World Cup player stats: Goals, assists, xG, key passes and more as Argentina and Messi triumph
Lionel Messi storms to the top of three of the 13 stats and is now just one behind Mbappe in the race for the Golden Boot.
Stats
Negative stat leaders – (almost) one per Premier League club
Kane joins some very fine Premier League players bringing up the rear in these stats…
European numbers and stats: Kane, Pogba, Man City, Williams
Paul Pogba is the Premier League assist king, but not Europe’s. And Ronaldo has to stop shooting.
Kane, Lukaku, Mane ‘top’ negative stats
Sadio Mane, Romelu Lukaku and Harry Kane are much-coveted but they don’t half lose the ball a lot.
Alexis Sanchez features on negative stats tables
The Chilean is losing possession an awful lot. Plus, the most dribbled past and…
Vardy conversion rate shames Theo etc
Jamie Vardy is scoring with 24.4% of shots; for Theo Walcott the figure is 7.7%. Ouch.
Numbers and stats: Europe’s top five leagues
Lucas is Europe’s most voracious tackler, while Mesut Ozil really is the most creative player around…
Ramsey figures high on negative stats tables
When he’s not getting dribbled past, he’s losing possession or taking wayward shots…
Sanchez, Depay and other statistical failures
Never mind looking at the most assists/goals, who has taken the most shots without scoring, been dribbled past and lost the ball…