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Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2022/23) – 19.03.2023

Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage

in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)

 

  • Date: 19.03.2023
  • Euro Football Rumours
  • Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)

 

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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.

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.

 

Team P%
1. Manchester City 64.6
2. Bayern Munich 64.6
3. Barcelona 64.0
4. Napoli 61.5
5. Paris Saint-Germain 60.7
6. Arsenal 60.4
7. Real Madrid 60.1
8. Liverpool 59.9
9. Lille 59.9
10. Brighton 59.5
11. Chelsea 58.8
12. Lyon 58.3
13. Lens 57.7
14. RB Leipzig 57.7
15. Borussia Dortmund 57.3
16. Fiorentina 57.1
17. Rennes 56.2
18. Sevilla 56.0
19. Real Sociedad 55.7
20. Marseille 55.6
21. Monza 55.5
22. Inter 55.5
23. Villarreal 55.3
24. Valencia 54.3
25. Borussia M.Gladbach 53.8
26. Rayo Vallecano 53.4
27. Torino 53.0
28. Bologna 53.0
29. Bayer Leverkusen 53.0
30. Manchester United 52.6
31. AC Milan 52.6
32. Lazio 51.9
33. Werder Bremen 51.2
34. Nice 51.0
35. Girona 51.0
36. Toulouse 50.7
37. Newcastle 50.7
38. Athletic Bilbao 50.4
39. Tottenham 50.3
40. Real Betis 50.2
41. Wolfsburg 50.0
42. Eintracht Frankfurt 50.0
43. Hoffenheim 49.9
44. Leicester 49.9
45. Atalanta 49.9
46. FC Koln 49.7
47. Wolverhampton 49.6
48. Celta Vigo 49.5
49. Atletico Madrid 49.5
50. Roma 49.3

 
P% = Possession Percentage

* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2022/23).

 
 

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Credits (SL Bilten 21/22, 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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