This statistic has N'Golo Kante at the top, which makes Chelsea's other attackers look bad.
Conor Gallagher scored a goal against Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon thanks to a beautiful cross from N'Golo Kante, who later lauded the quality of his colleagues' crosses.
It increased Kante's projected assist rate of 0.32 per 90 minutes (per FBRef figures), which is far greater than anyone else on the Chelsea team in the Premier League this year. Even though Kante missed a significant amount of time, he has statistically played enough minutes to be compared to his teammates.
Given that Kante's primary contribution to each game is goal-scoring rather than goal-prevention, it demonstrates the underperformance of those surrounding him whose primary responsibility is creating rather than defending. Players like Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz, and countless more are used on teams to score goals for other players, but they are outperformed by players who are also the defense of the squad.
