Liverpool begin 2025 in the perfect position of top spot as they look to win the Premier League for the second time. Manchester City lifted the title last year, but their surprising dip in form this term has meant a challenge for a fifth in a row looks exceptionally difficult. As we embark on a new calendar year, BBC Sport takes a look at the players and teams who were the best performers of 2024.
Erling Haaland has been prolific since arriving in the Premier League, so it was perhaps no surprise that he scored the most goals in 2024 with 27. He started this season in free-scoring fashion with 10 in his first five Premier League games - a run that included back-to-back hat-tricks. But a drop-off in form and goals has coincided with Manchester City's poor run since the start of November, with the powerful Norwegian hitting the back of the net just three times in his last 10 league games.
When it comes to overall involvements - goals and assists - it was Chelsea's Cole Palmer and Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah who led the way. Few - perhaps not even Palmer himself - could have anticipated just how impressive 2024 would be for the 22-year-old forward, who moved from Manchester City to Chelsea in September of the previous year. Across the whole of 2024, he scored 26 times in the league and provided 13 assists for a total of 39 goal involvements.
Salah, meanwhile, has been instrumental to Liverpool's title charge and is their top scorer this season with 17 goals, while also prov.
