Barca named most 'dribbling' club in Europe, top 10 revealed

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Barca named most 'dribbling' club in Europe, top 10 revealed

Barcelona had been attempting 13.5 dribbles per game in the 2020/21 La Liga season - the most in Europe's top five leagues, as per WhoScored.com.

Fulham and Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, complete the top three with 13.3 and 12.9 dribbles per game respectively.

Top 10 most 'dribbling' clubs in Europe:

1. Barcelona - 13.5 (dribbles per game)

2. Fulham - 13.3

4. Bayern Munich - 12.9

5. Manchester City - 12.8

6. Lyon - 12.6

8. Wolverhampton - 12.3

9. Stuttgart - 12.1

10. Juventus - 11.9

Lionel Messi (4.5 per game) and Ousmane Dembele (2.1 per game), for their part, are the only Barca players to have made it to the top 10 most successful dribbles in the 2020/21 La Liga campaign in first and ninth respectively.

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Lionel Messi finished the 2020/21 La Liga season as the second-best dribbler in Europe's top five leagues, according to WhoScored.com.

The Barcelona captain attempted 7.1 dribbles per 90 minutes in 35 league appearances this season with 4.5 successful attempts.

Neymar, meanwhile, tops the list with a total of 8.6 dribbles per game (4.8 successful).

Former Barca winger Adama Traore, who now represents Wolverhampton, completes the top three - 5.8 total dribbles, 4.1 of which were successful.

Top-5 dribblers in 2020-21, as per WhoScored.com:

1. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) - 8.6 total dribbles, 4.8 successful

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 7.1 total dribbles, 4.5 successful

3. Adama Traore (Wolverhampton) - 5.8 total dribbles, 4.1 successful

4. Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle Utd) - 5.8 total dribbles, 3.8 successful

5. Jeremy Doku (Rennes) - 5.6 total dribbles, 3.7 successful *dribbles per game; players with more than 15 appearances.

Leo's incredible dribble against Atletico Madrid earlier this month starts at 00:58:

Messi far ahead, De Jong in 4th: a look at Barcelona's top goalscorers in 2020/21 seasons

With the 2020/21 season over, today we take a look at the top goalscorers at Barcelona this term.

1. Leo Messi — 38 goals

3. Ousmane Dembele — 11

4. Frenkie de Jong — 7

6. Jordi Alba — 5

= Ansu Fati — 5

8. Pedri — 4

= Sergino Dest — 3

12. Oscar Mingueza — 2

= Ronald Araujo — 2

= Gerard Pique — 2

15. Clement Lenglet — 1

= Junior Firpo — 1

= Ilaix Moriba — 1

= Sergi Roberto — 1

There are six outfield players that didn't score for Barca this season. They are Sergio Busquets, Miralem Pjanic, Samuel Umtiti, Matheus Fernandes, Konrad de la Fuente, and Carles Alena. However, for honesty's sake, we have to mention that the likes of Matheus, Konrad and Alena didn't get too many chances throughout the season.

AuthorDen SchepanskyiSourceWhoScored.com
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