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Best stats and facts of the 2015/16 Premier League season

 Captain Wes Morgan and manager Claudio Ranieri of Leicester City lift the Premier League Trophy

A bumper edition of the best stats and facts from the 2015/16 Premier League season.

Leicester became the first first-time winners of the top-flight since Nottingham Forest in 1977/78.

As of 15 May, Leicester have been top of the league for 147 days. Prior to this season, they had been top for just 13 days in total.

Only four Premier League champions have won the title by a greater margin of points than Leicester City have this season (10) - Manchester United in 1999/2000 (18), Chelsea 2004/05 (12), Arsenal 2003/04 and Manchester United 2012/13 (11).

Leicester have the lowest possession figure of any Premier League champion since 2006/07 (42.4 per cent).

Olivier Giroud of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's second goal

Wes Morgan became the third outfield player in Premier League history to play every minute of a title-winning season (after Gary Pallister in 1992/93 and John Terry in 2014/15).

Jamie Vardy became the first Premier League player to score in 11 consecutive appearances in Premier League history.

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Sergio Aguero scored his 100th Premier League goal in the match versus Newcastle in April. Aguero reached this milestone in just 147 apps; only Alan Shearer (124 appearances) reached this landmark in fewer games.

Aguero became the first South American to score 100 goals in Premier League history.

Aguero has now scored against 27 of the 29 different Premier League teams that he has faced in the competition.

Liverpool became the first team to win away in the Premier League at 50 different grounds.

Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates scoring his penalty with team mates during the Barclays Premier League match against Manchester City

Mesut Ozil has created more chances (146) than any other player in a single Premier League season (since 03/04).

Ozil recorded 19 assists this season - only Thierry Henry (20 in 2002/03) has recorded more in a Premier League season.

Heurelho Gomes became the first goalkeeper in Premier League history to save a penalty twice in two separate Premier League games.

Harry Kane has scored more goals in a Premier League campaign than any other Spurs player (25).

Kane became the first English player to be top scorer in a Premier League season since Kevin Phillips in 1999/2000.

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea lost to nine different Premier League opponents this season before his dismissal, the same number they lost to in the whole of his three-and-a-bit season first spell.

Sergio Aguero

Despite this, Chelsea set the longest unbeaten run of any Premier League team this season, going 15 games without a loss (W7 D8) between December and March under Guus Hiddink.

West Brom's Jonathan Leko became the first player born in 1999 to make a Premier League appearance (16y 344d). He also became the first player from that year to assist a Premier League goal.

Modou Barrow became the first Gambian to score a Premier League goal in March, meaning 95 different nationalities have now scored in the PL.

Marcus Rashford was exactly the same age that Wayne Rooney was (18y 120d) when he scored his first Premier League brace, by scoring twice against Arsenal in February.

Rashford became the youngest player to score in a Premier League Manchester derby (18y 141d).

Arsenal became the first team since Manchester United in 2003/04 not to win the Premier League after being top at the end of January.

Sadio Mane and Shane Long celebrate

However, the Gunners finished in the top two of the Premier League for the first time since the 2004/05 campaign.

Arsenal have now finished above Tottenham in each of the last 21 Premier League seasons.

Wayne Rooney set a new Premier League record for goals at a single club in Premier League history (177), surpassing Thierry Henry (175).

Petr Cech set a Premier League record for goalkeeper clean sheets (now 178), surpassing David James' 169 in December.

Against Arsenal in October, Manchester United conceded three goals in the first 20 minutes of a Premier League game for the first time.

Anthony Martial celebrates scoring Manchester United's first goal during the Barclays Premier League match against Swansea City

2015/16 was the first Premier League season to see the opening goal be an own goal - Kyle Walker for Spurs against Manchester United.

Tottenham lost fewer games this season (6) than they did in any previous top-flight campaign.

West Ham set a new record points tally in the Premier League era (62), beating their previous best of 57 in 1998/99.

