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 long absence and red-hot seasons from Arsenal bright light Bukayo Saka and Liverpool living legend Mohamed Salah.
[ 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... 115. 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
- Mohamed Salah, Liverpool — 13
- Bukayo Saka, Arsenal — 10
- Antonee Robinson, Fulham — 7
- Mikkel Damsgaard, Brentford — 7
- Jacob Murphy, Newcastle United — 6
- Cole Palmer, Chelsea — 6
- Amad Diallo, Manchester United — 6
- Heung-min Son, Tottenham Hotspur — 6
- Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United — 6
- Elliot Anderson, Nottingham Forest — 5
- Rayan Ait-Nouri, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 5
- Bruno Guimaraes, Newcastle United — 5
- Savinho, Manchester City — 5
- James Maddison, Tottenham Hotspur — 4
- Wilfred Ndidi, Leicester City — 4
- Youri Tielemans, Aston Villa — 4
- Marcus Tavernier, Bournemouth — 4
- Bernardo Silva, Manchester City — 4
- Jarrod Bowen, West Ham United — 4
- Alexander Isak, Newcastle United — 4
- Enzo Fernandez, Chelsea — 4
- Goncalo Guedes, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 4
- Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool — 4
- Dejan Kulusevski, Tottenham Hotspur — 4
- Matheus Cunha, Wolves — 4
- Anthony Gordon, Newcastle United — 4
- Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa — 4
- Joao Pedro, Brighton & Hove Albion — 4
- Pedro Porro, Tottenham Hotspur — 4
- Jadon Sancho, Chelsea — 4
- Declan Rice, Arsenal — 4
- Anthony Elanga, Nottingham Forest — 4
- Nicolas Jackson, Chelsea — 3
- Ashley Young, Everton — 3
- Adama Traore, Fulham — 3
- Vitaly Janelt, Brentford — 3
- Lewis Cook, Bournemouth — 3
- Dwight McNeil, Everton — 3
- Mario Lemina, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 3
- Timo Werner, Tottenham Hotspur — 3
- Alex Iwobi, Fulham — 3
- Matheus Nunes, Manchester City — 3
- Jamie Vardy, Leicester City — 3
- Noni Madueke, Chelsea — 3
- Morgan Rogers, Aston Villa — 3
- John McGinn, Aston Villa — 3
- Tyrick Mitchell, Crystal Palace — 3
- Dango Ouattara, Bournemouth — 3
- Dominic Solanke, Tottenham Hotspur — 3
- Jeremy Doku, Manchester City — 3
- Morgan Gibbs-White, Nottingham Forest — 3
- Will Hughes, Crystal Palace — 3
- Nelson Semedo, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 3
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City — 3
- Milos Kerkez, Bournemouth — 3
- Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace — 3
- Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford — 3
- Alexis Mac Allister, Liverpool — 3
- Gabriel Martinelli, Arsenal — 2
- Lucas Digne, Aston Villa — 2
- Micky van de Ven, Tottenham Hotspur — 2
- Facundo Buonanotte, Leicester City — 2
- Diogo Jota, Liverpool — 2
- Adam Lallana, Southampton — 2
- Rico Lewis, Manchester City — 2
- Pape Sarr, Tottenham Hotspur — 2
- Lewis Hall, Newcastle United — 2
- Jacob Ramsey, Aston Villa — 2
- Justin Kluivert, Bournemouth — 2
- Abdul Fatawu, Leicester City — 2
- Kaoru Mitoma, Brighton & Hove Albion — 2
- Moises Caicedo, Chelsea — 2
- Harry Winks, Leicester 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
- Raul Jimenez, Fulham — 2
- Martin Odegaard, Arsenal — 2
- Jorgen Strand Larsen, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 2
- Tariq Lamptey, Brighton & Hove Albion — 2
- Jean Ricner-Bellegarde, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 2
- Kyle Walker-Peters, Southampton — 2
- Christian Norgaard, Brentford — 2
- Kai Havertz, Arsenal — 2
