The 2016/2017 QSL campaign saw plenty of action in front of goal, with 570 shots finding the back of the net during the season. As part of our review of the QSL season, QSL online has decided to highlight the top ten players who made the most shots this year. All of our statistics have been provided by STATS the official data supplier to the QSL.

Al Sadd’s top scorer Bagdad Bounjah leads the way with the highest shot average of any player in the league. The Algerian hot-shot registered 5.1 shots per match and goes some way to explain his impressive haul of 23 goals in his maiden season in Qatar.

Whilst the QSL’s leading striker Yusef El Arabi is second on the list with 4.7 shots per game. The Moroccan international also enjoyed a fine debut in the QSL, helping his Lekhwiya side lift their fifth ever QSL crown. Individually El Arabi picked up the Mansor Muftah award for the league’s top goalscorer with a tally of 24 goals.

Al Rayyan captain Rodrigo Tabata is third on the list, averaging 4.5 shots per match for Michael Laudrup’s side. The Qatar international had yet another solid season leading the Lions notching 20 goals over the course of the campaign.  Brazillian attacker Romarinho enjoyed a fine start to the 2016/2017 campaign, pushing his El Jaish side to the very top of the QSL standings. An average of 4.3 shots per game put him in at fourth place.

Not far behind Romarinho is El Jaish team-mate Sardor Rashidov who averaged 3.8 shots per season. The Uzbekistan international winger caught the eye this season, and made a significant impact in front of goal for Sabri Lamouchi’s side this term. 

Despite only playing half a season, DR Congo striker Firmin Mubele of Ahli makes the list with an average of 3.6 shots per game. Mubele certainly made an impact for Al Ahli, and was promptly signed by French side Rennes in January.  Whlilst the same can be said for Sailiya striker Paul Efolou who had half a season with the Peregrines, still an average of 3.6 shots gets the former Cameroonian international  seventh place on the list.

In eighth place is Al Rayyan attacker Sergio Garcia who notched up 3.4 shots per game.  The top ten list is completed with two north African attackers with Lekhwiya’s Tunisian international Yusef Msakni and Moroccan striker Mouchine Iajour of Al Khor registering 3.3 shots on average for their respective sides.