Liverpool begin 2025 in the perfect position of top spot as they look to win the Premier League for the second time.
Manchester City lifted the title last year, but their surprising dip in form this term has meant a challenge for a fifth in a row looks exceptionally difficult.
As we embark on a new calendar year, lets take a look at the players and teams who were the best performers of 2024.
Who scored the most goals?
Erling Haaland has been prolific since arriving in the Premier League, so it was perhaps no surprise that he scored the most goals in 2024 with 27.
He started this season in free-scoring fashion with 10 in his first five Premier League games – a run that included back-to-back hat-tricks.
But a drop-off in form and goals has coincided with Manchester City’s poor run since the start of November, with the powerful Norwegian hitting the back of the net just three times in his last 10 league games.
Across the whole of 2024, he scored 26 times in the league and provided 13 assists for a total of 39 goal involvements.
Salah, meanwhile, has been instrumental to Liverpool’s title charge and is their top scorer this season with 17 goals, while also providing a hugely impressive 13 assists.
Across the whole calendar year, the Egyptian scored 23 goals and set up a further 16, matching Palmer’s combined total.
Who won the most tackles?
The further down the table a team is in the Premier League, the busier their defence is likely to be.
Therefore it is important that within that defensive unit there are players who can win a few tackles, and no-one did a better job of that in 2024 than Crystal Palace’s Daniel Munoz.
The Colombian full-back won 79 tackles over the course of last year, with his Palace team-mate Tyrick Mitchell on 72 – the second most in the Premier League.
Overall, Munoz attempted the second-most tackles out of any player in any position with 121, eight behind Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Joao Gomes.