Miscellaneous Premier League Stats

This is also on the official website, where they have Opta as data provider.
https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goal_assist?se=274

2004-05 has for example: Lampard 18, Henry 14, Bergkamp 12.

A few years ago (2018) I researched who had the most 10+ assists seasons: Giggs and Fabregas were the ones with five. Beckham, Bergkamp, Cantona and Lampard had four. Henry, De Bruyne and Silva had two by then. Giggs and Bergkamp had also several seasons with 9 assists, and Gerrard had two with 9 on top of the one with 10 assists.

I also looked at who finished most often in the top three: Bergkamp led the way with six, followed by Fabregas on five, Beckham and Lampard on four. Giggs had three.

Worth pointing out again that this does not differentiate between open play and set piece assists, or of course crosses from the wing (at a %15-20 accuracy or so; great ones like Robben, Ribery or Beckham have 30+% cross accuracy). Nor does it factor in that during Thierry Henry his pomp the fouls per game was a lot higher (as well as tackles and other characteristics).

Noteworthy are the ('rare') players who become top scorer and top assister in the same season: for ex. Andy Cole, Hasselbaink. And others who topped both charts in different seasons: for ex. Thierry Henry and Van Persie.

For the period above:

34 - Between Aug 2001 & May 2006, Danny Murphy assisted 34 PL goals; only Henry 53, Giggs 49, Bergkamp 41 & Lampard 37 had more. Peak.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 10, 2013

 

Not sure whether that is complete for older seasons. If I compare it with soccer-europe or what OPTA has provided for certain players there are differences.

For newer seasons they have Statsbomb as help so that is fine.

 

Although there are differences with OPTA, and @PDG1978 and I noticed a few clear errors in the data, it does roughly indicate here that someone like Lampard relied for ~30% on set pieces for assists, while for e.g. Scholes, Bergkamp and Cantona that is barely the case (the source says 0 for 2005-06 but that's wrong).

https://www.soccermetrics.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/EPL-20-Book.pdf

Also confirmed by this, that tracks assists in an ice hockey manner.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160318132537/http://www.premiersoccerstats.com/Records.cfm?DOrderby=OPAss&DYearby=All Seasons

From the 2006-07 season onward the Premier League website is pretty detailed.

 

Not that it will register among the usual suspects (@Peru FC , @Dearman etc.), but after some research I found out that Brad Friedel and Van der Sar are the only goalkeepers since 1992 to have the most clean sheets in a season, and the most saves in a season. Friedel made the PFA team of the year, the other typically did not.

https://www.soccermetrics.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/EPL-20-Book.pdf

https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/opta-index-player-of-the-season/

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2004/may/20/edwin-scoops-award

https://www.beinsports.com/en/uefa-...ampions-league-stats-meanest-defenses/1449402

 

Most Champions League goals for English clubs:

35 - Thierry Henry
35 - Van Nistelrooij
34 - Aguero
34 - Drogba
30 - Rooney
28 - Giggs
25 - Van Persie
24 - Scholes
23 - Lampard
21 - Gerrard
20 - Kane
19 - Salah
19 - Solskjaer
19 - Sterling
18 - Andy Cole
18 - Torres
17 - Fabregas
16 - Mane
15 - Anelka
15 - Cristiano Ronaldo
14 - Beckham
14 - Heung-Min Son
14 - Walcott

 

Defending prowess:

3 - Top duel success in the top 5 leagues since 2012/13 (min 1000 duels)

🏅 Virgil van Dijk 73.4%

🥈 Thiago Silva 71.7% @PSG_English

🥉 Federico Fazio 69.4%

Farewell. pic.twitter.com/gBDgLli6xV

— OptaJean (@OptaJean) June 9, 2020

Versatility:

100% - Georginio Wijnaldum (@GWijnaldum) completed 61 passes v Chelsea, the highest tally with a 100 percent accuracy in a PL game for a Liverpool player since Opta collect detailed PL data (2003/04). Reinvention. pic.twitter.com/dD9jQqR2z3

— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) May 6, 2018

2 - Wijnaldum is only the 2nd Newcastle United player ever to score 4+ goals in a single PL match (Shearer v Sheff Weds, Sep 1999). Heroic.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 18, 2015

100% - Georginio Wijnaldum completed all of his 36 passes for the Netherlands v France and made more recoveries (7) than any other Netherlands player. Spark. pic.twitter.com/4XuQHqH4zk

— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) September 9, 2018

17 - 17 of the 20 Netherlands goals in 2019 (excl. own goals) have been scored or assisted by either @GWijnaldum or @Memphis. Changes. pic.twitter.com/FzZyHeti1S

— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) November 16, 2019

https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/the-other-club-teams-thread.1925073/page-73#post-38714774

Speaking to Sky Sports earlier this month, Jurgen Klopp was asked which of his Liverpool players could go on to become a manager. He was unsure if any of them would want to do it but one of the names that did spring to mind was his midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum. "Gini for sure could do it if he wants to," said Klopp.
https://www.skysports.com/football/...rated-role-in-jurgen-klopps-liverpool-success

