10 players who played the most minutes in the Premier League in the last five seasons

5) Ashley Williams – Swansea City: 13,930 minutes

Swansea’s former captain is now at Everton

In fifth place is a player who is no longer at employed by the club that made him a Premier League defender worth chanting for. Welsh defender Ashley Williams was a rock at the back for the Swans in the years after they were promoted under Brendan Rodgers, even taking the time to learn Spanish so he could converse with new signings and ensure that communication on the pitch was never going to be a problem.

But after a successful Euro 2016, he finally left Swansea City after two years of mismanagement had ruined the club. Having had enough of off-field controversies ruining the club, Williams gladly left for Everton while the Swans struggled near the relegation zone for most of the season before the appointment of Paul Clement.