Fantasy Football’s Best All Round Attackers

The holy grail for Fantasy Football managers is finding a player who can not only score plenty of goals but also rack up a fine tally of assist points too. Gaining both very often results in even more points through bonus allocation. This analysis aims to find these solid gold players who over the last three seasons who have the best record at bringing in Fantasy returns by both scoring and assisting.

The criteria for this article is as follows: strikers & midfielders must have more than 30 goals and assists in total since and including season 2012/13, whilst defenders must have over 10 total goals/assists in the same time period.  Although this filters out recent additions to the league, what it does do is provide an excellent tool for aiding the Fantasy manager to pick proven players with minimal risk. I have also included the minutes they have played and how long it takes them to record at least a goal or assist.

Strikers by Total Goals/Assists

Aguero   –   55 Goals, 24 Assists  =  79   (6,004 mins)
Rooney   –   41 Goals, 27 Assists  =  68   (7,331 mins)
van Persie   –   48 Goals, 20 Assists  =  68   (6,811 mins)
Lukaku   –   42 Goals, 22 Assists  =  64   (7,475 mins)
Giroud  –  41 Goals, 16 Assists  =  57   (7,261 mins)
Lambert   –   30 Goals, 23 Assists  =  53   (6,779 mins)
Sturridge   –   37 Goals, 16 Assists  =  53   (4,275 mins)
Dzeko   –   34 Goals, 17 Assists  =  51   (4,741 mins)
Benteke  –  42 Goals, 8 Assists  =  50   (7,322 mins)
Crouch  –  22 Goals, 15 Assists  =  37   (6,649 mins)
Bony   –   28 Goals, 7 Assists  =  35   (4,067 mins)
Long   –   20 Goals, 14 Assists  =  34   (5,936 mins)
Rodriguez  –  21 Goals, 11 Assists  =  32   (4,745 mins)
Kane  –  24 Goals, 7 Assists  =  31   (3,222 mins)
Remy   –   27 Goals, 3 Assists  =  30   (4,091 mins)

Strikers by Goals/Assists every “x” minutes

Aguero  –  76 mins
Sturridge  –  80.66 mins
Dzeko  –  92.96 mins
van Persie  –  100.16 mins
Kane  –  103.94 mins
Rooney  –  107.81 mins
Bony  –  116.2 mins
Lukaku  –  116.80 mins
Lambert  –  118.93 mins
Giroud  –  127.39 mins
Remy  –  136.37 mins
Benteke  –  146.44 mins
Rodriguez  –  148.66 mins
Long  –  174.59 mins
Crouch  –  179.70 mins

Midfielders by Total Goals/Assists

Eden Hazard  –  37 Goals, 36 Assists  =  73   (8,889 mins)
David Silva  –  23 Goals, 36 Assists  =  59   (7,320 mins)
Juan Mata  –  26 Goals, 29 Assists  =  55   (7,086 mins)
Santi Cazorla  –  23 Goals, 32 Assists  =  55   (8,878 mins)
Yaya Toure  –  36 Goals, 16 Assists  =  52   (8,098 mins)
Theo Walcott  –  24 Goals, 19 Goals  =  43   (3,593 mins)
Raheem Sterling  –  18 Goals, 23 Assists  =  41   (7,014 mins)
Oscar  –  18 Goals, 20 Assists  =  38   (6,449 mins)
Aaron Ramsey  –  17 Goals, 20 Assists  =  37   (5,864 mins)
Jordan Henderson  –  15 Goals, 21 Assists  =  36  (7,919 mins)
Adam Johnson  –  18 Goals, 18 Assists  =  36   (7,442 mins)
Kevin Mirallas  –  22 Goals, 13 Assists  =  35   (5,575 mins)
Samir Nasri  –  11 Goals, 24 Assists  =  35   (5,852 mins)
Jason Puncheon  –  18 Goals, 16 Assists  =  34   (7,391 mins)
Adam Lallana  –  17 Goals, 17 Assists  =  34   (7,095 mins)
Philippe Coutinho  –  13 Goals, 21 Assists  =  34   (6,042 mins)
Gylfi Sigurdsson  –  15 Goals, 15 Assists  =  30   (5,193 mins)

