midfielder with the most long balls per game

Granit Xhaka had the most long ball passes per match by a midfielder in the Premier League this season, with 7.29 per match.

Interpreted as:
midfielder with the most long balls per game with a minimum of 30 min per team match this season
NAMEPASS-LNG/MSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
7.29
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.99
34
2,901
32
1
0.03
6
7
0
0
21
5
1
2,304
16
0
2Ladislav Krejčí
L. Krejčí
7.14
2025-26
Wolves Wolves
6.52
28
2,357
27
2
0.07
1
3
0
0
21
10
0
1,667
47
0
3Murillo
Murillo
6.64
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.88
25
2,130
25
1
0.04
0
1
0
0
11
4
0
1,479
10
0
4Rodri
Rodri
6.52
2025-26
Man City Man City
7.59
21
1,511
17
1
0.05
0
1
0
0
16
3
1
1,863
26
0
5Bruno Fernandes
B. Fernandes
6.51
2025-26
Man United Man United
7.50
35
3,063
35
9
0.26
21
30
4
1
85
24
5
2,689
90
4
6Jordan Henderson
J. Henderson
5.94
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.55
32
1,919
22
1
0.03
3
4
0
0
6
1
0
1,376
12
1
7Elliot Anderson
E. Anderson
5.87
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
7.35
38
3,331
37
4
0.11
4
8
1
0
44
10
0
3,323
58
2
8Dominik Szoboszlai
D. Szoboszlai
5.86
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7.36
36
3,231
36
6
0.17
7
13
0
4
71
23
2
2,996
68
2
9Josh Cullen
J. Cullen
5.44
2025-26
Burnley Burnley
6.60
18
1,515
18
2
0.11
2
4
0
0
11
6
0
1,094
7
0
10Declan Rice
D. Rice
5.19
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.32
36
3,094
35
4
0.11
5
9
0
0
40
13
0
2,795
54
1
11Mateus Fernandes
M. Fernandes
5.14
2025-26
West Ham West Ham
7.04
36
3,018
35
3
0.08
4
7
0
0
28
8
1
2,142
24
0
12Mathias Jensen
M. Jensen
4.94
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.72
36
2,247
26
3
0.08
1
4
0
0
29
8
1
1,595
38
2
13Casemiro
Casemiro
4.68
2025-26
Man United Man United
6.89
34
2,570
33
9
0.26
2
11
0
0
52
18
1
2,117
67
5
14Bruno Guimarães
B. Guimarães
4.59
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
7.50
29
2,453
27
9
0.31
5
14
2
0
42
23
2
2,035
55
2
15Ethan Ampadu
E. Ampadu
4.49
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.58
35
3,119
35
1
0.03
1
2
0
0
26
6
0
2,376
27
0
16Adam Wharton
A. Wharton
4.35
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.68
34
2,553
29
1
0.03
5
6
0
0
32
6
2
1,696
31
0
17Enzo Fernández
E. Fernández
4.33
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
7.24
36
3,115
35
10
0.28
4
14
2
1
72
31
5
2,594
104
1
18Sandro Tonali
S. Tonali
4.29
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.74
35
2,534
31
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
37
8
2
2,016
26
1
19Pascal Groß
P. Groß
4.16
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
7.22
19
1,636
18
1
0.05
3
4
0
0
18
9
1
1,392
43
4
20Alex Iwobi
A. Iwobi
3.97
2025-26
Fulham Fulham
7.13
29
2,419
29
4
0.14
3
7
0
0
39
15
0
1,804
61
1
21Youri Tielemans
Y. Tielemans
3.88
2025-26
Aston Villa Aston Villa
6.89
25
1,861
21
0
0.00
4
4
0
0
24
7
0
1,479
34
1
22Yehor Yarmoliuk
Y. Yarmoliuk
3.78
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.63
37
2,658
30
1
0.03
2
3
0
0
16
4
1
1,766
18
1
23Lewis Hall
L. Hall
3.70
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
7.04
30
2,180
24
1
0.03
1
2
0
0
25
6
2
2,027
49
0
24Jaydee Canvot
J. Canvot
3.65
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.67
20
1,335
14
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
7
1
0
1,035
11
0
25Matheus Nunes
M. Nunes
3.53
2025-26
Man City Man City
7.22
34
2,862
32
1
0.03
5
6
0
0
7
2
0
2,900
39
4
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Team Leaders

G

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Brobbey

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A

6

Xhaka

Granit Xhaka

RTG

6.99

Xhaka

Granit Xhaka
Team Rankings

GF

42

17th

GA

48

4th

GD

-6

14th

FORM

WWDDL

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
5
Liverpool Liverpool
38
17
9
12
10
60
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
38
13
18
7
4
57
7
Sunderland Sunderland
38
14
12
12
-6
54
8
Brighton Brighton
38
14
11
13
6
53
9
Brentford Brentford
38
14
11
13
3
53
Last Game
SUN Sunderland

W14 D12 L12

2

Final

1

CHE Chelsea

W14 D10 L14

Sun 24 May 2026

PL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

27

Haaland

Erling Haaland

22

Thiago

Igor Thiago

17

Semenyo

Antoine Semenyo
Assists Leaders

21

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

12

Cherki

Rayan Cherki

11

Bowen

Jarrod Bowen
Rating Leaders

7.59

Rodri

Rodri

7.50

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

7.50

Guimarães

Bruno Guimarães
Take-ons Leaders

77

Doku

Jérémy Doku

70

Ndiaye

Iliman Ndiaye

64

Minteh

Yankuba Minteh
Big Chances Created Leaders

32

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

16

Szoboszlai

Dominik Szoboszlai

16

Cherki

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PL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Man City

77

Arsenal

71

Man United

69

Liverpool

63

Chelsea

58

Bournemouth

58
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

27

Man City

35

Brighton

46

Sunderland

48

Aston Villa

49

Man United

50
Goal Difference Rankings
Arsenal

44

Man City

42

Man United

19

Liverpool

10

Aston Villa

7

Chelsea

6

Premier League 2025-26 Table

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
38
26
7
5
44
85
2
Man City Man City
38
23
9
6
42
78
3
Man United Man United
38
20
11
7
19
71
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
38
19
8
11
7
65
5
Liverpool Liverpool
38
17
9
12
10
60
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
38
13
18
7
4
57
7
Sunderland Sunderland
38
14
12
12
-6
54
8
Brighton Brighton
38
14
11
13
6
53
9
Brentford Brentford
38
14
11
13
3
53
10
Chelsea Chelsea
38
14
10
14
6
52
11
Fulham Fulham
38
15
7
16
-4
52
12
Newcastle Newcastle
38
14
7
17
-2
49
13
Everton Everton
38
13
10
15
-3
49
14
Leeds Leeds
38
11
14
13
-7
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
38
11
12
15
-10
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
38
11
11
16
-3
44
17
Tottenham Tottenham
38
10
11
17
-9
41
18
West Ham West Ham
38
10
9
19
-19
39
19
Burnley Burnley
38
4
10
24
-37
22
20
Wolves Wolves
38
3
11
24
-41
20