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Assist
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The final pass before a goal. It's become a major stat for measuring creativity alongside goals. Different competitions count it slightly differently - some include rebounds off your shot, others don't. There's also pre-assists (the pass before the assist) and expected assists (xA) for the analytics crowd. De Bruyne and Messi rack up assists at the same rate some players score.
Thierry Henry holds the Premier League record with 20 assists in the 2002-03 season, demonstrating that elite strikers can be creators as well as scorers, combining goals and assists in complete forward play.
Robbie
Feb 7, 2026
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