Ranking the best long-ball passers in the Premier League: Liverpool’s Gerrard 3rd & Chelsea’s Luiz 7th

1) Phil Jagielka – Everton – 8.5 long balls per match

No outfield player in the country has completed more long balls per match than Everton’s English centre-half Jagielka. The Toffees play a pressing brand of football now, meaning Jagielka can quickly take advantage of space further ahead of him which his onrushing fullbacks Seamus Coleman and Leighton Baines are more than happy to run in to.