WHO HAS BEEN THE PREMIER LEAGUES BEST MIDFIELDER SO FAR THIS SEASON ROSS BARKLEY,KEVIN DE BRUYNE,RIYAD MAHREZ

Who has been the Premier League's best midfielder so far this season

Who has been the Premier League's outstanding midfielder wizard in 2015/16?

Riyad Mahrez and Mesut Ozil are two in strong contention, but a few others have also laid claim to it.
let take a look at Ross Barkley,Kevin De Bruyne or enforcer N'Golo Kante?
we take a look at a wide range of Opta statistics to see how they rank…
Passing

Most successful passes

Player	Team	Successful passes
Harry Arter	Bournemouth	1107
Cesc Fabregas	Chelsea	1091
Gareth Barry	Everton	1079
Mesut Ozil	Arsenal	1057
Fernandinho	Man City	1057
Santi Cazorla	Arsenal	1037
Yaya Toure	Man City	980
Daley Blind	Man Utd	964
Aaron Ramsey	Arsenal	954
Glenn Whelan	Stoke	935

The most outstanding  passer in the Premier League has been Bournemouth's Harry Arter, who has successfully completed 1,107 thus far. Cesc Fabregas and  Gareth Barry follows not too far behind, while Ozil, Fernandinho and Santi Cazorla have also surpassed the 1,000 mark.

Bournemouth's Harry Arter is up there in passing success

Passing accuracy

Pass success rate (min 300 passes)

Player	Team	Pass success rate
Francis Coquelin	Arsenal	91.47
Ki Sung-yueng	Swansea	91.18
Morgan Schneiderlin	Man Utd	90.49
Ibrahim Affelay	Stoke	90.37
Santi Cazorla	Arsenal	90.33
Leon Britton	Swansea	90.12
Cheick Tiote	Newcastle	89.97
Carles Gil	Aston Villa	89.78
Mathieu Flamini	Arsenal	89.52
Juan Mata	Man Utd	88.89

Of midfielders to have made at least 300 passes,Francis Coquelin has been most productive, with 91.47 per cent locating a team-mate.Followed by Ki Sung-yueng of Swansea, while Manchester United's Morgan Schneiderlin, Stoke's Ibrahim Afellay, Arsenal's Cazorla and Swansea's Leon Britton have all completed over 90 per cent of passes

Premier League assists

Player	Team	Assists
Mesut Ozil	Arsenal	16
Kevin de Bruyne	Man City	8
David Silva	Man City	7
Ross Barkley	Everton	7
Riyad Mahrez	Leicester	7
Sadio Mane	Southampton	6
Marc Albrighton	Leicester	6
Wes Hoolahan	Norwich	6
Christian Eriksen	Tottenham	6

Ozil stands kingly  above others in based on assists,  twice the number of his closest rival, kevin De Bruyne. The Gunners play-maker is on the verge of  beating his club legend Thierry Henry's record of 20 assists in a single Premier League season. under De Bruyne, David Silva and also Barkley and Mahrez on seven.

Premier League goals

Player	Team	Goals
Riyad Mahrez	Leicester	13
Georginio Wijnaldum	Newcastle	7
Ross Barkley	Everton	6
Andre Ayew	Swansea	6
Philippe Coutinho	Liverpool	5
Kevin de Bruyne	Man City	5
Dele Alli	Tottenham	5
Dimitri Payet	West Ham	5
Yaya Toure	Man City	5
Yohan Cabaye	Crystal Palace	5

When Ozil hold the ace in terms of assists, relatively unknown Mahrez befor d beginning of this season who is top for goals scored. The Algeria international has hit the bull eyes 13 in the Premier League this season, 8 more than  Georginio Wijnaldum, who scored 4 in a single game against Norwich .

Riyad Mahrez has hit the bull eyes 13 times already this season

league newcomer   Andre Ayew of Swansea has 6 goals,same as Evertons Barkley,the likes of Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho, Tottenham's Dele Alli and Yaya Toure of Manchester city have hit 5

Premier League chances created

Player	Team	Chances created
Mesut Ozil	Arsenal	84
Kevin de Bruyne	Man City	55
Dusan Tadic	Southampton	50
Christian Eriksen	Tottenham	50
Dimitri Payet	West Ham	49
Wilian	Chelsea	45
Eden Hazard	Chelsea	45
Riyad Mahrez	Leicester	38
Moussa Sissoko	Newcastle	38
Marc Albrighton	Leicester	38

Ozil  also hold the ace in chances created dominates. His astonishing total of 84 has come at a rate of 4.4 per game, and he needs 16 more to reach last season total of 100 by Eden hazard

Mesut Ozil the king of chance created in English Premiership theis season so far

De Bruyne comes second on 55 with his impressive start at Manchester City, with Tottenham's Christian Eriksen and Southampton's Dusan Tadic follows on the list.based on chances created per game, West Ham's Dimitri Payet comes second to Ozil on 3.8 per game having missed a large part of the season to injury.

