Kevin De Bruyne and James Milner, to name a few.
On that note, here's a look at the five most prolific assist-creators in the history of the Premier League:
#5 Dennis Bergkamp - 94
Dennis Bergkamp is one of the finest players to have graced the Premier League.
During an illustrious 11-season stint in the competition (all with Arsenal), the Dutchman played over 300 games and tallied close to 100 assists. The three-time Premier League winner was a player par excellence for the Gunners.
Bergkamp, who was also a decent goalscorer, formed a fruitful partnership with Ian Wright and later with Frenchmen Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka.
His versatility allowed him to be deployed across a bevy of positions in the attacking third, including as a second striker and an attacking midfielder.
Arsenal's legendary manager Arsene Wenger once said about Bergkamp:
"I have worked with him for ten years, until the last minute of his final training session; he did not lose his concentration or dedication for one minute. For me that is more remarkable than anything else. You do not find a player like that everywhere you go. It was a blessing, a gift when I arrived."
#4 Frank Lampard - 102
Frank Lampard is one of only four players to register over 100 assists in the Premier League.
One of the best goalscoring midfielders to have played in the competition, the Englishman was a standout performer for Chelsea, with whom he registered most of his goals and assists in the Premier League during a successful decade-long stint.
The three-time Premier League winner had four seasons - all with Chelsea - where he tallied double-digit goal and assist tallies.
After starting out with West Ham United, Lampard blossomed into a world-class midfielder at Chelsea, especially under Jose Mourinho, with whom he still shares a warm rapport.
The 43-year-old, who later managed his old club for one-and-a-half seasons, played his last Premier League campaign in 2014-15, scoring six times and assisting twice.
#3 Wayne Rooney - 103
Wayne Rooney is better known as one of the most prolific goalscorers in the history of the Premier League. He is one of only two players to have scored over 200 goals in the competition. But something that is not talked about as often is Rooney's ability to conjure goalscoring opportunities for teammates.
The 35-year-old registered an impressive tally of 103 Premier League assists, despite playing as a striker for most of his career. Incidentally, the five-time Premier League winner is the only player to score 200 goals and provide 100 assists in the competition.
Rooney played most of his career for Manchester United, for whom he scored 183 Premier League goals and notched up almost a century of assists.
#2 Cesc Fabregas - 111
Cesc Fabregas arrived in the Premier League as a precocious 17-year-old in the summer of 2004 and immediately impressed with his prowess on the ball despite his tender years.
A product of Barcelona's famed La Masia academy, Fabregas racked up an impressive 20 assists in the 2007-08 Premier League campaign, where Arsenal finished four points off champions Manchester United.
After a six-season stint with Arsenal, Fabregas moved across London to join Chelsea, where he won two Premier League titles during his five-season stay at the club. It was with the Stamford Bridge outfit, where the Spaniard brought up his 100th Premier League assist.
Fabregas currently plays for Ligue 1 side Monaco.
#1 Ryan Giggs - 162
Ryan Giggs is the most decorated player in Premier League history. The Welshman has won a record 13 titles in the competition - all with Manchester United - and is the only player to score in the first 22 editions of the Premier League.
In fact, it was only in his 23rd and final Premier League campaign in 2013-14 that Giggs failed to score. But the Welshman recorded at least one assist in each of his campaigns in the competition.
One of only three players to notch up a century of goals as well as assists in Premier League history, Giggs (632) is the only player to make over 600 appearances in the competition.
The Welshman hung up his boots after the 2013-14 campaign, a year after the exit of Manchester United's legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
