team with highest average possession premier league

Middlesbrough have the highest possession per game played by a club in the Premier League, with 1.24.

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team with highest average possession per game premier league

	CLUB	POSS%/M	POSS%	M	W	D	L	G	GC	xG	xGA	SH	SOT	PASS-ATT	PASS	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Middlesbrough	1.24	47.3	38	5	13	20	27	53			351	100	15,736	12,166	482	79	1
2	QPR	1.19	45.1	38	8	6	24	42	73			534	150	13,659	9,666	447	79	3
3	Luton Town	1.11	42.1	38	6	8	24	52	85	43.93	81.46	431	141	13,352	10,226	443	71	0
4	Ipswich	1.06	40.3	38	4	10	24	36	82	35.20	74.98	376	127	13,510	10,884	430	93	5
5	Cardiff City	0.92	34.9	38	10	4	24	34	69			417	126	10,441	6,768	374	66	1
6	Huddersfield	0.61	46.4	76	12	17	47	50	134			762	228	31,104	23,352	817	122	7
7	Hull City	0.59	45.0	76	17	18	41	70	131			826	257	30,455	23,436	853	142	11
8	Norwich City	0.4	45.8	114	19	20	75	88	226			1,198	369	46,075	35,666	1,135	189	7
9	Leeds	0.36	50.6	140	41	35	64	188	256			1,784	601	60,272	47,287	1,631	292	7
10	Sheffield Utd	0.35	39.9	114	24	21	69	94	206			1,043	346	41,467	31,011	1,291	237	10
11	Swansea	0.32	48.9	152	48	33	71	161	227			1,610	533	68,116	54,600	1,569	221	7
12	Stoke City	0.31	46.8	152	47	41	64	165	224			1,729	534	59,396	45,246	1,777	271	8
13	Sunderland	0.31	42.5	139	31	44	64	135	213			1,475	472	49,199	36,738	1,532	299	10
14	Nottm Forest	0.3	41.6	139	44	33	62	170	219	165.27	207.19	1,580	526	49,715	38,872	1,534	293	6
15	Brentford	0.26	45.4	177	66	41	70	267	258	268.04	249.69	2,020	774	69,079	53,316	1,696	322	8
16	Fulham	0.23	50.3	215	65	46	104	260	339			2,642	873	100,021	82,204	2,406	436	12
17	West Brom	0.21	39.7	190	44	57	89	181	282			1,917	587	64,210	46,367	2,107	333	11
18	Watford	0.2	45.1	228	62	47	119	246	382			2,564	819	87,106	64,774	2,771	455	22
19	Wolves	0.17	48.1	291	95	64	132	323	421			3,306	1,110	128,054	104,021	3,368	570	20
20	Brighton	0.16	52.2	329	101	108	120	417	465			4,223	1,400	157,463	130,012	3,652	582	22
21	Aston Villa	0.15	49.0	329	122	66	141	427	485			3,980	1,358	136,915	111,131	3,613	661	25
22	Man City	0.15	64.4	443	304	70	69	1,032	396			7,582	2,758	285,488	253,031	4,139	677	21
23	Bournemouth	0.14	47.0	330	104	79	147	433	559			4,048	1,394	135,126	106,282	3,511	610	16
24	Liverpool	0.14	60.7	443	266	104	73	900	465			7,428	2,621	257,925	217,425	4,493	638	21
25	Chelsea	0.13	58.7	444	231	106	107	771	501			6,641	2,363	252,956	216,935	4,677	831	31

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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

24

Kane

23

Mbappé

21

Haaland

Assists Leaders

16

Olise

12

Fernandes

11

Dimarco

Rating Leaders

8.28

Olise

8.27

Pedri

8.25

Vitinha

Take-ons Leaders

95

Yamal

66

Diomandé

59

Mbappé

Big Chances Created Leaders

21

Dimarco

21

Olise

18

Fernandes

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings

Goals Against Rankings

Goal Difference Rankings

FC 2025-26 Tables

	Premier League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	25	17	5	3	32	56
2	Man City	25	15	5	5	27	50
3	Aston Villa	25	14	5	6	9	47
4	Man United	26	12	9	5	10	45
5	Chelsea	26	12	8	6	17	44
6	Liverpool	25	11	6	8	5	39
7	Brentford	25	12	3	10	5	39
8	Everton	26	10	7	9	-1	37
9	Bournemouth	26	9	10	7	-2	37
10	Newcastle	26	10	6	10	0	36
11	Sunderland	25	9	9	7	-2	36
12	Fulham	25	10	4	11	-2	34
13	Crystal Palace	25	8	8	9	-3	32
14	Brighton	25	7	10	8	1	31
15	Leeds	26	7	9	10	-9	30
16	Tottenham	26	7	8	11	-1	29
17	Nottm Forest	25	7	5	13	-13	26
18	West Ham	26	6	6	14	-17	24
19	Burnley	25	3	6	16	-24	15
20	Wolves	25	1	5	19	-32	8

