Premier League penalties: who won them...and who gave them away? | OneFootball

There are plenty of statistical morsels to savour as we reflect on an entertaining Premier League season - and Playmaker can now reveal which players successfully won their sides the most penalty-kicks...as well as the most accident-prone players in their own 18-yard box.

Champions Liverpool benefitted from the most penalties in the 2024/25 season, Arne Slot's Reds winning nine and Mo Salah converting them all in a clinical display of 12-yard professionalism. At the other end of the spectrum, Wolves were not awarded a single spot-kick during the entire campaign - the Midlanders and relegated Southampton (who missed both of the pens they were awarded) the only teams not to notch a top flight penalty last term.

In fact, the Saints and Wolves endured an utterly miserable time of it when it came to penalty decisions, as they and Brighton (all nine) saw officials penalise them and point to the spot more than any of their Premier League peers.

Reckless, poor decisions, unlucky...?

Let's now drill down into the player data to find out which players were an accident waiting to happen in their own box in 2024/25.

We have already mentioned Wolves a few times in this article, and it is perhaps no surprise therefore that the Premier League player to concede most penalties last season was playing his trade at Molineux.

What is perhaps also not surprising is that the player in question is a goalkeeper: Portuguese stopper José Sá. Although Wolves themselves bounced back in outstanding fashion following the appointment of Sá's compatriot Vitor Pereira, the former Porto keeper was penalised for four fouls in his area last season...giving away two more penalties than any other player.

Notably, four top flight keepers (Fabianski, Kepa, Pope and Sanchez: all two) gave multiple penalties away last season, while three midfielders (Yves Bissouma, Carlos Baleba and Will Hughes) also committed two infractions apiece in their own boxes.

The art of inviting contact

Although a lot of diving and brinkmanship often goes on, there is certainly a skill to consistently winning penalty kicks - and Bournemouth's Brazilian striker Evanilson is a keen student of the art.

Also a former Porto player, the 25-year-old became the first player ever to win three penalties in the same Premier League game, his team-mate Justin Kluivert converting all three of those spot-kicks to become the first player ever to score a 'penalty hat-trick' in the competition in the Cherries' 4-2 win over - you guessed it - Wolves (with Sá in goal!) last November.

When it comes to fleet footwork in the box, Brighton's João Pedro is another top Brazilian talent and the reported Liverpool target was second to his countryman Evanilson when it came to winning spot-kicks last season - the former Fluminense and Watford man winning three in total for the Seagulls last term.

In relation to English players to win multiple spot-kicks last season, there were five in total: Liam Delap, Tyler Dibling, Jaden Sancho, Jamie Vardy and Ollie Watkins - check out the stat below for the full rundown of the Premier League's top 'penalty winners'.