Who Was United's Most Accurate Passer?

Michael Carrick was sorely missed from the Manchester United side last term when injury kept him on the sidelines - and that bears out with a look at the Reds' passing stats for the season.

The vice-captain remains an influential member of the team and a key component in Louis van Gaal's tactical masterplan. It comes as no surprise, then, that Opta's statistics on the 2014/15 Barclays Premier League season confirm the 33-year-old was the Reds' most accurate passer.

Carrick found a colleague with almost 90 per cent of his distribution to come out on top in our analysis, ahead of regular right-back Antonio Valencia, Spanish duo Juan Mata and Ander Herrera, plus centre-half Chris Smalling.

In terms of the most passes during the league campaign, Valencia led the way by making 1,675, with Wayne Rooney a close second. Carrick was down in 10th spot due to the fact he was limited to 18 appearances due to injury.

However, his importance was highlighted by the fact United had an impressive 72 per-cent win rate with him in the side and the fact the only time he started in a loss was the narrow home reverse to Southampton in January.