Premier League 2025-26: Which teams have most and least rested squads?

It seems as if there is more football than ever.

Since the Champions League final some players have had two international games, played in up to seven Fifa Club World Cup matches and featured in some pre-season friendlies - all around the world.

That was after a season with the biggest European club campaigns ever - and it will be the same again this time.

Plus there is an Africa Cup of Nations in the middle of the season and a 48-team World Cup in North America at the end of it.

So which clubs' players have featured in the most matches in the past year - and who should be the freshest on paper?

And which individual players could be exhausted before this season even starts?

BBC Sport, with the help of Opta, looks at how much competitive football current Premier League players - including new signings - have played since the start of last summer for club and country, across an incredible 104 competitions.

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