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The top three players to create the most chances at each club in the PL

When it comes to creating chances, it will come as no surprise to learn Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea and Tottenham players lead the way in the Premier League.

We have taken a look at the breakdown of each club’s top chance creators, with some surprising names featuring high up in the rankings.

Brighton and Stoke men are among some of the more unheralded players to be up there with expected names such as Kevin De Bruyne and Mesut Ozil.

Arsenal
Mesut Ozil – 78
Granit Xhaka – 30
Hector Bellerin – 28

Alexis Sanchez created 51 chances this season

Bournemouth
Jordon Ibe – 31
Josh King – 29
Ryan Fraser – 26

Brighton
Pascal Gross – 68
Anthony Knockaert – 24
Jose Izquierdo, Dale Stephens – 16

Burnley
Johann Berg Gudmundsson – 49
Robbie Brady – 26
Jeff Hendrick – 22

Chelsea
Cesc Fabregas – 74
Eden Hazard – 64
Willian – 45

Crystal Palace
Andros Townsend – 52
Wilfried Zaha – 40
Yohan Cabaye – 37

READ: Wilfried Zaha: Not good enough for Man Utd then, but truly special now

Everton
Gylfi Sigurdsson – 38
Wayne Rooney – 30
Dominic Calvert-Lewin – 18

Huddersfield
Aaron Mooy – 44
Florent Hadergjonaj – 17
Tom Ince – 17

Leicester City
Marc Albrighton – 45
Riyad Mahrez – 42
Jamie Vardy – 25

Liverpool
Mo Salah – 52
Roberto Firmino – 51
Sadio Mane – 40

Philippe Coutinho created 40 chances this season

READ: How the stats of Liverpool’s front three compare to the best in Europe

Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne – 96
David Silva – 49
Raheem Sterling – 43

Manchester United
Juan Mata – 40
Paul Pogba – 30
Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial – 28

Henrikh Mkhitaryan created 28 chances this season

Newcastle United
Matt Ritchie – 43
Jonjo Shelvey – 27
Ayoze Perez – 26

Southampton
Dusan Tadic – 44
Nathan Redmond – 39
James Ward-Prowse – 33

Stoke City
Xherdan Shaqiri – 65
Joe Allen – 27
Darren Fletcher – 21

Swansea City
Tom Carroll – 33
Ki Sung-Yeung – 15
Kyle Naughton – 12

Tottenham
Christian Eriksen – 73
Dele Alli – 59
Ben Davies – 42

Watford
Abdoulaye Doucoure – 36
Jose Holebas – 31
Tom Cleverley – 29

West Brom
Chris Brunt – 32
Matt Phillips – 26
Kieran Gibbs – 19

West Ham
Manuel Lanzini – 34
Aaron Cresswell – 32
Marko Arnautovic – 22


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