 

I found the 2006-07 Actim Index (officially used by the Premier League), which works in a cumulative base. It does help I think when a side is 'built around' or revolves around a player (cf. Lampard vs Ballack, Makelele)

This is after the final day:

1 Didier Drogba Chelsea 628
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 617
3 Dimitar Berbatov Tottenham Hotspur 611
4 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 580
5 Frank Lampard Chelsea 572
6 Mikel Arteta Everton 567
7 Cesc Fabregas Arsenal 565
8 Gareth Barry Aston Villa 561
9 Benni Mccarthy Blackburn Rovers 535
10 Gabriel Agbonlahor Aston Villa 517
11 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 505
12 Andy Johnson Everton 498
13 David James Portsmouth 489
14 Dirk Kuyt Liverpool 487
15 El-Hadji Diouf Bolton Wanderers 483
16 Marcus Hahnemann Reading 482
17 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 481
18 Paul Scholes Manchester United 477
19 Steve Finnan Liverpool 469
20 Matthew Taylor Portsmouth 468
21 Tim Howard Everton 467
22 Gilberto Arsenal 467
23 Ricardo Carvalho Chelsea 463
24 Edwin Van Der Sar Manchester United 462
25 Jose Reina Liverpool 462
26 Rio Ferdinand Manchester United 461
27 Phil Neville Everton 454
28 Kolo Toure Arsenal 454
29 David Bentley Blackburn Rovers 453
30 Joleon Lescott Everton 452
31 Michael Carrick Manchester United 445
32 Nicolas Anelka Bolton Wanderers 444
33 Brad Friedel Blackburn Rovers 443
34 Nicky Shorey Reading 441
35 Pascal Chimbonda Tottenham Hotspur 440
36 Jens Lehmann Arsenal 439
37 Emanuel Pogatetz Middlesbrough 435
38 Paul Robinson Tottenham Hotspur 426
39 Michael Dawson Tottenham Hotspur 425
40 Jussi Jaaskelainen Bolton Wanderers 423
41 Ashley Young Aston Villa 420
42 Nemanja Vidic Manchester United 418
43 Kevin Doyle Reading 418
44 Jamie Carragher Liverpool 417
45 Stewart Downing Middlesbrough 416
46 Richard Dunne Manchester City 414
47 Liam Rosenior Fulham 412
48 Gary Speed Bolton Wanderers 412
49 Gary O'neil Portsmouth 411
50 Olof Mellberg Aston Villa 411
51 Kanu Portsmouth 410
52 Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal 408
53 Mark Schwarzer Middlesbrough 407
54 Gary Neville Manchester United 406
55 Andriy Shevchenko Chelsea 403
56 Ivan Campo Bolton Wanderers 403
57 Sylvain Distin Manchester City 401
58 Peter Crouch Liverpool 398
59 Mark Viduka Middlesbrough 398
60 Morten Gamst Pedersen Blackburn Rovers 398
61 Joey Barton Manchester City 396
62 Patrice Evra Manchester United 393
63 Xabi Alonso Liverpool 392
64 Joseph Yobo Everton 391
65 Alexander Hleb Arsenal 389
66 Jermaine Pennant Liverpool 386
67 Michael Essien Chelsea 381
68 Aaron Lennon Tottenham Hotspur 376
69 Ivar Ingimarsson Reading 376
70 Linvoy Primus Portsmouth 372
71 Kevin Davies Bolton Wanderers 371
72 John Terry Chelsea 370
73 Abdoulaye Meite Bolton Wanderers 369
74 Darren Bent Charlton Athletic 368
75 James Milner Newcastle United 366
76 Brett Emerton Blackburn Rovers 365
77 Steven Taylor Newcastle United 363
78 Andrew Taylor Middlesbrough 361
79 Brian Mcbride Fulham 357
80 Scott Carson Charlton Athletic 356
81 Lucas Neill West Ham United 355
82 Lee Carsley Everton 349
83 Thierry Henry Arsenal 349
84 Stephen Hunt Reading 349
85 Louis Saha Manchester United 348
86 Bobby Zamora West Ham United 346
87 John O'shea Manchester United 345
88 Talal El Karkouri Charlton Athletic 345
89 Sol Campbell Portsmouth 344
90 George Boateng Middlesbrough 343
91 Thomas Sorensen Aston Villa 341
92 Ayegbeni Yakubu Middlesbrough 340
93 Robin Van Persie Arsenal 340
94 Salomon Kalou Chelsea 337
95 Michael Ballack Chelsea 337
96 Daniel Agger Liverpool 337
97 Claude Makelele Chelsea 336
98 Nicky Hunt Bolton Wanderers 335
99 Jermaine Jenas Tottenham Hotspur 334
100 Obafemi Martins Newcastle United 332

This was after 23 January 2007:

