Thu 01 June 2023, 14:00
Tottenham HotspurAfter 296 days, our 2022/23 season came to a close on Sunday afternoon.
Triumphing at Elland Road as we defeated Leeds United 4-1 on the final day, it marked our 50th and last game of what has been an eventful campaign to say the least.
While it was ultimately a frustrating season on the pitch, the campaign did produce moments that we'll never forget - most notably Harry Kane's historic 267th strike for the Club back in February which saw him become our all-time top goalscorer.
So, as we say goodbye to 2022/23, here is a look back at some of the numbers that made up the season.
Appearances
49 – For the second season in a row, Harry Kane was our most-used player during the campaign as he made 49 appearances for us in all competitions, missing just one match (our FA Cup fourth round tie with Preston North End). Heung-Min Son (47) and Ivan Perisic (44) complete the top three.
4,302 – Harry also played the most minutes for us in all competitions this campaign, clocking up 4,302 minutes on the pitch – 408 minutes more than any other player. Despite playing one less game this term (49) compared to last season (50), our number 10 played 52 more minutes this campaign.
50 – Of the 50 games we played this season, only three players were involved in every matchday squad – Harry Kane, Davinson Sanchez and Fraser Forster. Clement Lenglet was involved in all bar one matchday squad – our 2-2 draw at Chelsea back in August.
3,406 – Harry also played the most minutes of our Premier League campaign. He was on the pitch for 3,406 minutes out of a possible 3,420 in England’s top flight this season meaning he missed just 14 minutes of action. He started every game and was only substituted in three games (2-1 win over Fulham (78 mins), 1-0 win over Brighton (90 mins) and 2-0 win over Everton (90 mins)).
18 – Richarlison was our most-used substitute this season with the Brazilian having been brought on from the bench on 18 occasions.
21 – Dejan Kulusevski, meanwhile, was the player substituted the most, being withdrawn 21 times.
Appearance milestones
400 – Harry Kane (435) became just the 13th player in our history to make 400 appearances for the Club.
350 – Hugo Lloris (361) became the first-ever Spurs player to make 350 appearances for the Club in the Premier League.
350 – Heung-Min Son (372) and Eric Dier (361) made their 350th appearances for us in all competitions.
300 – Harry Kane (320) became just the second-ever Spurs player and the first outfield player for the Club to reach the landmark of 300 Premier League appearances.
300 – Ben Davies (311) reached the milestone of 300 appearances for the Club.
250 – Heung-Min Son (268) and Eric Dier (270) made their 250th appearances for the Club in the Premier League.
200 – Ben Davies (208) made his 200th Premier League appearance for the Club.
200 - Davinson Sanchez (205) Lucas Moura (221) made their 200th appearances for the Club in all competitions.
150 - Lucas Moura (152) made his 150th Premier League appearance.
100 – Hugo Lloris recorded his 100th consecutive Premier League start when he led the team out for our home clash with Liverpool in November. He made it 101 a week later as we hosted Leeds before his journey to the World Cup Final in December led to him be rested as we travelled to Brentford on Boxing Day, seeing him sit out a Premier League match for the first time in almost three years.
100 – Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (109) made his 100th Premier League appearance for the Club
70 – Harry Kane (76) became the first Spurs player to reach 70 appearances for the Club in European competition.
50 – Eric Dier (55) made his 50th appearance for the Club in European competition.
50 – Emerson Royal (57) and Oliver Skipp (55) made their 50th Premier League appearances.
50 – Emerson Royal (77), Cristian Romero (64), Dejan Kulusevski (57), Ryan Sessegnon (56) and Japhet Tanganga (50) made their 50th appearances for the Club in all competitions.
Goals
82 – We scored 82 goals across all competitions this year, while we had 17 different goalscorers.
70 – 70 of those came in the Premier League – only in two other campaigns have we scored more in the competition (86 in 2016/17 and 74 in 2017/18).
32 – Harry Kane finished as our top scorer for the ninth season in a row as he fired home 32 goals in 49 outings in all competitions. Heung-Min Son was our only other player to hit double figures with 14 goals to his name in all competitions.
