THE Premier League heroes and villains of the past decade have been revealed- and there are some surprising names on the lists.
Others, though, are hardly a turn up for the books (who saw Marouane Fellaini committing the most fouls?)
The heroes and villains of the Prem over the past decade have been revealed
Anyway, read on below to find out who had a decade of dominance, and who had a decade of disaster.
Most games
Jordan Henderson comes out on top, pipping Liverpool team-mate James Milner by just one.
Goalkeeper Ben Foster, with Watford since 2018, is third on the list.
Liverpool captain Henderson has the most appearances in the Prem this decade
Most goals (player)
Sergio Aguero is the most lethal striker in the Prem of the past 10 years.
The City frontman bagged 174 goals which was more than the highest in the 2000s (Thierry Henry – 169) and the 1990s (Alan Shearer – 167 from August 1992).
What’s more, Aguero scored in 124 games, 30 more than any other player.
Most goals (club)
Man City have scored 845 goals this decade and amassed the most points with 818.
Chelsea and Liverpool are second having both scored 715 goals, some 27 more than Man Utd.
Most own goals
This dubious honour goes to former Liverpool star Martin Skrtel – who had his Atalanta contract cancelled after just three weeks.
Of the 382 own goals, Skrtel had seven of them, two more than any other player.
Most shots on target
If you score the most goals, it follows you’d also have the most shots on target.
Step forward Aguero, who had 396 shots on target – 60 more than second-placed Harry Kane.
Romelu Lukaku was third with 316.
Aguero had the most shots on target this decade
Most assists
David Silva is by and far away the best supplier of goals in the Prem, notching up 89 assists for Man City.
Spurs star Christian Eriksen is second on 62 and Silva’s team-mate Kevin De Bruyne third on 58 – even though he only had three Prem appearances prior to moving to the Etihad in 2015.
Most bookings
Gareth Barry tops the list of most appearances all-time (653) and most bookings, with 64 yellows and three reds totalling 67 cards.
Zabaleta (63), Mark Noble and Lee Cattermole (61) and Vincent Kompany (54) round out the top five.
Most passes completed
It’s a City masterclass at the top of this leaderboard with Silva (15,730) and Yaya Toure (13,995) the top two.
Henderson is third with 13,828.
Silva also tops the list of most passes, with 18,059.
Most fouls conceded
No prizes for guessing this one: It’s Marouane Fellaini.
The man who is all elbows racked up an impressive 423 fouls over the decade – and was responsible for its greatest photo.
Fellaini made the most fouls from 2010 to 2019
Most fouls won
The devilish dancing feet of former Chelsea man Eden Hazard drew the most fouls with a huge 638.
Wilfried Zaha earned 515 and Raheem Sterling the third most with 446.
Most tackles
Former Man City and current West Ham hardman Pablo Zabaleta comes out on top.
The 34-year-old, who has been in the English top flight since joining City in 2008, made an unbeaten 799 tackles.
No one made more tackles than Zabaleta
Most clean sheets
Chelsea legend Petr Cech had the most clean sheets with 107, two more than former England No 1 Joe Hart.
Man Utd’s David De Gea finished the decade with 103 and Hugo Lloris is fourth with 87.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
