Find out where your favourite players in the league ranks and find out the number of players your favourite teams have represented in the Top Twenty.
This ranking was done and published by telegraph.co.uk as JJ Bull ranks them in order of the Babbello Index.
The rankings are done monthly.
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However, the top twenty are given below:
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20. Idrissa Gueye (Everton)
Nobody made more tackles than Gueye this month (27) and he also intercepted the ball 18 times, which is the third most and therefore third best. Which is why he's in last place on this list. Anyway, Gueye is genuinely great at his job.
19. Willian (Chelsea)
After sitting out a few games earlier in the season, Willian has returned to the first team and found top form in this unstoppable Chelsea side. The three goals and one assist he recorded were impressive, and the 70% dribble success rate even more so, but despite being a silkily skilled Brazilian forward, the best thing about Willian is how hard he works.
18. Jonny Evans (West Brom)
I know what you're thinking, and no this wasn't written on an overly festive day, nor an opinion formed thanks to even more festive nights - Jonny Evans is legitimately superb these days. He scored a goal this month, which is nice, but Evans' composure on the ball and leadership of that West Brom back four has helped the Baggies climb to eighth place in the league. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone if the big teams make enquiries as to his asking price and availability during the January window.
17. Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea)
It looked like Fabregas was to become an outgoing transfer figure in the transfer window until Antonio Conte started playing him and discovered that he's still a very good midfielder. How good? Well. Fabregas made four assists this month - joint most with Alexis Sanchez, scored one goal and created 15 chances. Some of his direct, long passes over the top for Diego Costa have been back on show recently too and they are things of beauty. Cesc should stay.
16. Christian Eriksen (Spurs)
Spurs are starting to find form and Eriksen's return to being ace has really helped that. With 21 chances created, only one other player has set up more opportunities to score, but Eriksen also scored four times this month. If he keeps this up, Spurs will push Chelsea all the way.
15. Dimitri Payet (West Ham)
And that player to create more chances than Eriksen was Mr Payet. West Ham have got him. He set up 26 chances, of which one was converted. Imagine Payet in a really good team and not one with rubbish strikers? His free-kick ability is second to none in the league, even if the goal he scored against Liverpool should probably have been saved.
14. Harry Kane (Spurs)
Harry Kane is very good at scoring goals. That's what he does, and Watford discovered this early on in their capitulation against Spurs on Sunday. Five goals in six games for Pochettino's star man.
13. Marcos Rojo (Man Utd)
Another name I never thought would feature in the Babbello Index, Marcos Rojo has provided the bite that Mourinho's defence has needed for a while. Whether discovered by accident or not, his partnership with Phil Jones has been a key reason that United are now good again, even if some of Rojo's challenges are a little... strong.
12. Ander Herrera (Man Utd)
It took Mourinho a while but Man Utd's midfield also works now. Carrick provides the cover, Herrera does all the hard work, Pogba brings the star dust. Of the six games Herrera has played for United this month, they have won five, conceding only three goals. With 451, Herrera made the second highest number of passes in the league for December.
11. Virgil Van Dijk (Southampton)
Van Dijk had a bit of a mare (short for nightmare) against West Brom, receiving a red card in a defensive show of errors, but he is undoubtedly one of the best centre-backs in all England. Strong, good in the air and someone who reads the game well (18 interceptions this month), his ability to play out from the back is what makes him stand out. Southampton's next money spinning export for sure.
10. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)
Captain of Liverpool, champion of running, Henderson never stops moving and makes more passes than any other player in the league every single month. He is an absolute machine in attack but the calmness he provides in the middle shields an incredibly vulnerable Liverpool back four. Would be Jurgen Klopp's most missed player were he to pick up an injury.
9. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Man Utd)
The Armenian started the trend for scoring ludicrously s3xy scorpion volleys (as they seem to have been labelled) but it wasn't just his super goal that made him famous last month. Mkhitaryan was exceptional for Mourinho in December, providing a genuine threat down the right wing and making Man Utd's attacks resemble the good old days at Old Trafford, when Andrei Kanchelskis and Andy Cole won the World Cup for Scotland every year.
8. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
Chelsea have the best defence in the league by a mile and all three of the centre-backs should probably be in this list but one has stood out from the others yet again. In December, Azpilicueta made 18 interceptions, David Luiz 10. Azpilicueta made 14 tackles, Luiz 7. He's the best one.
7. Adam Lallana (Liverpool)
Lallana has become very good, very quickly and plays almost like Jurgen Klopp is controlling him on the Playstation, holding the spring button constantly with stamina depletion turned off. He scored four goals and assisted two this month, as well as making 12 tackles - he is absolutely perfect for the gegenpress style Liverpool are employing so well this season.
6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Man Utd)
Form is temporary, class is permanent, Zlatan is amazing. Jose Mourinho's best friend scored five goals, assisted three and created 12 scoring chances this month and he's playing like an elite 28 year old world star at his peak. He is 35. What a player.
5. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
You know how good Kante is now, right? Because - honestly - he's great. With Kante in midfield, Chelsea don't lose, just like Leicester didn't used to. He is everywhere all of the time, constantly winning the ball back and actually very underrated when on the ball. His 12 interceptions and 15 tackles this month are a very real reason Chelsea win when he plays.
4. Paul Pogba (Man Utd)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that Paul Pogba tried too hard to impress when he first moved to Man Utd and he's right. Pogba makes the simple things entertaining, uses tricks and skill to achieve things rather than needlessly showboat, his long passing is brilliant and actual output excellent - he's classy and effective. Sure he was expensive but like buying more expensive frying pans than you're used to, it's totally worth it. Six games, two goals, two assists, 13 chances created, 82% pass accuracy from 435 passes (third most in the league). It turns out Man Utd bought one of the best midfielders in Europe and an excellent frying pan.
3. Diego Costa (Chelsea)
No player in Europe was involved in as many goals as Diego Costa in 2016 and December was a strong month for him. Two of the four he scored last month were a result of sheer determination and pure desire to score. Defenders bounce off him while he keeps his cool to launch shots past the keeper from difficult angles - the match winner Costa grabbed against West Brom was the work of a top drawer striker.
2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Eden Hazard makes watching football fun. Out of the 37 dribbles attempted (only two players tried more), he completed 87%. The other two - Soufane Boufal and Wilfried Zaha managed just 59% and 38% success respectively. Hazard should and will be in contention for Player of the Season when the awards are announced later this year and this month he has been stunning, scoring two goals, assisting one and creating 12 chances. But there is another...
1. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
It must be difficult to be Alexis Sanchez. No other forward in world football appears to run as much, few have the same vision and even fewer are, simply, as good. But still sometimes he loses games. Four goals and four assists from six games have kept Arsenal in the title race this December but his frustration with others is starting to show. In his last two games Sanchez has been on his knees at the end of games, exasperated at team-mates' inability to convert chances he has created out of absolutely nothing. Gunners fans will be desperate for this genuine superstar to stay longer than the 18 months left on his contract.
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