Brandt among the best – like these BVB stars for Bundesliga assists | OneFootball

Julian Brandt’s time at Borussia Dortmund will come to an end in just a few weeks. By then, he will have played seven years for BVB and, despite constant criticism along the way, still delivered outstanding numbers in terms of goal contributions. That is underlined by his position on the list of all Bundesliga players by total assists.

On that list, Julian Brandt had already drawn level with Mehmet Scholl (KSC/FCB) with his assist in BVB’s 2–1 win away at 1. FC Köln. Both now have 93 assists in total, although Brandt produced 36 of them while wearing the Bayer Leverkusen shirt. That still leaves a strong 57 assists for Borussia, for whom he made his 300th competitive appearance at the weekend.

With those 93 assists, he currently sits in 6th place (!) in the all-time Bundesliga rankings, although assists have only been officially recorded since the 1988/89 season. Even so, in these nearly 50 years, only five players have been more successful in this regard than Julian Brandt.

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Müller way out in front, Reus in 3rd

Those players are Zé Roberto with 94 assists, whom Brandt could still catch or overtake during his time at BVB. Ahead of him is another player whose career also included highlights at other clubs, but who spent the longest spell at BVB: Andreas Möller, who recorded 109 assists for BVB, Schalke 04, and Eintracht Frankfurt.

In 3rd place is another player who provided assists exclusively for Borussia. Marco Reus finished with 119 assists during his time at Mönchengladbach and Dortmund. Only Franck Ribéry, with two more assists, and—far out in front—Thomas Müller ranked higher. Müller is the only player to surpass the 200-assist mark and ultimately finished on 215 assists.

The rest of the top 15, which kicker compiled in its slideshow, is also dominated by players from FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Behind Scholl and Brandt in 6th place is another still-active player, Joshua Kimmich, with 89 assists. Robert Lewandowski reached the same total during his Bundesliga career, producing not only goals but also plenty of assists for both FCB and BVB.

Behind them, no fewer than four players share 10th place: Vincenzo Grifo, Mario Basler, Max Kruse, and Thomas Häßler—another player who at least spent part of his career at Borussia Dortmund, albeit an unsuccessful spell in his case. All of them recorded 81 assists.

So it is quite possible that Julian Brandt could climb to 5th place this season. Whether he will still be able to provide assists in the Bundesliga next season remains unclear at the moment and will depend on where he goes after BVB.

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