The nation's top ten players - no arguments

Five of the best and worst players

Key -

Ranking: Rating out of the 403 players in our list

Player name: Each player must have appeared for at least 400 minutes to qualify

Position: Predominant position on the pitch

Pitch time: How long they spent on the pitch over the season, expressed as a percentage

Points: The number of points the player would have added to an average team over the season, compared with an average replacement

Manchester United

1 Cristiano Ronaldo M 85.12% 19.12

6 Paul Scholes M 79.10% 13.50

8 Nemanja Vidic D 66.11% 10.48

11 Rio Ferdinand D 90.28% 9.37

12 Wayne Rooney F 87.13% 9.20

29 Louis Saha F 50.31% 6.55

30 Edwin van der Sar G 85.99% 6.48

53 Michael Carrick M 75.00% 4.63

59 Ryan Giggs M 70.37% 4.20

63 Darren Fletcher M 38.46% 3.92

86 Park Ji Sung M 23.83% 2.85

91 Patrice Evra D 55.68% 2.69

93 Mikaël Silvestre D 18.70% 2.48

102 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer F 22.81% 2.27

112 John O’Shea D 47.53% 1.79

133 Wes Brown D 43.83% 1.38

169 Gary Neville D 61.08% 0.30

178 Gabriel Heinze D 41.60% -0.03

198 Henrik Larsson F 14.20% -0.49

212 Kieran Richardson M 18.43% -0.75

Chelsea

2 Frank Lampard M 97.31% 16.24

4 Petr Cech G 50.15% 14.41

15 Ricardo Carvalho D 81.45% 8.52

16 Michael Essien M 88.89% 8.50

19 Didier Drogba F 88.09% 8.14

23 John Terry D 68.95% 7.78

45 Salomon Kalou F 54.41% 5.06

65 Michael Ballack M 62.19% 3.84

73 Andriy Shevchenko F 55.80% 3.47

79 Ashley Cole D 57.07% 3.18

100 John Obi Mikel M 25.49% 2.31

117 Claude Makelele M 67.62% 1.71

127 Arjen Robben F 41.64% 1.51

129 Khalid Boulahrouz D 22.47% 1.43

142 Carlo Cudicini G 19.26% 1.20

149 Shaun Wright-Phillips M 33.40% 0.97

188 Wayne Bridge D 42.22% -0.27

195 Lassana Diarra M 14.48% -0.45

205 Paulo Ferreira D 47.16% -0.62

276 Hilário G 30.56% -2.06

290 Gérémi M 35.74% -2.47

Liverpool

17 José Manuel Reina G 94.56% 8.47

31 Dirk Kuyt F 74.74% 6.47

41 Sami Hyypia D 61.02% 5.33

43 Xabi Alonso M 78.98% 5.11

61 Craig Bellamy F 57.57% 4.10

67 Jamie Carragher D 86.85% 3.73

75 Daniel Agger D 62.22% 3.34

80 Steven Gerrard M 89.85% 3.12

96 Peter Crouch F 45.44% 2.39

103 Luis GarcÍa M 30.03% 2.24

113 Steve Finnan D 84.05% 1.77

121 Robbie Fowler F 15.29% 1.63

138 Boudewijn Zenden M 22.70% 1.28

144 Fabio Aurélio D 30.48% 1.16

145 John Arne Riise M 74.44% 1.16

153 Mohamed Sissoko M 36.79% 0.83

166 Stephen Warnock D 31.26% 0.38

173 Álvaro Arbeloa D 19.31% 0.17

192 Javier Mascherano M 22.88% -0.39

193 Jermaine Pennant M 59.10% -0.41

249 Mark González D 36.49% -1.52

Arsenal

3 Gilberto Silva M 88.14% 16.01

5 Jens Lehmann G 97.30% 13.94

10 Alexander Hleb M 68.14% 9.87

13 Cesc Fábregas M 92.88% 9.19

36 Kolo Touré D 91.89% 5.73

38 William Gallas D 56.49% 5.63

39 Thierry Henry F 44.29% 5.48

44 Johan Djourou D 43.51% 5.07

47 Robin van Persie F 43.84% 5.01

48 Emmanuel Adebayor F 59.64% 4.90

