# Premier League API: List top players by stat > Ranks Premier League players for a season by goals, assists or goalkeeper clean sheets, with each player's club and nationality. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Premier League. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/premierleague.com/list-top-scorers - Method: `premierleague.com/list_top_scorers`, version 1 - Website: premierleague.com - Returns: rank, player, club, nationality, stat value, player URL - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `stat` | string | no | | Statistic to rank players by, for example assists. One of "goals", "assists", "clean_sheets". Default "goals". | | `season` | string | no | | Season in YYYY/YY format, for example 2025/26. Leave out for the current season. Default "current". | | `max_results` | integer | no | | Maximum players to return, for example 20. Default 20. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json {} ``` Its output: ```json { "stat": "goals", "season": "2026/27", "players": [ { "club": "Manchester City", "rank": 1, "player": "Erling Haaland", "player_url": "https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/223094", "stat_value": 8, "nationality": "Norway" }, { "club": "Chelsea", "rank": 2, "player": "João Pedro", "player_url": "https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/475168", "stat_value": 5, "nationality": "Brazil" }, { "club": "Liverpool", "rank": 2, "player": "Alexander Isak", "player_url": "https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/219168", "stat_value": 5, "nationality": "Sweden" } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"premierleague.com/list_top_scorers","input":{}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Who scored the most Premier League goals in the 2023/24 season? Show me the top 15 with their clubs and nationalities. - Rank the top 10 assist providers in the 2022/23 English top flight. - Which goalkeepers kept the most clean sheets last season? Give me the top 25 list. - On premierleague.com, show the leading goal scorers for the 2019/20 campaign. - I need the top 20 players by assists for 2024/25, including each player's club, nationality, and profile link. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "stat": { "enum": [ "goals", "assists", "clean_sheets" ], "type": "string", "default": "goals", "description": "Statistic to rank players by, for example assists." }, "season": { "type": "string", "default": "current", "description": "Season in YYYY/YY format, for example 2025/26. Leave out for the current season." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum players to return, for example 20." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "stat", "season", "players" ], "properties": { "stat": { "type": "string", "description": "Requested statistic." }, "season": { "type": "string", "description": "Season in YYYY/YY format." }, "players": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "rank", "player", "club", "nationality", "stat_value", "player_url" ], "properties": { "club": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "rank": { "type": "integer" }, "player": { "type": "string" }, "player_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Official player page." }, "stat_value": { "type": "number" }, "nationality": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } } }, "description": "Players in descending order of the selected stat. Ties share a rank." } } } ``` ## See more - [Premier League API: Get player stats](https://fous.com/methods/premierleague.com/get-player-stats.md): Looks up a Premier League player by name and returns the profile and either career totals or the stats for a chosen season. If names clash, a current Premier League player is preferred. - [Premier League API: Get league table](https://fous.com/methods/premierleague.com/get-league-table.md): Gets the Premier League table for the current season or a chosen season, with each club's last five league results. - [Premier League API: Get fixtures and results](https://fous.com/methods/premierleague.com/get-fixtures-and-results.md): Gets Premier League fixtures and results in a date range, with kickoff times in your chosen time zone. Returns up to 380 matches. - [Sports Reference API: List season leaders](https://fous.com/methods/sports-reference.com/list-season-leaders.md): Lists league leaders for a season and statistic in NBA basketball, NFL football, MLB baseball or NHL hockey. If no season is given, it uses the latest season with published leaders. - [ESPN API: Get player stats](https://fous.com/methods/espn.com/get-player-stats.md): Looks up an ESPN player by name and returns season and career statistics. Use a league to tell apart players with the same name, and a season year or label to pick a past season. - [Yahoo API: Get player stats](https://fous.com/methods/sports.yahoo.com/get-player-stats.md): Looks up a Yahoo Sports player by name and returns the player's regular-season statistics for a season, alongside career totals. Each stat includes season and career values. - [SofaScore API: Get player season stats](https://fous.com/methods/sofascore.com/get-player-season-stats.md): Gets a football player's season statistics on SofaScore by name, with an optional competition and season (defaults: the player's main league and the current season). Unavailable statistics are null. - [NHL API: Get player stats](https://fous.com/methods/nhl.com/get-player-stats.md): Looks up an NHL player by name, link or ID and returns the profile with regular-season stats for a season and career totals. - [All Premier League methods](https://fous.com/methods/premierleague.com.md)