The season might only be a few months old in terms of the calendar, but with high expectations for some players when it comes to this year’s Assist King battle – here’s who stands out so far.
With Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne taking that title for 2016/17 he’ll have hopes of holding onto it, but plenty of other players will be looking forward to establishing themselves as a real team player and getting the recognition in the process.
There are more than enough games left for the table below to change so we’ll just have to see what happens.
With all but two sides playing 26 games so far in the 2017/18 campaign I’ll limit the table to those who have five or more assists to their name so far this year.
Table drawn up prior to Watford v Chelsea yesterday evening.
Statistics from PremierLeague.com.
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Top PL Assists 2017/18 So Far
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No
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Club
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Player
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Goals
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1
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Manchester City
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Kevin de Bruyne
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11 assists
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2
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Manchester City
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Leroy Sane
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10 assists
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3
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Manchester United
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Paul Pogba
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9 assists
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4
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Arsenal
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan
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8 assists
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–
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Manchester City
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David Silva
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8 assists
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6
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Tottenham Hotspur
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Dele Alli
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7 assists
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–
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Leicester City
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Riyad Mahrez
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7 assists
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–
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Arsenal
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Mesut Ozil
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7 assists
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9
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Leicester City
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Marc Albrighton
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6 assists
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–
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Chelsea
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Cesar Azpilicueta
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6 assists
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–
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Chelsea
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Willian
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6 assists
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–
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–
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Philippe Coutinho
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6 assists
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–
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Tottenham Hotspur
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Christian Eriksen
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6 assists
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–
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Brighton
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Pascal Gross
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6 assists
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–
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Bournemouth
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Jordan Ibe
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6 assists
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–
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Arsenal
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Aaron Ramsey
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6 assists
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–
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Liverpool
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Mohamed Salah
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6 assists
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–
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Stoke City
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Xherdan Shaqiri
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6 assists
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–
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Manchester City
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Raheem Sterling
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6 assists
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20
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Manchester City
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Sergio Aguero
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5 assists
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–
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Liverpool
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Roberto Firmino
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5 assists
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–
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Burnley
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Johan Berg Gudmundsson
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5 assists
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–
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West Brom
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Chris Brunt
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5 assists
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–
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Stoke City
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Eric Choupo-Moting
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5 assists
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–
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West Ham
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Manuel Lanzini
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5 assists
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–
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Manchester United
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Romelu Lukaku
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5 assists
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–
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Liverpool
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Sadio Mane
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5 assists
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–
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Manchester United
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Marcus Rashford
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5 assists
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–
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Newcastle United
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Matt Ritchie
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5 assists
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–
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Crystal Palace
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Andros Towsend
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5 assists
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–
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Manchester City
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Kyle Walkers
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5 assists
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