51 Júlio Baptista F 31.35% 4.71

57 Gaël Clichy D 67.84% 4.26

97 Tomas Rosicky M 55.20% 2.39

104 Abou Diaby M 19.61% 2.15

110 Emmanuel Eboué D 59.22% 1.93

120 Justin Hoyte D 42.49% 1.66

128 Mathieu Flamini M 28.77% 1.44

150 Philippe Senderos D 21.50% 0.96

203 Theo Walcott F 19.28% -0.58

218 Fredrik Ljungberg M 36.07% -0.86

Tottenham Hotspur

18 Robbie Keane F 47.53% 8.19

22 Dimitar Berbatov F 78.27% 7.97

28 Jermaine Jenas M 63.98% 6.63

49 Michael Dawson D 95.77% 4.89

50 Calum Davenport D 38.24% 4.86

54 Jermain Defoe F 56.57% 4.61

60 Ledley King D 52.50% 4.13

66 Aaron Lennon M 55.93% 3.80

92 Hossam Ghaly M 42.19% 2.67

106 Ricardo Rocha D 23.64% 2.11

114 Danny Murphy M 17.84% 1.76

137 Steed Malbranque M 47.78% 1.31

148 Teemu Tainio M 40.74% 1.06

171 Pascal Chimbonda D 84.85% 0.26

189 Edgar Davids M 15.86% -0.28

196 Benoît Assou-Ekotto D 43.06% -0.46

221 Lee Young Pyo D 54.51% -0.96

233 Tom Huddlestone D 46.45% -1.24

258 Didier Zokora M 65.62% -1.69

292 Mido F 20.06% -2.57

402 Paul Robinson G 100% -12.03

Everton

7 Tim Howard G 94.59% 12.96

25 Mikel Arteta M 91.50% 7.08

70 Joleon Lescott D 96.91% 3.61

72 Alan Stubbs D 57.30% 3.47

85 Joseph Yobo D 100% 2.86

152 Andrew Johnson F 81.59% 0.89

179 Manuel Fernandes M 37.03% -0.04

223 James McFadden F 22.88% -1.05

230 Gary Naysmith D 28.41% -1.14

231 Nuno Valente D 26.88% -1.19

238 Simon Davies M 67.78% -1.31

244 Victor Anichebe F 18.41% -1.40

259 Tim Cahill M 42.34% -1.70

269 Leon Osman M 81.65% -1.97

295 James Vaughan F 17.45% -2.65

300 Tony Hibbert D 27.72% -2.81

339 Lee Carsley M 98.74% -4.11

369 James Beattie F 43.48% -5.87

397 Phil Neville D 90.78% -11.15

Bolton Wanderers

64 Abdoulaye Meïté D 91.23% 3.92

134 Abdoulaye Faye M 73.00% 1.38

146 Nicolas Anelka F 89.16% 1.15

170 Idan Tal M 14.23% 0.27

242 Ricardo Vaz Té F 18.11% -1.38

265 David Thompson M 21.74% -1.87

267 Andranik Teymourian M 24.62% -1.90

283 Henrik Pedersen F 27.60% -2.31

288 Gary Speed M 96.40% -2.43

301 Stelios Giannakopoulos M 27.93% -2.83

348 Iván Campo M 82.52% -4.79

355 Ricardo Gardner D 34.32% -5.07

366 Tal Ben Haim D 77.96% -5.57

375 Kevin Nolan M 78.20% -6.43

383 Jussi Jaaskelainen G 100% -7.44

398 Nicky Hunt D 78.98% -11.29

399 El-Hadji Diouf F 80.72% -11.59

403 Kevin Davies F 73.24% -14.08

Reading

26 Marcus Hahnemann G 98.65% 7.07

34 Ivar Ingimarsson D 100% 6.14

68 Ibrahima Sonko D 57.93% 3.69

84 Steve Sidwell M 92.91% 2.95

151 Michael Duberry D 17.57% 0.95

160 Leroy Lita F 59.34% 0.54

167 John Oster M 24.53% 0.36

177 André Bikey D 24.86% -0.01

191 Kevin Doyle F 71.41% -0.38

237 Ulises De La Cruz D 19.79% -1.31

246 Shane Long F 22.52% -1.47

254 Glen Little M 47.99% -1.63

256 Bobby Convey M 18.53% -1.63

270 Dave Kitson F 24.08% -1.97

289 Brynjar Gunnarsson M 31.89% -2.46

302 Stephen Hunt M 71.02% -2.86

365 James Harper M 93.48% -5.53

367 Seol Ki Hyeon M 52.07% -5.67

390 Graeme Murty D 59.58% -9.68

