De Bruyne vs Lampard vs Gerrard: Who has the best Premier League stats in their prime?

Kevin De Bruyne is one of the greatest players in Premier League history.

The Manchester City star was at his scintillating best during the 4-1 derby victory at the weekend, popping up with two well-taken goals in another step towards four league titles in just five seasons.

And it just so happens that his brace against Manchester United moved him into eight place of midfielders with the most Premier League goal involvements since its inception in 1992.

With a formidable record of 51 goals and 81 assists, the Belgian wizard is now chasing the likes of James Milner, David Beckham, David Silva, Cesc Fabregas and Paul Scholes to consolidate his status as a great of English football.

However, De Bruyne still has a long way to go if he wants to become the ultimate goals and assists provider of all Premier League midfielders because it was the usual suspects taking the silver and gold medals.

The Premier League icons that are Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard lead the way with 212 and 279 goal contributions respectively, making De Bruyne’s tally of 132 looking relatively pedestrian by comparison.

But even if you’d die on the hill that Gerrard and Lampard are better midfielders than City’s wizard in chief, you’d surely agree that the distance between them isn’t as emphatic as the statistics would have you think.

Naturally, a large part of that is Gerrard and Lampard having played more games in England’s top-flight, which gave us the idea of levelling the playing field a little bit to settle the debate once and for all.

Ok, maybe it’s a little ambitious to think that it will close the conversation, but we’ve honed in on Gerrard, Lampard and De Bruyne’s finest seasons in the Premier League and seen who has the best statistics of