Top 45 Players With Most Assists in International Football

Players With Most Assists in International Football: Assists are super important in football. They’re like teamwork points that can be as valuable as goals for winning games. These players are really good at setting up their teammates to score. They’ve given their teammates lots of chances to score goals for their countries.

From the super famous Lionel Messi to the rising star Kevin De Bruyne, these players are experts at creating scoring opportunities for others. They’re really good at seeing where their teammates are, passing the ball well, and coming up with clever ways to help their countries score.

Football fans of all levels will find this list interesting. It’s a celebration of players who have helped a lot by setting up goals, and it’s a reminder that football is about more than just shooting goals.

Players With Most Assists in International Football

In this article, we’re discussing 46 players who have made the most assists in international football.

46. David Villa

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	19	39	2
UEFA Euro qualifying	13	19	4
World Cup qualification	8	16	2
World Cup	9	12	1
Confederations Cup	6	8	3
EURO	4	4	–
TOTAL	59	98	12

45. Romelu Lukaku

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	23	42	5
UEFA Euro qualifying	13	19	5
World Cup qualification	18	16	2
World Cup	5	12	1
EURO	6	10	–
UEFA Nations League	10	9	2
TOTAL	75	108	15

44. Edinson Cavani

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
World Cup qualification	18	49	6
International Friendlies	28	47	7
Copa América	4	19	1
World Cup	5	17	2
Confederations Cup	3	4	1
TOTAL	58	136	17

43. Lothar Matthäus

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	8	82	12
World Cup qualification	3	9	1
UEFA Euro qualifying	4	20	2
World Cup	6	25	1
EURO	1	11	1
Confederations Cup	1	3	–
TOTAL	23	150	17

42. Clint Dempsey

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	16	52	2
World Cup qualification	18	43	4
Gold Cup 2015	13	24	5
World Cup	4	10	3
Copa América	3	6	3
Confederations Cup	3	5	–
CONCACAF Cup	–	1	–
TOTAL	57	141	17

41. Harry Kane

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
UEFA Nations League	3	18	4
UEFA Euro qualifying	20	17	8
World Cup qualification	17	14	3
International Friendlies	6	13	–
World Cup	8	11	3
EURO	4	11	–
TOTAL	58	84	18

40. Diego Maradona

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	17	42	9
World Cup qualification	3	148	2
Artemio Franchi Trophy	–	1	–
World Cup	8	21	8
Copa América	4	12	1
TOTAL	32	84	20

39. Karim Benzema

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	15	43	9
UEFA Euro qualifying	5	12	4
World Cup	3	5	2
EURO	4	10	2
UEFA Nations League	3	5	–
World Cup qualification	7	22	3
TOTAL	37	97	20

38. Zico

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	30	43	9
World Cup qualification	11	11	5
World Cup	5	14	6
Copa América	2	3	1
TOTAL	48	71	21

37. Wayne Rooney

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	16	46	5
UEFA Euro qualifying	14	27	6
World Cup	1	11	1
EURO	6	10	1
World Cup qualification	16	26	8
TOTAL	53	120	21

36. Dani Alves

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	3	58	10
World Cup qualification	2	30	5
Copa América	2	19	4
World Cup	–	11	–
Confederations Cup	1	8	2
TOTAL	8	126	21

35. Kaká

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	12	40	11
Confederations Cup	3	10	3
World Cup	1	10	4
Gold Cup 2003	3	5	–
World Cup qualification	10	27	5
TOTAL	29	92	23

34. Ronaldo

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	23	47	7
World Cup qualification	10	15	5
World Cup	15	19	5
Confederations Cup	4	5	3
Copa América	10	13	4
TOTAL	62	99	24

33. Kylian Mbappé

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	8	16	10
UEFA Euro qualifying	7	9	4
EURO	–	4	2
World Cup	12	14	3
UEFA Nations League	7	15	2
World Cup qualification	6	12	2
TOTAL	40	70	24

32. Franck Ribéry

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	6	33	8
World Cup qualification	8	16	7
UEFA Euro qualifying	1	15	7
World Cup	1	10	2
EURO	–	7	1
TOTAL	16	81	25

31. Xavi

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	5	51	10
World Cup qualification	1	27	5
UEFA Euro qualifying	5	21	3
World Cup	–	15	3
EURO	1	11	4
Confederations Cup	–	8	–
TOTAL	12	133	25

30. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	18	39	8
World Cup qualification	19	34	9
UEFA Euro qualifying	19	31	7
EURO	6	13	1
World Cup	–	5	–
TOTAL	62	122	25

29. Edin Dzeko

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
UEFA Euro qualifying	16	39	3
World Cup qualification	25	37	13
International Friendlies	15	36	6
UEFA Nations League	7	14	4
World Cup	1	3	–
TOTAL	64	129	26

28. Luka Modric

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	3	4	8
UEFA Euro qualifying	6	40	6
EURO	3	13	2
World Cup	2	19	1
UEFA Nations League	3	16	3
World Cup qualification	7	34	7
TOTAL	24	166	27

27. Michel Platini

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	14	30	10
World Cup qualification	12	17	1
World Cup	5	14	3
UEFA Euro qualifying	1	5	11
EURO	9	5	1
Artemio Franchi Trophy	–	1	1
TOTAL	41	72	27

26. Ronaldinho

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	16	45	9
World Cup	2	10	4
Copa América	1	4	–
Confederations Cup	9	13	9
World Cup qualification	5	25	6
TOTAL	33	97	28

25. Mohamed Salah

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
Africa Cup of Nations qualification	18	25	9
International Friendlies	12	24	8
World Cup qualification	11	20	9
Africa Cup of Nations	6	17	3
World Cup	2	2	–
TOTAL	49	88	29

24. Miroslav Klose

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	23	58	12
World Cup	16	24	4
UEFA Euro qualifying	16	23	6
World Cup qualification	13	19	4
EURO	3	13	3
TOTAL	71	137	29

23. Miralem Pjanic

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
UEFA Euro qualifying	5	35	5
World Cup qualification	5	30	14
International Friendlies	5	30	7
UEFA Nations League	1	13	2
World Cup	1	3	1
TOTAL	17	111	29

22. Andrés Iniesta

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	5	55	10
World Cup qualification	1	20	5
UEFA Euro qualifying	6	21	6
World Cup	2	14	3
EURO	–	16	5
Confederations Cup	–	5	1
TOTAL	14	131	30

21. Thierry Henry

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	17	57	13
UEFA Euro qualifying	12	16	9
World Cup	6	17	1
EURO	6	11	2
Confederations Cup	4	5	2
World Cup qualification	6	17	3
TOTAL	51	123	30

20. Zinédine Zidane

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	14	59	16
UEFA Euro qualifying	6	19	8
World Cup	5	12	3
EURO	5	14	2
World Cup qualification	1	4	1
TOTAL	31	108	30

19. Johan Cruyff

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	8	16	4
World Cup qualification	10	12	7
UEFA Euro qualifying	12	12	12
World Cup	3	7	7
EURO	–	1	–
TOTAL	33	48	30

18. Robert Lewandowski

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	19	52	5
World Cup qualification	30	37	11
UEFA Euro qualifying	20	23	8
UEFA Nations League	3	12	6
EURO	5	11	–
World Cup	2	7	1
TOTAL	79	142	31

17. Landon Donovan

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	19	63	7
World Cup qualification	13	40	9
Gold Cup 2013	18	34	12
World Cup	5	12	1
Confederations Cup	2	8	2
TOTAL	57	157	31

16. Lukas Podolski

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	20	60	15
UEFA Euro qualifying	11	25	7
World Cup	5	15	2
World Cup qualification	6	14	4
EURO	4	12	2
Confederations Cup	3	4	1
TOTAL	49	130	31

15. David Silva

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	15	55	10
UEFA Euro qualifying	7	21	7
World Cup qualification	8	19	9
EURO	3	15	5
World Cup	–	9	–
Confederations Cup	2	6	1
TOTAL	35	125	32

14. Pelé

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	51	6	18
World Cup	12	14	8
World Cup qualification	6	6	3
Copa América	8	6	3
TOTAL	77	92	32

13. Antoine Griezmann

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	14	41	8
UEFA Euro qualifying	4	14	9
EURO	7	11	2
World Cup	4	19	7
UEFA Nations League	4	18	3
World Cup qualification	10	18	7
TOTAL	43	121	36

12. Cesc Fàbregas

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	9	48	11
UEFA Euro qualifying	–	16	6
EURO	3	16	5
World Cup qualification	2	14	7
World Cup	–	10	4
Confederations Cup	1	6	3
TOTAL	15	110	36

11. Riyad Mahrez

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	8	28	11
Africa Cup of Nations qualification	10	23	18
Africa Cup of Nations	6	17	2
World Cup	–	1	–
World Cup qualification	6	14	6
TOTAL	43	121	36

10. Luis Suarez

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
World Cup qualification	29	62	14
International Friendlies	22	39	17
World Cup	7	16	5
Copa América	7	15	3
Confederations Cup	3	5	–
TOTAL	68	137	39

9. Thomas Muller

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	9	35	8
World Cup qualification	12	23	16
World Cup	10	19	6
UEFA Euro qualifying	12	19	9
EURO	–	15	1
UEFA Nations League	1	10	–
TOTAL	44	121	40

8. Mesut Özil

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	5	30	10
World Cup qualification	9	20	10
World Cup	2	16	4
UEFA Euro qualifying	5	15	12
EURO	2	11	4
TOTAL	23	92	40

7. Alexis Sanchez

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	21	63	16
World Cup qualification	20	56	17
Copa América	7	23	5
World Cup	2	8	2
Confederations Cup	1	5	1
TOTAL	51	155	41

6. David Beckham

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	4	47	18
World Cup qualification	5	32	7
UEFA Euro qualifying	5	16	5
World Cup	3	13	7
EURO	–	7	5
TOTAL	17	115	42

5. Cristiano Ronaldo

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	20	52	12
World Cup qualification	36	47	14
UEFA Euro qualifying	36	39	4
EURO	14	25	9
World Cup	8	22	2
UEFA Nations League	7	11	2
Confederations Cup	2	4	1
TOTAL	123	200	44

4. Luís Figo

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	15	54	12
UEFA Euro qualifying	6	20	10
World Cup	–	10	5
EURO	2	14	5
World Cup qualification	9	29	14
TOTAL	32	127	46

3. Kevin De Bruyne

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	5	28	13
World Cup qualification	6	21	10
UEFA Euro qualifying	9	17	10
World Cup	2	13	4
UEFA Nations League	3	11	7
EURO	1	9	5
TOTAL	26	99	49

2. Lionel Messi

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
World Cup qualification	29	61	11
International Friendlies	49	54	18
Copa América	13	34	17
World Cup	13	26	8
Artemio Franchi Trophy	–	1	2
TOTAL	104	176	56

1. Neymar

Competition	Goals	Matches	Assists
International Friendlies	46	70	30
World Cup Qualification	16	26	18
World Cup	8	13	4
Copa América	5	12	4
Confederations Cup	4	5	2
TOTAL	79	126	58