Premier League/First Division all-time table

 

Premier League top rated players 2024/25

6,87 Mo Salah (Liverpool)

6,63 Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

6,57 Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford)

6,54 Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth)

6,53 Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest)

6,49 Matheus Cunha (Wolves), Luis Díaz (Liverpool), Declan Rice (Arsenal)

Leagues with the highest total attendance

14.661.755 Premier League 2023/24

12.207.009 MLS 2024

12.083.936 Bundesliga 2023/24

11.729.280 Serie A (Italy) 2023/24

11.024.398 La Liga 2023/24

 9.690.166 Série A (Brazil) 2024

 8.233.057 Ligue 1 2023/24

Top rated Premier League players 2024/25

6,93 Mo Salah (Liverpool)

6,81 Cole Palmer (Chelsea)

6,74 Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

6,67 João Pedro (Brighton)

6,62 Mads Hermansen (Leicester)

6,57 Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)

6,54 Luis Díaz (Liverpool)

6,50 Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth), Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool)

6,48 Amad Diallo (Man United), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

6,46 Alex Iwobi (Fulham)

Top rated Premier League players 2012/13

 

6,67 Suárez (Liverpool)
6,61 Coutinho (Liverpool)
6,48 van Persie (Man United)
6,42 Mata (Chelsea), Bale (Tottenham)
6,41 Fellaini (Everton)
6,39 Cazorla (Arsenal), Sturridge (Liverpool)
6,38 M. Sissoko, Ba (Newcastle)
6,37 Rooney (Man United), Jagielka (Everton)

Top 25 South American players in Premier League history

1. Sergio Agüero, Argentina (Man City) 

2. Luis Suárez, Uruguay (Liverpool) 

3. Carlos Tévez, Argentina (West Ham, Man United, Man City) 

4. Gilberto Silva, Brazil (Arsenal)

5. Alexis Sánchez, Chile (Arsenal, Man United) 

6. Roberto Firmino, Brazil (Liverpool) 

7. Fernandinho, Brazil (Man City) 

8. Alisson Becker, Brazil (Liverpool) 

9. David Luíz, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal) 

10. Javier Mascherano, Argentina (West Ham, Liverpool) 

11. Ederson, Brazil (Man City) 

12. Juninho Paulista, Brazil (Middlesbrough) 

13. Gustavo Poyet, Uruguay (Chelsea, Tottenham) 

14. Nolberto Solano, Peru (Newcastle, Aston Villa, West Ham, Leicester, Hull) 

15. Antonio Valencia, Ecuador (Wigan, Man United) 

16. Edu, Brazil (Arsenal) 

17. Lucas Leiva, Brazil (Liverpool) 

18. Ramires, Brazil (Chelsea) 

19. Willian, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal, Fulham) 

20. Robinho, Brazil (Man City) 

21. Hernán Crespo, Argentina (Chelsea) 

22. Diego Forlán, Uruguay (Man United) 

23. Tino Asprilla, Colombia (Newcastle) 

24. Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombia (Aston Villa) 

25. Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentina (Man United) 

Top 30 French Premier League players

1. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 

2. Éric Cantona (Leeds, Man United) 

3. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Man City) 

4. Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) 

5. David Ginola (Newcastle, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Everton) 

6. Robert Pirès (Arsenal, Aston Villa) 

7. N'Golo Kanté (Leicester, Chelsea) 

8. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

9. Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

10. Marcel Desailly (Chelsea) 

11. Patrice Evra (Man United) 

12. Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Bolton, Chelsea, WBA) 

13. Paul Pogba (Man United) 

14. Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Man City, West Ham) 

15. William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham) 

16. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal, Man City) 

17. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) 

18. Florent Malouda (Chelsea) 

19. Laurent Blanc (Man United) 

20. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle, Crystal Palace) 

21. Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal) 

22. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 

23. Gaël Clichy (Arsenal, Man City) 

24. Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton, Blackburn) 

