The Premier League Playmaker of the Year award is a newer accolade celebrating the single-season leader for assists.
Kevin De Bruyne’s reign as chief chance distributor sees him the winner of three of the seven all-time honors since the award was instituted in the 2017-18 season.
But KDB already has some work to do thanks to a red-hot start for Arsenal bright light Bukayo Saka.
[ MORE: Premier League all-time assist leaders ]
Ollie Watkins led the way last season after usual suspect De Bruyne missed half of the season and “only” rung up 10 assists to Watkins’ 13.
De Bruyne had made winning the award a habit and will hope to reclaim the Premier League Playmaker Award, but so far the star of the young Premier League season is Arsenal hero Bukayo Saka.
Premier League Playmaker of the Year award winners, all-time
2017-18: Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City — 16 assists
2018-19: Eden Hazard, Chelsea — 15 assists
2019-20: Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City — 20 assists
2020-21: Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotpsur — 14 assists
2021-22: Mohamed Salah, Liverpool — 13 assists
2022-23: Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City — 16 assists
2023-24: Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa — 13 assists
Who has the most assists in Premier League history?
Manchester United stalwart Ryan Giggs seemingly forever and racked up 162 assists in Premier League play.
De Bruyne is second with... 113. So, yeah, the record is safe.
Giggs’ 632 PL appearances are third all-time behind Gareth Barry and James Milner.
Premier League 2024-25 assist leaders
- Bukayo Saka, Arsenal — 7
- Mohamed Salah, Liverpool — 6
- Cole Palmer, Chelsea — 5
- Wilfred Ndidi, Leicester City — 4
- Mikkel Damsgaard, Brentford — 4
- Bernardo Silva, Manchester City — 3
- Jadon Sancho, Chelsea — 3
- Nicolas Jackson, Chelsea — 3
- James Maddison, Tottenham Hotspur — 3
- Dwight McNeil, Everton — 3
- Youri Tielemans, Aston Villa — 3
- Ashley Young, Everton — 3
- Elliot Anderson, Nottingham Forest — 3
- Heung-min Son, Tottenham Hotspur — 3
- Adama Traore, Fulham — 3
- Antonee Robinson, Fulham — 3
- Vitaly Janelt, Brentford — 3
- Lewis Cook, Bournemouth — 3
- Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United — 3
- Jarrod Bowen, West Ham United — 2
- Gabriel Martinelli, Arsenal — 2
- Jacob Murphy, Newcastle United — 2
- Morgan Rogers, Aston Villa — 2
- Lucas Digne, Aston Villa — 2
- Savinho, Manchester City — 2
- Micky van de Ven, Tottenham Hotspur — 2
- Facundo Buonanotte, Leicester City — 2
- Rayan Ait Nouri, Wolves — 2
- Diogo Jota, Liverpool — 2
- Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa — 2
- Adam Lallana, Southampton — 2
- Rico Lewis, Manchester City — 2
- Pape Sarr, Tottenham Hotspur — 2
- Jacob Ramsey, Aston Villa — 2
- Justin Kluivert, Bournemouth — 2
- Abdul Fatawu, Leicester City — 2
- Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton & Hove Albion — 2
- Nelson Semedo, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 2
- Moises Caicedo, Chelsea — 2
- Harry Winks, Leicester City — 2
- Matheus Nunes, Manchester City — 2
- Georginio Rutter, Brighton & Hove Albion — 2
- Leon Bailey, Aston Villa — 2
- Leif Davis, Ipswich Town — 2
- Emile Smith Rowe, Fulham — 2
- Pedro Neto, Chelsea — 2
- Luis Diaz, Liverpool — 2
- Danny Welbeck, Brighton & Hove Albion — 2
- Milos Kerkez, Bournemouth — 2
- Dejan Kulusevski, Tottenham Hotspur — 2
- Matheus Cunha, Wolves — 2
- Raul Jimenez, Fulham — 2
- Mario Lemina, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 2
- Alexander Isak, Newcastle United — 2
- Amad Diallo, Manchester United — 2
- Alex Iwobi, Fulham — 2
- Marcus Tavernier, Bournemouth — 2