Midfielders by Goals/Assists every “x” minutes

Walcott  –  83.56 mins
Hazard  –  121.77 mins
Silva  –  124.07 mins
Mata  –  128.84 mins
Toure  –  155.73 mins
Ramsey  –  158.49 mins
Mirallas  –  159.29 mins
Cazorla  –  161.42 mins
Nasri  –  167.2 mins
Oscar   –   169.71 mins
Sterling  –  171.07 mins
Sigurdsson  –  173.1 mins
Coutinho  –  177.71 mins
Johnson  –  206.72 mins
Lallana  –  208.68 mins
Puncheon  –  217.38 mins
Henderson  –  219.97 mins

Defenders by Total Goals/Assists

Baines  –  12 Goals, 21 Assists  =  33   (9,031 mins)
Coleman  –  9 Goals, 11 Assists  =  20   (8,459 mins)
Ivanovic  –  12 Goals, 8 Assists  =  20   (9,544 mins)
Kolarov  –  4 Goals, 14 Assists  =  18   (4,522 mins)
Valencia  –  3 Goals, 15 Assists  =  18   (6,734 mins)
Zabaleta  –  4 Goals, 12 Assists  =  16   (8,314 mins)
Rose  –  5 Goals, 10 Assists  =  15   (6,480 mins)
Terry  –  12 Goals, 1 Assist  =  13   (7,430 mins)
Clyne  –  3 Goals, 10 Assists  =  13   (8,027 mins)
Walker  –  1 Goal, 11 Assists  =  12   (6,760 mins)
Bacuna  –  5 Goals, 6 Assists  =  11   (3,581 mins)
Skrtel  –  10 Goals, 1 Assist  =  11   (8,271 mins)
Rafael  –  3 Goals, 7 Assists  =  10   (4,317 mins)
Cahill  –  4 Goals, 6 Assists  =  10   (7,829 mins)
Vertonghen  –  6 Goals, 4 Assists  =  10   (7,874 mins)
McAuley  –  6 Goals, 4 Assists  =  10   (8,169 mins)

Defenders by Goals/Assists every “x” minutes

Kolarov  –  251.22 mins
Baines  –  273.67 mins
Bacuna  –  325.55 mins
Valencia  –  374.11 mins
Coleman  –  422.95 mins
Rafael  –  431.7 mins
Rose  –  432 mins
Ivanovic  –  478.85 mins
Zabaleta  –  519.63 mins
Walker  –  563.33 mins
Terry  –  571.54 mins
Clyne  –  617.46 mins
Skrtel  –  751.91 mins
Cahill  –  782.9 mins
Vertonghen  –  787.4 mins
McAuley  –  816.9 mins

Conclusions

An elite group of just three players has emerged who have recorded a goal or assist faster than every 90 minutes on average. These are Sergio Aguero, Daniel Sturridge and Theo Walcott. All three have had their issues with injuries over the years, but this analysis suggests that if they start a game they have the shortest odds of any players in this article to deliver a return of at least an assist or a goal.

Amongst other notable strikers who offer all round points potential are Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane. Both take under 110 minutes to register either a goal or assist. This suggests that their hefty FPL price tags of 10.5m and 9.5m could actually offer excellent value given their potential for points.

For midfielders the chance of assists is far higher. The key group to focus on though are those who are also   prolific goal scorers, of which Eden Hazard, Yaya Toure, Theo Walcott, Kevin Mirallas and Jason Puncheon are the best. Given midfielders gain five FPL points for each goal scored this quintet have represented excellent points scoring potential over a number of seasons, with Walcott once again proving to be a stand out pick.

The analysis also shows in cold hard figures how rare goals and assists are for defenders, in comparison to their midfield and forward counterparts. Amongst the most attacking defenders over the years Alexsander Kolarov and Leighton Baines stand head and shoulders above other defenders in terms of minutes per goal or assist.