Xavi is the leading pass maker in Europe’s top five leagues so far this season, having completed more than a thousand, with an astonishing 95.45% success rate.
Arteta second
Arsenal’s Basque midfielder Mikel Arteta is second in the list, with 994 successful passes so far, followed by Manchester United’s Michael Carrick (936). Manchester City’s ex-Barça man Yaya Touré is fourth (934) and Busquets (841) and Cesc (796) are sixth and eighth respectively.
Xavi is way out front in terms of success rate, with Mikel Arteta (93,26% successful), Dante (92,44%), Liverpool’s Joe Allen (91,36%) and Sergio Busquets (91,32%) well behind him.