Numbers and stats: Europe’s top five leagues

Matt Stead

Teams

Most shots (per game)
Real Madrid – 19
Tottenham – 18.6
Bayern Munich – 17.8
Napoli – 17.7
Inter – 17.6
Liverpool – 17.6
Roma – 17.6

 

Highest possession
Bayern Munich – 64.9%
Barcelona – 62.6%
Paris St Germain – 61.6%
Borussia Dortmund – 61.1%
Manchester City – 60.4%

 

Most tackles (per game)
Valencia – 23.6
Espanyol – 23.2
Celta Vigo – 22.8
Nancy – 22.4
Nantes – 22

Highest Premier League team: Everton – 20.2

 

Most fouls (per game)
Genoa – 17.7
Leganes – 17.6
Hamburg – 17.5
Crotone – 16.8
Torino – 16.7

Highest Premier League team: Watford – 14.4

 

Pass completion rate
Paris St Germain – 88.9%
Nice – 87.7%
Napoli – 87.3%
Bayern Munich – 87.2%
Real Madrid – 86.9%

Highest Premier League team: Manchester United – 85.1%

 

Losing the ball through poor touch (per game)
Angers – 16.5
Nancy – 16.4
Lille – 15.4
Eibar – 15.2
Rennes – 15.2

Highest Premier League team: Bournemouth – 14.6

 

Players

Most assists
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 9
Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) – 8
Juan Michael Seri (Nice) – 8
Matt Phillips (West Brom) – 8
Adam Lallana (Liverpool) – 7
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) – 7
Felipe Anderson (Lazio) – 7
Jose Callejon (Napoli) – 7
Marek Hamsik (Napoli) – 7
Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) – 7
Ousmane Dembele (Borussia Dortmund) – 7
Pablo Piatti (Espanyol) – 7
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) – 7

 

Most shots (per game)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 6.2
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 4.9
Edin Dzeko (Roma) – 4.9
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – 4.8
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) – 4.5

 

Most tackles (per game)
Idrissa Gueye (Everton) – 4.9
Petros (Real Betis) – 4.6
Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) – 4.6
Marcos Llorente (Alaves) – 4.3
Victor Sanchez (Espanyol) – 4.1

 

Most chances created (per game)
Dimitri Payet (West Ham) – 4.1
Neymar (Barcelona) – 3.2
Angel Di Maria (PSG) – 3.1
Pascal Groß (Ingolstadt) – 3.1
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 3.1

 

Most passes (per game)
Thiago Motta (PSG) – 95.7
Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich) – 95.3
Marco Verratti (PSG) – 89.6
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) – 86.8
Jorginho (Napoli) – 86.3

 

Most clearances (per game)
Steve Cook (Bournemouth) – 9.9
Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham) – 9.5
Papy Djilobodji (Sunderland) – 9.4
Winston Reid (West Ham) – 9
Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon) – 8.9

 

Most completed dribbles (per game)
Adama Traore (Middlesbrough) – 5.2
Neymar (Barcelona) – 4.8
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) – 4.7
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – 4.4
Allan Saint-Maximin (Bastia) – 4.2

 

Dispossessed the most times (per game)
Gabriel (Leganes) – 4.1
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – 3.6
Allan Saint-Maximin (Bastia) – 3.5
Oscar Trejo (Toulouse) – 3.5
Neymar (Barcelona) – 3.5
Naim Sliti (Lille) – 3.1
Salomón Rondón (West Brom) – 3.1
Sofiane Boufal (Southampton) – 3.1
Tana (Las Palmas) – 3.1
Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) – 3.1

 

Most saves (per game) 
Tom Heaton (Burnley) – 4.6
Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) – 4.6
Alex Cordaz (Crosone) – 4.4
Felix Wiedwald (Werder Bremen) – 4.4
Antonio Adán (Real Betis) – 4.3
Lukasz Skorupski (Empoli) – 4.3

 

Most fouls (per game)
Sandro Wagner (Hoffenheim) – 3.1
Florin Andone (Deportivo La Coruna) – 2.9
Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao) – 2.9
Oier (Osasuna) – 2.8
Gianluca Lapadula (AC Milan) – 2.7
Danilo D’Ambrosio (Inter) – 2.7

Highest Premier League player: Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace)/Paul Pogba (Manchester United) – 2.2

 

Most fouled (per game)
Neymar (Barcelona) – 4.6
Dario Lezcano (Ingolstadt) – 3.7
Amine Harit (Nantes) – 3.6
Petros (Real Betis) – 3.5
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) – 3.3
Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg) – 3.3
Bruno Gama (Deportivo La Coruna) – 3.3