De Bruyne is about to dethrone Messi as the king of assists.

Kevin De Bruyne only needs two more assists to become the player with the most assists in a decade across the top five European football leagues.

On February 27th, in Manchester City's 6-2 victory over Luton Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup, De Bruyne provided four assists. In the last 10 years across the five top European football leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France), Lionel Messi still leads with a total of 203 assists converted into goals by his teammates.

However, De Bruyne is only one game behind. With Man City having around 20 games left in all competitions this season, the Belgian midfielder could very well overtake Messi.

De Bruyne (number 17) provided four assists and Erling Haaland scored five goals in Manchester City's 6-2 victory over Luton Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup on February 27th at Kenilworth Stadium. Photo: Man City

Messi no longer has the opportunity to improve his record. The 36-year-old striker moved to the United States in July 2023 and no longer plays in Europe's top five football leagues.

Thomas Muller is ranked third with 183 assists, while Angel Di Maria is fourth with 155. With Messi and Di Maria in the list, Argentina is the only country with two players in the Top 5.

Neymar ranks fifth with 131 assists. Immediately behind the Brazilian forward are his former Barca teammate Luis Suarez (131), Raheem Sterling (123), Kylian Mbappe (121), Mohamed Salah (119) and Dmitri Payet (115). Mbappe is the only player in the Top 10 under 29 years old (25).

Due to injury, De Bruyne has only played 12 games this season for Man City. However, the 32-year-old midfielder has reclaimed the club's assist king title with 11 assists. The two players behind him, Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden, both have 10 assists since the start of the season, but have played 37 and 38 games respectively.

The top 10 players with the most assists in the five leading European football leagues over the past 10 years: Lionel Messi (Argentina, 458 matches, 203 assists); Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium, 441, 202); Thomas Muller (Germany, 461, 183); Angel Di Maria (Argentina, 397, 155); Neymar (Brazil, 336, 141); Luis Suarez (Uruguay, 388, 131); Raheem Sterling (England, 483, 123); Kylian Mbappe (France, 352, 121); Mohamed Salah (Egypt, 461, 119); Dmitri Payet (France, 363 matches, 115 assists).

Thanh Quy (according to Transfermarkt )

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