Thierry Henry to Robin Van Persie: Which Player Has Most Goals and Assists in Premier League in 21st Century?

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Throughout its history, English Premier League has seen many legends conquer the league across the decades, and since the inception of this century, we have seen many forwards from different clubs achieve exceptional feats on the way to leading their club to a glorious height. Some of them had maintained their performance throughout their EPL career and finished with great goals plus assists per game statistics.

Despite having many great names in this elite list, there is only one who has more than one goal plus assists per match. Only close to him is Arsenal legend Thierry Henry with 0.99 goals plus assists per game. Interestingly, young talent like Cole Palmer made it to the list, though time will tell if youngsters like them will be able to maintain this extraordinary record for a long time or not.

There are three players from the reigning champion Man City on the list, which is the most by any team. Liverpool has been represented here by Mohamed Salah and Luis Suarez.

Here is the list of players who have excelled others in terms of goals and assists per game and made the league more intriguing.

EPL: Who Has the Most Goals + Assists In EPL (Played At Least 20 Games)

10. Kevin De Bruyne: 0.70 (264 Games)

9. Robin Van Persie: 0.72 (280 Games)

8. Ruud Van Nistelrooy: 0.73 (150)

7. Cole Plamer: 0.76 (58)

6. Harry Kane: 0.81 (320)

5. Sergio Aguero: 0.84 (275)

4. Luis Suarez: 0.87(110)

3. Mohamed Salah: 0.87 (269)

2. Thierry Henry: 0.99 (227)

1. Erling Haaland: 1.18 (72)

In the current season, Cole Palmer is on the top of the list with an astonishing 1.67 goals plus assists per game, closely followed by Erling Haaland who has 1.43 goals plus assists per game. The third, fourth and fifth positions are taken by Bukayo Saka of Arsenal, Nicolas Jackson of Chelsea and Mohamed Salah of Liverpool respectively. Till now, there are seven players altogether who have 1 or more than 1 goal plus assists per game this season.