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1 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 416
2 Didier Drogba Chelsea 415
3 Gareth Barry Aston Villa 391
4 Frank Lampard Chelsea 380
5 Steve Finnan Liverpool 378
6 El-Hadji Diouf Bolton Wanderers 365
7 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 365
8 Mikel Arteta Everton 357
9 Cesc Fabregas Arsenal 348
10 Benni Mccarthy Blackburn Rovers 344
11 Matthew Taylor Portsmouth 343
12 Robin Van Persie Arsenal 340
13 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 339
14 Edwin Van Der Sar Manchester United 336
15 Rio Ferdinand Manchester United 336
16 Kevin Doyle Reading 336
17 Dimitar Berbatov Tottenham Hotspur 331
18 David James Portsmouth 324
19 Jose Reina Liverpool 324
20 Kolo Toure Arsenal 321
21 Kanu Portsmouth 320
22 Jamie Carragher Liverpool 318
23 Gabriel Agbonlahor Aston Villa 314
24 Gary Neville Manchester United 312
25 Andy Johnson Everton 311
26 Gilberto Arsenal 308
27 Louis Saha Manchester United 307
28 Ivan Campo Bolton Wanderers 304
29 Alexander Hleb Arsenal 301
30 Xabi Alonso Liverpool 301
31 Paul Scholes Manchester United 300
32 Patrice Evra Manchester United 300
33 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 300
34 Nicky Shorey Reading 299
35 Marcus Hahnemann Reading 299
36 Thierry Henry Arsenal 299
37 Jussi Jaaskelainen Bolton Wanderers 297
38 Jens Lehmann Arsenal 295
39 Phil Neville Everton 292
40 Liam Rosenior Fulham 291
41 Aiyegbeni Yakubu Middlesbrough 291
42 Richard Dunne Manchester City 290
43 Emanuel Pogatetz Middlesbrough 288
44 Tim Howard Everton 287
45 Mark Schwarzer Middlesbrough 287
46 Ashley Young Watford 286
47 Joey Barton Manchester City 283
48 Gary O'neil Portsmouth 283
49 Dirk Kuyt Liverpool 283
50 Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal 281
51 Michael Carrick Manchester United 279
52 Ricardo Carvalho Chelsea 277
53 Nemanja Vidic Manchester United 276
54 Gary Speed Bolton Wanderers 276
55 Obafemi Martins Newcastle United 271
56 Andriy Shevchenko Chelsea 271
57 Brad Friedel Blackburn Rovers 270
58 Arjen Robben Chelsea 270
59 David Bentley Blackburn Rovers 270
60 Brian Mcbride Fulham 268
61 Abdoulaye Meite Bolton Wanderers 268
62 Linvoy Primus Portsmouth 267
63 Michael Essien Chelsea 266
64 Olof Mellberg Aston Villa 263
65 Nicolas Anelka Bolton Wanderers 263
66 Sylvain Distin Manchester City 262
67 Morten Gamst Pedersen Blackburn Rovers 257
68 Joseph Yobo Everton 256
69 Stewart Downing Middlesbrough 251
70 Sol Campbell Portsmouth 250
71 Ibrahima Sonko Reading 249
72 Jermaine Pennant Liverpool 249
73 Craig Bellamy Liverpool 248
74 Pascal Chimbonda Tottenham Hotspur 247
75 Liam Ridgewell Aston Villa 247
76 Joleon Lescott Everton 245
77 Daniel Agger Liverpool 243
78 Paul Robinson Tottenham Hotspur 242
79 Kevin Davies Bolton Wanderers 241
80 Tim Cahill Everton 240
81 John Terry Chelsea 240
82 Ashley Cole Chelsea 240
83 Michael Dawson Tottenham Hotspur 238
84 Franck Queudrue Fulham 237
85 Peter Crouch Liverpool 233
86 Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur 232
87 Nicky Weaver Manchester City 232
88 Keith Gillespie Sheffield United 232
89 Scott Parker Newcastle United 231
90 Nicky Hunt Bolton Wanderers 229
91 Seol Ki-Hyeon Reading 228
92 James Harper Reading 227
93 Andrew Taylor Middlesbrough 227
94 Michael Ballack Chelsea 224
95 James Milner Newcastle United 224
96 Leon Osman Everton 222
97 Chris Kirkland Wigan Athletic 222
98 Emmanuel Eboue Arsenal 221
99 Abdoulaye Faye Bolton Wanderers 221
100 Peter Ramage Newcastle United 221

 

