Caporegime
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What exactly are you basing that on? He plays as the more defensive and deeper midfielder, meaning he has one of the highest pass rates to our back four in general and does WAY more sideways/backwards passing than forwards passing, that automatically ups your passing stats. Most importantly he isn't at all the most accurate passer in the league, Wilshere who plays much more offensively, makes far more creative/difficult/forward passes and does so in tighter spaces much more often has a higher pass completion ratio than Xhaka this season, as does Koscielny and many many other players in the league.
Pass completion is pretty pointless though, the highest in the team is very often the CB who plays plays it out most often or the defensive mid who makes the less attacking/risky passes which is why Stones at City has the highest pass completion in the league right now.
To add to that, Jones has a 96% pass completion rate, Xhaka has a pass completion of 84% and if ranked by people who have played 5 games or more, he's 70th most accurate passer in the league, behind both Koscielny, Elneny, Wilshere and Ramsey, of which the last two make much much more dangerous passes. If you don't limit it by game he's like 96th but that includes subs or keepers who have made like 5 passes total and some who have a 100% pass completion.
Actually with 5 games Stones is second, Nahki Wells is 1st with a 100% completion rate but in 5 games he managed exactly 9 passes, Stones has a 96% completion rate with 1024 passes. You also have to reach the 182nd player to have played 5 games or more before you get someone with a pass completion below 80%, that is just to give an idea about how many players achieve that. For a less attacking midfielder/defender, 84% is nothing, if you filter the stats by forwards you immediately get a huge drop off in pass percentage for most, Frimino 72%, Giroud 69%, Sanchez 73%, etc, etc.
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