Eric Cantona had the most assists in the Premier League in 1996-97, with 12 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	G+A	PK
1	Eric Cantona E. Cantona	12	1996-97	Man United	36	3,229	36	11	0.31	23	3
2	Neal Ardley N. Ardley	11	1996-97	Wimbledon	33	2,912	33	2	0.06	13	0
3	Andy Hinchcliffe A. Hinchcliffe	9	1996-97	Everton	18	1,582	18	1	0.06	10	0
4	Dennis Bergkamp D. Bergkamp	9	1996-97	Arsenal	29	2,384	28	12	0.41	21	3
5	Gary McAllister G. McAllister	9	1996-97	Coventry	38	3,420	38	6	0.16	15	3
6	Gianfranco Zola G. Zola	9	1996-97	Chelsea	23	1,971	22	8	0.35	17	0
7	Dan Petrescu D. Petrescu	8	1996-97	Chelsea	34	2,967	34	3	0.09	11	0
8	David Beckham D. Beckham	8	1996-97	Man United	36	2,987	33	8	0.22	16	0
9	Juninho Paulista J. Paulista	8	1996-97	Middlesbrough	35	3,038	34	12	0.34	20	0
10	Les Ferdinand L. Ferdinand	8	1996-97	Newcastle	31	2,511	30	16	0.52	24	0
11	Mark Pembridge M. Pembridge	8	1996-97	Sheffield Wed	34	2,910	33	6	0.18	14	1
12	Nick Barmby N. Barmby	8	1996-97	Total	35	2,836	32	5	0.14	13	0
13	Rob Lee R. Lee	8	1996-97	Newcastle	33	2,720	32	5	0.15	13	0
14	Stig Inge Bjørnebye S. Inge Bjørnebye	8	1996-97	Liverpool	38	3,338	38	2	0.05	10	0
15	Alan Shearer A. Shearer	7	1996-97	Newcastle	31	2,782	31	25	0.81	32	3
16	Emerson	7	1996-97	Middlesbrough	32	2,808	32	4	0.13	11	1
17	Eyal Berkovic E. Berkovic	7	1996-97	Southampton	28	2,165	26	4	0.14	11	0
18	Teddy Sheringham T. Sheringham	7	1996-97	Tottenham	29	2,610	29	7	0.24	14	0
19	Andy Townsend A. Townsend	6	1996-97	Aston Villa	34	3,004	34	2	0.06	8	0
20	Benito Carbone B. Carbone	6	1996-97	Sheffield Wed	25	2,081	24	6	0.24	12	1
21	Chris Sutton C. Sutton	6	1996-97	Rovers	25	2,033	24	11	0.44	17	1
22	Dwight Yorke D. Yorke	6	1996-97	Aston Villa	37	3,231	37	17	0.46	23	1
23	Emile Heskey E. Heskey	6	1996-97	Leicester	35	3,035	35	10	0.29	16	0
24	Jason McAteer J. McAteer	6	1996-97	Liverpool	37	3,178	36	1	0.03	7	0
25	John Barnes J. Barnes	6	1996-97	Liverpool	35	3,070	34	4	0.11	10	0