2005-06 Actim Index

1 Thierry Henry Arsenal 7.34
2 Frank Lampard Chelsea 7.21
3 Ruud Van Nistelrooy Manchester United 6.85
4 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 6.32
5 Rio Ferdinand Manchester United 6.24
6 Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur 6.21
7 William Gallas Chelsea 6.08
8 John Terry Chelsea 5.98
9 Darren Bent Charlton Athletic 5.72
10 Edwin Van Der Sar Manchester United 5.68
11 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 5.61
12 Steve Finnan Liverpool 5.59
13 Jimmy Bullard Wigan Athletic 5.51
14 Jamie Carragher Liverpool 5.50
15 Sami Hyypia Liverpool 5.38
16 John O'shea Manchester United 5.32
17 Petr Cech Chelsea 5.32
18 Michael Carrick Tottenham Hotspur 5.18
19 Pascal Chimbonda Wigan Athletic 5.13
20 Gary O'neil Portsmouth 5.11
21 Marlon Harewood West Ham United 4.98
22 Joe Cole Chelsea 4.95
23 Jens Lehmann Arsenal 4.94
24 Didier Drogba Chelsea 4.93
25 Morten Gamst Pedersen Blackburn Rovers 4.91
26 Francesc Fabregas Arsenal 4.89
27 Claude Makelele Chelsea 4.87
28 Jose Reina Liverpool 4.86
29 Kevin Davies Bolton Wanderers 4.83
30 Brad Friedel Blackburn Rovers 4.81
31 Lucas Neill Blackburn Rovers 4.80
32 Craig Bellamy Blackburn Rovers 4.80
33 Paul Robinson Tottenham Hotspur 4.70
34 Paul Stalteri Tottenham Hotspur 4.64
35 Mikael Silvestre Manchester United 4.63
36 Matthew Taylor Portsmouth 4.63
37 Kevin Nolan Bolton Wanderers 4.55
38 Steed Malbranque Fulham 4.54
39 Paul Konchesky West Ham United 4.53
40 Gilberto Arsenal 4.51
41 Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur 4.50
42 Matthew Etherington West Ham United 4.50
43 Luis Boa Morte Fulham 4.49
44 Shay Given Newcastle United 4.47
45 Danny Gabbidon West Ham United 4.47
46 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 4.41
47 Jermaine Jenas Tottenham Hotspur 4.39
48 Robert Pires Arsenal 4.39
49 Leighton Baines Wigan Athletic 4.37
50 Gary Neville Manchester United 4.37
51 Lee Young-Pyo Tottenham Hotspur 4.36
52 Aiyegbeni Yakubu Middlesbrough 4.35
53 Xabi Alonso Liverpool 4.35
54 Darius Vassell Manchester City 4.33
55 Jussi Jaaskelainen Bolton Wanderers 4.32
56 Stelios Giannakopoulos Bolton Wanderers 4.31
57 Ledley King Tottenham Hotspur 4.30
58 Jason Roberts Wigan Athletic 4.27
59 Phil Neville Everton 4.21
60 Hernan Crespo Chelsea 4.20
61 Gareth Barry Aston Villa 4.20
62 Brian Mcbride Fulham 4.19
63 Nolberto Solano Newcastle United 4.19
64 Tim Cahill Everton 4.15
65 Kolo Toure Arsenal 4.15
66 Fernando Morientes Liverpool 4.14
67 Thomas Sorensen Aston Villa 4.14
68 Peter Crouch Liverpool 4.13
69 Nigel Reo-Coker West Ham United 4.13
70 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 4.12
71 Joey Barton Manchester City 4.12
72 Michael Dawson Tottenham Hotspur 4.10
73 Arjen Robben Chelsea 4.08
74 Aaron Hughes Aston Villa 4.07
75 Michael Gray Blackburn Rovers 4.05
76 Anton Ferdinand West Ham United 4.05
77 Michael Essien Chelsea 4.05
78 Asier Del Horno Chelsea 4.03
79 David James Manchester City 4.01
80 Charles N'zogbia Newcastle United 4
81 Tony Hibbert Everton 3.96
82 Liam Ridgewell Aston Villa 3.94
83 Yossi Benayoun West Ham United 3.94
84 Shola Ameobi Newcastle United 3.88
85 Luke Young Charlton Athletic 3.86
86 David Weir Everton 3.86
87 Jermaine Pennant Birmingham City 3.85
88 Djibril Cisse Liverpool 3.83
89 Jonathan Greening West Bromwich Albion 3.82
90 Hermann Hreidarsson Charlton Athletic 3.82
91 Robbie Savage Blackburn Rovers 3.78
92 Henri Camara Wigan Athletic 3.77
93 Radostin Kishishev Charlton Athletic 3.76
94 Mikel Arteta Everton 3.74
95 Damien Duff Chelsea 3.70
96 Zurab Khizanishvili Blackburn Rovers 3.69
97 Steven Davis Aston Villa 3.65
98 Ryan Nelsen Blackburn Rovers 3.60
99 Steven Reid Blackburn Rovers 3.60
100 Trevor Sinclair Manchester City 3.55

After 14 February 2006:

