Now that the Premier League has come to a close, it's a good time to reflect on the season's most telling figures. Sergio Aguero scored the most goals, Cesc Fabregas registered the most assists and, most pertinently, Chelsea picked up the most points.
For this piece, however, we're not interested in these well-documented numbers, with WhoScored.com instead providing some alternative, more intriguing statistics. These have been chosen at random, as you will soon tell, with the intention of encouraging that high-pitched 'huh' that statisticians so crave.
Eden Hazard was named PFA Player of the Year and indeed earned WhoScored.com's highest Premier League rating (7.97) in 2014/15, with his ability to beat an opponent with such ease a huge contributing factor. The Belgian, having started every league game for the Blues, completed 66 more dribbles (181) than any other player, only failing to do so in two appearances over the course of the season. It wasn't City or Arsenal that kept the winger quiet, but Aston Villa - at Stamford Bridge - and Sunderland on Wearside.
Whilst Aguero was the league's top scorer and Harry Kane also proved that he's pretty handy, but only Chelsea's Diego Costa could better the efficiency of Papiss Cisse in front of goal. The Newcastle-man - not long ago the butt of many jokes when it came to his profligacy - had the second best conversion rate of all players to register double figures last season (24.4%).
Moving on to players that struggled in front of goal, it was a season to forget for Radamel Falcao. The Colombian registered just four league goals in his debut season in the Premier League - the same total as Chris Smalling - but perhaps more shockingly he recorded just a single shot on target since his last strike at the end of January. As if that needed to be put into perspective, that's half the figure of Paddy McNair over the same period and also half that of Arsenal youngster Chuba Akpom (2), who played just 21 league minutes since the start of February.
Wayne Rooney had a hit-and-miss campaign: He's been a hit at Old Trafford and a miss anywhere else in the Premier League. Of his 12 goals this season, 11 came in just 15 league appearances at home, for a WhoScored.com rating of 7.73, while his solitary strike on the road came at the Emirates in November, despite starting all but one of United's away days.
One player that has had a far more memorable season is Jack Grealish, who remains embroiled in an international tug of war. The teenager's composure in possession is such that he is now the Irish-cum-English equivalent of Xavi. Perhaps that's a stretch, but the two players shared the same pass accuracy in 2014/15, with Grealish's figure of 92.7% the best of all Premier League players with 10 or more appearances.
Throw-ins certainly rank among the least interesting stats, so we'll have to win you around with this one but let's give it a go. It's common for any full-back to get through plenty in a season but one man that will need to rest those shoulders far more than any other is Burnley's Kieran Trippier. The right-back took a whopping 565 throw-ins last over the course of the season, which was 133 more than any other player. To give that some context, the gap between Joel Ward in second place and Erik Pieters in 15th was also 133.
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