25. Louis Saha (Newcastle, Fulham, Man United, Everton, Sunderland) 

26. Fabien Barthez (Man United) 

27. Anthony Martial (Man United) 

28. Dimitri Payet (West Ham) 

29. Didier Six (Aston Villa) 

30. Olivier Dacourt (Everton, Leeds, Fulham) 

Best /worst of the 1997/98 season polls

MATCH OF THE SEASON

Man Utd 3 Juventus 2 31% 

Arsenal 3 Man Utd 2 30% 

Man Utd 0 Arsenal 1 26%

GOAL OF THE SEASON

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) v Leicester 53% 

Steve McManaman (Liverpool) v Celtic 26% 

Kevin Davies (Southampton) v Everton 11%

BEST PLAYER

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 59% 

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 24% 

David Ginola (Tottenham) 9%

BEST BUY

Emmanuel Petit (Monaco-Arsenal) 39% 

Alex Manninger (Grazer AK-Arsenal) 38% 

Kevin Davies (Chesterfield-Southampton) 16%

WORST BUY

Stan Collymore (Liverpool-Aston Villa) 77% 

Itzak Zohar (Royal Antwerp-Crystal Palace) 9% 

Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham-Man Utd) 7%

BEST NEWCOMER

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 61% 

Alex Manninger (Arsenal) 30% 

Rio Ferdinand (West Ham) 3%

BEST STRIKER

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 54% 

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 28% 

John Hartson (West Ham) 9%

BEST MANAGER

Arsène Wenger (Arsenal) 79% 

Danny Wilson (Barnsley) 9% 

Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) 8%

WORST MANAGER

Frank Clark (ex-Man City) 43% 

Howard Kendall (Everton) 39% 

Kenny Dalglish (Newcastle) 12%

BIGGEST MOANER

Kenny Dalglish (Newcastle) 38% 

Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) 35% 

Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 19%

UNSUNG HERO

Neil Redfearn (Barnsley) 43% 

Sammy McIlroy (Macclesfield) 37% 

Giuliano Grazioli (Stevenage) 11%

The Sun.

Highest goal ratio in Premier League history

At least 125 goals scored.

0,678 per game: Thierry Henry

0,669 Sergio "Kun" Agüero

0,666 Harry Kane

0,599 Mo Salah

0,590 Alan Shearer

0,514 Robin van Persie

0,460 Michael Owen

0,452 Andy Cole

0,441 Jamie Vardy, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

0,430 Robbie Fowler

0,425 Les Ferdinand

0,424 Wayne Rooney

0,361 Robbie Keane

0,349 Teddy Sheringham

0,343 Nicolas Anelka

0,327 Jermain Defoe

0,291 Frank Lampard

Scandinavian players with most goals/assists in Premier League history

130: Christian Eriksen (Denmark) 54 goals+76 assists

128: Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Norway) 91+37

117: Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) 67+50

86: Erling Haaland (Norway) 73+13

83: Eidur Gudjohnsen (Iceland) 55+28

77: Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden) 48+29

73: Morten Gamst Pedersen (Norway) 34+39

70: Joshua King (Norway) 53+17

58: Steffen Iversen (Norway) 40+18

54: Martin Ødegaard (Norway) 31+23

52: Sebastian Larsson (Sweden) 26+26

51: John Arne Riise (Norway) 21+30

49: Tore André Flo (Norway) 38+11

48: John Carew (Norway) 38+10

48: Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark) 32+16

48: Øyvind Leonhardsen (Norway) 3+18

43: Heidar Helguson (Iceland) 28+15

42: Mikael Forssell (Finland) 34+8

42: Claus Jensen (Denmark) 20+22

38: Egil Østenstad (Norway) 29+9

36: Alexander Isak (Sweden) 32+4

36: Jonatan Johansson (Finland) 37+9

36: Thomas Gravesen (Denmark) 11+25

34: Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) 15+19

32: Johan Elmander (Sweden) 19+13

30: Jan Åge Fjørtoft (Norway) 25+5

30: Sami Hyypiä (Finland) 22+8

30: Lars Bohinen (Norway) 14+16

Average goals+assists per game:

