Who has brought through the most talent?
Who gets the most out of lower league players?
Which managers have given youth a chance?
youth
a chance?
Which
football clubs
give
Premier League debuts given to teenagers
Split by the number of Premier League appearances that they have gone on to make
20 to 99
Total
Which clubs have
young
talent?
Fewer than 20
100 or more
50
47
56
35
38
42
42
34
35
41
34
15
15
13
6
15
4
3
Man Utd
Chelsea
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Tottenham
Everton
Liverpool
Newcastle
West Ham
Man City
Southampton
Crystal Palace
Leicester
Norwich
Wolves
Watford
Burnley
Bournemouth
Sheff Utd
1
Premier League debuts given to teenagers in the last 5 seasons
Split by the number of Premier League appearances that they have gone on to make
50 or more
9
11
10
8
9
12
3
6
4
1
9
4
2
3
2
6
1
Chelsea
Man Utd
Everton
Arsenal
Man City
Liverpool
Tottenham
West Ham
Aston Villa
Leicester
Southampton
Burnley
Wolves
Bournemouth
Newcastle
Watford
Crystal Palace
10 to 49
Fewer than 10
Total
Premier League debuts given to English teenagers
Split by the number of Premier League appearances that they have gone on to make
100 or more
24
24
26
28
36
27
29
26
20
20
24
12
13
10
9
2
2
1
1
Tottenham
Aston Villa
Liverpool
Man Utd
Everton
Chelsea
Arsenal
West Ham
Newcastle
Man City
Southampton
Crystal Palace
Leicester
Norwich
Watford
Bournemouth
Burnley
Wolves
Sheff Utd
20 to 99
Fewer than 20
Total
Premier League debuts given to English teenagers in the last 5 seasons
Split by the number of Premier League appearances that they have gone on to make
50 or more
9
8
6
6
3
4
1
7
3
5
2
2
2
1
5
2
1
Everton
Liverpool
Chelsea
Man Utd
Tottenham
West Ham
Leicester
Southampton
Burnley
Arsenal
Newcastle
Bournemouth
Man City
Wolves
Watford
Aston Villa
Crystal Palace
10 to 49
Fewer than 10
Total
brought through
the most
Which clubs have snapped up young talent from other teams?
Appearances made by teenagers who were brought in from other Premier League clubs.
Man Utd
Tottenham
Newcastle
Norwich
Chelsea
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Watford
Liverpool
Man City
73
48
48
25
21
18
16
8
6
1
20
40
2
8
4
6
20
40
10
2
4
6
8
Which clubs have recruited the most EFL talent?
Current Premier League clubs who have signed the most English players aged 23 or under from the EFL in the previous 10 seasons
Bournemouth
Norwich
Everton
Leicester
Tottenham
Newcastle
Aston Villa
Southampton
Arsenal
Liverpool
Crystal Palace
Burnley
Which clubs sell their EFL recruits for a profit?
Current Premier League clubs with the highest combined profit from selling on young EFL signings during the last decade
Who gets the
of
young
EFL
most out
Signings
£6.5m
£0.5m
Spend
9
8
7
5
5
4
3
3
3
£20.7m
Players
Combined profit
How do signings from the EFL adjust to the Premier League?
Average number of appearances made by young English players signed from the EFL
Players
96
1,013
968
1,311
434
574
4,396
Apps
14
60
97
77
62
41
61
Average
Top performer
Goalkeepers
Centre backs
Full backs
Midfielders
Wingers
Forwards
Total
7
17
10
17
7
14
72
J Butland (77)
S Dann (210)
K Walker (263)
J Shelvey (187)
N Redmond (175)
J Rodriguez (141)
-
Excludes players who had already played in the Premier League
How often do EFL goalscorers adapt to the Premier League?
There have only been 8 players in history who have scored 30 or more Premier League goals for the club that signed them from the EFL
Theo Walcott
Tim Cahill
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Gareth Bale
Dele Alli
Lee Bowyer
Marcus Gayle
Michail Antonio
74
65
56
54
42
42
38
34
Goals
Southampton
Millwall
Bolton
Southampton
MK Dons
Charlton
Brentford
Nott'm Forest
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
Arsenal
Everton
Chelsea
Tottenham
Tottenham
Leeds
Wimbledon
West Ham
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
Debut
Feb 2006
Aug 2004
Aug 2000
Aug 2007
Aug 2015
Aug 1996
Mar 1994
Sep 2015
Player
… and how often do EFL goalscorers fail to make the step up?
