Top 11 assist makers of the last decade in the UEFA Champions League

Those wonderful European nights are the perfect stage for the best in the business to show the world what they can do with a ball at their feet. And that is what the men on this list are – playmakers of the highest quality who make their teams sway to their own special tune.And while many of them are in the mould of the traditional number ten, a few of them are also renowned goal-scorers. A most interesting trend in world football that seems to show the game gravitating toward less defined roles for the wide array of attacking talent we see today. A look at the crème de la crème of European football over the last ten years.   

#12 Honourable Mentions

Clarence Seedorf - 14 assists

Philipp Lahm - 14 assists

Angel Di Maria - 14 assists

Juninho Pernambucano - 14 assists

Arjen Robben - 14 assists

Dani Alves - 15 assists

Thierry Henry - 15 assists

Andrea Pirlo - 15 assists

Wesley Sneijder - 16 assists

Franck Ribery - 16 assists

Wayne Rooney - 17 assists

Florent Malouda - 17 assists

Karim Benzema - 18 assists