🤝 A helper ⚽ A pass maker

assistor

4.1

A player who makes a pass that leads to a teammate scoring

noun
/əˈsɪstər/

Jargon

: asistente

The team's top assistor delivered another perfect pass to set up the winning goal.

Examples

As an assistor, she always looks for opportunities to help her teammates score.
Coaches value a reliable assistor who can read the game and create chances.
The assistor made a perfect pass to the striker.
She is the leading assistor in the league this season.
The team's top assistor delivered another perfect pass to set up the winning goal.
As an assistor, she always looks for opportunities to help her teammates score.
Coaches value a reliable assistor who can read the game and create chances.

Synonyms

playmaker

vsassistor

13 4.1

A player in team sports who controls the game and makes chances for teammates

focuses instead on the single action that directly produces a score

assister

vsassistor

Jargon

3.7

A player who passes the ball so a team member can score

is the same meaning but uses a different suffix or spelling form

How Helpful

playmaker

13 4.1

key player

40 3.2

assistor

Jargon

4.1

passer

Jargon

24 5.4

Surface Forms

assistor singular

assistors plural

Morphology

assistor = assist (transparent) = assist + or

Agentive noun formed from the sports verb 'assist'; the sports-specific role is a direct application of 'one who assists'.

Etymology

Assistor shares the root assist, meaning 'to help', and in sports it became the name for the player who gives the key pass. Because the root means 'to stand by' or 'help', an assistor in a game is the player who helps another player score.