Bruno Fernandes has missed three of Manchester United’s Premier League matches this season and still may rewrite the history books.
Fernandes, 31, collected his 19th assist of this Premier League season when he cued up Benjamin Sesko’s 10th goal of the league campaign in Week 34 against Brentford.
His 19th assist of the season is his seventh in as many games and comes with four more matches left in the Red Devils’ PL season.
The record is currently shared by two of the greatest playmakers to ever put on a shirt in England’s top tier, as Thierry Henry rang up 20 assists in 2002-03, the year before he became an Invincible with Arsenal, and Kevin De Bruyne also hit 20 with Manchester City in the 2019-20 season.
Fernandes has already made history as one of only 21 players to dial up 15 or more assists in a single season of Premier League football. He’s one more helper from sitting alone in second.
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- Thierry Henry, Arsenal, 2002-03 — 20
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2019-20 — 20
- Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, 2025-26 — 19
- Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, 2024-25 — 18
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2016-17 — 18
- Mesut Ozil, Arsenal, 2015-16 — 18
- Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, 2014-15 — 18
- Frank Lampard, Chelsea, 2004-05 — 18
- Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal, 2007-08 — 17
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2022-23 — 16
- Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, 2017-18 — 16
- Eric Cantona, Manchester United and Leeds United, 1992-93 — 16
- Eden Hazard, Chelsea, 2018-19 — 15
- Leroy Sane, Manchester City, 2017-18 — 15
- Christian Eriksen, Tottenham Hotspur, 2016-17 — 15
- David Silva, Manchester City, 2011-12 — 15
- Robert Pires, Arsenal, 2001-02 — 15
- David Beckham, Manchester United, 1999-2000 — 15
- Nolberto Solano, Newcastle United, 1999-2000 — 15
- Steve McManaman, Liverpool, 1995-96 — 15
- Matt Le Tissier, Southampton, 1994-95 — 15
