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#3 Angel Di Maria - 34
Angel Di Maria is one of the most prolific assist creators in Champions League history. The 2014 Champions League winner with Real Madrid has tallied more goals than assists in the competition.
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Incredibly, Di Maria has provided an assist in each of his 11 campaigns in the Champions League with two different clubs. He was the Man of the Match in the 2014 Champions League final, despite registering a no-goal contribution.
The Argentine's most prolific assist-providing Champions League campaign came in 2019-20. Di Maria provided a career-best seven assists, which helped PSG reach their first final in the competition. In that campaign, he provided four assists in PSG's 5-0 win over Club Brugge.
#2 Lionel Messi - 36
Lionel Messi is arguably one of the finest players to have played the beautiful game. He also holds a slew of scoring records in the Champions League.
Among others, Messi is one of two players to score over 100 goals and provide over 35 assists, and net in 17 different editions of the competition. He recorded the latest feat in PSG's 2-0 win over Manchester City on Tuesday.
While his goalscoring exploits in the Champions League are well known, Messi is also a master goal creator in the competition. He is one of two players to provide over 35 assists in the Champions League.
His most prolific assist-providing campaign in the competition came in 2014-15. He provided six assists and also scored ten goals in Barcelona's triumphant Champions League campaign that season.
#1 Cristiano Ronaldo - 42
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most successful player in Champions League history. He is the most prolific goalscorer in the competition and is the only player to score in Champions League finals for two different teams.
He also holds a slew of other scoring records in the competition, Ronaldo is the only player to score in all six Champions League group games in a season, and net 17 times in an entire campaign.
What is perhaps not known by many is the fact that Ronaldo is also the most prolific goal creator in Champions League history. He has provided at least one assist in 17 different editions of the competition.
Ronaldo provided a career-best six assists in Real Madrid's triumphant 2016-17 campaign. He also scored 12 times in the competition that season.
