Arsenal's top 5 attacking players after 5 games

We’re 5 games into the Premier League and Arsenal are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League. Although we lost to Villa on opening day, at least we haven’t had any of those frustrating draws we usually have so many of. The statistics are taken from whoscored.com. This article will be focusing on the attacking statistics. Not all the players have played 5 games but I still included them; I’ve decided to show Arsenal’s top 5 players in a variety of areas:

Appearances Starting (Sub)

1. Szczesny 51. Ramsey 51. Gibbs 51. Giroud 55. Sagna 4(1)5. Wilshere 4(1)

I was quite surprised that only 4 players have started every game in the league so far.

Goals

1. Giroud 42. Ramsey 33. Podolski 24. Sagna 14. Mertesacker 1

Assists

1. Özil 32. Cazorla 12. Giroud 12. Walcott 12. Ramsey 12. Jenkinson 12. Chamberlain 1

Passing Accuracy

1. Arteta 100%1. Miyaichi 100%3. Koscielny 94.5%4. Flamini 91.2%4. Mertesacker 91.2%

Aerial Duels Won

1. Giroud 292. Sagna 133. Mertesacker 83. Gibbs 85. Jenkinson 55. Koscielny 55. Ramsey 5

Jenkinson won 5/7 aerial duels, which was the best percentage for an Arsenal player.

Shots

1. Giroud 232. Walcott 123. Ramsey 124. Cazorla 75. Özil 4

Unfortunately, shots on target were not available.

Successful Dribbles

1. Ramsey 72. Wilshere 63. Cazorla 54. Özil 55. Rosicky 5

Whoscored.com Rating

1. Özil 8.532. Giroud 8.223. Ramsey 7.954. Gnabry 7.55. Chamberlain 7.41

5 games is only enough to show form over a short period of time, and I was not surprised to find Ramsey in the top 5 of everything except passing accuracy.

A great sign for us Gooners is that 3 of the top 4 rated players on whoscored.com are all from Arsenal:

Whoscored.com’s Premier League Ratings

1. Özil 8.532. Giroud 8.223. Baines 7.964. Ramsey 7.955. Lovren 7.89

Hopefully, the team continues to play well and gets better as the season progresses.