Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2018/19) – 28.01.2019
Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage
in European football leagues (Season 2018/19)
- Date: 28.01.2019
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- Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2018/19)
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 23 weeks of 2018/2019 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 | 63.9 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 62.5 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 61.9 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 61.7 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 61.1 |
| 6 | Paris Saint-Germain | 60.4 |
| 7 | Lyon | 58.7 |
| 8 | Real Madrid | 58.4 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 57.5 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 56.3 |
| 11 | Tottenham | 56.3 |
| 12 | Borussia Dortmund | 56.1 |
| 13 | Inter | 56.1 |
| 14 | Juventus | 56.0 |
| 15 | Atalanta | 55.7 |
| 16 | Napoli | 55.3 |
| 17 | Nice | 54.7 |
| 18 | Roma | 53.7 |
| 19 | Manchester United | 53.7 |
| 20 | Marseille | 53.7 |
| 21 | AC Milan | 53.6 |
| 22 | Celta Vigo | 53.5 |
| 23 | Sassuolo | 53.5 |
| 24 | Wolfsburg | 53.3 |
| 25 | Werder Bremen | 53.1 |
| 26 | Sampdoria | 53.0 |
| 27 | Eibar | 52.8 |
| 28 | Bayer Leverkusen | 52.6 |
| 29 | Hoffenheim | 52.4 |
| 30 | Torino | 51.7 |
| 31 | Nantes | 51.6 |
| 32 | SPAL 2013 | 51.4 |
| 33 | Everton | 51.2 |
| 34 | Dijon | 51.0 |
| 35 | Borussia M.Gladbach | 50.8 |
| 36 | Lazio | 50.8 |
| 37 | Lille | 50.7 |
| 38 | Strasbourg | 50.7 |
| 39 | Leicester | 50.4 |
| 40 | Fiorentina | 50.4 |
| 41 | Athletic Bilbao | 50.2 |
| 42 | Bordeaux | 50.2 |
| 43 | Real Sociedad | 50.1 |
| 44 | Espanyol | 50.1 |
| 45 | Saint-Etienne | 50.0 |
| 46 | Rennes | 50.0 |
| 47 | Cagliari | 49.9 |
| 48 | Montpellier | 49.7 |
| 49 | RasenBallsport Leipzig | 49.6 |
| 50 | Villarreal | 49.5 |
P% = Possession Percentage
* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2018/19).
TOP FOOTBALL TRANSFERS 2018-2019
Credits (SL Bilten 18/19, p.13)
