Kane tops forwards rankings beyond goals in 2015/16
Spurs forward tried most shots but Marcus Rashford most clinical of the season.
Harry Kane tried the most shots and was among the most accurate shooters
Harry Kane pipped Jamie Vardy and Sergio Aguero to the Barclays Golden Boot, but beyond the goals premierleague.com looks more closely at who were the 2015/16 season's top forwards.
The Tottenham Hotspur striker attempted more shots than any player in 2015/16. Kane's 158 shots was well ahead of Sergio Aguero (119), who was closely followed by Romelu Lukaku (118), Jamie Vardy (115) and Odion Ighalo (109).
Kane’s willingness to shoot did not affect his range. Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe was the only forward with at least 50 shots to finish the campaign with a better shooting accuracy.
Forwards' shooting accuracy
| Jermain Defoe |
Sunderland |
66.1% |
| Harry Kane |
Spurs |
60.5% |
| Jamie Vardy |
Leicester City |
57.0% |
| Anthony Martial |
Man Utd |
56.8% |
| Odion Ighalo |
Watford | 56.5% |
That accolade belonged to Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, who had an imperious 55.6% conversion rate in his first season in the competition.
Conversion rate of forwards (min five matches; exlc pens)
| Marcus Rashford |
Man Utd |
55.6% |
| Callum Wilson |
AFC Bournemouth |
40.0% |
| Kelechi Iheanacho |
Man City |
38.4% |
| Benik Afobe |
AFC Bournemouth |
33.3% |
| Divock Origi | Liverpool | 29.4% |
Marcus Rashford finished the campaign with the best conversion rate of all BPL forwards
Twenty-three of Kane’s 25 goals came from inside the penalty area, a joint-league high with Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy.
The Spurs striker was not the most prolific from outside the area, with four BPL forwards scoring more from distance. Aguero leads the way with five strikes from outside the area.
Goals from outside the box by forwards
It was an Arsenal player who tops the charts for headed goals.
Olivier Giroud rose above his peers to score an unmatchable seven times
with his head.
Aguero, Mame Biram Diouf, Shane Long, Andy Carroll and Graziano Pelle were joint-second with five headed goals.
Giroud was also one of 25 forwards to net a brace in 2015/16, with Kane managing the feat a league-high six times.
Ten forwards had with a hat-trick, although Sergio Aguero was the only one to claim the match ball more than once.
The Spurs striker was not the most prolific from outside the area, with four BPL forwards scoring more from distance. Aguero leads the way with five strikes from outside the area.
Goals from outside the box by forwards
| Sergio Aguero |
Man City |
5 |
| Jordan Ayew |
Aston Villa |
4 |
| Divock Origi |
Liverpool |
3 |
| Alexis Sanchez |
Arsenal |
3 |
| Kane, Zarate, Firmino, Joselu |
Spurs, West Ham, Liverpool, Stoke |
2 |
Aguero, Mame Biram Diouf, Shane Long, Andy Carroll and Graziano Pelle were joint-second with five headed goals.
Giroud was also one of 25 forwards to net a brace in 2015/16, with Kane managing the feat a league-high six times.
Ten forwards had with a hat-trick, although Sergio Aguero was the only one to claim the match ball more than once.
Sergio Aguero was the only BPL forward to score more than one hat-trick in 2015/16
Along with Lukaku, Kane struck the frame of the goal on seven occasions without the ball going in. Vardy and Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez were next with six and five hots of the woodwork respectively.
Forwards to hit the woodwork
| Kane, Lukaku |
Spurs, Everton |
7 |
| Jamie Vardy |
Leicester City |
6 |
| Alexis Sanchez | Arsenal | 5 |
| Firmino, Aguero Arnautovic |
Liverpool, Man City, Stoke |
4 |
The Chilean carved out 62 goalscoring opportunities, seven more than Watford's Troy Deeney and 11 clear of Romelu Lukaku.
Of the 62 chances he created, Sanchez saw only four converted and 10 forwards provided more assists than him.
Everton's Gerard Deulofeu (eight) led the way ahead of Deeney and Roberto Firmino's seven apiece.
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