The Top Performers in the EFL: Saturday's key statistics

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·4 October 2025

The Top Performers in the EFL: Saturday's key statistics

It has been another action-packed Saturday across 'The 72' and Playmaker is here to run you through some of the outstanding performers and statistics from the EFL.

From the slickest passers enroute to the most tenacious tacklers via the busiest goalkeepers, we have all the headline stats you need to know from this afternoon.

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Top performers in the EFL

Most shots on target: 4 - Million Manhoef (Stoke City) / Aaron Connolly (Leyton Orient)

Most tackles won: 8 - Idris El Mizouni (Leyton Orient)

Most aerials won: 14 - Devon Matthews (Accrington Stanley)

Most passes completed: 102 - Rob Dickie (Bristol City)

Most key passes: 7 - Matt Grimes (Coventry City)

Most saves: 9 - Jamie Cumming (Oxford United) / Matthew Hudson (Oldham Athletic)

Most interceptions: 5 - Lewis Miller (Blackburn Rovers) / Sean McLoughlin (Blackburn Rovers) / Sam Gale (Gillingham) / Ossama Ashley (Salford City)

Most successful dribbles: 5 - Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City) / Idris Kanu (Barnet) / Kai Whitmore (Newport County)

Most big chances created: 3 - Matt Grimes (Coventry City)