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

10 Jan 2025
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See which players lead the way so far this season across 34 different categories

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With the first 20 Matchweeks of the 2024/25 Premier League season complete, we have gathered data to analyse the stats leaders across 34 key categories.

Who are the five fastest players? Who's hit the woodwork the most? Which player's 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 via our dedicated stats page.

Most goals 
Player Goals
Salah (LIV) 18
Haaland (MCI) 16
Isak (NEW) 13
Mbeumo (BRE) 13
Palmer (CHE) 13
Wood (NFO) 12
Best mins per goal (min. 4 goals)
Player Mins/goal Goals
Duran (AVL) 84.6 7
Salah (LIV) 93.1 18
Haaland (MCI) 112.1 16
Isak (NEW) 112.8 13
Wilson (FUL) 121.4 5
Goals from outside box 
Player Goals
Palmer (CHE), Cunha (WOL) 4
12 players 2
Most shots
Player Shots
Haaland (MCI) 81
Semenyo (BOU) 78
Salah (LIV) 74
Palmer (CHE) 70
Eze (CRY) 57
Highest conversion rate (min. 4 goals)
Player Conversion rate Goals
Mbeumo (BRE) 37.14% 13
Wood (NFO) 33.33% 12
Wissa (BRE) 27.03% 10
Maddison (TOT)  25.00% 8
Rashford (MUN) 25.00% 4
Salah (LIV) 24.32% 18
Most times hit woodwork
Player Woodwork hit
Palmer (CHE) 5
Johnson (TOT), Haaland (MCI), Salah (LIV) 4
Eight players 3
Most big chances
Player Big chances
Salah (LIV) 28
Haaland (MCI) 27
Watkins (AVL) 25
Isak (NEW) 21
Jackson (CHE), Wissa (BRE) 17
Most big chances missed
Player Big chances missed
Watkins (AVL) 18
Haaland (MCI), Salah (LIV) 14
Madueke (CHE) 11
Isak (NEW), Mateta (CRY), Jackson (CHE) 10
Biggest Expected Goals (xG) overperformance
Player Goals xG xG difference
Mbeumo (BRE) 13 6.25 +6.75
Cunha (WOL) 10 4.08 +5.92
Wood (NFO) 12 7.19 +4.81
Maddison (TOT) 8 4.77 +3.23
Diaz (LIV) 8 5.26 +2.74
Biggest Expected Goals (xG) underperformance
Player Goals xG xG difference
Tavernier (BOU) 1 4.09 -3.09
Calvert-Lewin (EVE) 2 4.71 -2.71
Eze (CRY) 2 4.46 -2.46
Archer (SOU) 2 4.4 -2.4
Tonali (NEW) 0 2.36 -2.36
Most assists 
Player Assists 
Salah (LIV) 13
Saka (ARS) 10
Robinson (FUL), Murphy (NEW), Damsgaard (BRE) 7
Amad (MUN), Fernandes (MUN), Palmer (CHE), Son (TOT) 6
Most goals and assists 
Player G+A
Salah (LIV) 31
 Palmer (CHE) 19
Isak (NEW), Haaland (MCI) 17
Mbeumo (BRE) 16
Saka (ARS) 15
Most Expected Assists (xA)
Player xA
Saka (ARS) 5.62
Palmer (CHE) 5.41
Alexander-Arnold (LIV) 4.86
Mbeumo (BRE) 4.64
Salah (LIV) 4.55
Most chances created
Player Chances created
Palmer (CHE) 57
Kulusevski (TOT) 47
Gordon (NEW), Fernandes (MUN) 43
Saka (ARS) 42
Davis (IPS), Tielemans (AVL) 39
Successful passes
Player Succ. passes
Van Dijk (LIV) 1,338
Colwill (CHE) 1,323
Saliba (ARS) 1,294
Harwood-Bellis (SOU) 1,183
Gvardiol (MCI) 1,181
Dribbles completed
Player Dribbles completed
Ndiaye (EVE) 49
Kudus (WHU) 44
Semenyo (BOU) 42
