👑 Assist Kings

The best chance-creators ranked by assists and key passes.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Five players tied for the most assists at the 2022 World Cup with 3 each: Lionel Messi (Argentina), Bruno Fernandes (Portugal), Antoine Griezmann (France), Harry Kane (England), and Ivan Perišić (Croatia). Griezmann was also the tournament's top chance creator with 21 key passes, far ahead of Messi (18) in second.
Antoine Griezmann created the most chances at the 2022 World Cup with 21 key passes across the tournament, despite France finishing as runners-up. At the 2018 World Cup, Kevin De Bruyne and Luka Modrić were among the most prolific creators. Historically, Pelé created 6 assists at the 1970 World Cup, the most in a single tournament in the modern era (records from 1966 onwards).
Pelé holds the record for the most assists at a single men's World Cup tournament (since 1966) with 6 at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Raymond Kopa recorded 8 assists for France at the 1958 World Cup, though this pre-dates official FIFA tracking. Among players with Opta-verified data, Maradona's 5 assists in the 1986 tournament is the second-highest single-tournament total.
Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona share the all-time men's World Cup assists record with 8 each (in Opta-tracked data from 1966 onwards). Messi accumulated his across five tournaments from 2006 to 2022. Going into 2026, Messi needs just one more World Cup assist to break the record outright. Pierre Littbarski (Germany) and Grzegorz Lato (Poland) are next on 7 each.
A goal assist is the final pass or cross that directly leads to a goal. A key pass is any pass that leads to a shot, whether the shot is scored or not. At Qatar 2022, Griezmann had 21 key passes but only 3 assists, because many of the chances he created were missed by teammates. Key passes measure a player's overall chance creation; assists only measure the ones that resulted in goals.
Attacking midfielders and wide forwards produce the most assists at World Cups. Griezmann (attacking midfielder), Messi (right forward), and Perišić (left winger) were the joint top providers at 2022. Full-backs in progressive systems also feature, Theo Hernandez had 11 key passes at Qatar 2022, the most of any defender in the tournament.
Yes. Messi finished joint-top at both the 2018 World Cup (2 assists, tied with 18 other players) and the 2022 World Cup (3 assists, tied with Fernandes, Griezmann, Kane, and Perišić). He has registered at least one assist at all five World Cups he has played in, from 2006 to 2022, the only player ever to do so across five consecutive tournaments.

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