Euro Football Rumours

Harry Kane

vs

Jamie Vardy

 

Position: Forward

Premier League – 2017/2018

Statistical Analysis

Date: 26.07.2018

 

Harry Kane vs Jamie Vardy. The two fantastic forwards in Premier League, but who has performed better in 2017/18 season?

Therefore we have made an analysis of the statistics achieved by Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy in five offensive categories:

• Goals
• Assists
• Shots per match
• Key passes per match
• Dribbles per match

Harry Kane played 37 games in 2017/18 season for his team same like Jamie Vardy.
Vardy played more minutes than Kane – 3258 to 3083.
In Premier League, Harry Kane has scored 30 goals (EFRating = 10.50), while Jamie Vardy has scored 20 goals (EFRating = 7.00).
Kane has created 2 assists in Premier League (EFRating = 0.38), which is more than Jamie Vardy’s one assist (EFRating = 0.19).
In Premier League, Harry Kane has completed 5 shots per match (EFRating = 4.83), while Jamie Vardy has completed only 1.9 (EFRating = 1.83).
Vardy has recorded 0.9 key passes per match in Premier League (EFRating = 2.03), same like Kane (EFRating = 2.03).
In Premier League, Harry Kane has completed 1.3 dribbles per match (EFRating = 2.25), while Jamie Vardy has completed only 0.6 (EFRating = 1.04).

Based on the analysis above, Harry Kane is clearly the king of 4 offensive categories (goals, assists, shots per match and dribbles per match ).

 

In conclusion, with all the statistics, Harry Kane seems like the easy pick over Jamie Vardy as the superior offensive player in Premier League.

 

Player	Harry Kane	Jamie Vardy
EFRating	19.98	12.09