Bruno Fernandes is the most creative player in the Premier League right now

James Maddison remains the runaway creative leader but Bruno Fernandes is the Premier League’s best with the Spurs man sidelined.

We’re not counting the assist-makers because that relies on the chances being taken and we’re not counting the key passes because that is also pretty narrow; we are all about the SCA (Shot creating actions), defined as ‘the two offensive actions directly leading to a shot, such as passes, dribbles and drawing fouls’ by FBRef.

These are the leaders this season for SCAs per 90 minutes…

1) James Maddison (Tottenham) – 8.17 SCAs per 90 mins
The summer signing adapted to Spurs and Ange-ball seamlessly. He is ludicrously far ahead of the pack here and will stay there as injury keeps him out.

2) Martin Odegaard (Arsenal) – 6.11
Logged a truly remarkable 15 SCAs in that infuriating 2-0 defeat to West Ham. Secretly, he would probably quite like Arsenal to buy a striker, thank you.

3) Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) – 5.98
Has been largely brilliant in a pretty poor Palace side since his return from injury, particularly against Chelsea, who wanted his services in the summer.

4) Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – 5.90
Logged a remarkable 12 SCAs in that infuriating 2-0 defeat to West Ham. Secretly, he would probably quite like Arsenal to buy a striker, thank you.

5) Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) – 5.72
At the creative heart of Manchester United whether they are absolutely awful or slightly less awful.

6) Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) – 5.50
Logged 43 SCAs in his last six Premier League starts, with 11 coming against Manchester United to absolutely no avail.

7) Jeremy Doku (Manchester City) – 5.31
He had 11 of the sods against Bournemouth alone. And then a quite astonishing eight v Liverpool, with four of those shots the direct result of dribbling past the (elite) opposition. He was much less effective v Spurs.

8) Pablo Sarabia (Wolves) – 5.14
The Spaniard has claimed three assists in his last four Premier League games to ensure that Wolves have not missed Pedro Neto too much.

9) Pascal Gross (Brighton) – 5.11
Five assists in his last sixPremier League starts for one of the best all-rounders in the Premier League.

10) Cole Palmer (Chelsea) – 5.04
The best player at Chelsea ‘bar none’ according to Danny Murphy. Claimed his third Premier League assist of the season v Sheffield United.