Which Premier League clubs had most injuries?

Aston Villa's Tyrone Mings missed the whole of the season after injuring his ACL on the opening day of the season against Newcastle.Image source, Getty Images
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Aston Villa's Tyrone Mings missed the rest of the season after injuring the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on the opening day of the season against Newcastle.

It has been a Premier League season beset with injuries, almost from the very first whistle.

Many managers have pointed to crippling absence lists, including Newcastle's Eddie Howe, Manchester United's Erik ten Hag, Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, Mauricio Pochettino at Chelsea and Brighton's Roberto de Zerbi.

A number of factors have been discussed including the relentless playing schedule for elite players and clubs with European and international fixtures, as well as longer games due to stricter rules on time-wasting.

Take a look at the four key charts compiled by the Premier Injuries website, external below to see where your teams ranks on the 'injury scale'.

Man United top injury table

Who had the most injuries?

'Time-loss' injuries 2023-24

TeamSeparate injuries
MNU45
CHE43
NEW41
BRI41
AST39
TOT37
CRY37
FOR36
LIV35
LUT35
EVE33
SHU31
BRE29
MNC26
WHU26
WOL26
BOU25
BUR25
ARS23
FUL22
Total655
Source: www.premierinjuries.com
Who had the most injuries?. 'Time-loss' injuries 2023-24.  .

Research conducted for more than 20 years by the Premier Injuries website suggests that the total number of individual injuries, where a player missed at least one Premier League game, was the highest they had recorded.

Many players suffered more than one injury.

The total number of injuries this season rose by 11% on last season, which had a winter World Cup in the middle.

Hamstring injuries were up 18% year on year.

"With fatigue, you're fine until your body reaches the breaking point and then you have a problem," said Premier Injuries' Ben Dinnery. "The biggest red flag with injuries is fatigue."

The data is calculated from the first weekend of the season to the final day.

Man City had fewest individual players injured

This chart shows the number of separate players injured through the season - almost all of Tottenham's 26-man first team squad were injured at some point.

Title-winners Manchester City had the fewest number of players impacted by injury.

"It shows Pep Guardiola's experience in dealing with elite level players and how to rotate your squad to get the best out of them," Dinnery said.

Most individual players injured

Premier League 2023-24

TeamPlayers injured
TOT22
BRI21
LIV21
MNU21
AST20
CHE20
CRY20
NEW20
FOR19
BOU18
BRE18
LUT18
SHU17
WHU17
BUR16
WOL16
EVE15
ARS14
FUL14
MNC14
Total361
Source: www.premierinjuries.com
Most individual players injured. Premier League 2023-24.  .

Injured Newcastle players missed most days

Dinnery says that their initial findings suggest the total days lost to injury of 25,131 across the 20 clubs is the most they have recorded.

Compared to 2022-23, the total days lost to injuries was up 19%.

The list does not include the likes of Aston Villa's Emi Buendia, Manchester United's Tyrell Malacia or Chelsea's Wesley Fofana because they were injured before the start of the campaign.

But in terms of a single injury - Villa's Tyrone Mings (281 days) is the longest, followed by Arsenal's Jurrien Timber (254 days), Brentford's Rico Henry (246 days), Sheffield United's John Egan (232 days) and Tottenham's Manor Solomon (229 days).

Chelsea's Reece James was out for 206 days from two injuries, and Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez missed 214 days from three separate injuries.

Total days lost to injuries

Premier League 2023-24

TeamDays lost
NEW1,950
SHU1,761
CHE1,745
BRI1,727
BRE1,702
MNU1,620
CRY1,582
LUT1,428
TOT1,402
LIV1,383
BUR1,290
AST1,236
FOR1,068
ARS898
BOU882
EVE832
WOL724
FUL675
MNC672
WHU564
Total25,131
Source: www.premierinjuries.com
Total days lost to injuries. Premier League 2023-24.  .

'A full team out injured'

The sight of Casemiro exposed as Manchester United's makeshift centre-back and the enforced breakthrough of 'Klopp's kids' this season reflects that, at times, several clubs have had an entire XI out injured.

Dinnery said: "Recruitment is huge. Dominik Szoboszlai at Liverpool has had a few injury problems. That can be down to new players adapting to the Premier League.

"Brighton and Newcastle unexpectedly qualified for Europe so their workload increased significantly but it's not just down to the number of games they've played, it's down to travel and disruption to training.

"The Premier League is unique because of the intensity. Players are required to run harder, faster and for longer with less recovery time."

This chart shows the worst game weeks where the maximum number of players were out at any one time.

Worst injury weeks per PL club

Max players out in one game week

TeamMax players out
CHE11
LUT11
MNU11
NEW11
AST10
BRI9
CRY9
LIV9
SHU9
TOT9
BRE8
BOU7
ARS7
EVE7
FOR7
WOL7
BUR6
FUL5
MNC4
WHU4
Avg8
Source: www.premierinjuries.com
Worst injury weeks per PL club. Max players out in one game week.  .