267 – Harry became the Club’s all-time top goalscorer in February with his 267th strike in Lilywhite (now 280).
250 – Harry became only the second player to score 250 goals for the Club with his match-winning header against Wolves in August.
209 – Harry also became the Premier League’s second highest goalscorer of all-time as he scored his 209th goal in the competition in May’s win over Crystal Palace, overtaking Wayne Rooney (208).
200 – Harry was just the third player to score 200 Premier League goals, as he reached his double century in the competition with the match-winner against Manchester City in February.
185 – Harry also took the record this season for most goals scored by a single player for one Club in the Premier League with his 185th in the competition, coming against Wolves in August.
100 – Heung-Min Son joined the Premier League’s ‘100 Club’ in April with his 100th goal in the competition, coming in our 2-1 win over Brighton.
100 – Harry Kane became the first player to score both a century home and away of goals in the Premier League. Reaching a century of away goals with his 100th coming in our trip to Arsenal in October, he then completed his century of home goals with his 100th coming in May against Crystal Palace. He currently has scored 101 goals at home in the competition with 112 coming away from home.
98 – Sonny became our second highest goalscorer in the Premier League with his 98th strike in the competition coming against West Ham in February. That saw him leap above Teddy Sheringham (97).
50 – Harry Kane (62) became the first player to score 50 goals at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
44 – Harry Kane (52) took the record for most Premier League London derby goals by scoring his 44th in such games in October’s trip to Arsenal.
40 – Harry and Sonny scored exactly 40 Premier League goals between them this season (Harry – 30 and Sonny 10). That is the exact same total the duo managed have managed in each of the last two seasons (2021/22 – Sonny 23 and Harry – 17, 2020/21 – Harry 23 and Sonny 17).
40 – Harry moved into joint-fourth in the Premier League for most headed goals with his 40th goal via his head. He is level with former Spurs Les Ferdinand and 13 behind another former Spur, Peter Crouch, who leads the way on 53.
30 – Harry Kane scored 30 Premier League goals in a single season for the second time in his career (also doing so in 2017/18). He is only the second player to do that in the competition’s history after Alan Shearer (1993/94 and 1994/95) while he is the first ever player to manage the feat in 38-game seasons.
30 – Harry Kane scored 30 goals in all competitions for the first time since 2020/21. It was the fifth time in his Spurs career that he has reached that milestone.
26 – Harry Kane claimed the record for most different games scored in during a single Premier League season as he found the target in 26 games this season.
24 – Heung-Min Son became our second-highest scorer in European competitions when he scored his 23rd and 24th goals for us in continental matches against Eintracht Frankfurt in October.
20 – Harry Kane has now scored at least 20 goals in each of the last eight seasons.
16 – Harry Kane claimed the record for most away goals scored in a single season, matching the record set by Sunderland’s Kevin Phillips in 1999/2000.
10 – Harry Kane claimed the record for most final day goals scored with his 10th strike in such games coming against Leeds on Sunday (now 11).
10 – Harry Kane became the first player to score 10+ goals on six different days of the week – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday – with his strikes in our 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace in January.
10 – Harry Kane claimed the Premier League’s record for Boxing Day goals by scoring his 10th in the competition on the 26 December in our 2-2 draw with Brentford.
10 – Harry now holds the record for most London derby goals scored in a single Premier League season with 10 this term – joint with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (also 10 in 2001/02).
10 – Harry scored 10 headed goals in the Premier League this season – the most a player has ever scored in a single season in the competition’s history.
6 – Rodrigo Bentancur scored more goals this season (6) than he had managed in his previous 265 professional appearances (4).
1 – Sonny was the only player to score a hat-trick for us this season, registering a treble in our 6-2 win over Leicester City in September.
Watch - All 32 Harry Kane goals from 2022/23
Penalties
8 - We had eight penalties awarded to us in all competitions, and all were taken by Harry Kane.
6 – Of those eight penalties, six were scored, one was saved (Nottingham Forest 0-2 Spurs – League) and one was missed (Spurs 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt – Champions League).
Assists
17 – We had 17 different players provide an assist this term.
12 – Ivan Perisic recorded the highest number of assists, providing 12 across all competitions in his debut campaign – four more than any other player.
