De Bruyne  crowned EPL All-Time best midfielder ahead of Gerrard, Lampard and others

Belgium superstar Kevin De Bruyne has been voted the best Premier League midfielder of all time, beating out the likes of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, and Paul Scholes to take the title. 

In a poll conducted by football data outlet Visual Game, the two-time PFA Players' Player of the Year is one of two midfielders currently playing in the league in the top 10. 

Steven Gerrard was placed second in the poll, and current Chelsea manager Frank Lampard swiped the number-three spot. 

Paul Scholes and recently-departed Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira rounded out the top five. 

Three of De Bruyne's team-mates at City made the top 20, including Rodri, ranked 17th, Ilkay Gundogan at 18th and Bernando Silva sitting 20th.

City, Chelsea and Manchester United share the top spot as the clubs best represented by players in the top 30, with each club having eight players who turned out for their team. 

Save for De Bruyne, all of the top five midfielders – plus Roy Keane who was voted eighth-best – have retired, and since been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame for their achievements. 

The other player still competing with De Bruyne in the league is N'Golo Kante, who nabbed the final spot in the top 10 after success at Leicester and Chelsea. 

De Bruyne has regained blistering form of late, after a brief faltering at the start of the year. 

During City's 4-0 defeat of Southampton on Saturday, the Belgian became the fastest player in Premier League history to reach 100 assists in the league. 

He knocked previous record-holder Cesc Fabregas off the top spot by some margin, achieving the feat – which only five players have manager – 56 games quicker than the Chelsea and Arsenal legend. 

Fabregas got a nod in the poll too, as he was ranked ninth, joining Yaya Toure, David Silva, Keane and Kante in rounding out the top 10. 

On punditry duty, former Liverpool player Jamie Redknapp praised De Bruyne as 'a genius'.