Premier League clear chances created

Player	Team	Clear chances created
Mesut Ozil	Arsenal	21
Riyad Mahrez	Leicester	12
Sadio Mane	Southampton	8
Moussa Sissoko	Newcastle	8
Ross Barkley	Everton	7
Willian	Chelsea	7
Xherdan Shaqiri	Stoke	7
Santi Cazorla	Arsenal	7

With no suprise at all Ozil has manufactured the most clear  cut chances, with 21. Mahrez is the only player that has double figures to his name (12) with Newcastle's Moussa Sissoko and Southampton's Sadio Mane both 8 between them

Astonishingly Ozil's numbers of clear cut chances created is more than 8 Premier League sides have been able to churn out West Brom, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Swansea, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Norwich and Watford.

Successful tackles

Player	Team	Tackles won
N'Golo Kante	Leicester	58
Lucas Leiva	Liverpool	58
Robbie Brady	Norwich	50
Nemanja Matic	Chelsea	48
Fernandinho	Man City	48
Yohan Cabaye	Crystal Palace	46
Almen Abdi	Watford	46
Idrissa Gueye	Aston Villa	45
Gareth Barry	Everton	44
Cheikhou Kouyate	West Ham	44

Midfield work isn't all about what you do with the ball, so what about without it? The Premier League's top midfield tacklers are Leicester's Kante and Liverpool's Lucas Leiva (58), two defensive-minded players who have impressed this season.

Leicester's N'Golo Kante is the Premier League's top midfield tackler

Tackle success

Tackle success rate (min 30 tackles)

Player	Team	Tackle success
Emre Can	Liverpool	92.50%
Harry Arter	Bournemouth	87.50%
Yohan Cabaye	Crystal Palace	85.19%
Oscar	Chelsea	84.38%
Jonny Howson	Norwich	83.33%
James McCarthy	Everton	82.93%
Jason Puncheon	Crystal Palace	82.86%
Jack Colback	Newcastle	81.82%
Francis Coquelin	Arsenal	81.58%
Dan Gosling	Bournemouth	81.40%

Of players to have attempted a minimum of 30 tackles this season, Emre Can is the most efficient, with 37 of 40 completed giving him a success rate of 92.5 per cent. Bournemouth's Arter (87.5 per cent) and Crystal Palace's Yohan Cabaye (85.19 per cent) also rank highly.

Premier League interceptions

Player	Team	Interceptions
N'Golo Kante	Leicester	81
Yohan Cabaye	Crystal Palace	66
Idrissa Gueye	Aston Villa	64
Etienne Capoue	Watford	62
Claudio Yacob	West Brom	53
Yann M'Vila	Sunderland	51
James McArthur	Crystal Palace	46
Eric Dier	Tottenham	45
Victor Wanyama	Southampton	45

That man Kante is top for interceptions too, with 81 putting him well clear of his nearest competitor Cabaye (66). Aston Villa's Idrissa Gueye (64) and Watford's Etienne Capoue (62) are third and fourth respectively.

Crystal Palace's Yohan Cabaye and Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey have also impressed

Distance per 90 mins (minimum 700 mins)

Player	Team	Distance per 90 mins
Dan Gosling	Bournemouth	13.12km
James Milner	Liverpool	12.69km
Dele Alli	Tottenham	12.52km
James McClean	West Brom	12.39km
Marco van Ginkel	Stoke	12.26km
Jack Cork	Swansea	12.24km
Andy King	Leicester	12.23km
Adam Lallana	Liverpool	12.22km
Christian Eriksen	Tottenham	12.17km
Andrew Surman	Bournemouth	12.16km

Who works the hardest? Surman tops the distance covered charts with 243.22km so far this season, but it's his team-mate Dan Gosling who comes out on top for distance per 90 minutes (13.12km).

Dan Gosling has averaged the most distance covered per 90 minutes of Premier League midfielders this season

The industrious James Milner is in second with an average of 12.69km covered per 90 minutes, followed by Tottenham's Alli (12.52km), West Brom's James McClean (12.39km) and Stoke's Marco van Ginkel (12.26km).