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Premier League teams ranked by best possession percentage (Season 2025/26) – 19.01.2026

Premier League teams ranked by best possession percentage (Season 2025/26)

  • Date: 19.01.2026
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  • Premier League teams ranked by best possession percentage (Season 2025/26)
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Which team will finish the season as the top ranked by best possession percentage in Premier League?

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.

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 teams ranked by best possession percentage in Premier League of the season so far. Let’s see.

Team P%
1. Liverpool 60.9
2. Manchester City 58.9
3. Arsenal 58.1
4. Chelsea 57.7
5. Manchester United 53.8
6. Aston Villa 53.0
7. Newcastle 53.0
8. Brighton 52.0
9. Fulham 51.3
10. Tottenham 50.9
11. Bournemouth 50.6
12. Nottingham Forest 50.0
13. Brentford 46.0
14. Leeds 45.6
15. Wolves 44.6
16. West Ham 43.2
17. Crystal Palace 43.0
18. Everton 42.8
19. Sunderland 42.6
20. Burnley 41.4

P% = Possession Percentage

* A list of the teams ranked by best possession percentage in Premier League (Season 2025/26).

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Site expert for statistical analysis and avid fan of all European football. Nikola Horvat has written for various Italian football portals and now he writes for Euro Football Rumours. He is a sports and travel aficionado and has lived in three continents – North America, South America and Europe. The languages that Nikola knows are Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Italian, English, and Spanish.

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