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Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2020/21) – 31.07.2021

Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage

in European football leagues (Season 2020/21)

 

  • Date: 31.07.2021
  • Euro Football Rumours
  • Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2020/21)

 

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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 62.4
2. Manchester City 60.8
3. Paris Saint-Germain 60.1
4. Liverpool 59.0
5. Sevilla 58.7
6. Chelsea 58.6
7. Sassuolo 58.2
8. Bayern Munich 58.1
9. Real Madrid 57.7
10. Borussia Dortmund 57.5
11. Bayer Leverkusen 57.3
12. RB Leipzig 57.3
13. Rennes 56.8
14. Juventus 55.4
15. Leeds 55.1
16. Manchester United 54.5
17. Villarreal 54.3
18. Monaco 54.2
19. Napoli 54.1
20. Real Sociedad 53.7
21. Lyon 53.6
22. Atalanta 53.5
23. Nice 53.4
24. Leicester 53.2
25. Real Betis 52.9
26. Arsenal 52.7
27. Lille 52.6
28. Marseille 52.4
29. Eintracht Frankfurt 52.4
30. Lazio 52.2
31. Celta Vigo 52.0
32. Inter 52.0
33. Atletico Madrid 51.8
34. Spezia 51.6
35. VfB Stuttgart 51.5
36. Levante 51.5
37. Borussia M.Gladbach 51.5
38. Roma 51.5
39. AC Milan 51.4
40. Southampton 51.4
41. Tottenham 51.3
42. Lens 51.1
43. Wolfsburg 51.0
44. Hoffenheim 50.8
45. Brighton 50.7
46. Bologna 50.7
47. Bordeaux 50.2
48. Fulham 50.0
49. Hertha Berlin 49.8
50. Wolverhampton Wanderers 49.7

 

P% = Possession Percentage

* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2020/21).

 

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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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