Stat leaders in Europe: Mbappe European Golden Boot winner, Salah most assists, Yamal most take-ons

Jason Soutar
Lamine Yamal take-on stat graphic
Lamine Yamal completed a ridiculous 161 take-ons in La Liga this season

The 2024/25 season has come to an end, with PSG, Napoli, Liverpool, Barcelona and Bayern Munich claiming the top-five league titles.

From goals to saves, via take-ons won, we’ve got the statistical leaders across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 in 10 key metrics.

Stats courtesy of the brilliant FBRef.

Stat leaders in Europe’s top five leagues

Top scorers
Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) – 31
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 29
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) – 27
Harry Kane (Bayern) – 26
Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) – 25
Alexander Isak (Newcastle) – 23
Erling Haaland (Man City) – 22
Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt/Man City) – 22

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Top assisters
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 18
Michael Olise (Bayern) – 15
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) – 13
Jacob Murphy (Newcastle) – 12
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) – 12
Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg) – 11
Gaetan Perrin (Auxerre) – 11
Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) – 11
Rayan Cherki (Lyon) – 11

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Most key passes
Alex Baena (Villarreal) – 95
Raphinha (Barcelona) – 91
Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 91
Michael Olise (Bayern) – 90
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 88
Cole Palmer (Chelsea) – 87
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern) – 83
Junya Ito (Reims) – 82
Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) – 77
Rayan Cherki (Lyon) – 75

 

Most tackles
Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton) – 133
Daniel Munoz – (Crystal Palace) – 123
Joao Gomes (Wolves) – 116
Noussair Mazraoui (Man Utd) – 115
Moises Caicedo (Chelsea) – 114
Omar El Hilali (Espanyol) – 111
Andrey Santos (Strasbourg) – 110
Benjamin Andre (Lille) – 103
Morten Frendrup (Genoa) – 102
Jon Aramburu (Real Sociedad) – 102

 

Most interceptions
Diego Coppola (Hellas Verona) – 72
Patrick Mainka (Heidenheim) – 68
Carmona (Sevilla) – 68
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham) – 66
Senne Lynen (Werder Bremen) – 65
Kaishu Sano (Mainz) – 65
Antonee Robinson (Fulham) – 62
Pablo Mari (Monza/Fiorentina) – 62
Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) – 60
Diego Leite (Union Berlin) – 57

 

Most take-ons won
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) – 161
Jeremy Doku (Man City) – 107
Mohammed Kudus (West Ham) – 92
Dodi Lukebakio (Sevilla) – 84
Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) – 83
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) – 82
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) – 82
Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) – 77
Andrei Ratiu (Rayo Vallecano) – 76
Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad) – 75

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Aerial duels won
Milan Duric (Monza/Parma) – 167
Philipp Hofmann (Bochum) – 164
Lucas Torro (Osasuna) – 159
Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Monchengladbach) – 149
Dan Burn (Newcastle) – 146
Ante Budimir (Osasuna) – 136
Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) – 135
Ludovic Ajorque (Brest) – 133
Diego Coppola (Hellas Verona) – 133
Antonio Raillo (Mallorca) – 132

 

Most fouls drawn
Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle) – 108
Dan Ndoye (Bologna) – 101
Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) – 98
Manu Kone (Roma) – 86
Patrick Dorgu (Lecce/Man Utd) – 83
Lois Openda (Leipzig) – 77
Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt/Man City) – 75
Frank Onyeka (Brentford/Augsburg) – 74
Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad) – 73

 

Most clean sheets
Alex Meret (Napoli) – 16
Mile Svilar (Roma) – 16
Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) – 15
Peter Gulacsi (Leipzig) – 14
Michele Di Gregorio (Juventus) – 14
Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) – 13
David Raya (Arsenal) – 13
Alex Remiro (Real Sociedad) – 13
Yann Sommer (Inter) – 13
Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta) – 13
Manuel Neuer (Bayern) – 13

 

Most saves made
Mark Flekken (Brentford) – 150
Joan Garcia (Espanyol) – 140
Yahia Fofana (Angers) – 135
Gautier Larsonneur (St-Etienne) – 132
Yehvann Diouf (Reims) – 131
Sergio Herrera (Osasuna) – 131
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Torino) – 129
Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce) – 125
Marcin Bulka (Nice) – 120
Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton) – 120

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