There are 17 players who have scored at least 100 EFL goals but failed to find the net in the Premier League - here are the 10 most prolific:
Billy Sharp
Lee Hughes
Jordan Rhodes
Jamie Forrester
Marco Gabbiadini
Ian Henderson
Kevin Ellison
David Johnson
Phil Jevons
Nicky Maynard
PL appearances
EFL goals
2
23
6
9
14
3
1
14
8
8
227
203
186
148
133
129
128
126
115
115
Which EFL clubs have provided the most Premier League talent?
Here are the five EFL clubs who have sold the most young English players to the top flight over the last decade.
9
Kyle Walker, Harry Maguire, D Calvert-Lewin, David Brooks
Players
6
Jonjo Shelvey, Carl Jenkinson, Joe Gomez, Ademola Lookman
5
Fabian Delph, Lewis Cook
5
John Stones, Alfie Mawson, Mason Holgate
5
Nathan Redmond, James Maddison
players?
Including:
5
5
4
£11.0m
£15.9m
£35.7m
£16.0m
£19.2m
£25.0m
£25.9m
£38.1m
£10.0m
£63.9m
2
3
2
2
4
Everton
Tottenham
Arsenal
Liverpool
Norwich
£44.0m
£39.3m
£14.6m
£10.9m
Which clubs have had the most African goalscorers?
Over half of Liverpool’s goals in 2018-19 came from African players, making them one of seven Premier League clubs with at least 100 goals from African players in Premier League history
2018/19
197
166
152
125
120
108
100
84
63
59
51
31
27
19
13
7
1
1
0
1
Premier League goals scored by players from African nations
Chelsea
Arsenal
Newcastle
Man City
Liverpool
Everton
West Ham
Tottenham
Leicester
Crystal Palace
Southampton
Watford
Norwich
Aston Villa
Wolves
Man Utd
Burnley
Bournemouth
Brighton
Sheff Utd
Rest of 10s
'00s
'90s
Total
Sheff Utd
Charlton
Leeds
Barnsley
Norwich
Which
have given
youth
a chance?
managers
Premier League debuts given to teenagers
There are 11 managers who have given debuts to at least 5 players who went on to make 100+ Premier League appearances
100 or more
37
49
10
15
15
14
20
17
16
14
12
Alex Ferguson
Arsene Wenger
David O'Leary
Steve McClaren
David Moyes
George Graham
Sam Allardyce
Harry Redknapp
Howard Wilkinson
Peter Reid
Bobby Robson
20 to 99
Fewer than 20
Total
100 or more
21
23
8
14
12
11
11
7
6
6
Alex Ferguson
Arsene Wenger
David O'Leary
Steve McClaren
Harry Redknapp
David Moyes
George Graham
Kevin Keegan
Stuart Pearce
Alan Curbishley
20 to 99
Fewer than 20
Total
Premier League debuts given to English teenagers
Split by the number of Premier League appearances that they have gone on to make
Premier League debuts given to teenagers in the last 5 seasons
Split by the number of Premier League appearances that they have gone on to make
50 or more
10 to 49
Fewer than 10
7
6
6
8
9
5
4
3
5
3
Jose Mourinho
Louis Van Gaal
Arsene Wenger
Ronald Koeman
Jurgen Klopp
Pep Guardiola
Roberto Martinez
Mauricio Pochettino
Manuel Pellegrini
Slaven Bilic
Total
10
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
Mauricio Pochettino
Claude Puel
Sean Dyche
Arsene Wenger
Jurgen Klopp
Chris Hughton
Brendan Rodgers
Alex Ferguson
David Moyes
Steve Bruce
Roberto Martinez
Total
Most players called up to their first England squad in the last 10 years
Players’ age at time of first England call up
under 21
21 to 23
Over 23
2
20
10
40
30
20
10
4
2
6
10
4
6
8
2