Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2023/24) – 19.04.2024
Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage
in European football leagues (Season 2023/24)
- Date: 19.04.2024
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2023/24)
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 | 66.1 |
| 2. Paris Saint-Germain | 65.4 |
| 3. Barcelona | 64.9 |
| 4. Bayer Leverkusen | 63.1 |
| 5. Bayern Munich | 62.4 |
| 6. Tottenham | 62.1 |
| 7. Brighton | 62.0 |
| 8. Napoli | 61.6 |
| 9. Liverpool | 61.0 |
| 10. Las Palmas | 60.0 |
| 11. Arsenal | 59.8 |
| 12. VfB Stuttgart | 59.8 |
| 13. Real Madrid | 59.4 |
| 14. Chelsea | 59.2 |
| 15. Bologna | 58.6 |
| 16. Borussia Dortmund | 57.5 |
| 17. Girona | 57.1 |
| 18. Lille | 56.9 |
| 19. Fiorentina | 56.7 |
| 20. RB Leipzig | 56.6 |
| 21. AC Milan | 56.6 |
| 22. Real Sociedad | 56.5 |
| 23. Inter | 56.5 |
| 24. Roma | 54.2 |
| 25. Aston Villa | 54.2 |
| 26. Monaco | 54.2 |
| 27. Marseille | 53.6 |
| 28. Nice | 53.3 |
| 29. Brest | 53.3 |
| 30. Lens | 52.8 |
| 31. Monza | 52.8 |
| 32. Lazio | 52.6 |
| 33. Torino | 52.1 |
| 34. Lyon | 52.0 |
| 35. Eintracht Frankfurt | 51.9 |
| 36. Newcastle | 51.8 |
| 37. Reims | 51.4 |
| 38. Rennes | 51.1 |
| 39. Fulham | 51.0 |
| 40. Atletico Madrid | 50.7 |
| 41. Frosinone | 50.3 |
| 42. Atalanta | 50.2 |
| 43. Sevilla | 50.1 |
| 44. Real Betis | 50.1 |
| 45. Villarreal | 50.0 |
| 46. Manchester United | 49.7 |
| 47. Rayo Vallecano | 48.8 |
| 48. Athletic Club | 48.8 |
| 49. Clermont Foot | 48.7 |
| 50. Hoffenheim | 48.4 |
P% = Possession Percentage
* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2023/24).
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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.
