From the best attacking players to the top goalkeepers and more, we look at standout stats
With the first seven Matchweeks of the 2025/26 Premier League season complete, football writer Adrian Clarke has gathered data to analyse the stats leaders across a number of key categories.
Who are the most creative performers?
In open play, Jack Grealish remains the division’s best creator of chances, laying on 16 goalscoring opportunities for his Everton team-mates.
Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo and Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes – both with 13 – are next in line, ahead of meeting each other in Matchweek 8 at Anfield following the international break.
Most open-play chances created
| Player | Open-play chances created |
| Grealish (EVE) | 16 |
|---|---|
| Gakpo (LIV) | 13 |
| Fernandes (MUN) | 13 |
| Minteh (BHA) | 12 |
| Doku (MCI) | 12 |
When you also factor in set pieces, Fernandes (19) tops the overall list of chances created, just ahead of Grealish (17), but the Portuguese playmaker is frustratingly still awaiting his first assist of the campaign.
New signings dominate that list.
Five of the top seven players in the assists chart all joined their current clubs in the summer, with Tottenham Hotspur’s in-form winger Mohammed Kudus level with Grealish at the top.
Most assists
| Player | Assists |
| Grealish (EVE) | 4 |
|---|---|
| Kudus (TOT) | 4 |
| Semenyo (BOU) | 3 |
| Pedro (CHE) | 3 |
| Doku (MCI) | 3 |
| Xhaka (SUN) | 3 |
| Diouf (WHU) | 3 |
Who has provided the highest number of big chances? That is Crystal Palace’s midfielder Adam Wharton with five.
Mohamed Salah and Bruno Guimaraes have supplied the most through balls with seven each, while Wolverhampton Wanderers’ left-back Hugo Bueno has emerged as the most consistent crosser in the Premier League.
Bueno has racked up 13 accurate deliveries in just 440 minutes of action, with an impressive 46.4 per cent of his open-play crosses finding a team-mate.