This is also the first top-flight league season since 1985/86 that the Hammers have had a positive goal difference at the end of the campaign (+14).

Dele Alli has been involved in 19 Premier League goals, more than any other English midfielder in the division (nine goals, 10 assists).

Victor Wanyama became the seventh player to be sent off three times in a Premier League season, following Vinnie Jones (1995/96), Slaven Bilic and David Batty (1997/98), Craig Short (2001/02), Franck Queudrue (2002/03) and Wes Brown (2013/14).

Liverpool celebration Norwich

Romelu Lukaku was the fifth player to score 50 Premier League goals before the age of 23, following Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Lukaku has scored more goals (18) in a Premier League season than any other Everton player, overtaking the previous best tally set by Tony Cottee in 1993/94.

Aston Villa's previous lowest points total in any league season was 18 set in 1890/91 (25 when converted to three points for a win) - they obtained 17 this season.

Villa lost 11 successive Premier League games between February and April - equalling a club record for consecutive league defeats set in 1963.

West Ham's current squad of players said farewell to the Boleyn Ground after their 3-2 win over Manchester United.

Aston Villa led for just 243 minutes this season, less than any other team in Premier League history.

The Villans set the third lowest points total in Premier League history for a season, with only Derby County (11 points in 2007/08) and Sunderland (15 in 2005/6) collecting fewer.

Watford set their best ever Premier League points total for a season (45) and managed to avoid relegation for the first time in a Premier League campaign.

Odion Ighalo (15) and Troy Deeney (13) both hit double figures for Watford this season. No other Watford player has ever scored more than six times for them in the Premier League.

Andros Townsend (L) and Jonjo Shelvey (R) of Newcastle United

West Brom had the oldest starting XI this season on average (29y 197d), while Tottenham fielded the youngest (24y 328d).

Jack Grealish lost all 16 of his Premier League games this season, setting a new Premier League record for losing every game in which a player featured in a single season.

Manchester City registered 10+ defeats in a Premier League season for the first time since 2008/09 (18).

However, City spent just three days outside the top four all season.

Joe Hart became the sixth English keeper to reach 300 Premier League appearances. He also became the sixth goalkeeper in PL history to keep 100 clean sheets a single club (109 at City in total).

Liverpool used 34 players in the 2015-16 Premier League campaign, four more than in any previous season in the competition.

Willian shoots to score the only goal of the game between Chelsea and Everton at Stamford Bridge

Stoke finished ninth for the third successive Premier League campaign - they've never finished lower than 14th since their first Premier League season in 2008/09.

Everton recorded their lowest points total at home in the Premier League era (23). Their previous lowest was 25 in 1996/97.

Jermain Defoe has scored 15 Premier League goals this season for Sunderland, his second best Premier League tally in a season (18 for Spurs in 2009/10).

Gylfi Sigurdsson has provided more assists than any other Swansea player in Premier League history (16). The Icelandic international is also the Swans' joint-top scorer with Wilfried Bony (25 goals).

Norwich have been relegated from the Premier League for the fourth time - only Palace have been demoted as often (4).

Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Westwood of Aston Villa show their frustration after Everton's third goal, March 2016

Bournemouth were the first team to survive in their debut Premier League season since Swansea in 2011/12.

No Stoke player has scored more Premier League goals in a league campaign than Marko Arnautovic has this season (level on 11 with Ricardo Fuller 08/09 and Mame Biram Diouf 14/15).

Bournemouth became the first newly promoted team to win away at the reigning champions since Bolton's win at Old Trafford in 2001/02.

Chelsea's final tally of 50 points is the lowest of any reigning Premier League champion. The last top-flight team to have fewer points defending their crown were Everton in 1970/71 (49 assuming three points for a win).

In their final season at the Boleyn ground, West Ham embarked on their longest ever unbeaten home run in top flight history (15 games).

Georginio Wijnaldum scored 11 top-flight goals this season, with all 11 coming at St. James' Park. The Dutchman is the first player to score more than 10 goals in a Premier League season with all of them coming at home.

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