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Fastest player? Most tackles? See 2024/25's stats leaders

22 Mar 2025

See which players lead the way so far this season across 34 different categories

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As the 2024/25 Premier League season pauses for the March international break, we have gathered data to analyse the stats leaders across 34 key categories from the first 29 Matchweeks so far.

Who are the five fastest players? Who's hit the woodwork the most? Who has covered the most distance? Read on to find out.

You can find more player and club stats from 2024/25 and every previous Premier League season in ourdedicated stats page.

Most goals

Player	Goals
Salah (LIV)	27
Haaland (MCI)	21
Isak (NEW)	19
Wood (NFO)	18
Mbeumo (BRE)	15
Wissa (BRE) Palmer (CHE)	14

Best average for minutes per goal (min. 4 goals)

Player	Goals	Mins/goal
Duran (AVL)	7	89.4
Salah (LIV)	27	95.3
Isak (NEW)	19	108.4
Haaland (MCI)	21	118.2
Marmoush (MCI)	4	120.0

Most goals from outside box

Player	Goals
Fernandes (MUN) Cunha (WOL)	5
Palmer (CHE) Hudson-Odoi (NFO)	4
Five players	3

Most shots

Player	Shots
Salah (LIV)	106
Palmer (CHE) Haaland (MCI)	102
Semenyo (BOU)	101
Cunha (WOL)	86
Eze (CRY)	83

Highest conversion rate (min. 4 goals)

Player	Goals	Conversion rate
Wood (NFO)	18	34.0%
Marmoush (MCI)	4	28.6%
Isak (NEW)	19	27.5%
Salah (LIV)	27	25.5%
Maddison (TOT)	9	24.3%
Mbeumo (BRE)	15	24.2%

Most times hitting woodwork

Player	Woodwork hit
Semenyo (BOU) Palmer (CHE) Kudus (WHU)	5
Seven players	4

Most big chances

Player	Big chances
Haaland (MCI)	38
Salah (LIV)	36
Watkins (AVL)	34
Isak (NEW)	26
Mateta (CRY)	25

Most big chances missed

Player	Big chances missed
Watkins (AVL)	23
Haaland (MCI)	20
Havertz (ARS) Jackson (CHE) Mateta (CRY) Salah (LIV)	15
Palmer (CHE) Calvert-Lewin (EVE) Vardy (LEI)	13

Biggest overperformance againstExpected Goals (xG)

Player	Goals	xG	xG difference
Wood (NFO)	18	11.00	7.00
Cunha (WOL)	13	6.72	6.28
Mbeumo (BRE)	15	8.96	6.04
Salah (LIV)	27	22.15	4.85
Isak (NEW)	19	15.55	3.45

Biggest underperformance against Expected Goals (xG)

Player	Goals	xG	xG difference
Eze (CRY)	2	6.12	-4.12
Savinho (MCI)	1	4.62	-3.62
Calvert-Lewin (EVE)	3	6.11	-3.11
Archer (SOU)	2	4.89	-2.89
Kudus (WHU)	3	5.86	-2.86

Most assists

Player	Assists
Salah (LIV)	17
Saka (ARS) Damsgaard (BRE) Robinson (FUL)	10
Fernandes (MUN) Son (TOT)	9
Murphy (NEW) Elanga (NFO)	8

Most combined goals and assists

Player	Combined total
Salah (LIV)	44
Isak (NEW) Haaland (MCI)	24
Wood (NFO)	21
Mbeumo (BRE) Palmer (CHE)	20
Watkins (AVL)	19

Most Expected Assists (xA)

Player	xA
Palmer (CHE)	7.31
Salah (LIV)	7.01
Mbeumo (BRE)	6.92
Alexander-Arnold (LIV)	6.72
Saka (ARS)	5.62

Most chances created

Player	Chances created
Palmer (CHE)	71
Salah (LIV)	69
Fernandes (MUN)	66
Kulusevski (TOT)	63
Fernandez (CHE)	59

Most successful passes

Player	Succ. passes
Van Dijk (LIV)	2,078
Colwill (CHE)	1,888
Saliba (ARS)	1,795
Gvardiol (MCI)	1,688
Van Hecke (BHA)	1,577

Most dribbles completed

Player	Dribbles completed
Doku (MCI)	88
Kudus (WHU)	70
Semenyo (BOU) Ndiaye (EVE)	58
Rogers (AVL)	52
Salah (LIV)	51

