Ander Herrera has scored five goals and has four assists in 19 appearances (12 starts). That works out at as one goal/assist every 138 minutes he’s been on the pitch so far this season.

For comparison, Cesc Fabregas has one goal/assist per 129 minutes, Eden Hazard per 140 minutes (or one every 157 minutes if you don’t count penalties), David Silva every 140 minutes, Oscar every 146 minutes, Santi Cazorla every 159 minutes, Aaron Ramsey every 163 minutes, Samir Nasri every 190 minutes and Yaya Toure every 234 minutes.

It’s worth noting though that Herrera’s defensive contribution outshines most of these players. For example, he averages 2.5 tackles per game.

Fabregas (2.7), Ramsey (2.1), Oscar (1.9), Cazorla (1.7), Silva (1.2), Toure (1.1), Nasri (1), Hazard (0.8).

Herrera averages 1.8 interceptions per game.

Ramsey (1.1), Cazorla (1), Fabregas (0.7), Hazard (0.6), Oscar (0.5), Toure (0.5), Silva (0.5), Nasri (0.4).

Herrera averages 89% passing completion rate.

Nasri (90.1%), Toure (88.7%), Cazorla (87.9%), Hazard (87.1%), Fabregas (86.4%), Silva (85.4%), Ramsey (84.7%), Oscar (83.1%).

Passing completion
1. Juan Mata – 90%
2. Michael Carrick – 89.5%
3. Ander Herrera – 90%

Assists
1. Angel di Maria – 10
2. Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, Radamel Falcao and Wayne Rooney – 4

Tackles
1. Antonio Valencia – 3.1
2. Daley Blind, Marouane Fellaini – 2.5
4. Ander Herrera – 2.4

Game per game

vs Swansea (67 mins)
36/41 passes (88%)

vs QPR (90 mins)
77/85 (91%)

vs Leicester (90 mins)
66/76 (87%)

vs West Ham (74 mins)
48/53 (91%)

vs West Brom (45 mins)
27/32 (84%)

vs Hull (76 mins – subbed on)
75/82 (92%)

vs Stoke (86 mins)
39/47 (83%)

vs Southampton (51 mins – subbed on)
19/27 (70%)

vs Liverpool (19 mins – subbed on)
12/16 (75%)

vs Stoke (26 mins – subbed on)
17/20 (85%)

vs Southamtpon (26 mins – subbed on)
12/13 (92%)

vs QPR (1 min – subbed on)
0

vs Burnley (51 mins – subbed on)
42/47 (89%)

vs Swansea (90 mins)
65/73 (89%)

vs Sunderland (90 mins)
90/100 (90%)

vs Newcastle (90 mins)
68/75 (91%)

vs Spurs (90 mins)
52/56 (93%)

vs Liverpool (83 mins)
52/60 (87%)

vs Villa (90 mins)
94/98 (96%)

Stats from WhoScored.com and FourFourTwo