EA SPORTS data that reveal the Premier League’s most successful dribblers so far this season.
Despite Crystal Palace’s troubled start to the season there is certainly one player who is pulling his weight. Surprisingly Andros Townsend tops a leader board of successful dribbles completed this season with 24. This represents a total significantly higher than any of his closest rivals, such as Joshua King, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain who all sit second on 21, a massive 7 below Townsend.
Even at the best betting sites, you won’t get great odds on Townsend to beat the likes of Sanchez, Hazard, Sterling, Sane, Mane, Salah and others. Townsend will be a massive favourite to lead the dribbling table till the end of the season and rightly so. Get you betting brains on and have a punt on him.
Player | Successful Dribbles | Total Dribbles | % Dribbles Successful |
Andros Townsend | 24 | 30 | 80.0 |
Joshua King | 17 | 29 | 58.6 |
Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 17 | 23 | 73.9 |
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 17 | 21 | 81.0 |
Riyad Mahrez | 16 | 35 | 45.7 |
Willian | 16 | 24 | 66.7 |
Nathan Redmond | 16 | 21 | 76.2 |
Richarlison | 15 | 28 | 53.6 |
André Carrillo | 15 | 26 | 57.7 |
Marcus Rashford | 14 | 29 | 48.3 |
Townsend’s percentage of successful dribbles is also strong with 80% of his attempted dribbles being successful. Although across all players this represents the 17th highest % dribble success rate. Leroy Fer leads the charge in this respect with 12 of his 13 attempted dribbles being successful, representing an impressive % dribble success rate of 92.3%.
Player | % Dribbles Successful | Successful Dribbles | Total Dribbles |
Leroy Fer | 92.3 | 12 | 13 |
Mousa Dembélé | 90.9 | 10 | 11 |
Jan Vertonghen | 90.0 | 9 | 10 |
Alexandre Lacazette | 90.0 | 9 | 10 |
Kiko Femenía | 88.9 | 8 | 9 |
Aaron Ramsey | 85.7 | 12 | 14 |
Jack Cork | 85.7 | 6 | 7 |
Andrew Surman | 85.7 | 6 | 7 |
Patrick van Aanholt | 85.7 | 6 | 7 |
Mesut Özil | 85.7 | 6 | 7 |
Data Courtesy of EA SPORTS, the Lead Partner of the Premier League.
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