	LaLiga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	23	19	1	3	40	58
2	Real Madrid	23	18	3	2	31	57
3	Atlético Madrid	23	13	6	4	20	45
4	Villarreal	22	14	3	5	19	45
5	Real Betis	23	10	8	5	9	38
6	Espanyol	23	10	4	9	-4	34
7	Celta Vigo	23	8	9	6	5	33
8	Real Sociedad	23	8	7	8	2	31
9	Osasuna	23	8	5	10	0	29
10	Athletic Club	23	8	4	11	-8	28
11	Getafe	23	7	5	11	-9	26
12	Girona	23	6	8	9	-15	26
13	Sevilla	23	7	4	12	-8	25
14	Alavés	23	7	4	12	-9	25
15	Elche	23	5	9	9	-4	24
16	Mallorca	23	6	6	11	-9	24
17	Valencia	23	5	8	10	-14	23
18	Rayo	22	5	7	10	-12	22
19	Levante	22	4	6	12	-12	18
20	Oviedo	22	3	7	12	-22	16

	Bundesliga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Bayern	21	17	3	1	60	54
2	Dortmund	21	14	6	1	23	48
3	Hoffenheim	21	13	3	5	16	42
4	Leipzig	21	12	3	6	12	39
5	Stuttgart	21	12	3	6	10	39
6	Leverkusen	20	11	3	6	12	36
7	Freiburg	21	8	6	7	-1	30
8	Frankfurt	21	7	7	7	-5	28
9	Union Berlin	21	6	7	8	-8	25
10	Köln	21	6	5	10	-4	23
11	Hamburg	20	5	7	8	-8	22
12	M'gladbach	21	5	7	9	-9	22
13	Augsburg	21	6	4	11	-15	22
14	Mainz	21	5	6	10	-8	21
15	Wolfsburg	21	5	4	12	-15	19
16	Werder	21	4	7	10	-17	19
17	St. Pauli	21	4	5	12	-15	17
18	Heidenheim	21	3	4	14	-28	13

	Serie A	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Inter	24	19	1	4	38	58
2	Milan	23	14	8	1	21	50
3	Napoli	24	15	4	5	13	49
4	Juventus	24	13	7	4	21	46
5	Roma	24	15	1	8	15	46
6	Como	23	11	8	4	21	41
7	Atalanta	24	10	9	5	11	39
8	Lazio	24	8	9	7	3	33
9	Udinese	24	9	5	10	-9	32
10	Bologna	24	8	6	10	1	30
11	Sassuolo	24	8	5	11	-7	29
12	Cagliari	24	7	7	10	-5	28
13	Torino	24	7	6	11	-18	27
14	Parma	24	6	8	10	-14	26
15	Genoa	24	5	8	11	-8	23
16	Cremonese	24	5	8	11	-12	23
17	Lecce	24	5	6	13	-16	21
18	Fiorentina	24	3	9	12	-11	18
19	Pisa	24	1	12	11	-21	15
20	Verona	24	2	9	13	-23	15

	Ligue 1	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	PSG	21	16	3	2	32	51
2	Lens	21	16	1	4	20	49
3	Lyon	21	13	3	5	14	42
4	Marseille	21	12	3	6	19	39
5	Lille	21	10	3	8	4	33
6	Rennes	21	8	7	6	-3	31
7	Toulouse	21	8	6	7	7	30
8	Strasbourg	21	9	3	9	7	30
9	Angers	21	8	5	8	-3	29
10	Monaco	21	8	4	9	-1	28
11	Lorient	21	7	7	7	-6	28
12	Brest	21	7	5	9	-5	26
13	Le Havre	21	5	8	8	-8	23
14	Nice	21	6	5	10	-11	23
15	Paris FC	21	5	7	9	-8	22
16	Auxerre	21	3	5	13	-15	14
17	Nantes	21	3	5	13	-18	14
18	Metz	21	3	4	14	-25	13

	Champions League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	8	8	0	0	19	24
2	Bayern	8	7	0	1	14	21
3	Liverpool	8	6	0	2	12	18
4	Tottenham	8	5	2	1	10	17
5	Barcelona	8	5	1	2	8	16
6	Chelsea	8	5	1	2	7	16
7	Sporting CP	8	5	1	2	6	16
8	Man City	8	5	1	2	6	16
9	Real Madrid	8	5	0	3	9	15
10	Inter	8	5	0	3	8	15
11	PSG	8	4	2	2	10	14
12	Newcastle	8	4	2	2	10	14
13	Juventus	8	3	4	1	4	13
14	Atlético Madrid	8	4	1	3	2	13
15	Atalanta	8	4	1	3	0	13
16	Leverkusen	8	3	3	2	-1	12
17	Dortmund	8	3	2	3	2	11
18	Olympiacos	8	3	2	3	-4	11
19	Club Brugge	8	3	1	4	-2	10
20	Galatasaray	8	3	1	4	-2	10
21	Monaco	8	2	4	2	-6	10
22	Qarabag	8	3	1	4	-8	10
23	Bodø/Glimt	8	2	3	3	-1	9
24	Benfica	8	3	0	5	-2	9
25	Marseille	8	3	0	5	-3	9
26	Páfos	8	2	3	3	-3	9
27	Union SG	8	3	0	5	-9	9
28	PSV	8	2	2	4	0	8
29	Athletic Club	8	2	2	4	-5	8
30	Napoli	8	2	2	4	-6	8
31	København	8	2	2	4	-9	8
32	Ajax	8	2	0	6	-13	6
33	Frankfurt	8	1	1	6	-11	4
34	Slavia Prague	8	0	3	5	-14	3
35	Villarreal	8	0	1	7	-13	1
36	Kairat	8	0	1	7	-15	1