Lionel Messi has the most career assists by a 35-year-old player in Europe's top five leagues, with 16 assists in Ligue 1.

most assists by a player by a 35 year old in the big 5 leagues

	NAME	A	Rating	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Lionel Messi L. Messi	16	8.06	32	2,842	32	16	0.50	32	0	2	129	57	6	2,640	189	6
2	Ryan Giggs R. Giggs	12		31	1,900	19	4	0.13	16	0
3	Paolo Di Canio P. Di Canio	12		31	2,018	23	4	0.13	16	3
4	Dennis Bergkamp D. Bergkamp	11		28	1,819	19	6	0.21	17	0
5	Massimo Maccarone M. Maccarone	8		36	2,618	32	10	0.28	18	1	0	93	31	2	1,391	0	23
6	Peter Beardsley P. Beardsley	8		35	3,036	34	8	0.23	16	1
7	Robert Lewandowski R. Lewandowski	7	7.15	34	2,669	31	21	0.62	28	5	1	91	42	1	969	172	23
8	Edin Džeko E. Džeko	7		35	2,385	25	12	0.34	19	0	0	93	39	2	1,188	187	8
9	Fabio Quagliarella F. Quagliarella	7		34	2,750	32	19	0.56	26	6	0	108	48	3	1,198	149	31
10	Francesco Totti F. Totti	7		27	2,204	26	9	0.33	16	2
11	Marco Di Vaio M. Di Vaio	7		37	2,722	32	10	0.27	17	1
12	Jesús Navas J. Navas	6		38	3,078	35	0	0.00	6	0	0	20	2	0	2,559	48	3
13	Ashley Young A. Young	6		34	1,878	21	3	0.09	9	0	0	23	9	1	1,107	46	6
14	Dani Alves D. Alves	6		20	1,441	17	1	0.05	7	0	0	24	5	1	1,616	34	4
15	Cédric Barbosa C. Barbosa	6		19	1,224	16	7	0.37	13	0
16	Gary Speed G. Speed	6		38	3,341	37	1	0.03	7	0
17	De Marcos D. Marcos	5	7.04	27	1,738	19	0	0.00	5	0	0	6	2	0	1,412	16	2
18	Henrikh Mkhitaryan H. Mkhitaryan	5	7.00	34	2,607	33	1	0.03	6	0	0	27	4	1	1,946	45	7
19	Alexis Sánchez A. Sánchez	5	6.74	18	624	5	2	0.11	7	1	0	15	6	0	398	30	7
20	Jamie Vardy J. Vardy	5	6.56	27	1,444	14	7	0.26	12	0	0	33	17	0	355	82	14
21	Christopher Trimmel C. Trimmel	5	6.06	26	1,999	22	1	0.04	6	0	0	18	3	2	1,362	29	1
22	Burak Yılmaz B. Yılmaz	5		28	2,056	23	16	0.57	21	4	1	66	33	4	817	116	29
23	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	5		30	2,606	29	27	0.90	32	9	1	179	66	6	1,623	216	24
24	Santi Cazorla S. Cazorla	5		21	1,352	16	6	0.29	11	4	0	19	9	2	1,218	23	2
25	Zlatan Ibrahimovic Z. Ibrahimovic	5		21	1,807	20	13	0.62	18	1	0	77	32	1	1,045	153	28