Transfermarkt has presented the list of footballers who made the most goal assists in each season of the 21st century, which also includes Armenia national team captain Henrikh Mkhitaryan. In the 2015/16 season, Mkhitaryan played for Borussia and made 32 goal assists across all competitions. Moreover, in the overall list, Mkhitaryan’s figure is second. More than Mkhitaryan — 35 assists in the 2012/2013 season — was Juan Mata.
The full list is as follows:
2000/2001, Luís Figo (Real) – 27 goal assists
2001/20, Zé Roberto (Bayer) – 24
2002/2003, Thierry Henry (Arsenal) – 28
2003/2004, Deco (Porto) – 29
2004/2005, Frank Lampard (Chelsea) – 21
2005/2006, Alex (Fenerbahçe) – 26
2006/2007, Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) – 21
2007/2008, Steffen Hofmann (Rapid Vienna) – 25
2008/2009, Xavi (Barcelona) – 30
2009/2010, Mesut Özil (Werder) – 29
2010/2011, Mesut Özil (Real Madrid) – 29
2011/2012, Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 29
2012/2013, Juan Mata (Chelsea) – 35
2013/2014, Kevin Kampl (Red Bull Salzburg) – 27
2014/2015, Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 28
2015/2016, Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia D.) – 32
2016/2017, Neymar (Barcelona) – 27
2017/2018, Dimitri Payet (Marseille) – 23
2018/2019, Dušan Tadić (Ajax) – 24:
