Defenders with the Most Assists in Super League 25/26

The most creative defenders in Super League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Chan Shinichi of Shanghai Shenhua is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.1, and F. Benković has been the form player this season, grading 48.3, and Lucas Maia leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Benković has improved his Season rating most, up +38.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Gabriel Xavier of Sichuan Jiuniu is the most valuable name in this group at 6.1.

Qingdao Jonoon · 23/24→25/26

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Sichuan Jiuniu · 23/24→25/26

43 players · ranked by top assistsCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	24	6	28	37
2	Li Shuai Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	31	6	12	18
3	Iago Maidana Centre-back	Henan Jianye	30	4	1963.2%	2158.3%
4	Liu Yang Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	31	4	41	18
5	Lü Zhuoyi Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	25	4	44	33
6	Deng Hanwen Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	31	3	18	18
7	Wilson Manafá Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	32	3	312709.1%	1751.8%
8	Tang Miao Attacking midfielder	Sichuan Jiuniu	35	2	10	11
9	Ba Dun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	30	2	29	19
10	Zhu Chenjie Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	26	2	25	33
11	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	2	22	14
12	Gao Zhunyi Centre-back	Shandong Luneng	31	2	9	16
13	N. Radmanovac Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	29	2	1047.9%	1931.7%
14	Song Long Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	37	2	11	10
15	Sun Guowen Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	32	2	23	17
16	Shi Ke Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	33	1	6	11
17	Li Songyi Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	33	1	17	13
18	Zhang Xiaobin Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	32	1	16	14
19	Ming Tian Full-back	Wuhan Three Towns	31	1	9	17
20	Li Shenyuan Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	28	1	15	20
21	Huang Zhengyu Full-back	Shandong Luneng	29	1	11	20
22	O. Gerbig Centre-back	Henan Jianye	27	1	4	22
23	Xuan Zhijian Central midfielder	Sichuan Jiuniu	20	1	14	31
24	F. Benković Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	29	1	48408.4%	2538.5%
25	Aitor Córdoba Centre-back	Tianjin Teda	31	1	2151.8%	3233%
26	U. Spajić Full-back	Beijing Guoan	33	1	16192.6%	1064.4%
27	Li Hailong Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	30	1	0	13
28	Tsui Wang Kit Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	29	1	29	20
29	He Yiran Full-back	Chengdu Better City	21	1	16	30
30	Zhang Yujie Full-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	24	1	6	28
31	Fu Huan Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	33	1	5	7
32	Rao Weihui Full-back	Meizhou Kejia	37	1	5	4
33	Liu Yixin Full-back	Henan Jianye	25	1	12	27
34	Jin Yangyang Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	33	1	20	12
35	He Yupeng Full-back	Beijing Guoan	26	1	5	25
36	Ye Chugui Attacking midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	32	1	16	15
37	Wang Gang Full-back	Beijing Guoan	37	1	24	8
38	Li Yang Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	29	1	31	22
39	Yang Yiming Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	31	1	22	16
40	Tong Lei Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	28	1	24	23
41	Bai Yang Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	28	1	17	22
42	Wang Shenchao Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	37	1	20	7
43	Zhang Aihui Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	20	1	10	30