We take a look at the top five players to register the most assists in UEFA Champions League history.
A phenomenal set-piece taker, it should be of little to surprise to see a figure of Beckham's crossing capability so high on this list.
Only Luis Figo registered more assists from dead-ball situations and no player has assisted more headed goals than the former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder, with half of his tally being converted by someone's head.
17 years on from his first UEFA Champions League assist for Benfica against Celtic, Di Maria is gearing up for another season in Europe's elite club competition at the Estádio da Luz.
A UEFA Champions League winner with Real Madrid in 2013/14, the Argentine's most productive spell came in the French capital with PSG, registering 18 assists for the Ligue 1 outfit with Kylian Mbappe the primary beneficiary of his work.
Like in the all-time goalscoring charts, Messi has been narrowly pipped by Cristiano Ronaldo in the UEFA Champions League assists table.
He registered his first assist in Barcelona's 5-0 win against Panathinaikos in 2005 and delivered his last when setting up Mbappe in PSG's 2-1 win over Juventus in 2022.
Messi registered five or more assists in three different UEFA Champions League seasons, including an impressive six in the 2014/15 campaign.
During the early stages of his glittering career, Ronaldo was deemed more of a creator than the clinical goal machine we've witnessed him evolve into.
The forward had registered his sixth assist in the competition by the time he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal and through the years we saw his goal tally dwarf the number of assists he'd chalked up.
With that said, he still registered an assist across 15 consecutive UEFA Champions League campaigns for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
Giggs' longevity is a key reason why he is one of the most productive individuals in the UEFA Champions League history.
And the Welshman wasn't just racking up the assists against inferior opposition in the group stages: he delivered in the 1999 (yes, it might have been a shot) and the 2009 final, making him one of only seven players to register an assist in more than one UEFA Champions League final.
Giggs assisted in all but three of his 20 seasons in the UEFA Champions League.
Stats correct as of 28th November 2024, as per Opta Analyst, which excludes penalties won, and excludes goals after saves, rebounds and significant deflections. Qualifiers do not count for the purposes of this list.
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