The 20 most creative players in the Premier League this season, according to stats
Who have been the creative stars in the English top-flight this season, according to UnderStat.com
Chelsea star Eden Hazard was crowned the Premier League's assist king for the 2018/19 season.
The Belgian superstar may have an uncertain future at Stamford Bridge but he's put on a show this campaign with 15 assists.
It was an impressive total, one ahead of Bournemouth's Ryan Fraser, and earned him the Playmaker award, which will no doubt be front and centre on his mantelpiece.
Hazard has plenty of competition in the English top-flight when it comes to incredible creative talents, with Christian Eriksen and Kevin De Bruyne amongst them. But was he really the best, according to advanced statistics?
Here at talkSPORT we've used to check out which Premier League stars had the highest 'Expected Assists' for the campaign.
Expected assists (xA) definition
According to Opta, xA measures the likelihood that a given pass will become a goal assist.
It considers several factors including the type of pass, pass end-point and length of pass.
Adding up a player or team's expected assists gives us an indication of how many assists a player of team should have had based on their build up and attacking play.
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20. Willian (Chelsea)
Expected assists - 6.52
Assists - Six
19. Joao Moutinho (Wolves)
Expected assists - 6.53
Assists - Eight
18. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Expected assists - 6.65
Assists - Two
17. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal)
Expected assists - 6.74
Assists - Five
16. Felipe Anderson (West Ham United)
Expected assists - 6.78
Assists - Four
15. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton)
Expected assists - 6.79
Assists - Six
14. Raul Jimenez (Wolves)
Expected assists - 6.99
Assists - Seven
13. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Expected assists - 7.22
Assists - 12
12. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal)
Expected assists - 7.64
Assists - Six
11. Lucas Digne (Everton)
Expected assists - 7.71
Assists - Six
10. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Expected assists - 7.88
Assists - 12
9. James Maddison (Leicester City)
Expected assists - 7.94
Assists - Seven
8. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)
Expected assists - 8.06
Assists - 11
7. Leroy Sane (Manchester City)
Expected assists - 8.10
Assists - 10
6. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Expected assists - 8.63
Assists - Seven
5. David Silva (Manchester City)
Expected assists - 10.11
Assists - Eight
4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Expected assists - 10.47
Assists - Eight
3. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
Expected assists - 10.79
Assists - 10
2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Expected assists - 11.57
Assists - 15
1. Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth)
Expected assists - 16.18
Assists - 14