250 – Harry became the first Spurs player to ever record 250 goal contributions (205 scored, 45 assisted) in the Premier League after he scored against Everton in April. To date he has been involved in 259 goals in the competition (213 scored, 46 assisted).
150 – Heung-Min Son reached the milestone of 150 goal contributions in the Premier League as Brighton visited us in April (100 scored, 50 assisted). He now has 103 goals and 52 assists to his name in the competition.
50 – Heung-Min Son reached a half-century of assists in the Premier League with his 50th assist coming in March’s visit to Southampton.
47 – Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son extended their record of goal combinations in the Premier League to 47 this term.
8 – Ivan Perisic provided the most assists of any Spurs player in the Premier League with eight in his debut season.
Debuts
12 - We had 12 debutants this season.
Clement Lenglet vs Southampton – Premier League – August, 2022
Ivan Perisic vs Southampton – Premier League – August, 2022
Yves Bissouma vs Southampton – Premier League – August, 2022
Richarlison vs Chelsea – Premier League – August, 2022
Djed Spence vs Nottingham Forest – Premier League – August, 2022
Fraser Forster vs Nottingham Forest – Carabao Cup – November, 2022
Pape Matar Sarr vs Aston Villa – Premier League – January, 2023
Harvey White vs Crystal Palace – Premier League – January, 2023
Arnaut Danjuma vs Preston – FA Cup – January, 2023
Pedro Porro vs Leicester City – Premier League – February, 2023
George Abbott vs Leeds United – Premier League – May, 2023
Matthew Craig vs Leeds United – Premier League – May, 2023
1 – Oliver Skipp (1), Pedro Porro (3), Richarlison (3), Ivan Perisic (1), Arnaut Danjuma (2), Rodrigo Bentancur (6) and Clement Lenglet (1) scored their first goals for the Club this season.
1 – Only one player scored for us on their debut this season – that was Arnaut Danjuma as he scored our third and final goal of our 3-0 FA Cup fourth round win over Preston North End in January.
30 – We used 30 players across all competitions this season.
Passing
2,256 – Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg completed 2,256 passes in the Premier League – only five players made more passes in the competition than the Dane.
196 – Ivan Perisic produced 196 crosses in the Premier League this season – the seventh most in the competition and most of any Spurs player
91.3 – Of players to play at least 10 games for us in the Premier League, Yves Bissouma enjoyed the best pass success rate, completing 91.3 per cent of his passes.
20 – Harry Kane played 20 through balls this campaign in the Premier League – the sixth most in the competition and the most of any Spurs player.
Shooting
130 – No player had more shots than Harry Kane (130) in the Premier League this season.
5 – No player hit the woodwork more in the Premier League this season than Heung-Min Son (5).
1 – Lucas Moura scored from his only shot on target in the Premier League this season, striking against Leeds United on the final day.
Captains
4 – Four players wore the captain’s armband for us
Hugo Lloris – 31 times
Harry Kane – 17 times
Eric Dier – once
Davinson Sanchez – once
League numbers
60 – We picked up 60 points in the 2022/23 Premier League campaign.
6 – We drew just six matches across the campaign – only in the 2018/19 (2) and 2021/22 (5) seasons have we drawn less.
1 – Of those draws, just one came at home (Spurs 2-2 Manchester United) – our joint lowest amount of draws at home in a season (also one in 2021/22 – Spurs 2-2 Liverpool).
2 – It means we have drawn just twice in N17 in our last two seasons (38 games) while we have drawn just two of our last 48 league outings in north London.
37 – We scored 37 goals at home this season in the Premier League – only Manchester City (60), Arsenal (53) and Liverpool (46) scored more than us.
33 – We scored 33 goals on the road this season – only Arsenal, Brighton (both 35) and Manchester City (34) scored more than us.
5 – We completed a league double over five teams this season – Nottingham Forest, Fulham, Brighton, Leeds and Crystal Palace.
9 – We remained unbeaten against five teams in the competition this season - Nottingham Forest, Fulham, Brighton, Leeds, Crystal Palace, Chelsea, West Ham, Southampton and Everton.
