Wed 08 June 2022, 16:30
Tottenham HotspurWhat a season we enjoyed in 2021/22!
From kicking-off the campaign in style back in August as, with full-capacity games returning after 18 months of COVID-19 restrictions, we defeated Manchester City in front of a packed-out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to going on to secure our return to the UEFA Champions League with a comprehensive win over Norwich City on the final day of the season, it has certainly been a memorable year.
Indeed, the campaign started with such promise under Nuno Espirito Santos as we won each of our first three Premier League games to sit at the top of the table come the end of August. However, difficulties were met over the next few months with us suffering both domestically and in Europe, so, in November, a decision was taken to move in a new direction with Antonio Conte appointed as our new Head Coach - and he made an immediate impact
Going unbeaten in our first nine league matches under the Italian, we started to find our feet once more as he moulded us into his trademark style. By the time we reached the spring, we were in full flow and went on to finish the campaign with a flourish to seal a return to European football’s elite club competition after two seasons away.
Here is an in-depth look at the numbers behind the campaign…
Appearances
50 – Harry Kane was our most-used player during the season as he made 50 appearances for us in all competitions. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (48) and Lucas Moura (45) complete the top three.
4,250 – Harry also played the most minutes for us in all competitions this campaign, clocking up 4,250 minutes on the pitch – 264 minutes more than any other player.
51 – Of the 53 matches we took part in this term, Ben Davies was involved in the most matchday squads with him appearing in all bar two (at home versus NS Mura in the Europa Conference League group stage and Aston Villa in the Premier League). Four players were involved in 50 of our 53 of our matchday squads (Harry Kane, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Davinson Sanchez and Pierlugi Gollini).
38 – For the second season in a row, Hugo Lloris played in every single minute of our Premier League season. He is the third player in our history to go two consecutive terms ever-present for us after Kasey Keller (2002/03 and 2003/04) and Paul Robinson (2005/06 and 2006/07).
24 – Steven Bergwijn was our most used substitute this season with the Dutchman having been brought on from the bench on 24 occasions.
19 – Lucas Moura meanwhile was our most substituted player, exiting the pitch 19 times this season.
Milestones
416 – Hugo Lloris moved into our top 10 all-time appearance makers by playing in his 416th game for us on the final day of the season against Norwich City. He currently sits 10th in the list, four appearances behind Phil Beal (1963-75) who is on 420.
300 – Hugo (336) also became our all-time record appearance holder in the Premier League as he edged past Darren Anderton’s long-standing record of 299 games as he made his 300th appearance in competition back in August.
350 – Harry Kane (386) made his 350th appearance for the Club this season
250 – Harry (282) also became the seventh player to play 250 Premier League games for us.
300 – Eric Dier (318) and Heung-Min Son (324) both made their 300th appearances for the Club.
200 – Sonny (232) also became the 16th player to play 200 games for us in the Premier League.
250 – Ben Davies (270) made his 250th appearance for the Club this season.
200 – Lucas Moura (201) and Harry Winks (202) both made their 200th appearances for the Club this season.
100 – Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (101) made his 100th appearance for the Club.
100 – Matt Doherty (107) made his 100th Premier League appearance.
65 – Harry Kane broke our legendary former captain Steve Perryman’s long-standing European appearance record (64) as he made his 65th appearance for the Club on the continent in our Europa Conference League draw with Stade Rennais in September, 2021. He now leads the way with 68 European appearances in Lilywhite. Hugo Lloris, meanwhile moved up to joint-second with Perryman in the list after making his 64th European appearance for us against Vitesse in November, 2021.
50 – Heung-Min Son (53) and Dele (51) reached their European appearance half-centuries for the Club this season.
Goals
94 – We scored 94 goals across all competitions this year, while we had 16 different goalscorers.
69 – 69 of those goals came in the Premier League – only in two other campaigns have we scored more in the competition (86 in 2016/17 and 74 in 2017/18).
27 – Harry Kane finished as our top scorer for the eighth season in a row as he fired home 27 goals in 50 outings in all competitions. Heung-Min Son was our only other player to hit double figures with 24 goals to his name in all competitions.
3 – Heung-Min Son though finished as our top scorer in the Premier League though, with 23 of his 24 goals coming in the competition – his best ever return in a domestic league season. That was enough to see him claim the Golden Boot award. He is just the third player in our history to achieve that feat.
20 – Harry Kane has now scored at least 20 goals in each of the last eight seasons.
13 – Harry moved up to second in our list of all-time hat-trick goalscorers when he rattled home his 13th in our colours against NS Mura back in September. He is now just two behind Jimmy Greaves’ all-time record of 15.
247 – Our number 10 also closed the gap on Greaves’ all-time goalscoring record for the Club. The legendary striker, who played for us between 1961 and 1970, scored 266 goals in 379 appearances. Harry is now just 18 behind that record with 248 strikes in 386 appearances.
183 – In the Premier League, Harry moved up to fifth in the all-time goalscorers charts (183). He is now just one behind Sergio Aguero (184) in fourth and 77 off Alan Shearer’s all-time record of 260.
