2012/13
1. For the first time in Champions League history,
a perfect 100 percent pass-completion rate was recorded last Wednesday. Xavi, with
96 passes reaching their intended target, achieved the feat against Paris St. Germain during FC Barcelona's quarter-final second leg.
He also became the first player to reach over 1,000 passes in this season's competition during the same game, in itself another absorbing statistic. No other top-level player is anywhere close to matching it.
2. A
95 percent pass accuracy across the season in La Liga...
3. Xavi is not afraid to get stuck in and his
83 percent success rate in the tackle compares very favourably with the rest of the team. Indeed,
Messi and Busquets (65 percent), Gerard Pique (63 percent) and Iniesta (62 per cent) are well behind a player whom we don't normally associate with the tougher side of the game. Xavi is constantly on the move and has covered more ground this season than any of his teammates.
His 79,666 metres covered just in the Champions League is more than David Villa and Alexis Sanchez combined for example.