Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2024/25) – 02.08.2025
Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage
in European football leagues (Season 2024/25)
- Date: 02.08.2025
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2024/25)
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 | 69.2 |
| 2. Paris Saint-Germain | 68.6 |
| 3. Bayern Munich | 68.5 |
| 4. Marseille | 63.9 |
| 5. Manchester City | 61.6 |
| 6. Real Madrid | 60.5 |
| 7. Inter | 60.1 |
| 8. Bayer Leverkusen | 59.5 |
| 9. Borussia Dortmund | 59.2 |
| 10. Bologna | 58.3 |
| 11. Liverpool | 57.9 |
| 12. Juventus | 57.9 |
| 13. Lille | 57.7 |
| 14. VfB Stuttgart | 57.6 |
| 15. Arsenal | 57.1 |
| 16. Chelsea | 57.1 |
| 17. Lyon | 56.6 |
| 18. Girona | 56.1 |
| 19. Atalanta | 55.5 |
| 20. Lazio | 55.0 |
| 21. Tottenham | 54.8 |
| 22. Monaco | 54.7 |
| 23. Como | 54.6 |
| 24. Napoli | 54.3 |
| 25. Roma | 53.9 |
| 26. AC Milan | 53.9 |
| 27. Lens | 53.6 |
| 28. Real Sociedad | 53.6 |
| 29. Celta Vigo | 53.6 |
| 30. Manchester United | 53.5 |
| 31. Real Betis | 52.4 |
| 32. Fulham | 52.3 |
| 33. Brighton | 52.3 |
| 34. RB Leipzig | 52.2 |
| 35. Atletico Madrid | 52.2 |
| 36. Rayo Vallecano | 51.7 |
| 37. Newcastle | 51.3 |
| 38. Rennes | 51.0 |
| 39. Las Palmas | 50.6 |
| 40. Aston Villa | 50.6 |
| 41. Fiorentina | 50.4 |
| 42. Strasbourg | 50.3 |
| 43. Mainz 05 | 50.3 |
| 44. Sevilla | 50.2 |
| 45. Werder Bremen | 49.6 |
| 46. Borussia M.Gladbach | 49.5 |
| 47. Eintracht Frankfurt | 49.3 |
| 48. Southampton | 48.6 |
| 49. West Ham | 48.6 |
| 50. Freiburg | 48.4 |
P% = Possession Percentage
* A list of the top 50 teams ranked by best possession percentage in European football leagues (Season 2024/25).
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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.
