Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2017/18) – 11.08.2018
Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage
in European football leagues (Season 2017/18)
- Date: 11.08.2018
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- Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2017/18)
Which team finished 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.
There are thousands of relevant statistics that we could take away from the season, 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. Let’s see.
| R | Team | P% |
| 1 | Manchester City | 66.4 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 62.6 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 62.4 |
| 4 | Napoli | 60.3 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 60.0 |
| 6 | Tottenham | 58.8 |
| 7 | Arsenal | 58.5 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 58.0 |
| 9 | Real Madrid | 57.8 |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund | 56.9 |
| 11 | Nice | 56.3 |
| 12 | Roma | 56.1 |
| 13 | Juventus | 56.0 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 55.9 |
| 15 | Marseille | 55.5 |
| 16 | Inter | 55.1 |
| 17 | Real Sociedad | 55.1 |
| 18 | Lyon | 54.8 |
| 19 | AC Milan | 54.6 |
| 20 | Celta Vigo | 54.4 |
| 21 | Chelsea | 54.4 |
| 22 | Manchester United | 53.9 |
| 23 | Atalanta | 53.8 |
| 24 | Las Palmas | 53.8 |
| 25 | RasenBallsport Leipzig | 53.8 |
| 26 | Bayer Leverkusen | 53.5 |
| 27 | Sevilla | 53.1 |
| 28 | Lille | 52.9 |
| 29 | Sampdoria | 52.5 |
| 30 | Fiorentina | 51.9 |
| 31 | Borussia M.Gladbach | 51.4 |
| 32 | Torino | 51.2 |
| 33 | Eibar | 51.2 |
| 34 | Southampton | 51.0 |
| 35 | Lazio | 51.0 |
| 36 | Monaco | 50.9 |
| 37 | Saint-Etienne | 50.7 |
| 38 | Hoffenheim | 50.6 |
| 39 | Bordeaux | 50.4 |
| 40 | Villarreal | 50.2 |
| 41 | Rennes | 50.0 |
| 42 | Guingamp | 49.8 |
| 43 | Wolfsburg | 49.6 |
| 44 | Athletic Bilbao | 49.4 |
| 45 | Valencia | 49.3 |
| 46 | Watford | 49.3 |
| 47 | Strasbourg | 49.2 |
| 48 | Dijon | 49.0 |
| 49 | Hamburger SV | 48.9 |
| 50 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 48.8 |
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 21/18, p.13)
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