Find out which players have completed the most passes including from open play, opposition half, forward and long passes.
Premier League best passers 2026-27
Which players have completed the most passes this season? You can also find the players with the highest passing accuracy, forward passes attempted, open play passes attempted and opposition half passes completed in our stat leader table below.
Premier League best passers 2026-27
Find the best passing teams in the Premier League for each of the listed stats above in our handy table below.
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Premier League passing stats 2026/27
Manchester City dominate the Premier League passing stats for 2026/27, with three of the top five. Rúben Dias leads on 405 completed passes at 92.26 per cent.
Elliot Anderson is second on 394 and Marc Guéhi third on 379, and it is Guéhi who has the best accuracy of anyone in the leading group at 94.28 per cent.
Virgil van Dijk breaks the run on 378 for Liverpool, with Jan Paul van Hecke of Tottenham Hotspur on 366 at 93.85 per cent. Lewis Dunk of Brighton & Hove Albion has 360 from only four appearances, the best per-game figure on the list.
Note who these players are. Seven of the top eight are centre-backs or a deep midfielder, which is what happens when sides build from the goalkeeper — volume accrues to the players furthest from the opposition goal.
What is a pass?
This may sound simple, but in terms of stats a pass still needs a definition. Opta defines a pass as the attempted delivery of the ball from one player to another — on the same team. A pass can come from any part of the body legally allowed to play the ball. The only things that aren’t counted as passes are crosses, throw ins and goalkeeper throws.
What do pass numbers tell us about a player?
There are so many qualifiers for passes that can be used to help assess the quality of a player. But on sheer volume of passes alone, you can often tell who teams look to build their possession through.
Centre-backs generally have the highest passing numbers for attempts and completed, with the way teams start from the back. Virgil van Dijk led the Premier League for passes attempted and completed in the Premier League in 2024-25. Moises Caicedo was the highest-ranked non-defender.
Accuracy is also a good barometer, to further delve into the best passers. For example, Bruno Fernandes attempted 2,020 passes in the Premier League in 2024-25 — but he “only” completed 81.53% of them. That was quite low among outfield players with at least 1,000 passes attempted.
Who are the best passers in Premier League history?
Unsurprisingly, defenders lead the way for successful short passes in the Premier League. Kyle Walker and Virgil van Dijk are the top two, and they’ll both be looking to edge closer to 20,000 passes as the 2026-27 season goes on. Jordan Henderson completes the top three, also chasing 20,000.