{"id":399285,"date":"2026-04-18T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/399285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T22:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:03:08","slug":"what-is-the-premier-league-single-season-assist-record-bruno-fernandes-chasing-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/399285\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Premier League single-season assist record? Bruno Fernandes chasing history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bruno Fernandes has missed three of Manchester United\u2019s Premier League matches this season and still may rewrite the history books.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes, 31, collected his 18th assist of this Premier League season when he cooked former teammate Alejandro Garnacho on Saturday and cued up Matheus Cunha\u2019s eighth goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p>MORE \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/soccer\/news\/premier-league-all-time-assist-leaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Premier League all-time assist leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His 18th assist of the season is his sixth in as many games and comes with five more matches left in the Red Devils\u2019 PL season.<\/p>\n<p>The record is currently shared by two of the greatest playmakers to ever put on a shirt in England\u2019s top tier, as Thierry Henry rang up 20 assists in 2002-03, the year before he became an Invincible with Arsenal, and Kevin De Bruyne also hit 20 with Manchester City in the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes has already made history as one of only 21 players to dial up 15 or more assists in a single season of Premier League football. He\u2019s one more helper from sitting alone in second.<\/p>\n<p>What is the Premier League single-season assist record? Best single-season assist runs in PL historyThierry Henry, Arsenal, 2002-03 \u2014 20Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2019-20 \u2014 20Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, 2024-25 \u2014 18Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2016-17 \u2014 18Mesut Ozil, Arsenal, 2015-16 \u2014 18Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, 2014-15 \u2014 18Frank Lampard, Chelsea, 2004-05 \u2014 18Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, 2025-26 \u2014 18Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal, 2007-08 \u2014 17Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2022-23 \u2014 16Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2017-18 \u2014 16Eric Cantona, Manchester United and Leeds United, 1992-93 \u2014 16Eden Hazard, Chelsea, 2018-19 \u2014 15Leroy Sane, Manchester City, 2017-18 \u2014 15Christian Eriksen, Tottenham Hotspur, 2016-17 \u2014 15David Silva, Manchester City, 2011-12 \u2014 15Robert Pires, Arsenal, 2001-02 \u2014 15David Beckham, Manchester United, 1999-2000 \u2014 15Nolberto Solano, Newcastle United, 1999-2000 \u2014 15Steve McManaman, Liverpool, 1995-96 \u2014 15Matt Le Tissier, Southampton, 1994-95 \u2014 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruno Fernandes has missed three of Manchester United\u2019s Premier League matches this season and still may rewrite the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-399285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}