Premier League player stats: Van Dijk most touches, passes, aerial duels won; Palhinha most tackles

Jason Soutar
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Joao Palhinha has made the most tackles in the 2025/26 Premier League

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Premier League top scorers this season

Erling Haaland (Man City) – 19
Igor Thiago (Brentford) – 11
Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) – 8
Hugo Ekitike (Liverpool) – 8
Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) – 7
Phil Foden (Man City) – 7
Danny Welbeck (Brighton) – 7
Richarlison (Spurs) – 7
Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) – 7
Nick Woltemade (Newcastle) – 7
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds) – 7

 

Premier League players with highest xG (expected goals) this season

Erling Haaland (Man City) – 16.4
Jean Philippe-Mateta (Crystal Palace) – 10.2
Igor Thiago (Brentford) – 8.7
Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 7.0
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds) – 6.4
Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) – 6.1
Nick Woltemade (Newcastle) – 5.9
Danny Welbeck (Brighton) – 5.6

 

Premier League players with most assists this season

Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 7
Rayan Cherki (Man City) – 6
Mohammed Kudus (Spurs) – 5
Erling Haaland (Man City) – 4
Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham) – 4
Jack Grealish (Everton) – 4
Yankuba Minteh (Brighton) – 4
Jeremy Doku (Man City) – 4
Quilindschy Hartman (Burnley) – 4
Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) – 4

 

Premier League players with highest xAG (expected assisted goals) this season

Jeremy Doku (Man City) – 6.1
Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 4.7
Yankuba Minteh (Brighton) – 4.5
Rayan Cherki (Man City) – 4.0
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) – 3.7
Jack Grealish (Everton) – 3.7
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – 3.5

 

Premier League players with most yellow cards this season

Cristian Romero (Spurs) – 9
Lucas Paqueta (West Ham) – 7
Casemiro (Man Utd) – 7
David Brooks (Bournemouth) – 6
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) – 6
Joao Gomes (Wolves) – 6

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Premier League players with most red cards this season

20 players – 1

 

Premier League players with every minute played this season

9 outfielders – 1,530
10 goalkeepers – 1,530

 

Premier League players with most shots this season

Erling Haaland (Man City) – 64 (34 on target)
Matheus Cunha (Man Utd) – 47 (17)
Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) – 46 (22)
Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 46 (13)
Jarrod Bowen (West Ham) – 43 (16)
Bryan Mbeumo (Man Utd) – 42 (23)
Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) – 38 (21)

 

Premier League players with most big chances missed this season

Erling Haaland (Man City) – 17
Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) – 14
Igor Thiago (Brentford) – 8
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 7
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) – 7
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds) – 7
Thierno Barry (Everton) – 6
Bryan Mbeumo (Man Utd) – 6
Nick Woltemade (Newcastle) – 6

 

Premier League players with most key passes this season

Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 51
Jeremy Doku (Man City) – 36
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 32
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) – 31
Jack Grealish (Everton) – 30
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – 29
Phil Foden (Man City) – 29
Declan Rice (Arsenal) – 29

 

Premier League players with most passes completed this season

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 1,190
Lewis Dunk (Brighton) – 1,162
Ruben Dias (Man City) – 1,075
Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton) – 1,042
Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) – 1,039
Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) – 1,030
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) – 1,000
Declan Rice (Arsenal) – 983

 

Premier League players with most progressive passes this season

Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) – 141
Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 138
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) – 129
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 123
Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle) – 120
Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton) – 117
Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) – 115
Declan Rice (Arsenal) – 115

 

Premier League players with most touches this season this season

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 1,529
Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) – 1,459
Lewis Dunk (Brighton) – 1,403
Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton) – 1,382
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) – 1,432
Joachim Andersen (Fulham) – 1,330
Declan Rice (Arsenal) – 1,321

 

Premier League players with most take-ons won this season

Mohammed Kudus (Spurs) – 49 (100 lost)
Jeremy Doku (Manchester City) – 45 (90)
Yankuba Minteh (Brighton) – 42 (81)
Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) – 34 (75)
Michael Kayode (Brentford) – 29 (56)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – 28 (61)
Jarrod Bowen (West Ham) – 26 (63)

 

Premier League players with most progressive carries this season

Jeremy Doku (Man City) – 101
Jack Grealish (Everton) – 78
Yankuba Minteh (Brighton) – 78
Amad Diallo (Man Utd) – 71
Pedro Neto (Chelsea) – 71
Jarrod Bowen (West Ham) – 59
Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) – 59

 

Premier League players with most touches in attacking penalty area this season

Erling Haaland (Man City) – 107
Yankuba Minteh (Brighton) – 100
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 89
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) – 80
Jack Grealish (Everton) – 80
Jeremy Doku (Man City) – 78
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – 77
Bryan Mbeumo (Man Utd) – 74

 

Premier League players with most fouls won this season

Jack Grealish (Everton) – 47
Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) – 42
Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle) – 38
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – 32
John McGinn (Aston Villa) – 31
Joao Pedro (Chelsea) – 30
Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) – 28
Patrick Dorgu (Man Utd) – 28