95 – Harry also became the Premier League’s all-time top away goalscorer as he edged past Wayne Rooney's record of 94 with his 95th in March’s 2-0 win at Brighton. He is now has 96 away goals to his name in the competition.
125 – Sonny moved into our all-time top 10 goalscorers list this season, leapfrogging Teddy Sheringham (124 goals in 277 appearances). Sonny currently sits 10th with 131 goals in 324 games, two behind Alan Gilzean in ninth (133 goals in 439 appearances).
93 – Our number seven became our third highest goalscorer in the Premier League as he moved onto 93 goals in the competition. Harry Kane leads the way with 183 while Teddy Sheringham sits in second on 97.
40 – Harry and Sonny scored exactly 40 Premier League goals between them this season (Sonny – 23 and Harry – 17). That is the exact same total the duo managed last term and one more than the Premier League’s next best attacking duo, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, who managed 39.
2 – The pair also scored two hat-tricks between them this season (Harry v NS Mura and Heung-Min Son v Aston Villa).
Penalties
We had six penalties awarded to us this season with two players sharing the spot-kicks. All were dispatched at the first time of asking.
- Harry Kane (4/4)
- Dele (2/2)
28 – With Harry’s four penalties all coming in the Premier League, that saw him beat Jimmy Greaves’ long-standing club record of 27 top flight penalties with our number 10 now having scored 28.
Assists
17 – We had 17 different players provide assists this term.
10 – Harry Kane was our top assist provider with the forward registering 10 in all competitions. Heung-Min Son, Lucas Moura and Dejan Kulusevski provided eight each.
37 - Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son toppled Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard’s Premier League record of 36 goal combinations with their 37th coming against Leeds United in February. They later extended that record to 41.
Debuts
9 – We had nine debutants this season.
Cristian Romero v Manchester City – Premier League, August, 2021
Pierlugi Gollini v Pacos de Ferreira – Europa Conference League Qualifiers, August, 2021
Bryan Gil v Pacos de Ferreira – Europa Conference League Qualifiers, August, 2021
J’Neil Bennett v Pacos de Ferreira – Europa Conference League Qualifiers, August, 2021
Maksim Paskotsi v Pacos de Ferreira – Europa Conference League Qualifiers, August, 2021
Emerson Royal v Crystal Palace – Premier League, September, 2021
Dilan Markanday v Vitesse - Europa Conference League, October, 2021
Dejan Kulusevski v Brighton – FA Cup, February, 2022
Rodrigo Bentancur v Brighton – FA Cup, February, 2022
5 – Five players scored their first goals for the Club this season – Matt Doherty, Emerson Royal, Cristian Romero, Dejan Kulusevski and Sergio Reguilon.
29 - We used 29 players across all competitions this season.
Defence
16 – Hugo Lloris kept 16 clean sheets this season in the Premier League – his best ever return in the competition while only Liverpool’s Alisson and Manchester City’s Ederson kept more clean sheets (both 20).
32 – Eric Dier blocked 32 shots in the Premier League – the fifth highest of any player in the competition.
86 – Emerson Royal completed 86 tackles in the Premier League this season - the most of any player in our squad in the competition.
Passing
16,914 – We completed 16,914 passes in the Premier League this season – the fifth highest in the competition. We enjoyed the third-best pass completion percentage with 83.7 per cent.
89.5 - Oliver Skipp enjoyed the best pass completion rate of any player in our squad in the Premier League, completing 89.5 per cent of his passes.
19 – Harry Kane played 19 through balls this season in the Premier League – only Trent-Alexander Arnold completed more.
Captains
4 – Four different players wore the captain’s armband for us.
Hugo Lloris – 43 times
Harry Kane – six times
Ben Davies – three times
Dele – once
League numbers
71 – We picked up 71 points in the 2021/22 Premier League season – our joint-fourth highest-ever return in the competition after 86 points in 2016/17, 77 in 2017/18 and 72 in 2012/13.
5 – We drew just five games in the Premier League this season – our second lowest ever tally in the competition after two in the 2018/19 campaign.
40 – We picked up 40 points from our home matches in the Premier League – our best return since collecting 43 from our home matches in 2017/18. It is our sixth highest such return ever in the competition after 53 points in 2016/17, 44 in 2009/10, 43 in 2017/18, 42 in 2011/12 and 41 in 2005/06.
38 – We scored 38 goals at home in the Premier League this season – only Manchester City (58) and Liverpool (49) scored more than us.
7 - We completed a league double over seven teams this season – Manchester City, Watford, Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Leeds United, Norwich City and Leicester City.
10 - We remained unbeaten against 10 teams in the competition this term - Manchester City, Watford, Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Leeds United, Norwich City, Leicester City, Brentford, Liverpool and Everton.
2 – We only failed to take a single point against two sides – Chelsea and Manchester United.
Miscellaneous
62,027 - We recorded our highest ever attendance at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with 62,027 fans inside the ground for our 3-0 win over Arsenal in May.
94.52 - Our 3-2 win over Leicester City in January set a record for the latest ever comeback win in a Premier League match with us having trailed 2-1 in the game with 94 minutes and 52 seconds on the clock.
0 – For the second season on the trot, we did not kick-off a single home match at the traditional time of 3pm on a Saturday afternoon.
