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Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2021/22) – 06.08.2022

Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage

in European football leagues (Season 2021/22)

 

  • Date: 06.08.2022
  • Euro Football Rumours
  • Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2021/22)

 

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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. Manchester City 68.2
2. Bayern Munich 64.8
3. Barcelona 64.7
4. Paris Saint-Germain 63.3
5. Liverpool 63.1
6. Chelsea 62.2
7. Marseille 62.0
8. Real Madrid 60.1
9. Sevilla 59.9
10. Borussia Dortmund 59.4
11. Napoli 58.8
12. Lyon 58.7
13. Fiorentina 58.0
14. Villarreal 56.8
15. Inter 56.8
16. RB Leipzig 56.5
17. Rennes 56.2
18. Lazio 55.4
19. Celta Vigo 55.4
20. Sassuolo 55.2
21. Atalanta 55.0
22. FC Koln 54.8
23. Real Sociedad 54.6
24. Brighton 54.3
25. AC Milan 54.2
26. Borussia M.Gladbach 54.1
27. Monaco 53.9
28. Real Betis 53.8
29. Torino 53.7
30. Bayer Leverkusen 53.7
31. Hoffenheim 53.2
32. Arsenal 52.6
33. Manchester United 52.1
34. Leeds 51.9
35. Tottenham 51.9
36. Leicester 51.8
37. Juventus 51.7
38. Nice 51.3
39. Roma 51.2
40. Lens 50.9
41. Crystal Palace 50.8
42. Lille 50.7
43. Verona 50.5
44. VfB Stuttgart 50.4
45. Bologna 50.3
46. Wolfsburg 50.2
47. Atletico Madrid 50.2
48. Clermont Foot 49.8
49. Rayo Vallecano 49.4
50. Eintracht Frankfurt 49.4

 

P% = Possession Percentage

* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2021/22).

 

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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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