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Karim Benzema is a French professional football player who currently plays for Real Madrid and represents the French national team as a striker. Born on 19th December 1987, Benzema was brought up in Lyon, France.
Karim Benzema began training at the age of eight at his hometown club Bron Terraillon. In 1996, one of the biggest clubs in France, Lyon, reached out to him and he went on to join their youth academy. Eight years after stepping his foot into Lyon, Benzema was called up to the first team in 2004.
In 2009, Benzema went on to join arguably the biggest club in the world, Real Madrid and has been with the club ever since. 12 years into his career at Real Madrid, Benzema has established himself as one of the best strikers in the world.
Lyon: Karim Benzema made his first team debut for Lyon on 15th January 2005 against Metz in Ligue 1.
France national team: In 2007, Karim Benzema made his senior debut for the French national team against Austria in a Euro qualification match.
Club Career Stats
| Apps | 738 |
| Goals | 369 |
| Assists | 214 |
| Yellow Cards | 20 |
| Red Cards | 0 |
International Career Stats
| Apps | 94 |
| Goals | 36 |
| Assists | 20 |
| Yellow Cards | 1 |
| Red Cards | 0 |
Benzema’s Net Worth currently stands at an estimated $70 million dollars which he has amassed over the years of him playing professional football and various other ventures.
Currently, Benzema reps the jersey number 9 for Real Madrid. However, for his national team, the Frenchman sports the jersey number 19.
· Adidas
· LCL
· SFR
· Bwin
· Hyundai
The 34-year-old is currently married to Cora Gauthier, a fashion blogger, model and influencer.
Benzema is a father of two kids, a son, Ibrahim who was born to his current wife Cora Gauthier. Moreover, he is a father of a daughter, Melia, who was born to someone from his past relationship.
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| La Liga | 7 | 13 | 17 | 1703 | 21 | 9.6 | 83 | 2021-2022 | 5.7 | 11.8 |
| Champions Lg | 0 | 2 | 5 | 438 | 5 | 3.2 | 28 | 2021-2022 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
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Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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| Tackles | 0.25 | 8 |
| Tackles Won | 0.21 | 13 |
| Tackles (Def 3rd) | 0.08 | 27 |
| Tackles (Mid 3rd) | 0.08 | 13 |
| Tackles (Att 3rd) | 0.08 | 16 |
| Dribblers Tackled | 0.00 | 6 |
| Dribbles Contested | 0.63 | 39 |
| % of dribblers tackled | 0.0 | 6 |
| Dribbled Past | 0.63 | 51 |
| Pressures | 16.28 | 25 |
| Successful Pressures | 3.01 | 6 |
| Successful Pressure % | 18.5 | 4 |
| Pressures (Def 3rd) | 0.80 | 25 |
| Pressures (Mid 3rd) | 7.37 | 22 |
| Pressures (Att 3rd) | 8.12 | 56 |
| Blocks | 0.59 | 23 |
| Shots Blocked | 0.04 | 34 |
| Shots Saved | 0.00 | 50 |
| Passes Blocked | 0.54 | 25 |
| Interceptions | 0.25 | 28 |
| Tkl+Int | 0.50 | 11 |
| Clearances | 0.75 | 70 |
| Errors | 0.00 | 53 |
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Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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| Shot-Creating Actions | 3.73 | 91 |
| SCA (PassLive) | 3.18 | 97 |
| SCA (PassDead) | 0.00 | 33 |
| SCA (Drib) | 0.33 | 84 |
| SCA (Sh) | 0.17 | 47 |
| SCA (Fld) | 0.04 | 1 |
| SCA (Def) | 0.00 | 21 |
| Goal-Creating Actions | 0.92 | 97 |
| GCA (PassLive) | 0.71 | 97 |
| GCA (PassDead) | 0.00 | 43 |
| GCA (Drib) | 0.08 | 80 |
| GCA (Sh) | 0.08 | 82 |
| GCA (Fld) | 0.04 | 61 |
| GCA (Def) | 0.00 | 38 |