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1 Ruud Van Nistelrooy Manchester United 5.73
2 Frank Lampard Chelsea 5.47
3 William Gallas Chelsea 4.38
4 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 4.29
5 Rio Ferdinand Manchester United 4.25
6 Marlon Harewood West Ham United 3.96
7 Thierry Henry Arsenal 3.94
8 John Terry Chelsea 3.92
9 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 3.90
10 Darren Bent Charlton Athletic 3.87
11 Aiyegbeni Yakubu Middlesbrough 3.86
12 Matthew Etherington West Ham United 3.82
13 Petr Cech Chelsea 3.81
14 Edwin Van Der Sar Manchester United 3.76
15 Joe Cole Chelsea 3.71
16 Anton Ferdinand West Ham United 3.70
17 Sami Hyypia Liverpool 3.67
18 Joey Barton Manchester City 3.65
19 Jimmy Bullard Wigan Athletic 3.65
20 Pascal Chimbonda Wigan Athletic 3.62
21 Steve Finnan Liverpool 3.60
22 Paul Konchesky West Ham United 3.54
23 Darius Vassell Manchester City 3.51
24 Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur 3.48
25 Andy Cole Manchester City 3.47
26 Jamie Carragher Liverpool 3.46
27 John O'shea Manchester United 3.46
28 Kevin Nolan Bolton Wanderers 3.42
29 Paul Stalteri Tottenham Hotspur 3.42
30 Michael Carrick Tottenham Hotspur 3.37
31 Brian Mcbride Fulham 3.36
32 Hernan Crespo Chelsea 3.33
33 Morten Gamst Pedersen Blackburn Rovers 3.29
34 Xabi Alonso Liverpool 3.29
35 Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur 3.28
36 Jason Roberts Wigan Athletic 3.27
37 Claude Makelele Chelsea 3.26
38 Darren Fletcher Manchester United 3.25
39 Jose Reina Liverpool 3.20
40 Francesc Fabregas Arsenal 3.18
41 Paul Robinson Tottenham Hotspur 3.16
42 Jermaine Jenas Tottenham Hotspur 3.15
43 Mikael Silvestre Manchester United 3.12
44 Arjen Robben Chelsea 3.12
45 Gilberto Arsenal 3.10
46 Tony Hibbert Everton 3.10
47 Ledley King Tottenham Hotspur 3.07
48 Luke Young Charlton Athletic 3.05
49 Damien Duff Chelsea 3.05
50 Lauren Arsenal 3.04
51 Leighton Baines Wigan Athletic 3.02
52 Brad Friedel Blackburn Rovers 3.02
53 Jens Lehmann Arsenal 3
54 Steven Davis Aston Villa 3
55 Luis Boa Morte Fulham 2.99
56 Asier Del Horno Chelsea 2.99
57 David James Manchester City 2.99
58 Gareth Barry Aston Villa 2.98
59 Danny Gabbidon West Ham United 2.94
60 Aaron Hughes Aston Villa 2.92
61 Stelios Giannakopoulos Bolton Wanderers 2.91
62 Tim Cahill Everton 2.90
63 Michael Dawson Tottenham Hotspur 2.88
64 David Weir Everton 2.87
65 Gary O'neil Portsmouth 2.86
66 Jonathan Greening West Bromwich Albion 2.86
67 Jussi Jaaskelainen Bolton Wanderers 2.85
68 Didier Drogba Chelsea 2.84
69 Robert Pires Arsenal 2.84
70 Hossam Ahmed Mido Tottenham Hotspur 2.82
71 Phil Neville Everton 2.77
72 Michael Essien Chelsea 2.75
73 Fernando Morientes Liverpool 2.75
74 Hermann Hreidarsson Charlton Athletic 2.73
75 Thomas Sorensen Aston Villa 2.73
76 Lucas Neill Blackburn Rovers 2.72
77 Yossi Benayoun West Ham United 2.71
78 Alan Smith Manchester United 2.65
79 Matthew Taylor Portsmouth 2.64
80 Hayden Mullins West Ham United 2.63
81 Ricardo Carvalho Chelsea 2.63
82 Trevor Sinclair Manchester City 2.63
83 Lee Young-Pyo Tottenham Hotspur 2.62
84 Kolo Toure Arsenal 2.62
85 Henri Camara Wigan Athletic 2.61
86 Mikel Arteta Everton 2.61
87 Joseph Yobo Everton 2.60
88 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 2.59
89 Shay Given Newcastle United 2.57
90 Kevin Davies Bolton Wanderers 2.55
91 Radostin Kishishev Charlton Athletic 2.55
92 James Milner Aston Villa 2.54
93 Nigel Reo-Coker West Ham United 2.51
94 Paul Scholes Manchester United 2.51
95 Stephane Henchoz Wigan Athletic 2.49
96 James Beattie Everton 2.49
97 Jermaine Pennant Birmingham City 2.47
98 Liam Ridgewell Aston Villa 2.47
99 Steed Malbranque Fulham 2.47
100 Charles N'zogbia Newcastle United 2.46

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronaldo-stands-out-from-rest-by-any-calculations-8csbr35w9qm

 

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This week, after a long and successful reign, the holder of one of the most prestigious offices in the developed world stood down. The competition to find his successor began.

I suppose he always knew this moment would come and has had months to prepare for it. But Jens Lehmann could still be forgiven a sigh as he sees a new man take his place as Fink Tank Player of the Year.

The process to pick a new winner has been more complicated than the Scottish election system. But hopefully you will concur that it has produced a better result.