Doku (MCI) 41
Cunha (WOL), Rogers (AVL) 39
Successful open-play crosses
Player Crosses
Robinson (FUL) 28
Porro (TOT) 19
Gordon (NEW), Kerkez (BOU), Estupinan (BHA) 17
Digne (AVL) 16
Alexander-Arnold (LIV), Kristiansen (LEI) 15
Most penalty-area entries
Player Penalty-area entries
Palmer (CHE), Alexander-Arnold (LIV) 145
Fernandes (MUN), Mbeumo (BRE) 137
Porro (TOT) 136
Tielemans (AVL) 123
Pereira (FUL) 118
Duels won
Player Duels won
Guimaraes (NEW) 144
Munoz (CRY) 131
Semenyo (BOU) 130
Caicedo (CHE), Mazraoui (MUN) 123
Tarkowski (EVE) 121
Aerial duels won
Player Aerial duels won
Collins (BRE) 70
Calvert-Lewin (EVE) 69
Burn (NEW) 67
O'Shea (IPS) 65
Tarkowski (EVE) 60
Most tackles won
Player Tackles won
Munoz (CRY) 47
Mitchell (CRY) 40
Caicedo (CHE) 37
Mazraoui (MUN) 36
Gueye (EVE) 35
Most blocks
Player Blocks
Murillo (NFO), Collins (BRE) 29
Tarkowski (EVE), Harwood-Bellis (SOU) 27
O'Shea (IPS) 24
Kilman (WHU) 22
Gabriel (ARS), Bednarek (SOU) 21
Most interceptions
Player Interceptions
Robinson (FUL) 37
Gravenberch (LIV) 36
Van Dijk (LIV) 34
Wan-Bissaka (WHU), Bednarek (SOU) 32
Lacroix (CRY), Caicedo (CHE) 31
Most clearances
Player Clearances
Murillo (NFO) 117
Tarkowski (EVE) 106
Collins (BRE) 105
Pinnock (BRE), Kilman (WHU) 102
Bednarek (SOU) 92
Most recoveries (outfield players)
Player Recoveries
Christie (BOU) 128
Caicedo (CHE) 122
Aina (NFO) 118
Dalot (MUN) 113
Ndiaye (EVE) 112
Most possession won final third
Player Times poss. won
Amad (MUN), Semenyo (BOU) 23
Bowen (WHU) 22
Mbeumo (BRE), Kulusevski (TOT) 21
Saka (ARS) 19
Caicedo (CHE) 18
Most pressures
Player Pressures
Solanke (TOT) 806
Hutchinson (IPS) 639
Fernandes (MUN) 613
Delap (IPS) 605
Palmer (CHE) 545
Fastest players
Player Top speed (km/h)
Van de Ven (TOT) 37.1
Nunes (MCI) 36.7
Mbeumo (BRE), Forbs (WOL) 36.6
Elanga (NFO), Robinson (FUL)  35.9
Lacroix (CRY), Mudryk (CHE) 35.8
Most sprints
Player Sprints
Gordon (NEW) 494
Robinson (FUL) 486
Munoz (CRY) 464
Mbeumo (BRE) 428
Kerkez (BOU) 425
Most distance covered
Player Distance (km)
Guimaraes (NEW) 223.5
Kulusevski (TOT) 218.5
Silva (MCI) 215.1
Robinson (FUL) 210.5
Mbeumo (BRE) 207.8
Most saves
Player Saves
Flekken (BRE) 89
Muric (IPS) 67
Hermansen (LEI) 65
Sanchez (CHE) 64
Pickford (EVE) 61
Best save percentage (min. seven saves)
Player Save ratio Saves
Neto (ARS) 84.6% 11
Travers (BOU) 80.0% 12
Sels (NFO) 75.3% 58
Sanchez (CHE) 75.0% 64
Kepa (BOU) 73.5% 50
Goals Prevented (Expected Goals on Target conceded & goals conceded)
Player xGOT conceded Goals conceded* Goals Prevented
Hermansen (LEI) 35.4 29 6.4
Fabianski (WHU) 20.2 16 4.2
Henderson (CRY) 29.6 26 3.6
Travers (BOU) 6.4 3 3.4
Vicario (TOT) 15.9 13 2.9

*excluding own goals

Errors leading to goals
Player Errors
Muric (IPS) 5
Verbruggen (BHA), Pinnock (BRE), Sanchez (CHE), Harwood-Bellis (SOU) 3
14 players 2

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