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Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2019/20) – 25.09.2020

Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage

in European football leagues (Season 2019/20)

 

  • Date: 25.09.2020
  • Euro Football Rumours
  • Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2019/20)

 

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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.

 

Team P%
1. Barcelona 63.2
2. Manchester City 62.6
3. Paris Saint-Germain 61.8
4. Bayern Munich 61.5
5. Bayer Leverkusen 60.1
6. Liverpool 59.6
7. Borussia Dortmund 58.5
8. Chelsea 57.9
9. Napoli 57.2
10. Real Madrid 57.1
11. Juventus 56.4
12. Sassuolo 56.1
13. Sevilla 55.9
14. Real Betis 55.7
15. Atalanta 55.4
16. Leicester 55.1
17. Lyon 54.8
18. Real Sociedad 54.6
19. Manchester United 54.6
20. Nice 54.2
21. RasenBallsport Leipzig 54.1
22. AC Milan 53.6
23. Bordeaux 53.0
24. Arsenal 52.9
25. Inter 52.8
26. Marseille 52.8
27. Villarreal 52.6
28. Roma 52.0
29. Bologna 51.8
30. Lille 51.7
31. Borussia M.Gladbach 51.7
32. Brighton 51.7
33. Hoffenheim 51.5
34. Tottenham 51.5
35. Celta Vigo 51.3
36. Monaco 50.4
37. Lazio 50.1
38. Eintracht Frankfurt 50.0
39. Rennes 50.0
40. Verona 49.9
41. Norwich 49.8
42. Strasbourg 49.7
43. Schalke 04 49.6
44. Brest 49.6
45. Reims 49.5
46. Valencia 49.4
47. Genoa 49.3
48. Southampton 49.2
49. Everton 49.0
50. Athletic Bilbao 49.0

 

P% = Possession Percentage

* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2019/20).

 

TOP FOOTBALL TRANSFERS 2018-2019

 

Credits (SL Bilten 21/20, p.13)

 
 

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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