Who Took the Most Shots in the Premier League in 2025/26?
7th June 2026
Man Utd led the way for shots – but Haaland was in a league of his own
The 2025/26 Premier League season is done, the dust has settled, and with the World Cup kicking off on June 11, now feels like the right time to dig into who was actually pulling the trigger most often this season.
Spoiler: one man made the rest look like spectators.
Team shot rankings – volume merchants and the rest
Man Utd topped the Premier League for total shots with 596 across their 38 games, averaging 15.7 per match. That’s a lot of efforts for a side that finished third. Man City were right behind on 594 at 15.6 per game, with Liverpool just two shots further back on 589.
Arsenal came in fourth with 553 total shots at 14.6 per game, while Bournemouth quietly racked up 524 at 13.8 per game to round out the top five. Chelsea sat sixth on 509.
At the sharp end, Man Utd also led for shots on target with 216 at 5.7 per game. Man City were second on 205, followed by Arsenal on 187, Bournemouth on 177, and Newcastle and Brighton tied on 176 each.
Down at the bottom? Wolves managed just 370 shots all season at 9.7 per game, and Burnley were rock bottom on 355 at 9.3 per game. You can’t win games if you don’t shoot – and both were relegated. Funny how that works.
Man City scored the most goals in the Premier League with 77, while Man Utd’s 596-shot barrage translated to 69 goals and third in the scoring charts. Volume doesn’t always equal efficiency.
Player shot rankings – Haaland and then everyone else
Erling Haaland took 126 shots across 35 appearances this season. The next closest was Matheus Cunha on 90 from 33 games. That’s a 36-shot gap. Nobody else was even close to the Norwegian’s output.
Cody Gakpo fired off 87 shots in 36 apps for Liverpool, while Bruno Fernandes added 85 from 35 appearances – making it two Man Utd players in the top four. Igor Thiago completed the top five with 84 shots across all 38 games for Brentford.
A four-way tie at sixth is worth noting. Morgan Gibbs-White hit 83 shots in 37 games for Forest, Ollie Watkins matched that from 37 apps for Villa, Morgan Rogers also landed on 83 from 37 games, and Antoine Semenyo rounded it out with 83 from 37 appearances at Man City. Jarrod Bowen completed the top ten on 79 shots from 38 games at West Ham.
That Villa pair of Watkins and Rogers combined for 166 shots between them – comfortably the most dangerous duo in the league.
Man Utd had serious firepower spread across the squad too, with Cunha on 90, Fernandes on 85, and Bryan Mbeumo chipping in 73 – three players inside the top 15 shooters.
Shots on target and conversion – where the real quality shows
Haaland topped shots on target as well with 57, hitting the target on 45% of his attempts. He scored 27 goals from those 126 shots, converting at 21%. Elite volume and elite finishing.
But the best conversion rate among the big shooters belonged to Igor Thiago. The Brentford striker put 43 of his 84 shots on target at 51% accuracy and scored 22 goals – a conversion rate of 26%. Clinical doesn’t cover it.
Antoine Semenyo hit 41 shots on target at 49% accuracy, scoring 17 goals in his first full season at Man City. Watkins landed 39 on target at 47%, converting 18 goals from his 83 attempts at 22%.
Cunha’s 35 shots on target from 90 total gave him a 39% accuracy rate, with 10 goals to show for it. Benjamin Sesko also hit 35 on target from just 30 appearances at Man Utd, scoring 11 goals.
Gibbs-White turned his 83 shots into 15 goals for a Forest side that punched well above their weight this season. Not bad for a midfielder.
The takeaway
Haaland’s 126 shots is a number that probably won’t be matched for a while. Thirty-six clear of anyone else is the kind of gap that makes you wonder if the rest of the league was even trying. Man Utd’s squad-wide shot volume tells you everything about Amorim’s system – attack from everywhere, ask questions later. And if you’re Wolves or Burnley, the lesson is simple: you need to actually shoot to stay up.
Roll on the World Cup.