most touches in opposition box by a player in 2017

Diego Costa had the most touches in the opponent's box in the Premier League in 2016-17, with 263 touches in the opponent's box.

NAMETCH-BOXSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHOFF
1Diego Costa
D. Costa
263
2016-17
Chelsea Chelsea
35
3,087
35
20
0.57
7
27
0
0
111
42
4
1,763
26
2Alexis Sánchez
A. Sánchez
256
2016-17
Arsenal Arsenal
38
3,219
36
24
0.63
10
34
2
2
129
49
5
2,470
27
3Raheem Sterling
R. Sterling
239
2016-17
Man City Man City
33
2,511
29
7
0.21
6
13
0
0
64
22
3
1,650
16
4Roberto Firmino
R. Firmino
224
2016-17
Liverpool Liverpool
35
3,068
34
11
0.31
7
18
0
0
100
45
0
2,255
19
5Eden Hazard
E. Hazard
219
2016-17
Chelsea Chelsea
36
3,000
36
16
0.44
5
21
2
0
77
33
0
2,486
8
6Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Z. Ibrahimovic
212
2016-17
Man United Man United
28
2,437
27
17
0.61
5
22
2
0
115
46
1
1,413
37
7Christian Benteke
C. Benteke
210
2016-17
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
36
3,134
36
15
0.42
2
17
2
0
105
40
4
1,419
36
8Sergio Agüero
S. Agüero
207
2016-17
Man City Man City
31
2,402
25
20
0.65
3
23
4
0
139
53
2
1,325
23
9Romelu Lukaku
R. Lukaku
189
2016-17
Everton Everton
37
3,265
36
25
0.68
6
31
1
1
110
55
3
1,518
36
10David Silva
D. Silva
178
2016-17
Man City Man City
34
2,762
31
4
0.12
7
11
0
0
48
17
1
2,648
5
11Son Heung-min
S. Heung-min
172
2016-17
Tottenham Tottenham
34
2,060
23
14
0.41
6
20
0
0
80
33
4
1,265
22
12Salomón Rondón
S. Rondón
167
2016-17
West Brom West Brom
38
2,891
32
8
0.21
2
10
0
0
94
26
2
1,303
29
13Sadio Mané
S. Mané
165
2016-17
Liverpool Liverpool
27
2,240
26
13
0.48
6
19
0
0
57
24
2
1,563
13
14Llorente
Llorente
164
2016-17
Swansea Swansea
33
2,406
28
15
0.45
1
16
0
0
52
26
2
1,254
12
15Wilfried Zaha
W. Zaha
153
2016-17
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
35
3,021
34
7
0.20
9
16
0
0
49
18
2
1,729
6
16Harry Kane
H. Kane
152
2016-17
Tottenham Tottenham
30
2,525
29
29
0.97
7
36
5
0
110
58
3
1,116
17
17Marko Arnautovic
M. Arnautovic
152
2016-17
Stoke City Stoke City
32
2,715
32
6
0.19
5
11
0
0
60
19
2
1,478
32
18Dele Alli
D. Alli
147
2016-17
Tottenham Tottenham
37
3,038
35
18
0.49
7
25
1
0
94
44
3
2,029
11
19Leroy Sané
L. Sané
147
2016-17
Man City Man City
26
1,786
20
5
0.19
3
8
0
0
33
14
2
1,118
12
20Jermain Defoe
J. Defoe
146
2016-17
Sunderland Sunderland
37
3,321
37
15
0.41
2
17
5
0
99
31
2
829
36
21Mesut Özil
M. Özil
145
2016-17
Arsenal Arsenal
33
2,841
32
8
0.24
9
17
0
0
40
18
0
2,647
20
22Nathan Redmond
N. Redmond
141
2016-17
Southampton Southampton
37
2,901
32
7
0.19
1
8
0
0
83
28
2
1,715
14
23Joshua King
J. King
135
2016-17
Bournemouth Bournemouth
36
2,726
31
16
0.44
2
18
2
0
67
31
2
1,391
5
24Troy Deeney
T. Deeney
135
2016-17
Watford Watford
37
2,944
31
10
0.27
4
14
3
0
42
18
0
1,229
19
25Jamie Vardy
J. Vardy
134
2016-17
Leicester Leicester
35
2,807
33
13
0.37
5
18
0
0
53
26
1
873
25
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