The beautiful game of football is lightened up with beautiful goals scored by players with styles, skills and from unbelievable ranges. What makes up this beautiful goals are passes given to the scorers by fellow players. This are called assists.

Just as records of football players who recorded high numbers of goal are kept, so it is for assists. Assists are what spices up the game and adds an extra color to it.

Here are the five football players with the most assists in history;

Lionel Messi	398
Thomas Muller	296
Luis Suarez	285
Angel Di Maria	280
Cristiano Ronaldo	242

Cristiano Ronaldo – 242 assists

With his record of being football all time record scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo still boost of being the third highest assist provider in football. Ronaldo has sat on football biggest stage for over 15 years and is still striving for more.

Ronaldo is maintaining a fine form since he joined Saudi side Al Nassr, helping the club win their first ever Arab Cup trophy. The 39-year-old is determined to keep playing at top level. His incredible time in Real Madrid, two spells at Manchester United, Juventus, Sporting Lisbon and current Al Nassr has the Portuguese captain rack up over 242 assists.

4. Angel Di Maria – 280 assists

Juventus winger, Angel Di Maria has registered himself to be one of the most creative winger in football, since announcing himself on the global stage alongside Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi at the 2008 Olympic in Beijing.

Going on to have a beautiful career where he played alongside the likes of Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney and many others. Di Maria still had dominance in creativity, setting up goals for strikers in a plater of gold, 280 times for club and country.

Despite his age, Di Maria still plays in Europe with Benfica. His numbers are expected to rise above what it is now and see the Argentine World Cup winner move forward on the list.

3. Luis Suarez – 285 assists

Considered one of the best strikers of the 21st Century, Luis Suarez is not just seen as a striker, but as a creative striker. Suarez combines scoring with providing killer passes that would setup his teammates in front of goals.

Currently a free agent and on the move to Brazilian team, Gremio, during his time in Europe and South American, Suarez provided a record 285 assists. A number that would surely be on the rise in his new club.

2. Thomas Muller – 298 assists

One of the surprise on the list. Thomas Muller always find himself on every record he can. Hailed as a smart footballer, the Bayern Munich star, despite being a serial goal scorer also has the high ratio of providing goals for is teammates as well.

Suitable to play from every attacking area of the field, Muller has provided a record 296 assists. The record assist provider in Bundesliga history. Muller passes to be a perfect striker and a genuine midfielder.

1. Lionel Messi – 398 assists

The most complete footballer in history. Lionel Messi possesses everything that makes him perfect for the sport. A goal record breaker and assist record holder. According to most of his teammates, the World Cup winner makes football easy for others.

Messi’s special talent has made him the most awarded footballer in history. He has provided a record 398 career assists, more than any other footballer dead or alive.

Since making his mark on football with Argentina u21 team, Lionel Messi has ruled the sport ever since. He joined Major League soccer side after a two year spell with Paris Saint-Germain and has rack up the league with goals and assists.

Wrap Up

There are a good number of players of have made goal scoring easy for their teammates with the creative passes they give. Though not up with the top 5, have a notable number of assists, they are; Mesut Ozil, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas,  Franck Ribery, Steffen Hofmann etc.