 

Premier League players with most fouls committed this season

Joao Gomes (Wolves) – 35
Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) – 31
Sasa Lukic (Fulham) – 30
Thiago (Brentford) – 29
Jorgen Strand Larsen (Wolves) – 28
Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle) – 28

 

Premier League players with most offsides this season

Evanilson (Bournemouth) – 14
Thiago (Brentford) – 11
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) – 11
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) – 10
Raul Jimenez (Fulham) – 10
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 10
Mohammed Kudus (Spurs) – 10

 

Premier League players with most ball recoveries this season

Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) – 142
Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) – 96
Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) – 95
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) – 94
Andre (Wolves) – 94

 

Premier League players with most tackles this season

Joao Palhinha (Spurs) – 65 (40 tackles won)
Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) – 53 (34)
Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace) – 52 (33)
Florentino Luis (Burnley) – 47 (29)
Kenny Tete (Fulham) – 48 (30)
Mats Wieffer (Brighton) – 45 (26)
Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) – 43 (28)
Jurrien Timber (Arsenal) – 43 (26)

 

Premier League players with most last-man tackles this season

Cristian Romero (Spurs) – 3
Reece James (Chelsea) – 2
Michael Keane (Everton) – 2
Leny Yoro (Man Utd) – 2
Chris Richards (Crystal Palace) – 2
Lewis Dunk (Brighton) – 2
Micky van de Ven (Spurs) – 2
Jean-Clair Todibo (West Ham) – 2
Ruben Dias (Man City) – 2
Morato (Nottingham Forest) – 2

 

Premier League players with most interceptions this season

Moises Caicedo (Chelsea) – 32
Chris Richards (Crystal Palace) – 27
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) – 26
Maxime Esteve (Burnley) – 24
Kyle Walker (Burnley) – 24
James Garner (Everton) – 23
Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland) – 22

 

Premier League players with most clearances this season

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 146
Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) – 132
Joachim Andersen (Fulham) – 126
Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace) – 124
Sepp van den Berg (Brentford) – 118
Michael Keane (Everton) – 116
Nathan Collins (Brentford) – 116

 

Premier League players with most aerial duels won this season

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 93 (23 lost)
Sepp van den Berg (Brentford) – 71 (36)
James Tarkowski (Everton) – 66 (31)
Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool) – 60 (23)
Daniel Ballard (Sunderland) – 59 (37)
Dan Burn (Newcastle) – 56 (41)

 

Premier League players with most own goals this season

Maxime Esteve (Burnley) – 2
Yerson Mosquera (Wolves) – 2
16 players – 1

 

Premier League players with most errors leading to a shot this season

Calvin Bassey (Fulham) – 5
Pedro Porro (Spurs) – 5
Andre (Wolves) – 5
Josh Acheampong (Chelsea) – 4
Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) – 4
James Tarkowski (Everton) – 4
Enzo Le Fee (Sunderland) – 4

 

Premier League players with most errors leading to a goal this season

Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) – 2
Chris Richards (Crystal Palace) – 2
Calvin Bassey (Fulham) – 2
Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth) – 2
Jordan Pickford (Everton) – 2
Guglielmo Vicario (Spurs) – 2
Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland) – 2
Emmanuel Agbadou (Wolves) – 2
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves) – 2

 

Premier League players with most penalties conceded this season

Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest) – 2
42 players – 1

 

Premier League goalkeepers with most clean sheets this season

David Raya (Arsenal) – 9
Robert Sanchez (Chelsea) – 8
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Man City) – 7
Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace) – 7
Jordan Pickford (Everton) – 6
Robin Roefs (Sunderland) – 6

 

Premier League goalkeepers with most saves this season

Martin Dubravka (Burnley) – 57
Robin Roefs (Sunderland) – 57
Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth) – 49
Guglielmo Vicario (Spurs) – 49
Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) – 47
Alphonse Areola (West Ham) – 47
Bart Verbruggen (Brighton) – 47
Bernd Leno (Fulham) – 46
Jordan Pickford (Everton) – 44

 

Premier League goalkeepers with most penalties saved this season

Caoimhin Kelleher (Brentford) – 2
Robin Roefs (Sunderland) – 1
Jordan Pickford (Everton) – 1
Giorgi Mamardashvili (Liverpool) – 1
Emi Martinez (Aston Villa) – 1
Bart Verbruggen (Brighton) – 1
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Man City) – 1

 

Premier League goalkeepers with fewest goals conceded this season (min six starts)

Aaron Ramsdale (Newcastle) – 9
Emi Martinez (Aston Villa) – 10
David Raya (Arsenal) – 10
Altay Bayindir (Man Utd) – 11
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Man City) – 12
Nick Pope (Newcastle) – 13

 

Premier League goalkeepers with best save percentage this season (min six starts)

Emi Martinez (Aston Villa) – 79.2%
Robin Roefs (Sunderland) – 77%
Nick Pope (Newcastle) – 74.5%
David Raya (Arsenal) – 73%
Jordan Pickford (Everton) – 72.3%
Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace) – 71.7%

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