Premier League 2012/13 season so far in numbers

Monday, December 31, 2012
2:39 PM

The Premier League season has passed the halfway point with Manchester United leading the way and QPR languishing at the bottom.

Here Press Association Sport looks at which players and clubs lead the way across a series of performance categories in the 2012-13 Barclays Premier League season, with the 2012 portion of the campaign now concluded (London clubs/players in bold)

MOST ATTACKING RUNS WITH THE BALL

TOP PLAYERS: Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 154, Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) 136, David Silva (Manchester City) 128.

TOP TEAMS: Arsenal 747, Manchester City 717, Chelsea 706.

BALL RECEPTIONS

TOP PLAYERS: Yaya Toure (Manchester City) 1,781, Michael Carrick (Manchester United) 1,698, Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) 1,632.

TOP TEAMS: Manchester United 13,211, Manchester City 12,767, Arsenal 12,482.

MAXIMUM CONTINUOUS PASS COUNT

TOP TEAMS: Swansea 49 (v Arsenal, December 1), Tottenham 45 (v Liverpool, November 28), Swansea 43 (v West Ham, August 25).

MOST PASSES BACKWARDS

TOP PLAYERS: Yaya Toure (Manchester City) 488, Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) 486, James McCarthy (Wigan) 413.

TOP TEAMS: Manchester United 3,803, Manchester City 3,481, Arsenal 3,377.

MOST PASSES FORWARDS

TOP PLAYERS: Michael Carrick (Manchester United) 919, Yaya Toure (Manchester City) 785, Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) 779.

TOP TEAMS: Manchester United 5,092, Manchester City 4,935, Arsenal 4,861.

MOST SUCCESSFUL PASSES ATTACKING THIRD

TOP PLAYERS: Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) 381, David Silva (Manchester City) 347, Steven Pienaar (Everton) 325.

TOP TEAMS: Manchester City 2,188, Manchester United 2,045, Arsenal 1,873.

TACKLES WON

TOP PLAYERS: Sandro (Tottenham) 63, James McCarthy (Wigan) 58, Mousa Dembele (Fulham/Tottenham) 49.

TOP TEAMS: Wigan 362, Tottenham 348, QPR 322.

DISTANCE COVERED (kilometres)

TOP PLAYERS: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 208.05, Jonathan Walters (Stoke) 206.74, Leon Osman (Everton) 204.77.