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Mesut Ozil officially sets up goals more often than any other Premier League player… ever. FACT.

This is not an opinion. This is not one of those theories that can be waved away with one of the many anti-Ozil catchphrases regularly heard during conversations about Arsenal's chief playmaker.

"Yeah, but he doesn't work hard enough". "Yeah, but he never does it in big games". "Yeah, but he doesn't run around like a madman and we therefore refuse to acknowledge any of his qualities".

Those statements are no longer valid - and here's why.

We asked our exceptionally well-informed friends at Opta to pull out the name of every player in Premier League history who has at least 20 assists to his name. They then went through that entire list of top assist-providers and figured out how often they each set up a goal.

And look who's at the top, with 21 assists in 57 Arsenal games. Yes, Mesut Ozil, who creates a goal every 2.71 games.

Best games per assist in Premier League history 1 Mesut Ozil 2.71 2 Eric Cantona 2.79 3 Cesc Fabregas 2.88 Minimum 20 assists

Even better news for Arsenal fans: the man he has just dethroned is Man United legend Eric Cantona, who registered 56 assists in 156 Premier League games (an average of one every 2.79 games).

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In fact, there are further bragging rights to be had when Gooners take a look at the full top 10. There are no fewer than SIX current or former Arsenal players on the list.

Seeing Ozil, Cesc Fabregas, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Santi Cazorla on there will come as no great surprise.

But check out the name in fifth place:

Best games per assist in Premier League history Minimum 20 assists

Jose Antonio Reyes?

REALLY?

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