1,211 Erling Haaland 

0,667 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

0,632 Alexander Isak 

0,545 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 

0,448 Christian Eriksen, Heidar Helguson 

0,432 Martin Ødegaard 

0,393 Eidur Gudjohnsen 

0,390 John Carew 

0,384 Teemu Pukki 

0,382 Dejan Kulusevski

0,368 Gylfi Sigurdsson 

0,365 Steffen Iversen 

0,357 Jan Åge Fjørtoft 

0,353 Nicklas Bendtner 

0,348 Tore André Flo 

0,343 Joshua King 

0,333 Mikael Forssell 

0,320 Fredrik Ljungberg

0,314 Egil Østenstad 

0,281 Morten Gamst Pedersen 

0,268 Claus Jensen 

0,264 Johan Elmander 

0,258 Øyvind Leonhardsen 

0,243 Jonatan Johansson 

0,242 Thomas Gravesen 

Goals:

1,028 Erling Haaland 

0,561 Alexander Isak 

0,515 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

0,387 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 

0,301 Teemu Pukki

0,292 Heidar Helguson

0,261 Eidur Gudjohnsen

Assists:

0,262 Christian Eriksen

0,213 Dejan Kulusevski

0,184 Martin Ødegaard 

0,168 Thomas Gravesen 

0,157 Gylfi Sigurdsson 

0,152 Anders Limpar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Top three assist providers per country in Premier League history

England : 297

103: Wayne Rooney, 102: Frank Lampard, 92: Steven Gerrard

 

Spain : 258

111: Cesc Fàbregas, 93: David Silva, 54: Juan Mata

 

Wales : 252

162: Ryan Giggs, 46: Aaron Ramsey, 44: Gary Speed

 

Netherlands : 205

94: Dennis Bergkamp, 58: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, 53: Robin van Persie

Belgium : 202

113: Kevin De Bruyne, 54: Eden Hazard, 35: Romelu Lukaku

 

France : 185

74: Thierry Henry, 56: Éric Cantona, 55: Steed Malbranque

Scotland : 139

59: Andy Robertson, 47: Gary McAllister, 33: James Morrison

Brazil : 135

50: Roberto Firmino, 45: Willian, 40: Gabriel Jesus

Portugal : 129

44: Bernardo Silva, 43: Nani, 42: Bruno Fernandes

Ireland : 129

55: Damien Duff, 37: Robbie Keane, Niall Quinn

Germany : 127

54: Mesut Özil, 45: Pascal Groß, 28: Leroy Sané

 

Italy : 126

49: Paolo Di Canio, 42: Gianfranco Zola, 35: Benito Carbone

 

Denmark : 123

76: Christian Eriksen, 25: Thomas Gravesen, 22: Claus Jensen

 

Côte d'Ivoire : 116

55: Didier Drogba, 32: Yaya Touré, 29: Wilfried Zaha

 

Argentina : 106

47: Sergio Agüero, 36: Carlos Tevez, 23: Érik Lamela

 

Norway : 106

39: Morten Gamst Pedersen, 37: Ole Gunnar Solskjær, 30: John Arne Riise

Northern Ireland : 100

49: Chris Brunt, 26: Michael Hughes, 25: Keith Gillespie

 

Iceland : 99

50: Gylfi Sigurdsson, 28: Eidur Gudjohnsen, 21: Jóhann Gudmundsson

Australia : 96

38: Harry Kewell, 30: Brett Emerton, 28: Mark Viduka

 

South Korea : 93

62: Son Heung-Min, 21: Park Ji-Sung, 10: Lee Chung-Yong

Egypt : 91

72: Mo Salah, 13: Ahmed El Mohamady, 6: Mido

 

Nigeria : 84

29: Alex Iwobi, Nwankwo Kanu, 26: Yakubu Ayegbeni

Algeria : 83

61: Riyad Mahrez, 16: Saïd Benrahma, 6: Ali Benarbia

Sweden : 74

29: Fredrik Ljungberg, 26: Sebastian Larsson, 19: Dejan Kulusevski

Czechia : 74

31: Patrik Berger, 24: Vladimir Šmicer, 19: Vladimír Coufal

 

Serbia : 70

27: Dusan Tadic, 23: Nemanja Matic, 20: Branislav Ivanovic, Aleksandar Kolarov

 

Uruguay : 59

24: Gustavo Poyet, 23: Luis Suárez, 12: Gastón Ramírez

Ghana : 49

25: Jordan Ayew, 14: Jeffrey Schlupp, 10: Michael Essien

Russia : 48

21: Andrei Kanchelskis, 20: Andrey Arshavin, 7: Roman Pavlyuchenko

 