396 Nicky Shorey D 97.30% -11.14

Portsmouth

20 Linvoy Primus D 91.74% 8.08

24 Kanu F 79.28% 7.67

55 Sol Campbell D 86.49% 4.50

62 Niko Kranjcar M 35.71% 3.93

74 Benjamin Mwaruwari F 59.85% 3.43

82 David James G 100% 3.07

119 Andrew Cole F 20.09% 1.68

122 Lomana LuaLua F 27.03% 1.60

176 Noé Pamarot D 51.62% 0.13

179 Manuel Fernandes M 37.03% -0.04

194 Djimi Traoré D 45.53% -0.42

250 Pedro Mendes M 61.86% -1.54

265 David Thompson M 21.74% -1.87

277 Richard Hughes M 28.83% -2.11

284 Lauren D 24.02% -2.31

285 Dejan Stefanovic D 51.17% -2.36

316 Sean Davis M 73.03% -3.20

353 Glen Johnson D 65.05% -4.85

362 Matthew Taylor D 80.69% -5.42

377 Gary O’Neil M 90.60% -6.61

Blackburn Rovers

9 Benni McCarthy F 88.98% 9.91

14 Brad Friedel G 98.61% 9.06

27 Shabani Nonda F 45.93% 6.99

81 Ryan Nelsen D 27.78% 3.11

95 Christopher Samba D 29.51% 2.44

99 Jason Roberts F 28.92% 2.33

126 Matt Derbyshire F 22.87% 1.52

131 André Ooijer D 52.90% 1.38

163 Zurab Khizanishvili D 48.40% 0.48

185 Stéphane Henchoz D 25.52% -0.19

200 Tugay Kerimoglu M 63.49% -0.53

206 Andy Todd D 18.83% -0.64

235 Brett Emerton M 84.88% -1.27

287 David Dunn M 17.59% -2.37

321 Lucas Neill D 80.56% -3.33

327 Michael Gray D 26.73% -3.46

340 Aaron Mokoena D 46.79% -4.24

343 Robbie Savage M 56.82% -4.36

368 Morten Gamst Pedersen M 90.37% -5.76

401 David Bentley F 89.35% -11.82

Aston Villa

32 Thomas Sorensen G 75.05% 6.40

89 Martin Laursen D 28.92% 2.75

90 Gary Cahill D 52.37% 2.70

105 Liam Ridgewell D 52.97% 2.13

108 Patrik Berger M 14.56% 2.07

118 Stiliyan Petrov M 79.10% 1.70

123 Gareth Barry D 90.96% 1.60

164 Luke Moore F 18.62% 0.39

199 John Carew F 24.53% -0.50

224 Olof Mellberg D 98.62% -1.06

226 Gabriel Agbonlahor F 97.24% -1.11

227 Craig Gardner M 26.49% -1.12

234 Isaiah Osbourne M 19.37% -1.24

268 Chris Sutton F 17.75% -1.91

272 Milan Baros F 26.22% -2.02

275 Steven Davis M 49.01% -2.05

296 Juan Pablo Ángel F 45.02% -2.70

310 Gavin McCann M 72.70% -2.99

315 Aaron Hughes D 36.07% -3.08

333 Phil Bardsley D 34.41% -3.72

341 Wilfred Bouma D 57.00% -4.26

386 Ashley Young F 80.78% -8.01

Middlesbrough

33 Mark Viduka F 59.85% 6.29

56 Yakubu Ayegbeni F 94.50% 4.27

71 Emanuel Pogatetz D 87.48% 3.55

83 Robert Huth D 23.87% 3.05

98 James Morrison M 45.05% 2.37

109 Jonathan Woodgate D 75.32% 1.95

116 Abel Xavier D 37.75% 1.73

147 Julio Arca M 43.54% 1.12

157 Mark Schwarzer G 94.56% 0.65

158 Fábio Rochemback M 43.60% 0.60

190 Chris Riggott D 14.62% -0.31

243 Jason Euell F 23.78% -1.39

303 George Boateng M 88.83% -2.87

317 Stuart Parnaby M 25.62% -3.24

346 Lee Cattermole M 59.01% -4.78

360 Stewart Downing M 88.53% -5.25

363 Andrew Davies D 54.38% -5.45

384 Andrew Taylor D 89.07% -7.60

Newcastle United

35 Obafemi Martins F 85.14% 6.00

46 Kieron Dyer M 48.02% 5.03

115 Shola Ameobi F 20.84% 1.73

139 Steven Taylor D 68.92% 1.28

159 Oguchi Onyewu D 21.38% 0.54

