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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
  • Euro Football Rumours
  • Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2017/18)

 

Team Statistics
Team Statistics

 

 

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)

One thought on “Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2017/18) – 11.08.2018

  • Only top 5 leagues or whole of Europe?

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