Most g/a by a defensive midfielder all time

Tomáš Souček has the most career combined goals and assists by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League, with 30.

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Data note: Detailed starting positions: player game data complete from 2016-17

	NAME	G+A	Rating	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Tomáš Souček T. Souček	30		113	113	9,702	23	7	218	118	0	33	151	337	151	20	2
2	Pascal Groß P. Groß	25		64	64	5,692	9	16	102	64	0	23	33	61	59	13	0
3	Rodri	25		88	88	7,458	14	11	183	108	1	39	81	138	104	20	1
4	Enzo Fernández E. Fernández	24	7.20	71	71	6,149	14	10	132	61	0	35	51	54	88	15	0
5	Paul Pogba P. Pogba	22		54	54	4,587	11	11	80	53	0	23	54	69	97	11	0
6	Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	21		143	143	12,558	6	15	249	168	0	31	146	234	175	41	3
7	Youri Tielemans Y. Tielemans	20		74	74	6,260	9	11	183	115	0	29	64	72	72	6	0
8	Declan Rice D. Rice	20		145	145	12,840	6	14	347	184	0	36	219	201	101	21	0
9	Alexis Mac Allister A. Mac Allister	18	7.32	70	70	5,790	10	8	165	99	0	30	41	73	102	13	0
10	Casemiro	16	6.77	66	66	5,443	11	5	218	118	0	21	67	176	96	16	2
11	Scott McTominay S. McTominay	15		86	86	7,315	12	3	188	103	0	41	97	170	146	17	0
12	Ilkay Gündogan I. Gündogan	15		38	38	3,177	9	6	38	23	0	18	28	26	23	3	0
13	Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	14		72	72	6,364	7	7	138	78	0	29	80	88	86	15	0
14	Ryan Gravenberch R. Gravenberch	13	7.22	72	72	6,121	5	8	128	73	0	23	100	116	87	12	2
15	James Ward-Prowse J. Ward-Prowse	13		39	39	3,356	4	9	50	29	0	14	49	49	27	7	1
16	Douglas Luiz D. Luiz	13		66	66	5,450	8	5	113	62	0	14	72	58	101	17	0
17	Idrissa Gana Guèye I. Gana Guèye	13		125	125	10,613	3	10	434	282	0	29	214	131	174	27	2
18	Moisés Caicedo M. Caicedo	12	7.44	110	110	9,562	5	7	304	180	2	30	158	101	182	36	1
19	Christian Eriksen C. Eriksen	12		39	39	3,115	2	10	39	26	0	15	17	31	17	5	0
20	João Palhinha J. Palhinha	11	6.66	73	73	6,326	9	2	318	175	1	25	93	128	105	28	0
21	Fred	11		76	76	6,254	5	6	194	101	0	29	105	63	119	16	0
22	Mateo Kovačić M. Kovačić	10		48	48	3,951	7	3	106	64	0	28	35	32	38	12	1
23	Vitaly Janelt V. Janelt	9	7.00	33	33	2,717	4	5	56	33	0	5	54	63	38	14	1
24	Elliot Anderson E. Anderson	9	7.14	57	57	4,897	2	7	161	98	0	27	64	90	83	13	0
25	James Garner J. Garner	9	6.98	59	59	5,196	1	8	174	101	1	12	78	109	65	21	0

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1	Man City	9	7	0	2	10	21
2	Arsenal	8	7	0	1	8	21
3	Brighton	9	6	1	2	17	19
4	Chelsea	9	5	1	3	4	16
5	Liverpool	8	4	3	1	3	15
6	Brentford	9	3	5	1	7	14
7	Bournemouth	9	3	3	3	1	12
8	Tottenham	9	3	3	3	0	12
9	Hull City	9	2	5	2	1	11
10	Leeds	9	2	5	2	1	11
11	Newcastle	8	3	2	3	-2	11
12	Aston Villa	8	3	2	3	-3	11
13	Ipswich	9	3	2	4	-4	11
14	Everton	8	2	4	2	-1	10
15	Coventry	9	3	0	6	-7	9
16	Fulham	8	2	2	4	-2	8
17	Man United	9	1	4	4	-5	7
18	Crystal Palace	9	2	1	6	-12	7
19	Nottm Forest	9	1	3	5	-6	6
20	Sunderland	9	1	2	6	-10	5