Premier League: Who were the most wasteful players in the top flight this season? Including Chelsea and Man United stars

Premier League: Who were the most wasteful players in the top flight this season? Including Chelsea and Man United stars

The Premier League season has drawn to a close and what a brilliant ten months of the beautiful game it was.


Manchester City pipped Liverpool to the title by just a singular point to retain their crown.




Aguero scored the most goals for City this season



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Aguero scored the most goals for City this season


But without the goals of the likes of Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling, it could have been a very different story.


In light of this, talkSPORT.com wanted to figure out which forwards were not as clinical in front of goal this season.


Gonzalo Higuain was recruited by Chelsea to fix their striking woes, but ultimately the Argentine was more wasteful than lethal, having converted just 10.9 per cent of his shots.


But which other forwards were wasteful throughout the campaign? Have a look at the list in full below…













10. Pedro (Chelsea)


Goals: 8


Total shots: 57


Conversion rate: 14%


9. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)


Goals: 10


Total shots: 73


Conversion rate: 13.7%




Zaha had 73 shots on goal this season



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Zaha had 73 shots on goal this season


8. Danny Ings (Southampton)


Goals: 7


Total shots: 55


Conversion rate: 12.7%


7. Salomon Rondon (Newcastle)


Goals: 11


Total shots: 89


Conversion rate: 12.4%


6. Marcus Rashford (Man United)


Goals: 10


Total shots: 84


Conversion rate: 11.9%




Rashford converted just 11.9% of his shots this season



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Rashford converted just 11.9% of his shots this season


5. Raul Jimenez (Wolves)


Goals: 13


Total shots: 111


Conversion rate: 11.7%


4. Theo Walcott (Everton)


Goals: 5


Total shots: 43


Conversion rate: 11.6%




Everton fans have grown frustrated with Walcott



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Everton fans have grown frustrated with Walcott


3. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton)


Goals: 6


Total shots: 52


Conversion rate: 8.4%


2. Gonzalo Higuain (Chelsea)


Goals: 5


Total shots: 46


Conversion rate: 10.9%


1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham)


Goals: 11


Total shots: 131


Conversion rate: 8.4%




Mitrovic was the most wasteful player in the league



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Mitrovic was the most wasteful player in the league





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