Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2019/20) – 11.07.2020
Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage
in European football leagues (Season 2019/20)
- Date: 11.07.2020
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2019/20)
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 33 weeks of 2019/2020 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 | Barcelona | 62.8 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 61.8 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 61.7 |
| 4 | Bayern Munich | 61.5 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 60.1 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 59.4 |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 58.5 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 57.6 |
| 9 | Napoli | 57.2 |
| 10 | Juventus | 57.0 |
| 11 | Real Madrid | 56.7 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 55.8 |
| 13 | Atalanta | 55.6 |
| 14 | Sevilla | 55.3 |
| 15 | Real Sociedad | 55.1 |
| 16 | Leicester | 55.0 |
| 17 | Real Betis | 54.9 |
| 18 | Lyon | 54.8 |
| 19 | Manchester United | 54.4 |
| 20 | Nice | 54.2 |
| 21 | RasenBallsport Leipzig | 54.1 |
| 22 | AC Milan | 54.0 |
| 23 | Arsenal | 53.2 |
| 24 | Bordeaux | 53.0 |
| 25 | Marseille | 52.8 |
| 26 | Brighton | 52.7 |
| 27 | Inter | 52.7 |
| 28 | Roma | 52.4 |
| 29 | Villarreal | 52.3 |
| 30 | Tottenham | 52.2 |
| 31 | Bologna | 52.1 |
| 32 | Lille | 51.7 |
| 33 | Borussia M.Gladbach | 51.7 |
| 34 | Hoffenheim | 51.5 |
| 35 | Celta Vigo | 51.4 |
| 36 | Norwich | 50.6 |
| 37 | Monaco | 50.4 |
| 38 | Genoa | 50.2 |
| 39 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 50.0 |
| 40 | Rennes | 50.0 |
| 41 | Lazio | 49.9 |
| 42 | Strasbourg | 49.7 |
| 43 | Schalke 04 | 49.6 |
| 44 | Brest | 49.6 |
| 45 | Reims | 49.5 |
| 46 | Valencia | 49.1 |
| 47 | Verona | 49.1 |
| 48 | Werder Bremen | 48.9 |
| 49 | Atletico Madrid | 48.9 |
| 50 | Athletic Bilbao | 48.8 |
P% = Possession Percentage
* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2019/20).
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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.
