Crystal Palace had homegrown players play the most minutes in the Premier League last season with their Academy graduates playing a total of 6,095 minutes on the pitch helped largely by Wilfried Zaha and Aaron Wan-Bisaka.
West Ham were a close second in the table with 5,978 minutes played by homegrown talent thanks to Declan Rice, Mark Noble, Connor Coventry, Grady Diagana and Ben Johnson playing during the season. Manchester United were a little way off in third place with 5,013 minutes played.
Watford and Cardiff had no homegrown players play any minutes while Huddlesfield Town was restricted to 83 minutes.
League Champions Manchester City were one of the worst with 327 minutes leaving them in 17th place.
19 (Tied). Cardiff – 0 minutes
19 (Tied). Watford – 0 minutes
18. Huddersfield Town – 83 minutes
17. Manchester City – 327 minutes
16. Bournemouth – 414 minutes
15. Wolverhampton Wanderers – 647 minutes
14. Burnley – 1598 minutes
13. Everton – 1676 minutes
12. Chelsea – 1988 minutes
11. Fulham – 2312 minutes
10. Liverpool – 2467 minutes
9. Newcastle United – 2673 minutes
8. Arsenal – 3026 minutes
7. Brighton & Hove Albion – 3153 minutes
6. Southampton – 3477 minutes
5. Tottenham Hotspur – 4610 minutes
4. Leicester City – 4855 minutes
3. Manchester United – 5013 minutes
2. West Ham United – 5978 minutes
1. Crystal Palace – 6095 minutes
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