The players picked their player of the year a couple of weeks ago and the crown went to Cristiano Ronaldo. The football writers followed suit and again picked Ronaldo. In both cases, the judges were armed only with a ballot paper and a stubby pencil. We used a multivariate Poisson log-normal model. So there.

Dr Ian Graham and Dr Henry Stott used the model to allow us to identify the relationship between goals scored and every kick of the ball made by every player for every club. Once this was done, they simulated the league season over and over again, removing players one by one and replacing them with an average player in his position.

This allowed them to see whether a player added or subtracted points from his team compared to an average replacement. The best player this season would be the one who added the most points.

But this process did not yield us the player of the year automatically. There were a couple of dilemmas to overcome.

The first was whether to take into account periods out with injury or not being played. Robbie Keane, for instance, is a fabulous player, but for one reason or another he spent only 47 per cent of the season’s playing time on the pitch. Should we just ignore this?

We decided not to. Players were penalised for being out of the team. Given that Keane has been one of the best players in our rankings every year that the Fink Tank has done these calculations, it is, ahem, interesting that Tottenham Hotspur do not play him all the time. But that is his problem and theirs. We multiplied the points he added in our simulation by the proportion of time on the pitch.

The other dilemma was more complicated. Gilberto Silva added more points to Arsenal than any player did to any team in England. Should he be player of the year? The case for him is simply his importance to his team. But the case against him is that he was boosted by the fact that there were fewer great Arsenal players in this campaign for him to share the points with. A Manchester United player might have been better but had to split his contribution with four of five other stars.

So we hit on another way of calculating the player of the year. We looked at how many points a player would add to an average team giving us an even playing field. This is not the perfect solution – Wayne Rooney may score more than a Sheffield United player simply because of the quality of Manchester United’s passing – but we thought it was the fairest.

So who won? The results are set out in the graphic. After all our effort, Fink Tank’s Player of the Year 2006-07 is the same as everyone else’s. Come on down, Cristiano Ronaldo.

 

Yeah I'm not too sure how scientific that actim index is
Drogba before December 2006 and after are 2 different players

The clutch FA cup final goal made people forget that he had been conspicuously absent for AGES

I'll concede though drogba was by far the best CF in the EPL during the first half of the campaign(And perhaps the world alongside totti and later on the rejuvenated RVN)


And 21 league goals for a defensive minded coach like Jose mourinho and in one of the most defensive league campaigns in English football history is no joke

And drogba did not take penalties
Think about that
Not only that but he was doing alot of defensive work(for a forward) because that was required of him

I think 21 open play league goals in that context was legendary no doubt

 

For a part I remembered this too, and then searched back the full and correct stat:

This is since 1992, to be clear:

2 - Only the Netherlands have 2 keepers with two saved penalties in one Premier League game (Van der Sar, Stekelenburg). Double.

— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) October 15, 2016

1 - Tim Krul is the first goalkeeper to save two penalties in a single @premierleague game since Maarten Stekelenburg for Everton vs Man City in October 2016. Double-dutch. #NORMNU pic.twitter.com/McgdBiXAfE

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 27, 2019

In case it gets deleted: it seems like NED is the only country to have more than one goalkeeper to save two penalties in one EPL game (Van der Sar, Stekelenburg, Krul).

Some would say: the country of questionable/bad penalty taking produces good penalty saving. Or the other way around

edit: the full list

02/03/1994 Mark Bosnich TOT 1-1 AVL
18/12/1999 Pavel Srnicek AVL 2-1 SHW
02/02/2005 Edwin van der Sar FUL 1-1 AVL
09/09/2006 Brad Friedel SHU 0-0 BLB
22/10/2006 Jussi Jaaskelainen BLB 0-1 BOL
03/04/2010 Heurelho Gomes SUN 3-1 TOT
16/04/2016 Heurelho Gomes WBA 0-1 WAT
15/10/2016 Maarten Stekelenburg MCI 1-1 EVE
27/10/2019 Tim Krul NOR 1-3 MUN

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1473925

 

