Top five passers of the ball in football at the moment

2. Xavi Hernandez

The long serving Barcelona player has been constantly lauded as one of the best passers of the game. His metronomic passing was crucial to Barcelona’s style of play, and its success under Pep Guardiola.

Playing as a deeper lying central midfielder, Xavi controls the pace of play in the middle of the park. Difficult to win the ball against, or to force into an error, he is number two in our list.Xavi has made an average of 95 passes and 2 key passes per game this season, raking up 4 assists in the process.