Before 2017-18, Cesc Fàbregas completed the most passes in the Premier League, with 5,895 passes.

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	Cesc Fàbregas C. Fàbregas	5,895	100	7,114	79	13	0.13	34	47	2	1	114	45	3	8,446	40	5
2	Yaya Touré Y. Touré	5,386	86	6,634	77	22	0.26	4	26	5	0	198	65	5	7,140	41	2
3	Fernandinho	5,089	98	7,762	87	7	0.07	6	13	0	0	88	24	1	7,255	54	1
4	Nemanja Matić N. Matić	5,071	104	8,240	93	4	0.04	12	16	0	0	83	25	1	7,281	43	10
5	Mesut Özil M. Özil	5,065	90	7,757	88	18	0.20	31	49	0	1	116	51	5	7,470	145	44
6	David Silva D. Silva	4,872	90	7,230	85	17	0.19	22	39	0	0	143	48	2	7,118	183	7
7	Christian Eriksen C. Eriksen	4,732	109	9,249	106	24	0.22	29	53	0	5	330	113	13	8,083	106	2
8	César Azpilicueta C. Azpilicueta	4,720	104	9,105	103	3	0.03	10	13	0	0	35	14	0	7,764	25	3
9	Eden Hazard E. Hazard	4,645	105	8,577	99	34	0.32	16	50	5	0	191	80	3	7,541	220	22
10	Ashley Williams A. Williams	4,590	109	9,728	108	3	0.03	4	7	0	0	38	13	0	7,255	30	7
11	Gareth Barry G. Barry	4,559	99	7,773	88	2	0.02	4	6	0	0	48	18	0	6,808	22	5
12	Eric Dier E. Dier	4,470	101	8,602	96	7	0.07	4	11	0	0	65	16	0	6,800	33	4
13	José Fonte J. Fonte	4,383	107	9,432	107	2	0.02	2	4	0	0	60	16	2	6,745	30	1
14	Jordan Henderson J. Henderson	4,326	78	6,667	75	9	0.12	16	25	1	0	93	24	1	6,434	9	7
15	Jan Vertonghen J. Vertonghen	4,256	94	8,302	93	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	38	9	2	6,317	9	1
16	Steven Davis S. Davis	4,223	101	7,905	92	5	0.05	8	13	0	0	81	20	3	6,380	49	10
17	Glenn Whelan G. Whelan	4,185	95	7,736	89	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	32	6	0	5,980	4	0
18	Ander Herrera A. Herrera	4,160	84	5,869	63	10	0.12	12	22	1	0	99	19	2	5,982	29	3
19	Nacho Monreal N. Monreal	4,153	101	8,712	97	0	0.00	5	5	0	0	28	8	1	7,219	59	10
20	Victor Wanyama V. Wanyama	4,147	98	7,873	90	8	0.08	3	11	0	0	99	26	1	6,254	47	1
21	Aaron Ramsey A. Ramsey	4,126	83	5,856	65	12	0.14	13	25	0	0	174	50	3	6,095	64	12
22	Mark Noble M. Noble	4,122	95	7,910	93	12	0.13	8	20	5	1	80	24	5	6,110	22	8
23	Daley Blind D. Blind	4,029	83	7,119	80	4	0.05	5	9	0	0	41	13	1	6,281	13	1
24	Laurent Koscielny L. Koscielny	3,982	93	7,956	92	9	0.10	0	9	0	0	36	16	0	5,917	24	6
25	Ross Barkley R. Barkley	3,958	103	7,959	90	15	0.15	17	32	2	1	235	73	5	6,517	115	14