168 Antoine Sibierski M 43.57% 0.34

175 Damien Duff M 51.95% 0.16

183 Craig Moore D 42.28% -0.17

197 Emre Belözoglu M 54.77% -0.49

208 Peter Ramage D 48.56% -0.68

215 Scott Parker M 72.82% -0.79

228 James Milner M 77.81% -1.12

239 Paul Huntington D 27.06% -1.32

248 Charles N’Zogbia M 33.66% -1.50

261 Steve Harper G 43.24% -1.73

262 Celestine Babayaro D 31.08% -1.73

264 Shay Given G 53.96% -1.87

297 Titus Bramble D 44.89% -2.73

318 Nolberto Solano M 61.80% -3.27

352 Stephen Carr D 59.04% -4.84 358

Nicky Butt M 67.03% -5.20

Manchester City

21 Sylvain Distin D 97.27% 8.03

88 Richard Dunne D 99.97% 2.82

111 DaMarcus Beasley M 28.47% 1.82

156 Georgios Samaras F 50.69% 0.68

165 Michael Johnson M 24.32% 0.38

201 Claudio Reyna M 28.83% -0.55

207 Emile Mpenza F 22.10% -0.66

209 Nedum Onuoha D 36.76% -0.72

211 Micah Richards D 70.45% -0.74

219 Bernardo Corradi F 47.48% -0.92

240 Stephen Jordan D 28.53% -1.34

252 Michael Ball D 32.28% -1.60

274 Dietmar Hamann M 27.66% -2.05

278 Paul Dickov F 24.50% -2.14

298 Ousmane Dabo M 26.37% -2.78

304 Joey Barton M 89.04% -2.87

308 Nicky Weaver G 64.59% -2.95

311 Sun Jihai D 27.30% -3.01

313 Hatem Trabelsi M 41.14% -3.04

323 Stephen Ireland M 37.48% -3.36

334 Trevor Sinclair M 38.68% -3.73

337 Andreas Isaksson G 32.67% -4.05 350

Ben Thatcher D 53.42% -4.82

356 Darius Vassell F 74.29% -5.10

West Ham United

42 Bobby Zamora F 63.00% 5.25

50 Calum Davenport D 38.24% 4.86

77 Anton Ferdinand D 76.97% 3.22

87 Carlos Tévez F 48.62% 2.85

124 James Collins D 38.20% 1.56

135 Daniel Gabbidon D 46.76% 1.36

136 Yossi Benayoun M 65.59% 1.35

172 Mark Noble M 22.46% 0.24

186 Hayden Mullins M 61.86% -0.21

187 Teddy Sheringham F 18.20% -0.23

217 Christian Dailly D 29.73% -0.84

232 Robert Green G 67.57% -1.24

247 George McCartney D 42.67% -1.48

257 Carlton Cole F 16.10% -1.67

260 Nigel Quashie M 18.32% -1.72

293 LuÍs Boa Morte F 53.45% -2.61

306 Lee Bowyer M 43.15% -2.90

321 Lucas Neill D 80.56% -3.33

325 Roy Carroll G 32.43% -3.39

326 Marlon Harewood F 51.74% -3.44

370 Jonathan Spector D 51.65% -5.92

373 Nigel Reo-Coker M 90.06% -6.27

379 Paul Konchesky D 59.04% -6.67

389 Matthew Etherington M 60.81% -8.64

Fulham

40 Carlos Bocanegra D 67.18% 5.38

76 Ian Pearce D 55.29% 3.25

140 Claus Jensen M 27.42% 1.26

143 Zat Knight D 58.26% 1.18

154 Philippe Christanval D 49.43% 0.74

180 Alexei Smertin M 16.01% -0.07

184 Papa Bouba Diop M 51.17% -0.18

245 Collins John F 26.46% -1.43

251 Wayne Routledge M 42.43% -1.55

293 LuÍs Boa Morte F 53.45% -2.61

328 Heidar Helguson F 42.04% -3.48

329 Jan Lastuvka G 19.76% -3.51

331 Moritz Volz D 58.56% -3.54

238 Simon Davies M 67.78% -1.31

344 Antti Niemi G 80.21% -4.42

354 Franck Queudrue D 74.32% -5.05

372 Tomasz Radzinski M 64.59% -6.09

374 Brian McBride F 84.68% -6.33

376 Michael Brown M 88.14% -6.44

385 Liam Rosenior D 99.31% -7.63

Wigan Athletic

