Europe’s top 10 chance creators in 2021-22: Payet, Kostic, KDB & more

The 2021-22 season has come to a close across Europe’s major leagues.

We’ve already taken a look at the players that stand out in terms of dribbling ability and goals and assists this season, but what about the most creative players?

Here are the top 10 players across Europe’s top five leagues (the Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, La Liga and Serie A) for key passes – the final pass before a team-mate takes a shot at goal.

We’ve ordered them in terms of their number of key passes per 90 minutes, and we’ve only included players that have played at least 1000 league minutes.

It was another frustrating injury-hit year for Neymar, who was made the scapegoat for PSG’s Champions League elimination to Real Madrid.

Reports from France even suggest that the Qatar hierarchy may even look to offload the Brazilian.

Still, when fit, Neymar is still a wonderfully talented and immensely dangerous forward. He averaged more key passes than Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria and notched a more than respectable 13 goals and six assists from 22 Ligue 1 appearances.

Neymar for Paris Saint-Germain:

144 games

100 goals

60 assists

Incredible. pic.twitter.com/dkHrsTuKWl

— (@Neymologyy) May 21, 2022

Borussia Monchengladbach stalwart Hofmann has been a major part of the club punching above their weight in recent seasons.

The 2021-22 campaign didn’t prove to be especially good, with a disappointing 10th-place finish, but Hofmann continued to impress on an individual basis.

The Germany international has even deputised at right-back at times for Gladbach this season but no matter where he plays he’s consistently dangerous.

One of the more unfamiliar names on our list, Dimarco has gone from being an outsider to a more central member