Numbers and stats: Europe’s top five leagues…

Daniel Storey

Only one player in Europe’s top five leagues shoots more regularly than Philippe Coutinho, while only Real Madrid have had more shots than Arsenal. Fill up on lovely numbers right here…

 

Teams

Most shots (per game)
Real Madrid – 22.7
Arsenal – 21.1
Manchester City 20.3
Roma – 20
Juventus, Bayern Munich – 19.7

 

Highest possession
Bayern Munich – 68.3%
Paris St Germain – 63.7%
Barcelona – 63.0%
Borussia Dortmund – 62.3%
Roma – 60.7%

Highest Premier League team: Arsenal – 58.4%

 

Most tackles (per game)
Atalanta – 25.8
Eibar – 25.5
Atletico Madrid – 24.5
Sunderland – 25.3
Sporting Gijon – 24.2

 

Most fouls (per game)
Udinese 19.0
Eibar 18.5
AC Milan – 18.3
Genoa – 18.3
Espanyol 17.8

Highest Premier League team: Crystal Palace – 15.3

 

Pass completion rate
Paris St Germain – 89.9%
Bayern Munich – 89.2%
Real Madrid – 88.2%
Fiorentina – 88.0%
Arsenal – 86.1%

 

Losing the ball through poor touch (per game)
Reims – 16.5
Frosinone – 16.3
Palermo – 15.7
St Etienne – 15.5
Lille – 15.1

Highest Premier League team: Newcastle United – 14.3

 

Players (must have played at least 100 minutes to qualify)

Most assists
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) – 5
Douglas Costa (Bayern Munich) – 5
Raffael (Monchengladbach) – 4
Wahbi Khazri (Bordeaux) – 4
Yaya Toure, David Silva (Manchester City) – 4

 

Most shots (per game)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 8.2
Philippe Coutinho – 5.8
Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) – 5.5
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) – 5.4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 5.3

 

Most tackles (per game)
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Toulouse) – 5.6
Miguel Lopes (Granada) – 5.5
Keko (Eibar) – 5.4
Mehdi Lacen (Getafe) – 5.3
Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen) – 5.3

Highest Premier League player: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) – 5.2

 

Most chances created (per game)
Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) – 4.8
Adem Ljajic (Inter) – 4.0
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) – 4.0
Wahbi Khazri (Bordeaux) – 4.0
Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Dusan Tadic (Southampton), Dimitri Payet (West Ham) – 3.7

 

Most passes (per game)
Marco Verratti (PSG) – 98.3
Granit Xhaka (Monchengladbach) – 93.2
Thiago Motta (PSG) – 93.0
David Alaba (Bayern Munich) – 91.9
Ilkay Gundogan (Borussia Dortmund) – 86.1

Highest Premier League player:  Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) – 85.3

 

Most clearances (per game)
Brede Hangeland (Crystal Palace) – 12.7
Bernardo (Sporting Gijon) – 11.6
Ervin Zukanovic (Sampdoria) – 10
Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace) – 9.8
Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) – 9.6

 

Most completed dribbles (per game)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 6.5
Alejandro Gomez (Atalanta) – 4.8
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester) – 4.7
Neymar (Barcelona) – 4.4
Franco Vázquez (Palermo) – 4.2

 

Dispossessed the most times (per game)
Memphis Depay (Manchester United) – 4.4
Aketxe (Athletic Bilbao) – 4.0
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) – 4.0
Heung-Son Min (Tottenham) – 4.0
Fabián Orellana (Celta Vigo) – 3.8

 

Most saves (per game)
Adrian (West Ham) – 5.3
Raul Lizoain (Las Palmas) – 5.0
Jack Butland (Stoke) – 5.0
Emiliano Viviano (Sampdoria) – 5.0
Timo Horn (Koln), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96) – 4.8

 

Most fouls (per game)
Gonzalo Escalante (Eibar) – 4.0
Glenn Murray (Bournemouth) – 4.0
Peter Niemayer (Darmstadt) – 3.7
Caiuby (Augsburg) – 3.7
Elustondo (Athletic Bilbao) – 3.5

 

Most fouled (per game)
Franco Vazquez (Palermo) – 4.8
Vierinha (Wolfsburg) – 4.3
Perparim Hetemaj (Chievo) – 4.2
Mario Balotelli (Milan), Neymar (Barcelona), Diego Capel (Genoa) – 4.0

Highest Premier League player: Andre Ayew (Swansea) – 3.0