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Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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| Yellow Cards | 0.00 | 97 |
| Red Cards | 0.00 | 58 |
| Second Yellow Card | 0.00 | 56 |
| Fouls Committed | 0.80 | 89 |
| Fouls Drawn | 0.59 | 1 |
| Offsides | 0.71 | 61 |
| Crosses | 0.71 | 44 |
| Interceptions | 0.25 | 28 |
| Tackles Won | 0.21 | 13 |
| Penalty Kicks Won | 0.04 | 77 |
| Penalty Kicks Conceded | 0.00 | 54 |
| Own Goals | 0.00 | 51 |
| Ball Recoveries | 3.39 | 28 |
| Aerials won | 0.17 | 6 |
| Aerials lost | 0.84 | 91 |
| % of Aerials Won | 16.7 | 6 |
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Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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| Passes Attempted | 36.33 | 91 |
| Live-ball passes | 35.16 | 89 |
| Dead-ball passes | 1.17 | 54 |
| Passes from Free Kicks | 0.08 | 66 |
| Through Balls | 0.21 | 97 |
| Passes Under Pressure | 6.70 | 73 |
| Switches | 0.54 | 66 |
| Crosses | 0.71 | 44 |
| Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 28 |
| Inswinging Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 45 |
| Outswinging Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 45 |
| Straight Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 47 |
| Ground passes | 31.27 | 96 |
| Low Passes | 2.76 | 22 |
| High Passes | 2.30 | 9 |
| Passes Attempted (Left) | 4.77 | 66 |
| Passes Attempted (Right) | 30.73 | 97 |
| Passes Attempted (Head) | 0.54 | 1 |
| Throw-Ins taken | 0.00 | 15 |
| Passes Attempted (Other) | 0.21 | 30 |
| Passes Completed | 29.89 | 92 |
| Passes Offside | 0.17 | 41 |
| Passes Out of Bounds | 0.29 | 87 |
| Passes Intercepted | 1.26 | 11 |
| Passes Blocked | 1.51 | 18 |
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Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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| Passes Completed | 29.89 | 92 |
| Passes Attempted | 36.33 | 91 |
| Pass Completion % | 82.3 | 99 |
| Total Passing Distance | 445.23 | 91 |
| Progressive Passing Distance | 89.58 | 82 |
| Passes Completed (Short) | 18.50 | 97 |
| Passes Attempted (Short) | 21.77 | 97 |
| Pass Completion % (Short) | 85.0 | 97 |
| Passes Completed (Medium) | 8.54 | 87 |
| Passes Attempted (Medium) | 10.38 | 80 |
| Pass Completion % (Medium) | 82.3 | 98 |
| Passes Completed (Long) | 2.18 | 80 |
| Passes Attempted (Long) | 2.55 | 65 |
| Pass Completion % (Long) | 85.2 | 99 |
| Assists | 0.42 | 99 |
| xA | 0.23 | 91 |
| Key Passes | 1.84 | 94 |
| Passes into Final Third | 1.80 | 85 |
| Passes into Penalty Area | 1.59 | 96 |
| Crosses into Penalty Area | 0.08 | 41 |
| Progressive Passes | 3.22 | 91 |
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Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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| Touches | 44.87 | 82 |
| Touches (Def Pen) | 0.96 | 70 |
| Touches (Def 3rd) | 2.60 | 44 |
| Touches (Mid 3rd) | 18.42 | 65 |
| Touches (Att 3rd) | 26.58 | 89 |
| Touches (Att Pen) | 7.53 | 94 |
| Touches (Live-Ball) | 43.66 | 82 |
| Dribbles Completed | 1.42 | 73 |
| Dribbles Attempted | 1.93 | 51 |
| Successful Dribble % | 73.9 | 96 |
| Players Dribbled Past | 1.55 | 70 |
| Nutmegs | 0.04 | 59 |
| Carries | 38.18 | 91 |
| Total Carrying Distance | 170.37 | 75 |
| Progressive Carrying Distance | 84.52 | 72 |
| Progressive Carries | 5.53 | 85 |
| Carries into Final Third | 1.55 | 75 |
| Carries into Penalty Area | 1.63 | 94 |
| Miscontrols | 1.55 | 96 |
| Dispossessed | 1.26 | 78 |
| Pass Targets | 49.48 | 73 |
| Passes Received | 36.63 | 89 |
| Passes Received % | 74.0 | 91 |
| Progressive Passes Rec | 10.42 | 78 |