- Anthony Elanga, Nottingham Forest — 2
- Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool — 1
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City — 1
- Phil Foden, Manchester City — 1
- Antoine Semenyo, Bournemouth — 1
- Keane Lewis-Potter, Brentford — 1
- Marcus Rashford, Manchester United — 1
- Yankuba Minteh, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Harvey Barnes, Newcastle United — 1
- Diogo Dalot, Manchester United — 1
- Jack Grealish, Manchester City — 1
- Jeremy Doku, Manchester City — 1
- Bruno Guimaraes, Newcastle United — 1
- Dango Ouattara, Bournemouth — 1
- Luis Sinisterra, Bournemouth — 1
- Tyrick Mitchell, Crystal Palace — 1
- Dominik Szoboszlai, Liverpool — 1
- Destiny Udogie, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- Dominic Solanke, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- Simon Adingra, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Cody Gakpo, Liverpool — 1
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Everton — 1
- Jorgen Strand Larsen, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 1
- Mads Roerslev, Brentford — 1
- Lewis Hall, Newcastle United — 1
- Mathias Jensen, Brentford — 1
- Noussair Mazraoui, Manchester United — 1
- Alejandro Garnacho, Manchester United — 1
- Fabio Carvalho, Brentford — 1
- Jack Clarke, Ipswich Town — 1
- Kyle Walker-Peters, Southampton — 1
- Mateus Fernandes, Southampton — 1
- Maxence Lacroix, Crystal Palace — 1
- Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace — 1
- Omari Hutchinson, Ipswich Town — 1
- Reiss Nelson, Fulham — 1
- Jean Ricner-Bellegarde, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 1
- Jota Silva, Nottingham Forest — 1
- Michail Antonio, West Ham United — 1
- Toti Gomes, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 1
- Yoane Wissa, Brentford — 1
- Ben Johnson, Ipswich Town — 1
- Carlos Baleba, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Conor Chaplin, Ipswich Town — 1
- James Justin, Leicester City — 1
- Jan Paul van Hecke, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Jurrien Timber, Arsenal — 1
- Kai Havertz, Arsenal — 1
- Ross Barkley, Aston Villa — 1
- Timo Werner, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- George Hirst, Ipswich Town — 1
- Ibrahima Konate, Liverpool — 1
- Joe Willock, Newcastle United — 1
- Lloyd Kelly, Newcastle United — 1
- Max Kilman, West Ham United — 1
- Nikola Milenkovic, Nottingham Forest — 1
- Tommy Doyle, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 1
- Bernd Leno, Fulham — 1
- Ederson, Manchester City — 1
- Mats Wieffer, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Rodrigo Muniz, Fulham — 1
- Tariq Lamptey, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Romeo Lavia, Chelsea — 1
- Danny Ings, West Ham United — 1
- Joshua Zirkzee, Manchester United — 1
- Ben White, Arsenal — 1
- Declan Rice, Arsenal — 1
- Darwin Nunez, Liverpool — 1
- Anthony Gordon, Newcastle United — 1
- Alex Moreno. Nottingham Forest — 1
- Sam Morsy, Ipswich Town — 1
- Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool — 1
- Curtis Jones, Liverpool — 1
- Ilkay Gundogan, Manchester City — 1
- Yukinari Sugawara, Southampton — 1
- Jamie Vardy, Leicester City — 1
- Goncalo Guedes, Wolves — 1
- Daniel Munoz, Crystal Palace — 1
- Richarlison, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- Christian Norgaard, Brentford — 1
- Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford — 1
- Mateo Kovacic, Manchester City — 1
- Joao Pedro, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Pedro Porro, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- Martin Odegaard, Arsenal — 1
- Enzo Fernandez, Chelsea — 1
- Liam Delap, Ipswich Town — 1
