The highest number of assists provided across a single Premier League season is 20 – a total which has been reached by two players
Thierry Henry registered 20 for Arsenal in 2002-03, as well as scoring 24 goals.
Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne then recorded 20 assists of his own during the 2019-20 Premier League campaign.
Fernandes has one games remaining to notch one more assist and break the record.
It took him until the eighth week of the season to register an assist and he has maintained an assist-per-game ratio of 0.69 since then.