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Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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| Goals | 0.21 | 22 |
| Shots Total | 2.34 | 46 |
| Shots on target | 0.63 | 13 |
| Shots on target % | 26.8 | 6 |
| Goals/Shot | 0.05 | 10 |
| Goals/Shot on target | 0.20 | 20 |
| Average Shot Distance | 12.80 | 72 |
| Shots from free kicks | 0.00 | 29 |
| Penalty Kicks Made | 0.08 | 82 |
| Penalty Kicks Attempted | 0.08 | 77 |
| xG | 0.45 | 72 |
| npxG | 0.39 | 69 |
| npxG/Sh | 0.16 | 78 |
| Goals - xG | -0.24 | 3 |
| Non-Penalty Goals - npxG | -0.26 | 1 |
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Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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| Goals | 0.21 | 22 |
| Assists | 0.42 | 99 |
| Non-Penalty Goals | 0.13 | 16 |
| Penalty Kicks Made | 0.08 | 82 |
| Penalty Kicks Attempted | 0.08 | 77 |
| Yellow Cards | 0.00 | 97 |
| Red Cards | 0.00 | 58 |
| xG | 0.45 | 72 |
| npxG | 0.39 | 69 |
| xA | 0.23 | 91 |
| npxG+xA | 0.62 | 92 |
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age
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country
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comp level
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games
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| 2021-2022 | 33 | Real Madrid | - | 1. Champions Lg | 5 | 5 | 438 | 4.9 |
| 2021-2022 | 33 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 21 | 21 | 1,703 | 18.9 |
| 2021-2022 | 33 | Real Madrid |
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Supercopa de España | 2 | 2 | 210 | 2.3 |
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country
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| 2004-2005 | 16 | Lyon |
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1. Ligue 1 | 6 | 112 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-2006 | 17 | Lyon |
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1. Ligue 1 | 13 | 520 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006-2007 | 18 | Lyon |
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1. Ligue 1 | 21 | 1,156 | 5 | 2 |
| 2007-2008 | 19 | Lyon |
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1. Ligue 1 | 36 | 2,565 | 20 | 7 |
| 2008-2009 | 20 | Lyon |
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1. Ligue 1 | 36 | 2,758 | 17 | 2 |
| 2009-2010 | 21 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 27 | 1,312 | 8 | 3 |
| 2010-2011 | 22 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 33 | 1,898 | 15 | 4 |
| 2011-2012 | 23 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 34 | 2,242 | 21 | 8 |
| 2012-2013 | 24 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 30 | 1,770 | 11 | 12 |
| 2013-2014 | 25 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 35 | 2,733 | 17 | 8 |
| 2014-2015 | 26 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 29 | 2,278 | 15 | 11 |
| 2015-2016 | 27 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 27 | 1,970 | 24 | 7 |
| 2016-2017 | 28 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 29 | 1,903 | 11 | 5 |
| 2017-2018 | 29 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 32 | 2,150 | 5 | 10 |
| 2018-2019 | 30 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 36 | 2,953 | 21 | 6 |
| 2019-2020 | 31 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 37 | 3,141 | 21 | 8 |
| 2020-2021 | 32 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 34 | 2,894 | 23 | 9 |
| 2021-2022 | 33 | Real Madrid |
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1. La Liga | 21 | 1,703 | 17 | 7 |
| National Awards |
