Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2017/18) – 08.05.2018
Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage
in European football leagues (Season 2017/18)
- Date: 08.05.2018
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- Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2017/18)
Which team will finish the season as the top ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues?
Which teams are really the best in this category?
Passing is a lost art form in football, but these teams on the list try to keep the tradition going.
After 40 weeks of 2017/2018 season, we are beginning to notice some stand-out teams in European football.
There are thousands of relevant statistics that we could take away from the season so far, and some would argue that the most important statistic is the one that tells us who’s at the top of the league.
But today we are looking at the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues of the season so far. Let’s see.
| R | Team | P% |
| 1 | Manchester City | 66.4 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 62.4 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 62.1 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 60.1 |
| 5 | Napoli | 60.1 |
| 6 | Tottenham | 58.7 |
| 7 | Arsenal | 58.7 |
| 8 | Real Madrid | 57.7 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 57.7 |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund | 57.0 |
| 11 | Roma | 56.3 |
| 12 | Nice | 56.3 |
| 13 | Juventus | 56.0 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 55.8 |
| 15 | Marseille | 55.5 |
| 16 | Real Sociedad | 55.4 |
| 17 | Lyon | 54.9 |
| 18 | Inter | 54.8 |
| 19 | AC Milan | 54.7 |
| 20 | Celta Vigo | 54.6 |
| 21 | Manchester United | 53.9 |
| 22 | Chelsea | 53.9 |
| 23 | RasenBallsport Leipzig | 53.8 |
| 24 | Las Palmas | 53.7 |
| 25 | Atalanta | 53.7 |
| 26 | Bayer Leverkusen | 53.5 |
| 27 | Sevilla | 53.4 |
| 28 | Lille | 53.1 |
| 29 | Sampdoria | 52.8 |
| 30 | Fiorentina | 51.9 |
| 31 | Southampton | 51.5 |
| 32 | Borussia M.Gladbach | 51.4 |
| 33 | Eibar | 51.3 |
| 34 | Torino | 51.2 |
| 35 | Lazio | 50.9 |
| 36 | Monaco | 50.8 |
| 37 | Saint-Etienne | 50.7 |
| 38 | Hoffenheim | 50.7 |
| 39 | Villarreal | 50.6 |
| 40 | Rennes | 50.2 |
| 41 | Bordeaux | 50.1 |
| 42 | Guingamp | 49.9 |
| 43 | Wolfsburg | 49.8 |
| 44 | Strasbourg | 49.4 |
| 45 | Watford | 49.3 |
| 46 | Valencia | 49.2 |
| 47 | Athletic Bilbao | 49.0 |
| 48 | Dijon | 49.0 |
| 49 | Hamburger SV | 48.9 |
| 50 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 48.7 |
R = Rank
P% = Possession Percentage
* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2017/18).
TOP FOOTBALL TRANSFERS 2017-2018
Credits (SL Bilten 19/18, p.13)
