The 10 players with the best win ratios after 100 Premier League apps

Notching up 100 Premier League appearances is an achievement in itself, but a select group of players have also enjoyed the added bonus of reaching this landmark without dropping points on too many occasions.

The English top flight has widely been regarded as the best league in Europe for years. We’ve seen how even teams confined in the lower echelons of the table are capable of summoning up the fight to snatch points off the division’s big hitters season-on-season.

This means there’s a fair chance you’re inevitably destined to be on the wrong end of a fair amount of results as a Premier League player, but some individuals have bucked the trend since football began in 1992.

We’ve taken a look at the 10 players who boasted the best win ratios when they reached 100 Premier League outings.

Carvalho completed Chelsea’s 2004 summer spending spree, following manager Jose Mourinho from Porto to Stamford Bridge.

Partnering Premier League all-time great John Terry in defence, it’s no surprise that the Portuguese centre-back was on the losing side in only seven of his first 100 appearances.

If the three-time title winner could have turned a few more of the 20 draws accumulated into victories, he would have placed a lot higher up in this star-studded list of names.

Carvalho ended up playing 135 league matches for Chelsea, racking up 95 wins and a staggering 63 clean sheets in the process.

Playing under Claudio Ranieri and Mourinho, Makelele joined Chelsea in 2003 and lost just 10 out of his first 100 games in the Premier League.

His points per game average at that point was 2.38 with 16 draws the only other blotches on an otherwise immaculate record. The former France international went on to add a further 44 Premier League