Ten Top Tens
Shots on target per 90 minutes (minimum 3 starts) 1. Rooney 3.0 2. Van der Vaart 2.8 3. Aguero 2.4 4. Dzeko 2.4 5. Adebayor 2.3 6. Van Persie 2.2 7. Defoe 2.1 8. Anelka 1.9 9. Suarez 1.5 10. Di Santo 1.5 We've seen that correlation between shots on target and goals is (unsurprisingly) strong and the majority of the above players have benefited from that fact. Van der Vaart and Di Santo stand out for me and deserve a couple of words. Owned by just 3% of managers, Van der Vaart is somewhat of a forgotten fantasy force but the above indicates his lack of goals is not through a lack of trying. In his career, Van der Vaart is averaging a goal every 4 shots on target so if he carries on his current pace (9 shots on target in just 287 minutes) he should see his points tally start to rise quick...