Numbers and stats: Europe’s top five leagues

Teams

Most shots (per game)
Real Madrid – 17.8
Napoli – 17.7
Tottenham – 17.5
Inter – 17.5
Roma – 17.4
Liverpool – 17.1
Manchester United – 17

 

Highest possession
Bayern Munich – 64.4%
Barcelona – 61.7%
Paris St Germain – 61.3%
Manchester City – 60.7%
Borussia Dortmund – 60.3%

 

Most tackles (per game)
Valencia – 24.0
Espanyol – 23.3
Nancy – 22.1
Real Madrid – 22.1
Nantes – 21.8
Celta Vigo – 21.8

Highest Premier League team: Middlesbrough – 20.2

 

Most fouls (per game)
Leganes – 18
Hamburg – 17.6
Genoa – 17.2
Torino – 16.7
Ingolstadt – 16.4

Highest Premier League team: Watford – 14.4

 

Pass completion rate
Paris St Germain – 88.8%
Nice – 87.6%
Napoli – 87.2%
Bayern Munich – 86.9%
Real Madrid – 86.5%

Highest Premier League teams: Manchester United and Manchester City – 84.7%

 

Losing the ball through poor touch (per game)
Angers – 17.3
Nancy – 17.2
Rennes – 15.6
Toulouse – 15.4
Celta Vigo – 15.3

Highest Premier League team: Stoke City – 14.8

 

Players

Most assists
Jose Callejon (Napoli) – 9
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 9
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) – 9
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) – 8
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) – 8
Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) – 8
Felipe Anderson (Lazio) – 8
Juan Michael Seri (Nice) – 8
Matt Phillips (West Brom) – 8
Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) – 8
Ousmane Dembele (Borussia Dortmund) – 8

 

Most shots (per game)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 5.6
Edin Dzeko (Roma) – 5.2
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 4.7
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – 4.2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) – 4.1

 

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

 

Most chances created (per game)
Dimitri Payet (West Ham – but he has since buggered off) – 4.1
Ryad Boudebouz (Montpellier) – 3.3
Neymar (Barcelona) – 3
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 3
Pascal Groß (Ingolstadt) – 2.9
Jonathan Viera (Las Palmas) – 2.9
Mohamed Salah (Roma) – 2.9
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) – 2.9
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) – 2.9

 

Most passes (per game)
Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich) – 95.3
Thiago Motta (PSG) – 95.2
Jorginho (Napoli) – 88.4
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) – 87.3
Marco Verratti (PSG) – 86.8

 

Most clearances (per game)
Steve Cook (Bournemouth) – 9.7
Papy Djilobodji (Sunderland) – 9.1
Winston Reid (West Ham) – 9
Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham) – 8.9
Ben Mee (Burnley) – 8.6

 

Most completed dribbles (per game)
Adama Traore (Middlesbrough) – 5.4
Neymar (Barcelona) – 5.1
Allan Saint-Maximin (Bastia) – 4.8
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) – 4.4
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – 4.1

 

Dispossessed the most times (per game)
Allan Saint-Maximin (Bastia) – 3.9
Oscar Trejo (Toulouse) – 3.7
Gabriel (Leganes) – 3.7
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – 3.7
Neymar (Barcelona) – 3.1
Naim Sliti (Lille) – 3.1
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) – 3.1

 

Most saves (per game) 
Tom Heaton (Burnley) – 4.7
Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) – 4.6
Alex Cordaz (Crotone) – 4.4
Guillermo Ochoa (Granada) – 4.2

 

Most fouls (per game)
Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao) – 3
Sandro Wagner (Hoffenheim) – 2.9
Ivan Santini (Caen) – 2.8
Andrea Belotti (Torino) – 2.7
Florin Andone (Deportivo La Coruna) – 2.7

Highest Premier League player: Paul Pogba (Manchester United) – 2.3

 

Most fouled (per game)
Neymar (Barcelona) – 4.3
Dario Lezcano (Ingolstadt) – 3.9
Mario Balotelli (Nice) – 3.5
Bruno Gama (Deportivo La Coruna) – 3.5
Andrea Belotti (Torino) – 3.3
Perparim Hetemaj (Chievo) – 3.3

Highest Premier League player: Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – 3.1