107 Henri Camara F 48.47% 2.09

141 Matt Jackson D 45.89% 1.20

155 Arjan de Zeeuw D 52.10% 0.69

222 Gary Teale M 16.16% -0.97

236 David Wright D 20.30% -1.30

281 Caleb Folan F 20.36% -2.30

286 Fitz Hall D 54.74% -2.37

291 Ryan Taylor D 32.07% -2.56

299 Luis Antonio Valencia M 38.53% -2.78

305 Denny Landzaat M 73.48% -2.89

309 Paul Scharner M 58.89% -2.95

312 David Cotterill F 19.25% -3.02

320 David Unsworth D 28.83% -3.33

322 Emile Heskey F 78.38% -3.33

332 Emmerson Boyce D 88.08% -3.65

336 Chris Kirkland G 68.92% -4.05

338 John Filan G 27.03% -4.06

345 Josip Skoko M 62.76% -4.57

349 Lee McCulloch F 67.30% -4.81

378 Kevin Kilbane M 70.84% -6.67

393 Leighton Baines D 90.87% -9.85

Sheffield United

69 Chris Morgan D 58.29% 3.62

78 Claude Davis D 44.56% 3.21

101 Colin Kazim-Richards M 43.96% 2.30

125 Jonathan Stead F 29.25% 1.54

130 Phil Jagielka M 99.97% 1.39

132 Chris Lucketti D 19.88% 1.38

181 Danny Webber F 33.33% -0.09

210 Christian Nadé F 26.01% -0.73

214 Steve Kabba F 21.89% -0.77

216 Leigh Bromby D 34.14% -0.83

229 Alan Quinn M 29.10% -1.13

241 Stephen Quinn M 34.65% -1.37

266 Robert Hulse F 73.69% -1.89

320 David Unsworth D 28.83% -3.33

330 Michael Tonge M 57.66% -3.52

342 Mikele Leigertwood M 42.40% -4.33

351 Robert Kozluk D 44.68% -4.82

357 Derek Geary D 63.96% -5.18

371 Nick Montgomery M 57.39% -5.93

380 Keith Gillespie M 68.83% -6.69

381 Paddy Kenny G 88.35% -7.16

387 Chris Armstrong D 66.37% -8.25

Charlton Athletic

37 Souleymane Diawara D 49.52% 5.64

52 Darren Bent F 83.36% 4.67

58 Talal El Karkouri D 97.27% 4.26

174 Hermann Hreidarsson D 75.11% 0.16

182 Jonathan Fortune D 19.25% -0.13

194 Djimi Traoré D 45.53% -0.42

202 Andy Reid M 36.19% -0.58

204 Zheng Zhi M 22.49% -0.60

213 Jerome Thomas M 40.90% -0.77

225 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink F 32.85% -1.07

253 Amdy Faye M 62.67% -1.62

255 Darren Ambrose M 51.05% -1.63

273 Bryan Hughes M 43.27% -2.03

279 Dennis Rommedahl M 52.73% -2.26

280 Osei Sankofa D 22.52% -2.27

282 Matt Holland M 70.63% -2.30

294 Radostin Kishishev M 19.52% -2.63

307 Scott Carson G 97.30% -2.93

324 Alexandre Song M 28.62% -3.36

350 Ben Thatcher D 53.42% -4.82

361 Marcus Bent F 44.53% -5.34

382 Luke Young D 75.02% -7.16

Watford

94 Danny Shittu D 67.72% 2.45

161 Tamas Priskin F 22.70% 0.53

162 Marlon King F 30.93% 0.51

214 Steve Kabba F 21.89% -0.77

220 Malky Mackay D 35.44% -0.93

263 Jay DeMerit D 82.76% -1.77

271 James Chambers D 20.57% -1.97

314 Damien Francis M 73.75% -3.06

319 Richard Lee G 25.68% -3.30

335 Chris Powell D 25.74% -3.80

347 Adrian Mariappa D 44.05% -4.78

359 Lloyd Doyley D 45.98% -5.22

364 Alhassan Bangura M 29.76% -5.52

386 Ashley Young F 80.78% -8.01

388 Jordan Stewart M 77.81% -8.46

391 Ben Foster G 74.32% -9.77

392 Hameur Bouazza F 70.81% -9.81

394 Darius Henderson F 64.89% -9.87

395 Gavin Mahon M 88.23% -10.58

400 Tommy Smith F 75.68% -11.77