Before 2017-18, Thiago Motta completed the most passes in Europe's top five leagues, with 7,425 passes in Ligue 1.

Interpreted as:

most passes by a player soccer history before 2018

	NAME	PASS	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Thiago Motta T. Motta	7,425	89	6,630	76	0	0.00	4	4	0	0	29	5	2	8,882	14	0
2	Jorginho	6,647	85	6,342	73	0	0.00	7	7	0	0	37	9	1	8,380	3	1
3	Marek Hamšík M. Hamšík	6,588	111	8,615	103	25	0.23	32	57	1	0	252	99	3	8,986	95	9
4	Xabi Alonso X. Alonso	6,409	79	5,823	69	5	0.06	7	12	0	2	59	19	3	8,049	6	0
5	Toni Kroos T. Kroos	6,357	97	8,309	96	6	0.06	28	34	0	0	87	24	4	8,286	24	3
6	Marco Verratti M. Verratti	6,193	78	5,674	64	5	0.06	15	20	0	0	27	11	0	8,034	32	2
7	Sergio Busquets S. Busquets	6,182	101	8,095	96	1	0.01	9	10	0	0	17	4	0	7,923	5	4
8	Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	6,042	90	7,486	86	7	0.08	5	12	1	1	128	39	1	8,298	13	5
9	Cesc Fàbregas C. Fàbregas	5,895	100	7,114	79	13	0.13	34	47	2	1	114	45	3	8,446	40	5
10	Thiago Silva T. Silva	5,827	83	7,316	82	6	0.07	3	9	0	0	47	18	1	7,399	27	2
11	Albiol	5,456	97	8,635	95	1	0.01	3	4	0	0	30	6	1	7,459	19	2
12	Yaya Touré Y. Touré	5,386	86	6,634	77	22	0.26	4	26	5	0	198	65	5	7,140	41	2
13	Leonardo Bonucci L. Bonucci	5,375	99	8,579	94	9	0.09	1	10	0	0	71	21	1	7,358	20	7
14	Gary Medel G. Medel	5,354	91	7,575	88	1	0.01	3	4	0	0	48	8	0	6,946	4	0
15	David Alaba D. Alaba	5,346	81	6,665	75	8	0.10	5	13	0	5	88	30	4	7,102	49	8
16	Dante	5,338	84	7,046	77	1	0.01	3	4	0	0	27	5	1	6,734	11	2
17	Miralem Pjanić M. Pjanić	5,215	97	7,351	83	20	0.21	30	50	1	8	164	70	9	7,566	56	6
18	Corentin Tolisso C. Tolisso	5,202	102	8,474	94	20	0.20	10	30	0	0	178	56	6	7,597	72	6
19	Koke	5,187	105	9,027	103	11	0.10	30	41	0	0	113	33	9	8,570	37	7
20	Javier Mascherano J. Mascherano	5,145	85	6,817	77	1	0.01	3	4	1	0	15	4	2	6,635	16	1
21	Fernandinho	5,089	98	7,762	87	7	0.07	6	13	0	0	88	24	1	7,255	54	1
22	Steven Nzonzi S. Nzonzi	5,076	101	8,285	94	8	0.08	5	13	0	0	98	32	4	7,050	49	9
23	Nemanja Matić N. Matić	5,071	104	8,240	93	4	0.04	12	16	0	0	83	25	1	7,281	43	10
24	Mesut Özil M. Özil	5,065	90	7,757	88	18	0.20	31	49	0	1	116	51	5	7,470	145	44
25	Kalidou Koulibaly K. Koulibaly	5,050	88	7,784	87	3	0.03	1	4	0	0	25	6	0	7,004	24	2