Most successful open-play crosses

Player	Crosses
Robinson (FUL)	37
Porro (TOT)	28
Kerkez (BOU) Alexander-Arnold (LIV)	23
Traore (FUL)	22
Mykolenko (EVE) Kristiansen (LEI)	21

Most penalty-area entries

Player	Penalty-area entries
Fernandes (MUN)	241
Alexander-Arnold (LIV)	215
Mbeumo (BRE)	195
Porro (TOT)	193
Tielemans (AVL) Palmer (CHE)	173

Most duels won

Player	Duels won
Guimaraes (NEW)	189
Semenyo (BOU)	183
Tarkowski (EVE)	178
Anderson (NFO)	174
Munoz (CRY) Gueye (EVE)	173

Most aerial duels won

Player	Aerial duels won
Burn (NEW)	101
Collins (BRE) Tarkowski (EVE)	93
O'Shea (IPS) Van Dijk (LIV)	89
Soucek (WHU)	86
Calvert-Lewin (EVE) Kilman (WHU)	84

Most tackles won

Player	Tackles won
Gueye (EVE)	66
Munoz (CRY)	61
Caicedo (CHE)	50
Robinson (FUL) Gomes (WOL)	49
Tielemans (AVL) Mitchell (CRY) Mac Allister (LIV)	48

Most blocks

Player	Blocks
Collins (BRE)	41
Murillo (NFO)	37
Tarkowski (EVE) O'Shea (IPS)	36
Harwood-Bellis (SOU)	34
Kilman (WHU)	32

Most interceptions

Player	Interceptions
Robinson (FUL) Gravenberch (LIV)	50
Bednarek (SOU) Wan-Bissaka (WHU)	49
Lacroix (CRY) Van Dijk (LIV)	44
Huijsen (BOU)	42
Caicedo (CHE)	41

Most clearances

Player	Clearances
Tarkowski (EVE)	182
Collins (BRE)	176
Murillo (NFO)	174
Kilman (WHU)	149
Lacroix (CRY)	147

Most recoveries (outfield players)

Player	Recoveries
Christie (BOU)	172
Caicedo (CHE)	170
Fernandes (MUN)	161
Cook (BOU) Norgaard (BRE)	157
Aina (NFO)	156

Most possession won in final third

Player	Times poss. won
Semenyo (BOU)	30
Damsgaard (BRE) Mbeumo (BRE) Amad (MUN) Bowen (WHU)	26
Ouattara (BOU) Kulusevski (TOT)	22
Caicedo (CHE)	21
Four players	20

Most pressures

Player	Pressures
Solanke (TOT)	995
Hutchinson (IPS)	885
Fernandes (MUN)	881
Delap (IPS)	849
Kluivert (BOU)	812

Fastest players

Player	Top speed (km/h)
Van de Ven (TOT)	37.1
Nunes (MCI)	36.7
Mbeumo (BRE) Forbs (WOL)	36.6
Minteh (BHA)	36.4
Khusanov (MCI)	36.3

Most sprints

Player	Sprints
Robinson (FUL)	702
Gordon (NEW)	666
Munoz (CRY)	658
Mbeumo (BRE)	647
Kerkez (BOU)	639

Most distance covered

Player	Distance (km)
Guimaraes (NEW)	310.9
Robinson (FUL)	301.5
Tielemans (AVL)	301.3
Mbeumo (BRE)	298.2
Kulusevski (TOT)	295.3

Most saves

Player	Saves
Flekken (BRE)	122
Ramsdale (SOU)	91
Sels (NFO)	89
Pickford (EVE)	85
Hermansen (LEI)	84

Best save percentage (min. 20 saves)

Player	Save %
Travers (BOU)	80.0%
Raya (ARS)	74.7%
Flekken (BRE)	73.6%
Sanchez (CHE)	73.1%
Vicario (TOT)	72.5%

Most Goals Prevented (Expected Goals on Target conceded minus goals conceded)

Player	xGOT conceded	Goals conceded*	Goals Prevented
Henderson (CRY)	36.6	31	5.6
Vicario (TOT)	23.6	19	4.6
Travers (BOU)	9.5	5	4.5
Ederson (MCI)	26.1	22	4.1
Flekken (BRE)	43.8	41	2.8