Every Player to score 20+ Non-Penalty Goals in a season 92/93 - 19/20
Les Ferdinand - 20 (1992-93) - 27 games | 0.54
Didier Drogba - 20 (2006/07) - 36 games | 0.56
Diego Costa -20 (2016/17) - 35 games | 0.57
Raheem Sterling - 20 (2019/20) - 33 games | 0.60
Harry Kane 20 (2015/16) - 38 games | 0.52
Pierre Emeric-Aubanemayng - 20 (2019/20) - 36 games | 0.56
Sergio Aguero - 20 (2015/16) - 30 games | 0.67
Dimitar Berbatov - 20 (2010/11) - 32 games | 0.63
Sergio Aguero -20 (2011/12) - 34 games | 0.59
Thierry Henry - 20 (2001/02) - 33 games | 0.61
Jimmy-Floyd Hasselaink - 20 (2001/02) - 35 games | 0.58
Dwight Yorke - 20 (1999/00) - 32 games | 0.63
Stan Collymore - 21 (1994/95) - 37 games | 0.57
Danny Ings - 21 (2019/20) - 38 games | 0.56
Sergio Aguero - 21 (2014/15) - 33 games | 0.64
Daniel Sturridge - 21 (2013/14) - 29 games | 0.72
Gareth Bale - 21 (2012/13) - 33 games | 0.64
Wayne Rooney - 21 (2011/12) - 34 games | 0.62
Thierry Henry - 21 (2002/03) - 37 games | 0.57
Andy Cole - 21 (1994/95) - 36 games | 0.58
Alan Shearer - 22 (1996/97) - 31 games | 0.71
Alexis Sanchez - 22 (2016/17) - 38 games | 0.58
Wayne Rooney - 22 (2009/10) - 32 games | 0.69
Sadio Mane - 22 (2018/19) - 36 games | 0.61
Emmanuel Adebayor - 22 (2007/08) - 36 games | 0.61
Robbie Fowler - 22 (1994/95) - 42 games | 0.51
Luis Suarez - 23 (2012/13) - 33 games | 0.70
Thierry Henry - 23 (2003/04) - 37 games | 0.62
Robin Van Persie - 23 (2012/13) - 38 games | 0.58
Chris Sutton - 24 (1993/94) - 41 games | 0.59
Fernando Torres - 24 (2007/08) - 33 games | 0.73
Harry Kane 24 (2016/17) - 30 games | 0.80
Romelu Lukaku - 24 (2016/17) - 37 games | 0.65
Les Ferdninand - 24 (1994/95) - 37 games | 0.65
Kevin Phillips - 24 (1999/00) - 36 games | 0.66
Thierry Henry - 24 (2005/06 - 32 games | 0.75
Alan Shearer - 24 (1994/95) - 40 games | 0.60
Les Ferdninand - 25 (1995/96) - 37 games | 0.68
Thierry Henry - 25 (2004/05) - 32 games | 0.78
Cristiano Ronaldo - 27 (2007/08) - 34 games | 0.79
Robbie Fowler - 27 (1995/96) - 38 games | 0.71
Alan Shearer - 28 (1993/94) - 40 games | 0.70
Harry Kane - 28 (2017/18) - 37 games | 0.76
Alan Shearer - 28 (1995/96) - 35 games | 0.80
Robin Van Persie - 28 (2011/12) - 38 gaames | 0.74
Didier Drogba - 28 (2009/10) - 32 games | 0.88
Luis Suarez - 31 (2013/14) - 33 games | 0.94
Mohammed Salah - 31 (2017/18) - 36 games | 0.86
Andy Cole - 34 (1993/94) - 40 games | 0.85

 

Double Figures in Goals & Assists in a Premier League Season
(Goals left, Assists right)
92/93: Cantona (15 x 16), Le Tissier (15 x 11), Brian Deane (10 x 15)
93/94: Cole (34 x 13), Cantona (18 x 12), Brian Deane (11 x 11), Sutton (25 x 11)
94/95: Le Tissier (19 x 15), Shearer (34 x 13), Fox (10 x 11), Roy (13 x 11), Gallen (10 x 10), Klinsmann (20 x 10), Sutton (15 x 10)
95/96: Collymore (14 x 11), Cantona (14 x 10), Yorke (17 x 10)
96/97: Catona (11 x 12)
97/98: Bergkamp (16 x 11), Dublin (18 x 10), Owen (18 x 10)
98/99: Bergkamp (12 x 13), Hasselbaink (18 x 13), Yorke (18 x 11)
02/03: Henry (24 x 20)
04/05: Lampard (13 x 18), Henry (25 x 14),
05/06: Drogba (12 x 11)
06/07: Rooney (14 x 11), Lampard (11 x 10)
07/08: Rooney (12 x 10)
08/09: Lampard (12 x 10), Van Persie (11 x 10)
09/10: Lampard (22 x 14) Fabregas (15 x 13), Drogba (29 x 10)
10/11: Drogba (11 x 13), Rooney (11 x 11)
11/12: Adebayor (17 x 11)
12/13: Mata (12 x 12), Rooney (12 x 10), Walcott (14 x 10)
13/14: Gerrard (13 x 13), Suarez (31 x 12), Lambert (13 x 13), Rooney (17 x 10)
15/16: Mahrez (17 x 11)
16/17: Sanchez (24 x 10)
17/18: Sterlng (18 x 11), Mahrez (12 x 10), Salah (32 x 10), Sane (15 x 10), Eriksen (10 x 10)
18/19: Hazard (16 x 15), Sane (10 x 10), Sterlng (17 x 10)
19/20: De Bruyne (13 x 20), Salah (19 x 10), Son (11 x 10)

 

Premier League Players To Win Both Top Scorer & Top Assister (*Assists)
Henry: 01-02, 02-03*, 03-04, 04-05, 05-06
Van Persie - 08/09*, 11/12, 12/13
Drogba - 05/06*, 06/07, 09/10
Hasselbaink - 1998/99
Andy Cole - 1993/94

 

Most Goals & Assists in a Premier League Season
47 - Shearer (34+13) - 1994/95 & Andy Cole (34+13) - 1993/94

