Defenders with the Most Assists in Premier League

The most creative defenders in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. Varatynov of Baltika is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 36.6, and K. Andrade has been the form player this season, grading 68.6, and N. Marichal leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Mantuan has improved his Season rating most, up +28.6 on last season, while S. Varatynov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Varatynov of Baltika is the most valuable name in this group at 6.6.

Baltika · 24/25→25/26

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Gustavo Mantuan+28.6SsN

46 players · ranked by top assistsCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	J. Cáceres Full-back	Dynamo	26	6	2646.3%	3238.1%
2	N. Rasskazov Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	28	4	1310.2%	2517.9%
3	L. Olaza Full-back	FC Krasnodar	32	4	4413.6%	1815.9%
4	I. Belikov Full-back	Baltika	22	3	32	33
5	G. González Full-back	FC Krasnodar	31	3	292.5%	1715.2%
6	R. Litvinov Full-back	Spartak Moscow	24	3	24101.7%	369.2%
7	R. Magal Full-back	FC Sochi	34	3	752.1%	827.3%
8	R. Fernández Full-back	Akron	27	3	2313.5%	2812.4%
9	N. Gassama Full-back	Baltika	25	3	414.3%	3317.3%
10	D. Skopintsev Full-back	Dynamo	29	3	1819.5%	2112.3%
11	Moisés Full-back	CSKA Moscow	31	2	1369.4%	1732%
12	I. Rozhkov Full-back	Rubin	21	2	4860.5%	350.8%
13	D. Kabutov Full-back	Rubin	34	2	313%	946.3%
14	Lucas Fasson Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	2	2488.1%	3310.1%
15	E. Morozov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	2	17126.7%	338.6%
16	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	2	303.3%	350.9%
17	E. Ćivić Full-back	Baltika	30	2	18	17
18	S. Volkov Centre-back	FC Sochi	23	1	14266.7%	314.1%
19	A. Soldatenkov Centre-back	FC Sochi	29	1	2115.9%	2219.8%
20	João Victor Full-back	CSKA Moscow	28	1	189.9%	2359.9%
21	Y. Koledin Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	21	1	19295.8%	3118%
22	V. Karavaev Full-back	Zenit	31	1	478.3%	1233.9%
23	A. Kasimov Full-back	FC Orenburg	23	1	1312.6%	291%
24	D. Khotulev Centre-back	FC Orenburg	23	1	16107.6%	329.9%
25	A. Arroyo Full-back	Rubin	26	1	365.5%	2954.2%
26	Y. Attiat-Allah Full-back	FC Sochi	31	1	56%	1239%
27	I. Diveev Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	26	1	3821.3%	3311.1%
28	M. Gajić Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	30	1	2216.9%	217%
29	R. Bezrukov Full-back	Rubin	24	1	2460.5%	318%
30	I. Vakhania Centre-back	FC Rostov	25	1	3129.2%	332.1%
31	Gustavo Mantuan Full-back	Zenit	25	1	4496.5%	353.6%
32	Nino Centre-back	Zenit	29	1	5119%	2519.8%
33	Vítor Tormena Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	30	1	467%	2214.5%
34	S. Petrov Full-back	FC Krasnodar	35	1	2436.1%	925.8%
35	M. Shnaptsev Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	22	1	18360%	327.9%
36	N. Kakkoev Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	26	1	1450.9%	2519.4%
37	M. Azzi Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	1	32106.4%	321.9%
38	I. Shumakhov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	27	1	2225.3%	2426.2%
39	T. Sundukov Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	1	3225.1%	331.2%
40	A. Makarchuk Full-back	FC Sochi	30	1	574.9%	1524.9%
41	M. Nenakhov Full-back	Lokomotiv	27	1	1356.3%	2620.3%
42	M. Bokoev Centre-back	Akron	25	1	2548.5%	328.8%
43	I. Nedelcearu Centre-back	Akron	30	1	1424.6%	199.1%
44	João Escoval Full-back	Akron	29	1	1166.2%	1835.6%
45	N. Marichal Centre-back	Dynamo	25	1	271.8%	342.1%
46	M. Osipenko Centre-back	Dynamo	32	1	236.5%	1533.3%