Ranking every Prem club by minutes given to players aged 21 & under

Planet Football • 17 Sep 2019

Manchester United and Chelsea are both among the top three clubs in the Premier League in terms of handing minutes to young players, but neither come out in first.

Much has been made of the fact new regimes at both United and Chelsea are trying to revitalise the squads at their disposal, yet neither are a match for newly-promoted Norwich City.

We’ve ranked every club in the Premier League by how many minutes they have given to players aged 21 and under.

20= Sheffield United

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20= Crystal Palace

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18. Tottenham

Oliver Skipp – 2
Total – 2

17. Manchester City

Phil Foden – 10
Total – 10

16. Brighton

Aaron Connolly – 30
Total – 30

15. Watford

Ismaila Sarr – 52
Domingos Quina – 4
Total – 56

14. Everton

Moise Kean – 162
Tom Davies – 11
Total – 173

On February 9, Tom Davies captained Everton in the Premier League. He has played 21 minutes in all competitions since.

This week's @theipaper column is on a league and culture that can chew up and spit out its young players.https://t.co/yxxbWJKruR pic.twitter.com/RRDUReO4qg

— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) September 13, 2019

13. Newcastle United

Sean Longstaff – 263
Total – 263

12. Aston Villa

Douglas Luiz – 268
Keinan Davis – 39
Total – 307

11. Wolves

Ruben Vinagre – 90
Patrick Cutrone – 128
Morgan Gibbs-White – 87
Pedro Neto – 33
Total – 338

10. Burnley

Dwight McNeil – 440
Total – 440

9. Leicester City

Harvey Barnes – 148
Hamza Choudhury – 300
Total – 448

7=. West Ham

Declan Rice – 450
Total – 450

7=. Liverpool

Trent Alexander-Arnold – 450
Total – 450

Trent Alexander-Arnold is averaging more key passes per game (4.1) than any other player in the Premier League this season. pic.twitter.com/AyZ0Mi7jNU

— LFC Stats (@LFCData) September 15, 2019

6. Southampton

Moussa Djenepo – 124
Yan Valery – 233
Kevin Danso – 163
Michael Obafemi – 24
Total – 544

5. Bournemouth

Aaron Ramsdale – 450
Chris Mepham – 271
Total – 721

4. Arsenal

Matteo Guendouzi – 423
Reiss Nelson – 136
Joe Willock – 266
Gabriel Martinelli – 6
Total – 831

3. Chelsea

Mason Mount – 450
Tammy Abraham – 331
Fikayo Tomori – 180
Christian Pulisic – 277
Billy Gilmour – 6
Total – 1,244

Interestingly, or otherwise, @ChelseaFC have already given more minutes to under 21 players in their opening few games of this season than in the entirety of any other season since 2005.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) September 14, 2019