Croatia : 43

15: Niko Kranjčar, Luka Modric, 13: Mateo Kovačić

USA : 37

19: Clint Dempsey, 9: Brian McBride, Christian Pulisic, Antonee Robinson

Greece : 34

14: José Holebas, 11: Stelios Giannakopoulos, 9: Kostas Tsimikas

Finland : 25

9: Jonatan Johansson, 8: Mikael Forssell, Sami Hyypiä

Ukraine : 25

11: Oleksandr Zinchenko, 7: Serhiy Rebrov, Andriy Shevchenko

Japan : 22

10: Kaoru Mitoma, 6: Junichi Inamoto, Shinji Kagawa

Poland : 19

8: Matty Cash, 7: Mateusz Klich, 4: Kamil Grosicki, Robert Warzycha

Hungary : 17

12: Zoltán Gera, 3: Dominik Szoboszlai, 2: Ákos Buzsáky

Top rated Premier League players 2008/09

 

7,16 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
7,10 Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
7,08 Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal)
6,95 Michael Essien (Chelsea)
6,92 Wayne Rooney (Man United)
6,81 Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)
6,80 Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
6,78 Robin van Persie (Arsenal)

Premier League: top rated players 2023/24

6,80 Phil Foden (Man City)

6,68 Declan Rice (Arsenal)

6,66 Rodri (Man City)

6,61 Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), Mo Salah (Liverpool), Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal)

6,59 Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)

6,58 Bernardo Silva (Man City), Cole Palmer (Chelsea)

6,50 John McGinn (Aston Villa)

6,48 Anthony Gordon (Newcastle)

6,47 Erling Haaland (Man City)

6,44 Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle)

6,42 Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

6,39 Raheem Sterling (Chelsea)

6,38 João Palhinha (Fulham), Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham), Bukayo Saka, William Saliba (Arsenal), Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton)

6,37 Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth)

6,34 Jarrod Bowen (West Ham)

6,33 Alexander Isak (Newcastle), James Maddison (Tottenham), Ben White (Arsenal)

Premier League: combined goals/assist table (last two seasons)

76: Erling Haaland (Man City) 63 goals+13 assists

53: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) 34+19

49: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) 30+19

49: Mo Salah (Liverpool) 27+22

44: Phil Foden (Man City) 30+14

43: Heung-min Son (Tottenham) 27+16

40: Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) 23+17

37: Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) 11+26

35: Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) 25+10

34: Alexander Isak (Newcastle) 31+3

34: Cole Palmer (Man City/Chelsea) 22+12

34: Bruno Fernandes (Man United) 18+16

33: Harry Kane (Tottenham) 30+3

33: Callum Wilson (Newcastle) 27+6

33: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham) 22+11

33: Leandro Trossard (Brighton/Arsenal) 20+13

32: Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) 18+14

32: James Maddison (Leicester/Tottenham) 14+18

31: Marcus Rashford (Man United) 24+7

31: Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) 20+11

31: Pascal Groß (Brighton) 13+18

30: Ivan Toney (Brentford) 24+6

28: Kai Havertz (Arsenal/Chelsea) 20+8

28: Julián Álvarez (Man City) 20+8

English topscorers 1983/84

 

Top rated players of the First Division 1984/85

 

Ratings: Match magazine.

7,33 Peter Reid (Everton)
7,31 Pat Nevin (Chelsea)
7,27 Alvin Martin (West Ham)
7,26 Paul Allen (West Ham)
7,25 Glenn Roeder (Newcastle)
7,22 David Speedie (Chelsea)
7,18 Mark Lawrenson (Liverpool)
7,14 Tony Godden (West Bromwich)
7,11 Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)
7,10 Paul Bracewell (Everton), Ricky Hill (Luton), John Barnes (Watford), Peter Beardsley (Newcastle)
7,05 Mick Lyons (Sheff Wednesday), Ally Robertson (West Bromwich)
7,04 Neville Southall (Everton), Brian Marwood (Sheff Wednesday), Peter Shilton (Southampton)
7,02 Chris Waddle (Newcastle)
7,00 Andy Blair (Sheff Wednesday), Shaun Elliott (Sunderland)

Most Exciting Players of the Season in England, 1970-89

 

According to the readers of Shoot! magazine.

