who played the most minutes in the premier league in 2016-17

5 players were tied for playing the most minutes in the Premier League in 2016-17, with 3,420 minutes. The first three are Ben Foster, Ben Gibson and César Azpilicueta.

NAMEMINSEASONCLUBMSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Ben Foster
B. Foster
3,420
2016-17
West Brom West Brom
38
38
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1,399
0
0
2Ben Gibson
B. Gibson
3,420
2016-17
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
38
38
1
0.03
1
2
0
0
15
6
0
2,150
21
1
3César Azpilicueta
C. Azpilicueta
3,420
2016-17
Chelsea Chelsea
38
38
1
0.03
4
5
0
0
18
6
0
3,037
25
2
4Fraser Forster
F. Forster
3,420
2016-17
Southampton Southampton
38
38
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,101
0
0
5Steve Cook
S. Cook
3,420
2016-17
Bournemouth Bournemouth
38
38
2
0.05
0
2
0
0
29
9
0
2,426
37
0
6Joel Ward
J. Ward
3,418
2016-17
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
38
38
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
14
2
0
2,340
18
0
7Heurelho Gomes
H. Gomes
3,339
2016-17
Watford Watford
38
38
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,460
0
0
8Łukasz Fabiański
Ł. Fabiański
3,330
2016-17
Swansea Swansea
37
37
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,337
0
0
9Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson
G. Þór Sigurðsson
3,327
2016-17
Swansea Swansea
38
37
9
0.24
13
22
3
2
116
50
3
1,906
99
1
10Nathaniel Clyne
N. Clyne
3,324
2016-17
Liverpool Liverpool
37
37
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
26
5
1
2,694
57
1
11Jermain Defoe
J. Defoe
3,323
2016-17
Sunderland Sunderland
37
37
15
0.41
2
17
5
0
99
31
2
829
146
36
12Gary Cahill
G. Cahill
3,296
2016-17
Chelsea Chelsea
37
36
6
0.16
0
6
0
0
24
10
0
2,273
41
2
13Craig Dawson
C. Dawson
3,278
2016-17
West Brom West Brom
37
37
4
0.11
0
4
0
0
21
8
1
1,922
47
2
14Romelu Lukaku
R. Lukaku
3,267
2016-17
Everton Everton
37
36
25
0.68
6
31
1
1
110
55
3
1,518
189
36
15Matthew Lowton
M. Lowton
3,240
2016-17
Burnley Burnley
36
36
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
6
2
0
2,158
19
0
16Thibaut Courtois
T. Courtois
3,240
2016-17
Chelsea Chelsea
36
36
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,097
0
0
17Darren Fletcher
D. Fletcher
3,235
2016-17
West Brom West Brom
38
37
2
0.05
3
5
0
0
20
7
1
1,608
29
1
18Stephen Ward
S. Ward
3,232
2016-17
Burnley Burnley
37
37
1
0.03
1
2
0
0
7
1
0
2,122
12
0
19Alexis Sánchez
A. Sánchez
3,224
2016-17
Arsenal Arsenal
38
36
24
0.63
10
34
2
2
129
49
5
2,470
256
27
20Étienne Capoue
É. Capoue
3,213
2016-17
Watford Watford
37
37
7
0.19
1
8
0
0
50
19
0
2,056
53
1
21Sam Clucas
S. Clucas
3,189
2016-17
Hull City Hull City
37
36
3
0.08
1
4
0
0
42
7
0
2,118
42
1
22Christian Eriksen
C. Eriksen
3,167
2016-17
Tottenham Tottenham
36
36
8
0.22
15
23
0
0
133
45
5
2,753
106
2
23James Milner
J. Milner
3,159
2016-17
Liverpool Liverpool
36
36
7
0.19
3
10
7
0
36
17
0
3,322
70
2
24Ashley Williams
A. Williams
3,158
2016-17
Everton Everton
36
35
1
0.03
3
4
0
0
15
6
0
2,264
30
3
25Nacho Monreal
N. Monreal
3,153
2016-17
Arsenal Arsenal
36
35
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
12
2
1
2,575
59
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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
7
1
1
13
22
2
Bournemouth Bournemouth
5
3
1
5
18
3
Tottenham Tottenham
5
2
2
10
17
4
Sunderland Sunderland
5
2
2
4
17
5
Man City Man City
5
1
3
10
16
6
Man United Man United
5
1
3
1
16
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Real Madrid Real Madrid
9
0
1
12
27
2
Barcelona Barcelona
7
1
2
13
22
3
Villarreal Villarreal
6
2
2
8
20
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
5
4
1
8
19
5
Espanyol Espanyol
5
3
2
3
18
6
Getafe Getafe
5
2
4
-1
17
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
8
0
0
26
24
2
Dortmund Dortmund
6
2
1
9
20
3
Leipzig Leipzig
6
1
1
7
19
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
6
0
2
6
18
5
Leverkusen Leverkusen
5
2
1
7
17
6
Frankfurt Frankfurt
4
1
3
3
13
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Napoli Napoli
7
0
2
8
21
2
Roma Roma
7
0
2
6
21
3
Inter Inter
6
0
3
11
18
4
Milan Milan
5
3
1
7
18
5
Como Como
4
4
1
6
16
6
Bologna Bologna
4
3
2
6
15
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
3
0
0
10
9
2
Bayern Bayern
3
0
0
10
9
3
Inter Inter
3
0
0
9
9
4
Arsenal Arsenal
3
0
0
8
9
5
Real Madrid Real Madrid
3
0
0
7
9
6
Dortmund Dortmund
2
1
0
5
7
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
6
3
1
11
21
2
Monaco Monaco
6
2
2
7
20
3
Marseille Marseille
6
1
3
13
19
4
Strasbourg Strasbourg
6
1
3
9
19
5
Lyon Lyon
6
1
3
4
19
6
Lens Lens
6
1
3
4
19

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
9/26
LEV LEV
@
GET GET
1-1
Fri
9/26
CRE CRE
@
COM COM
1-1
Fri
9/26
B04 B04
@
STP STP
2-1
Fri
9/26
RBL RBL
@
WOB WOB
1-0
Fri
9/26
BVB BVB
@
M05 M05
2-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/1
RAY RAY
@
VIL VIL
9:00 AM
Sat
11/1
ATA ATA
@
UDI UDI
10:00 AM
Sat
11/1
BMG BMG
@
STP STP
10:30 AM
Sat
11/1
SVW SVW
@
M05 M05
10:30 AM
Sat
11/1
SCF SCF
@
UNB UNB
10:30 AM