44 - Henry (24+20) - 2002/03

43 - Suarez (31+12) - 2013/14

42 - Salah (32+10) - 2017/18

39 - Drogba (29+10) - 2009/10, Henry (25+14) - 2004/05, Van Persie (30+9) - 2011/12

38 - Shearer (31+7) - 1995/96

37 - Ronaldo (31+6) - 2007/08

36 - Henry (30+6) - 2003/04, Kane (29+7) - 2016/17, Lampard (22+14) - 2009/10, Sutton (25+11) - 1993/94

35 - Henry 27+8) - 2005/06, Shearer (31+4) - 1993/94, Van Persie (26+9) - 2012/13

34 - Sanchez (24+10) - 2016/17, Phillips (30+4) - 1999/00, Le Tissier: 34 (19+15) - 1994/95, Aguero: 34 (26+8) - 2014/15, Le Tissier: 34 (25+9) - 1993/94

33 - De Bruyne (13 +20) - 2019/20, Ferdinand (24+9) - 1994/95, Fowler (28+5) - 1995/96

32 - Hasselbaink (23+9) - 2000/01, Kane (30+2) - 2017/18, Shearer (25+7) - 1996/97

31 - Cantona (15+16) - 1992/93, Ferdinand (25+6) - 1995/96, Fowler (25+6) - 1994/95, Hasselbaink (18+13) - 1998/99, Hazard (16+15) - 1918/19, Lampard (13+18) - 2004/05, Lukaku (25+6) - 2016/17, Sheringham (22+9) - 1992/93

30 - Cantona (18+12) - 1993/94, Klinsmann (20+10) - 1994/95, Salah (22+8) - 2018/19, Shearer (23+7) - 1999/00, Tevez (23+7) - 2009/10, Vardy (24+6) - 2015/16

Most NPG+A in a Premier League season
47 - Andy Cole 93/94 (42 games)
43 - Suarez 13/14 (33 games)
41 - Henry 02/03 (37 games)
38 - Drogba 09/10 (32 games)
37 - Shearer 94/95 (42 games)

 

https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2005.00091.x

 

With this post in mind:
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/has-lewandowski-surpassed-r9.2116738/page-2#post-39881531

Returning back to this, I also found some time ago a similar top-down attempt by scientists to calculate each player value in the 2013-14 league:
https://gawhitaker.github.io/ISBIS_Jul18.pdf

1. Suarez
2. Sturridge
3. Aguero
4. Y. Toure
5. Rooney
6. Dzeko
7. Van Persie
8. Remy
9. Bony
10. Rodriguez

Luis Suarez is unsurprisingly #1 for this season, followed by a Liverpool team-mate. More surprising perhaps, but matching the 'Fink Tank' thing, is Van Persie in his half-injured, stop-start and bit-part season (stats) still at #7, with the standard deviation allowing for a top three position (naturally there is a margin of error).
While at WhoScored his rating and ranking was markedly lower as all the previous seasons.

https://www.skysports.com/football/...-utds-last-premier-league-hat-trick-and-title
https://www.skysports.com/football/...s-rank-him-as-one-of-the-premier-leagues-best

Unfortunately, Ferguson departed and Moyes threw away his personally tailored fitness regime. The wrecked ankle (without punishment and deterrence...) became a problem.

He was (obviously) never Cristiano Ronaldo, and e.g. Suarez had possibly a higher peak as well, but he was like I said before between 2006 and 2014 one of the best Premier League players throughout that time (when fit). The annoying thing is that relative to a Tevez (of course..) or the more prominent and shouted around Rooney he doesn't get the credit for what he still contributed. Not only in absolute performance, but also the general touch and quality of his play, the high level goals against the likes of Germany, Spain or peak-Barcelona (and: scoring in a CL semi final and also 3rd place for the World Cup).

 

One thing to realize here is there is a small margin of error in these sort of stats like assists. As the 'Football Hackers' book explains. Sometimes they get counted as an assist, sometimes not (even deviated/own goals aren't always uniform). So there might be 1 or 2 deviation.
For example, Bergkamp might have double figures in both goals and assists for 1995-96 and 1996-97 as well, apart from the next two seasons (some sources do and imho there is a credible case for it).

 

The "tackles" column for these 1997-98 stats doesn't seem right here. Dividing by Prem minutes played for each player, we get Owen with 2.4 tackles per 90, Dion Dublin with 9.9 and Vieira with 11.4 per 90, which are surely way too high.

On the other hand, "interceptions" look plausible: Speed on 2.69 per 90, Vieira on 1.79 and Beckham on 0.58 per 90.

It's interesting that players made significantly more tackles in the 2000s compared to nowadays. The tackles per 90 minutes for the top 10 tacklers from each season here is around 5.3 per 90, whereas when you get to the 2017-18 season it drops to 3.8 and by the 2022-23 season it's at 3.5 per 90.

 

This is super interesting. What exactly is meant by "in a ice hockey manner"?

Is the assist total here a combination of direct and second assist counts?