69/70 - Peter Bonetti (Chelsea)

70/71 - Steve Heighway (Liverpool)

71/72 - Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)

72/73 - Allan Clarke (Leeds)

73/74 - Billy Bremner (Leeds)

74/75 - Alan Hudson (Stoke)

75/76 - Gordon Hill (Man United)

76/77 - Andy Gray (Aston Villa)

77/78 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

78/79 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

79/80 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

80/81 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

81/82 - Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham)

82/83 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

83/84 - Ian Rush (Liverpool)

84/85 - Mark Hughes (Man United)

85/86 - Gary Lineker (Leicester)

86/87 - Clive Allen (Tottenham)

87/88 - John Barnes (Liverpool)

88/89 - Chris Waddle (Tottenham)

Top rated Premier League players 2003/04

6,85 Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

6,78 Jonathan Woodgate (Newcastle), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

6,62 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)

6,58 Roy Keane (Man United)

6,55 Dean Kiely (Charlton)

6,51 Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

6,47 Antti Niemi (Southampton)

6,46 Robert Pirès (Arsenal), Gaizka Mendieta (Middlesbrough), Muzzy Izzet (Leicester)

6,44 Paul Scholes (Man United)

6,36 Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton)

6,34 Alan Shearer (Newcastle)

6,32 Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City)

6,30 Colin Cooper (Middlesbrough)

Player ratings Man City 3-3 Tottenham

 0-1 6' Heung-min Son (Dejan Kulusevski), 1-1 9' og Heung-min Son, 2-1 31' Phil Foden (Julián Álvarez), 2-2 69' Giovani Lo Celso (Heung-min Son), 3-2 81' Jack Grealish (Erling Haaland), 3-3 90' Dejan Kulusevski h. (Brennan Johnson). Att: 53.473.

Man City: Ederson 5,30 - Kyle Walker 6,10, Rúben Dias 5,90, Joško Gvardiol 5,50 (87' Nathan Aké), Manuel Akanji 5,40, Rodri 6,40, Bernardo Silva 6,70, Phil Foden 7,30 (73' Rico Lewis 6,20), Jérémy Doku 6,20 (52' Jack Grealish 7,00), Julián Álvarez 6,90 (87' Mateo Kovačić), Erling Haaland 5,40. - coach: Pep Guardiola 5,30. = average: 6,18 [solid]

Tottenham: Guglielmo Vicario 6,00 - Pedro Porro 6,10, Emerson Royal 4,80, Ben Davies 6,20, Destiny Udogie 5,80, Yves Bissouma 4,40 (87' Richarlison), Giovani Lo Celso 7,10 (79' Oliver Skipp), Brennan Johnson 6,90 (90'+6 Jamie Donley), Dejan Kulusevski 7,90, Bryan Gil 5,10 (46' Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 6,50), Heung-min Son 6,90. - coach: Ange Postecoglou 6,80. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Man City 1-1 Liverpool

 1-0 27' Erling Haaland l. (Nathan Aké), 1-1 80' Trent Alexander-Arnold r.  (Mo Salah). Att:

Man City: Ederson 6,40 - Kyle Walker 6,00, Manuel Akanji 6,10, Rúben Dias 6,30, Nathan Aké 6,60, Rodri 6,80, Bernardo Silva 6,60, Phil Foden 6,10, Jérémy Doku 7,10, Julián Álvarez 5,60, Erling Haaland 6,80. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,40 [good]

Liverpool: Alisson 4,90 - Trent Alexander-Arnold 6,90, Joel Matip 5,90, Virgil van Dijk 6,10, Kostas Tsimikas 5,60, Dominik Szoboszlai 5,80 (73' Cody Gakpo 6,00), Alexis Mac Allister 6,00 (85' Wataru Endo), Curtis Jones 4,90 (54' Ryan Gravenberch 5,80), Mo Salah 6,50, Diogo Jota 5,00 (54' Luis Díaz 5,80), Darwin Núñez 5,50 (85' Harvey Elliott). - coach: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 5,77 [mediocre]