Top 15 Penalty Box Poachers: Lionel Messi And Cristiano Ronaldo Beaten To Top Spot By Premier League Pair

See the 15 players who have taken the most shots from within the penalty box so far this season.

If you don’t shoot you won’t score, and these players like to get up close and personal before having a go. There’s a reason that all of these players are high up in their league’s scoring charts.

Here are the players with the most shots from within the box, according to football stats site WhoScored:

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15) Gonzalo Higuain – 25 penalty area shots

14) Charlie Austin – 25 penalty area shots

13) Diego Costa – 26 penalty area shots

12) Mauro Icardi – 27 penalty area shots

11)  Alexandre Lacazette – 26 penalty area shots

10) Thomas Muller- 26 penalty area shots

9) Robert Lewandowski – 28 penalty area shots

8) Carlos Tevez – 28 penalty area shots

7) Edinson Cavani – 29 penalty area shots

6) Neymar – 32 penalty area shots

5) Cristiano Ronaldo – 34 penalty area shots

4) Andre-Pierre Gignac – 35 penalty area shots

 3) Lionel Messi- 36 penalty area shots

2) Graziano Pelle – 36 penalty area shots

1) Sergio Aguero – 50 penalty area shots