Arsenal pulled off the biggest transfer on deadline day by paying £45m to release Thomas Partey from his Atletico Madrid contract, so how do the midfielder’s stats stack up?

Atletico Madrid's Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey (C) celebrates after scoring during the Spanish league football match between Valencia CF and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia on February 14, 2020. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP) (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Atletico Madrid’s Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey (C) celebrates after scoring during the Spanish league football match between Valencia CF and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia on February 14, 2020. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP) (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Numbers are either totals or average where common sense dictates

  • Appearances: 206
  • Minutes: 13,311
  • Goals: 19
  • Assists: 10
  • Yellows: 53
  • Reds: 1
  • Shots-per-game: 0.9
  • Percentage of shots from outside the box: 70
  • Key Passes: 0.6
  • Average number of passes: 37.9
  • Pass success %: 83.2
  • Crosses: 0.1
  • Long balls: 2.5
  • Through balls: 0.029
  • Aerials won: 1.2
  • Tackles: 2.1
  • Interceptions: 1.5
  • Fouls: 1.1
  • Fouled: 0.8
  • Offsides: 0
  • Clearances: 0.9
  • Dribbles: 1.2
  • Dribbled past: 0.9
  • Blocks: 0.2
  • Dispossessed: 0.7
  • Bad control: 0.8
  • Own goals: 1
  • MotM: 18
  • Average rating: 6.95

Note: Partey’s average rating has trended upwards and his early years bring his figure down. For 20/21 so far he is rated at 7.09 while for 19/20 it was 7.08 in La Liga, but 7.55 in the Champions League.

stats via whoscored.com