The Premier League Clubs With The Most Loyal Players

On The Table Read Magazine, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, discover the premier league team which has players the stick around for the longest time.

Fans may begin to wonder if their favorite players will be tempted to move on now that the transfer window has ended and the total spending has been revealed to be a staggering £815m. TicketGum.com was intrigued and looked at historical transfer data* for the 20 current Premier League teams to determine which team has the most committed players.

Premier League Clubs With The Most Loyal Players

Manchester United, The UK’s most popular Premier League team, has 659 million loyal fans as well as the most devoted players, who spend an average of four and a half years at the club for 54 months and 11 days.

Arsenal is in second place, just a month behind, with players staying at the club for an average of 53 months, or four years and five months. Given that Arsenal ranked second in academy productivity rankings in 2021, this is not surprising.

Chelsea completes the top three teams. With an average of 43 months and 29 days in the team, the UK’s second most popular team also has devoted players.

Rank	Team	Average time players stay in team
1	Manchester United	54 months 11 days
2	Arsenal	53 months
3	Chelsea	43 months 29 days
4	Everton	43 months 14 days
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42 months 11 days
6	Liverpool	42 months 10 days
7	Newcastle United	41 months 15 days
8	Aston Villa	40 months 3 days
9	AFC Bournemouth	39 months 7 days
10	Southampton	39 months
11	Manchester City	37 months 14 days
12	Nottingham Forest	37 months 5 days
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36 months 6 days
14	Fulham	34 months 11 days
15	Crystal Palace	33 months 28 days
16	Leicester City	33 months 21 days
17	Leeds United	32 months 27 days
18	West Ham United	32 months 16 days
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	31 months 26 days
20	Brentford	29 months 6 days

The Most Loyal Premier League Players

Team	Player	Time at club
Manchester United	Ryan Giggs	23 years
Newcastle United	Steve Harper	20 years 15 days
Arsenal	Tony Adams	19 years 1 month 12 days
West Ham United	Steve Potts	17 years 8 months 12 days
Chelsea	John Terry	17 years 6 months
West Ham United	Mark Noble	17 years 5 months 30 days
Man United	Paul Scholes	17 years
Liverpool	Jamie Carragher	17 years
Liverpool	Steven Gerrard	16 years 10 months 30 days
Everton	Neville Southall	16 years 7 months 3 days
Manchester United	Gary Neville	16 years 7 months 3 days
Southampton	Francis Benali	16 years 6 months 2 days
Southampton	Jason Dodd	16 years 4 months
Everton	Tony Hibbert	16 years
Chelsea	Kevin Hitchcock	15 years 6 months 3 days

Methodology

1. TicketGum.com sought to uncover which Premier League football team have the most loyal players.
2. To do this, TicketGum.com analysed transfer data obtained from Transfermarkt.co.uk for the 20 current teams in the Premier League over the past 22 years (2000 – 2022)*, excluding loans.
3. For each team, the number of transfers and the average time each player stayed at the club before transferring was calculated, and the number one spot was crowned.
4. All data was collected and is accurate as of 25/01/23.

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