Stat leaders in Europe: Salah most goals and assists in top five leagues; Yamal most take-ons
Here are the best players in Europe’s top five leagues this season. From top scorers to most clean sheets, we have statistic leaders for 10 metrics.
Stats come via the brilliant FBRef.
The cup has really opened up, with most of the big boys already out. Manchester City now have a great opportunity to round off a miserable season with some silverware, but they won’t be feared in the same way they used to be.
Stat leaders in Europe’s top five leagues
Top scorers
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 27
Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) – 22
Harry Kane (Bayern) – 21
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) – 21
Ousmane Dembele (PSG) – 20
Erling Haaland (Man City) – 20
Alexander Isak (Newcastle) – 19
Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt/Man City) – 18
Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) – 18
Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) – 18
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Top assisters
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 17
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) – 11
Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) – 10
Antonee Robinson (Fulham) – 10
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – 10
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) – 10
Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt/Man City) – 9
Son Heung-min (Spurs) – 9
Rayan Cherki (Lyon) – 9
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Most key passes
Alex Baena (Villarreal) – 77
Raphinha (Barcelona) – 74
Junya Ito (Reims) – 72
Cole Palmer (Chelsea) – 69
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 68
Dejan Kulusevski (Spurs) – 63
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern) – 61
Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 60
Alex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen) – 60
Teji Savanier (Montpellier) – 59
Most tackles
Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton) – 106
Daniel Munoz – (Crystal Palace) – 93
Omar El Hilali (Espanyol) – 91
Morten Frendrup (Genoa) – 79
Tom Bischof (Hoffenheim) – 82
Andrey Santos (Strasbourg) – 82
Moises Caicedo (Chelsea) – 82
Noussair Mazraoui (Man Utd) – 81
Cristian Casseres Jr. (Toulouse) – 80
Victor Kristiansen (Leicester) – 79
Most interceptions
Diego Coppola (Hellas Verona) – 55
Carmona (Sevilla) – 53
Patrick Mainka (Heidenheim) – 52
Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) – 50
Jan Bednarek (Southampton) – 49
Antonee Robinson (Fulham) – 47
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham) – 46
Senne Lynen (Werder Bremen) – 46
Lukas Kubler (Freiburg) – 45
Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) – 45
Most take-ons won
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) – 95
Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) – 73
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) – 73
Jeremy Doku (Man City) – 73
Dodi Lukebakio (Sevilla) – 72
Mohammed Kudus (West Ham) – 67
Jamal Musiala (Bayern) – 66
Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) – 64
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) – 64
Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) – 58
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Aerial duels won
Milan Duric (Monza/Parma) – 147
Philipp Hofmann (Bochum) – 130
Lucas Torro (Osasuna) – 116
Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) – 115
Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Monchengladbach) – 112
Ante Budimir (Osasuna) – 105
Dan Burn (Newcastle) – 99
Antonio Raillo (Mallorca) – 98
Ludovic Ajorque (Brest) – 98
Diego Coppola (Hellas Verona) – 97
Most fouls drawn
Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle) – 92
Dan Ndoye (Bologna) – 72
Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) – 72
Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt/Man City) – 67
Patrick Dorgu (Lecce/Man Utd) – 65
Manu Kone (Roma) – 61
Gaetano Oristanio (Venezia) – 61
Paulo Dybala (Roma) – 60
Dilane Bakwa (Strasbourg) – 59
Most clean sheets
Alex Remiro (Real Sociedad) – 12
Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) – 12
Peter Gulacsi (Leipzig) – 12
Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) – 12
Yann Sommer (Inter) – 11
Manuel Neuer (Bayern) – 11
Michele Di Gregorio (Juventus) – 11
Most saves made
Mark Flekken (Brentford) – 115
Yahia Fofana (Angers) – 108
Gautier Larsonneur (St-Etienne) – 103
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Torino) – 97
Lucas Perri (Lyon) – 96
Yehvann Diouf (Reims) – 96
Joan Garcia (Espanyol) – 92
Marcin Bulka (Nice) – 90
Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce) – 92
Sergio Herrera (Osasuna) – 89
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