- Marc Cucurella, Chelsea — 2
- Darwin Nunez, Liverpool — 2
- Jack Clarke, Ipswich Town — 2
- Ismaila Sarr, Crystal Palace — 2
- Kevin Schade, Brentford — 2
- Thomas Partey, Arsenal — 2
- Dominik Szoboszlai, Liverpool — 2
- Adam Armstrong, Southampton — 2
- Antoine Semenyo, Bournemouth — 2
- Curtis Jones, Liverpool — 2
- Cody Gakpo, Liverpool — 2
- Mats Wieffer, Brighton & Hove Albion — 2
- Kenny Tete, Fulham — 2
- Ryan Gravenberch, Liverpool — 2
- Liam Delap, Ipswich Town — 2
- Yoane Wissa, Brentford — 2
- Alejandro Garnacho, Manchester United — 2
- Phil Foden, Manchester City — 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
- Ross Barkley, Aston Villa — 1
- Luis Sinisterra, Bournemouth — 1
- Destiny Udogie, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- Simon Adingra, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Everton — 1
- Mads Roerslev, Brentford — 1
- Mathias Jensen, Brentford — 1
- Noussair Mazraoui, Manchester United — 1
- Fabio Carvalho, Brentford — 1
- Mateus Fernandes, Southampton — 1
- Maxence Lacroix, Crystal Palace — 1
- Omari Hutchinson, Ipswich Town — 1
- Reiss Nelson, Fulham — 1
- Jota Silva, Nottingham Forest — 1
- Michail Antonio, West Ham United — 1
- Toti Gomes, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 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
- 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
- Rodrigo Muniz, Fulham — 1
- Romeo Lavia, Chelsea — 1
- Danny Ings, West Ham United — 1
- Joshua Zirkzee, Manchester United — 1
- Ben White, Arsenal — 1
- Alex Moreno. Nottingham Forest — 1
- Sam Morsy, Ipswich Town — 1
- Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool — 1
- Ilkay Gundogan, Manchester City — 1
- Yukinari Sugawara, Southampton — 1
- Daniel Munoz, Crystal Palace — 1
- Richarlison, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- Mateo Kovacic, Manchester City — 1
- Jean-Philippe Mateta, Crystal Palace — 1
- Raheem Sterling, Arsenal — 1
- Joao Gomes, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 1
- Enes Unal, Bournemouth — 1
- Wes Burns, Ipswich Town — 1
- Emerson Palmieri, West Ham United — 1
- Nathan Collins, Brentford — 1
- Marc Guehi, Crystal Palace — 1
- Carlos Soler, West Ham — 1
- Bilal El Khannous, Leicester City —1
- Kasey McAteer, Leicester City — 1
- Victor Kristiansen, Leicester City — 1
- Crysencio Summerville, West Ham — 1
- Joao Felix, Chelsea — 1
- Erling Haaland, Manchester City — 1
- Christopher Nkunku, Chelsea — 1
- Malo Gusto, Chelsea — 1
- Sandro Tonali, Newcastle United — 1
- Mark Flekken, Brentford — 1
- Calum Hudson-Odoi, Nottingham Forest — 2
- Cameron Burgess, Ipswich Town — 1
- Pervis Estupinan, Brighton & Hove Albion — 1
- Bobby De Cordova Reid, Leicester City — 1
- Brennan Johnson, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- Mohammed Kudus, West Ham United — 1
- Eddie Nketiah, Crystal Palace — 1
- Lisandro Martinez, Manchester United — 1
- Djed Spence, Tottenham Hotspur — 1
- Neco Williams, Nottingham Forest — 1
- Gabriel Magalhaes, Arsenal — 1
- Riccardo Calafiori, Arsenal — 1
- Joelinton, Newcastle United — 1
- Levi Colwill, Chelsea — 1
- Niclas Fullkrug, Wes Ham United — 1
- Timothy Castagne, Fulham — 1
- Sasa Lukic, Fulham — 1
- Stephy Mavididi, Leicester City — 1
- Leandro Trossard, Arsenal — 1
- Andreas Pereira, Fulham — 1
- James Hill, Bournemouth — 1
- Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest — 1
- Tomas Soucek, West Ham United — 1
- Ian Maatsen, Aston Villa — 1
- Mikel Merino, Arsenal — 1
- James Ward-Prowse, Nottingham Forest — 1