2011 French Player of the Year 2012 French Player of the Year 2014 French Player of the Year |
| Competition Awards |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 Male Player of the Year 2007-2008 Ligue 1 Team of the Year |
| Goals |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 20 (1st) 2008-2009 Ligue 1 17 (2nd) 2010-2011 La Liga 15 (9th) 2011-2012 La Liga 21 (5th) 2013-2014 La Liga 17 (5th) 2014-2015 La Liga 15 (9th) 2015-2016 La Liga 24 (4th) 2018-2019 La Liga 21 (2nd) 2019-2020 La Liga 21 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 23 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 17 (1st) |
| Goals/90 |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 0.70 (3rd) 2008-2009 Ligue 1 0.55 (6th) 2009-2010 La Liga 0.55 (10th) 2010-2011 La Liga 0.71 (3rd) 2011-2012 La Liga 0.84 (4th) 2014-2015 La Liga 0.59 (9th) 2015-2016 La Liga 1.10 (2nd) 2018-2019 La Liga 0.64 (5th) 2019-2020 La Liga 0.60 (4th) 2020-2021 La Liga 0.72 (4th) 2021-2022 La Liga 0.90 (1st) |
| Assists |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 7 (6th) 2011-2012 La Liga 8 (9th) 2012-2013 La Liga 12 (3rd) 2014-2015 La Liga 11 (6th) 2017-2018 La Liga 10 (4th) 2019-2020 La Liga 8 (4th) 2020-2021 La Liga 9 (5th) 2021-2022 La Liga 7 (2nd) |
| Assists/90 |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 0.25 (10th) 2011-2012 La Liga 0.32 (9th) 2012-2013 La Liga 0.61 (2nd) 2014-2015 La Liga 0.43 (7th) 2017-2018 La Liga 0.42 (1st) 2021-2022 La Liga 0.37 (3rd) |
| Goals + Assists |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 27 (1st) 2008-2009 Ligue 1 19 (4th) 2011-2012 La Liga 29 (3rd) 2012-2013 La Liga 23 (8th) 2013-2014 La Liga 25 (7th) 2014-2015 La Liga 26 (5th) 2015-2016 La Liga 31 (5th) 2018-2019 La Liga 27 (2nd) 2019-2020 La Liga 29 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 32 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 24 (1st) |
| Goals + Assists/90 |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 0.95 (2nd) 2009-2010 La Liga 0.75 (9th) 2010-2011 La Liga 0.90 (5th) 2011-2012 La Liga 1.16 (5th) 2012-2013 La Liga 1.17 (3rd) 2014-2015 La Liga 1.03 (4th) 2015-2016 La Liga 1.42 (3rd) 2018-2019 La Liga 0.82 (6th) 2019-2020 La Liga 0.83 (3rd) 2020-2021 La Liga 1.00 (3rd) 2021-2022 La Liga 1.27 (1st) |
| Penalty Kicks Made |
2008-2009 Ligue 1 2 (2nd) 2018-2019 La Liga 3 (10th) 2019-2020 La Liga 5 (4th) 2021-2022 La Liga 2 (6th) |
| Non-Penalty Goals |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 20 (1st) 2008-2009 Ligue 1 15 (2nd) 2010-2011 La Liga 15 (8th) 2011-2012 La Liga 21 (4th) 2013-2014 La Liga 17 (5th) 2014-2015 La Liga 15 (6th) 2015-2016 La Liga 24 (3rd) 2018-2019 La Liga 18 (2nd) 2019-2020 La Liga 16 (3rd) 2020-2021 La Liga 22 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 15 (1st) |
| Non-Penalty Goals/90 |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 0.70 (2nd) 2008-2009 Ligue 1 0.49 (6th) 2009-2010 La Liga 0.55 (7th) 2010-2011 La Liga 0.71 (3rd) 2011-2012 La Liga 0.84 (4th) 2012-2013 La Liga 0.56 (10th) 2013-2014 La Liga 0.56 (10th) 2014-2015 La Liga 0.59 (6th) 2015-2016 La Liga 1.10 (1st) 2018-2019 La Liga 0.55 (3rd) 2019-2020 La Liga 0.46 (8th) 2020-2021 La Liga 0.68 (3rd) 2021-2022 La Liga 0.79 (3rd) |
| Non-Penalty Goals + Assists/90 |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 0.95 (1st) 2009-2010 La Liga 0.75 (7th) 2010-2011 La Liga 0.90 (5th) 2011-2012 La Liga 1.16 (5th) 2012-2013 La Liga 1.17 (3rd) 2013-2014 La Liga 0.82 (8th) 2014-2015 La Liga 1.03 (4th) 2015-2016 La Liga 1.42 (3rd) 2016-2017 La Liga 0.76 (10th) 2018-2019 La Liga 0.73 (5th) 2019-2020 La Liga 0.69 (5th) 2020-2021 La Liga 0.96 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 1.16 (1st) |
