Premier League Playmaker of the Season

The Premier League Playmaker of the Season is an annual English football award, presented to the player who has made the most assists (the last pass made before a goal scored) in the Premier League. For sponsorship purposes, it was called the Cadbury Playmaker of the Season between its inception during the 2017–18 season[1] and 2019–20 season. For the 2020–21 season, it was known as the Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Playmaker of the Season; in the following season it is known as the Castrol Playmaker of the Season.

Premier League Playmaker of the Season
Awarded forThe most assists in a given Premier League season
Sponsored byCastrol
CountryEngland
Presented byPremier League
First awarded2018
Currently held byHarry Kane
Most awardsKevin De Bruyne (2)

In 2018, the Premier League Playmaker of the Season was first awarded, with Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City its inaugural recipient.[2]

Winners
Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
Denotes the club were Premier League champions in the same season
# Denotes the number of assists was also a Premier League record
Premier League Playmaker of the Season winners
Season Player Nationality Club Assists Ref.
2017–18 Kevin De Bruyne  Belgium Manchester City 16 [2]
2018–19 Eden Hazard  Belgium Chelsea 15 [3]
2019–20 Kevin De Bruyne (2)  Belgium Manchester City 20# [4]
2020–21 Harry Kane  England Tottenham Hotspur 14 [5]

Awards won by nationality
Country Total
 Belgium 3
 England 1

Awards won by club
Club Total
Manchester City 2
Chelsea 1
Tottenham Hotspur 1

See also

References
  1. "New Premier League player award announced". Premier League. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. "De Bruyne edges Playmaker award". Premier League. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. "Hazard wraps up 2018/19 Playmaker Award". Premier League. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. "Kevin de Bruyne: Twentieth assist of season equals Thierry Henry's record". BBC Sport. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "Kane wins double with Golden Boot and Playmaker awards". Premier League. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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