| xG |
2018-2019 La Liga 15.8 (5th) 2019-2020 La Liga 17.4 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 17.7 (3rd) 2021-2022 La Liga 11.8 (1st) |
| xG/90 |
2018-2019 La Liga 0.48 (8th) 2019-2020 La Liga 0.50 (4th) 2020-2021 La Liga 0.55 (6th) 2021-2022 La Liga 0.63 (3rd) |
| npxG |
2018-2019 La Liga 13.5 (5th) 2019-2020 La Liga 13.6 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 17.0 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 9.6 (1st) |
| npxG/90 |
2018-2019 La Liga 0.41 (8th) 2019-2020 La Liga 0.39 (6th) 2020-2021 La Liga 0.53 (4th) 2021-2022 La Liga 0.51 (3rd) |
| xA |
2019-2020 La Liga 8.4 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 6.3 (6th) 2021-2022 La Liga 5.7 (1st) |
| xA/90 |
2019-2020 La Liga 0.24 (3rd) 2021-2022 La Liga 0.30 (3rd) |
| Shots Total |
2018-2019 La Liga 99 (5th) 2019-2020 La Liga 118 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 122 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 73 (1st) |
| Shots Total/90 |
2019-2020 La Liga 3.38 (5th) 2020-2021 La Liga 3.79 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 3.86 (2nd) |
| Shots on target |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 49 (1st) 2008-2009 Ligue 1 55 (2nd) 2010-2011 La Liga 44 (7th) 2011-2012 La Liga 53 (4th) 2013-2014 La Liga 46 (5th) 2015-2016 La Liga 51 (6th) 2018-2019 La Liga 41 (5th) 2019-2020 La Liga 54 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 50 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 31 (1st) |
| Shots on target/90 |
2007-2008 Ligue 1 1.72 (4th) 2008-2009 Ligue 1 1.79 (3rd) 2009-2010 La Liga 2.13 (7th) 2010-2011 La Liga 2.09 (4th) 2011-2012 La Liga 2.13 (3rd) 2012-2013 La Liga 1.88 (3rd) 2013-2014 La Liga 1.51 (10th) 2014-2015 La Liga 1.42 (9th) 2015-2016 La Liga 2.33 (3rd) 2016-2017 La Liga 1.61 (7th) 2018-2019 La Liga 1.25 (9th) 2019-2020 La Liga 1.55 (3rd) 2020-2021 La Liga 1.55 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 1.64 (2nd) |
| Goals - xG |
2018-2019 La Liga 5.2 (4th) 2019-2020 La Liga 3.6 (6th) 2020-2021 La Liga 5.3 (4th) 2021-2022 La Liga 5.2 (1st) |
| Non-Penalty Goals - npxG |
2018-2019 La Liga 4.5 (4th) 2020-2021 La Liga 5.0 (4th) 2021-2022 La Liga 5.4 (1st) |
| Key Passes |
2019-2020 La Liga 61 (7th) 2021-2022 La Liga 39 (5th) |
| Passes into Penalty Area |
2018-2019 La Liga 58 (9th) 2019-2020 La Liga 58 (5th) 2021-2022 La Liga 60 (1st) |
| Through Balls |
2018-2019 La Liga 16 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 8 (10th) |
| Shot-Creating Actions |
2018-2019 La Liga 119 (10th) 2019-2020 La Liga 118 (5th) 2020-2021 La Liga 99 (10th) 2021-2022 La Liga 83 (4th) |
| SCA90 |
2021-2022 La Liga 4.39 (5th) |
| Goal-Creating Actions |
2017-2018 La Liga 22 (3rd) 2019-2020 La Liga 17 (3rd) 2020-2021 La Liga 17 (5th) 2021-2022 La Liga 13 (3rd) |
| GCA90 |
2017-2018 La Liga 0.92 (2nd) 2021-2022 La Liga 0.69 (5th) |
| Successful Dribble % |
2021-2022 La Liga 78.6 (7th) |
| Nutmegs |
2021-2022 La Liga 5 (8th) |
| Carries into Penalty Area |
2017-2018 La Liga 39 (6th) 2019-2020 La Liga 53 (1st) 2020-2021 La Liga 47 (4th) 2021-2022 La Liga 29 (7th) |
| Pass Targets |
2019-2020 La Liga 2018 (8th) 2021-2022 La Liga 1112 (10th) |
| Progressive Passes Rec |
2018-2019 La Liga 330 (10th) 2019-2020 La Liga 381 (2nd) 2020-2021 La Liga 272 (4th) 2021-2022 La Liga 149 (6th) |
| Points per Match |
2020-2021 La Liga 2.32 (8th) |
| +/- |
2019-2020 La Liga 41 (4th) 2020-2021 La Liga 39 (8th) 2021-2022 La Liga 20 (6th) |
| xG+/- |
2019-2020 La Liga 30.7 (4th) 2020-2021 La Liga 26.5 (9th) 2021-2022 La Liga 13.5 (8th) |
