The Premier League is still the best league at the Fifa World Cup 2018

The Premier League is still the best league at the FIFA World Cup 2018. First of all, it still has the largest numbers of players. However, it lost 31 players, but still is the most representative league (74 players). Acoording to the number of goals, La Liga is not much better (having 31 goals vs. 28 goal of the Premier League). Hovewer, when we sum up of goals assigned to the Premier League and the EFL Championship - we will got the score equal to La Liga and La Liga2 - jointly.
Below table shows data assigned to the leagues, in order:
- number of players in the tournament
- number of players in the knockout stage
- reduction of players from the group stage to the knockout stage
- % reduction factor
- goals scored in the group stage

FWC 2018. Number of players by leagues (including 2nd level leagues). Goals in group stage. Group Stage vs. Knockout Stage
June 29, 2018

	LEAGUE COUNTRY	LEAGUE	LEAGUE NAME	GROUP STAGE	KNOCKOUT STAGE	RECUCTION	REDUCTION %	GOALS GROUP STAGE
1	ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	ENG	Premier League	105	74	-31	-29,52%	28
2	ESP 🇪🇸	ESP	La Liga	80	61	-19	-23,75%	31
3	GER 🇩🇪	GER	Bundesliga	62	35	-27	-43,55%	12
4	ITA 🇮🇹	ITA	Serie A	58	37	-21	-36,21%	7
5	FRA 🇫🇷	FRA	Ligue 1	47	29	-18	-38,30%	8
6	RUS 🇷🇺	RUS	Чемпиона́т Росси́и по футбо́лу	36	25	-11	-30,56%	8
7	KSA 🇸🇦	KSA	دوري المحترفين السعودي	30	0	-30	-100,00%	3
8	ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	ENG2	EFL Championship	23	4	-19	-82,61%	3
9	MEX 🇲🇽	MEX	Liga MX	22	15	-7	-31,82%	1
10	TUR 🇹🇷	TUR	Süper Lig	21	7	-14	-66,67%	2
11	USA 🇺🇸	USA	Major League Soccer	19	4	-15	-78,95%	2
12	POR 🇵🇹	POR	Primeira Liga	18	14	-4	-22,22%	0
13	BEL 🇧🇪	BEL	Division 1A Pro League	16	5	-11	-68,75%	2
14	JPN 🇯🇵	JPN	J1リーグ	15	8	-7	-46,67%	0
15	NED 🇳🇱	NED	Eredivisie	15	6	-9	-60,00%	1
16	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR	K리그 클래식	11	0	-11	-100,00%	0
17	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	الدوري المصري الممتاز	10	0	-10	-100,00%	0
18	ARG 🇦🇷	ARG	Superliga Argentina	9	9	0	0,00%	1
19	BRA 🇧🇷	BRA	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	9	6	-3	-33,33%	1
20	IRN 🇮🇷	IRN	یگ برتر خلیج فارس	9	0	-9	-100,00%	0
21	CHN 🇨🇳	CHN	中国足球协会超级联赛	8	5	-3	-37,50%	1
22	CRC 🇨🇷	CRC	FPD	7	0	-7	-100,00%	0
23	DEN 🇩🇰	DEN	Superligaen	7	4	-3	-42,86%	0
24	SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	SCO	Scottish Premiership	7	3	-4	-57,14%	0
25	COL 🇨🇴	COL	Categoría Primera A	6	3	-3	-50,00%	0
26	PER 🇵🇪	PER	Primera División del Perú	6	0	-6	-100,00%	0
27	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم	6	0	-6	-100,00%	0
28	GRE 🇬🇷	GRE	Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ	5	0	-5	-100,00%	1
29	GER 🇩🇪	GER2	2. Bundesliga	5	2	-3	-60,00%	0
30	POL 🇵🇱	POL	Ekstraklasa	4	0	-4	-100,00%	0
31	SUI 🇨🇭	SUI	Super League	4	1	-3	-75,00%	0
32	AUS 🇦🇺	AUS	A-League	3	0	-3	-100,00%	0
33	CRO 🇭🇷	CRO	Prva liga	3	3	0	0,00%	0
34	PAN 🇵🇦	PAN	Liga Panameña de Fútbol	3	0	-3	-100,00%	0
35	SRB 🇷🇸	SRB	Суперлига Србије	3	0	-3	-100,00%	0
36	SWE 🇸🇪	SWE	Allsvenskan	3	0	-3	-100,00%	0
37	UKR 🇺🇦	UKR	Прем'є́р-лі́га	3	3	0	0,00%	0
38	AUT 🇦🇹	AUT	Fußball-Bundesliga	2	1	-1	-50,00%	0
39	BUL 🇧🇬	BUL	Първа лига	2	0	-2	-100,00%	0
40	CHI 🇨🇱	CHI	Primera División de Chile	2	0	-2	-100,00%	0
41	GUA 🇬🇹	GUA	Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala	2	0	-2	-100,00%	1
42	ISR 🇮🇱	ISR	ליגת העל	2	0	-2	-100,00%	0
43	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	البطولة الوطنية المغربية	2	0	-2	-100,00%	0
44	QAT 🇶🇦	QAT	دوري نجوم قطر	2	0	-2	-100,00%	0
45	UAE 🇦🇪	UAE	دوري الخليج العربي	2	1	-1	-50,00%	0
46	URU 🇺🇾	URU	Campeonato Uruguayo	2	2	0	0,00%	0
47	FRA 🇫🇷	FRA2	Ligue 2	2	0	-2	-100,00%	0
48	KOR 🇰🇷	KOR2	K리그2	2	0	-2	-100,00%	0
49	FIN 🇫🇮	FIN	Veikkausliiga	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
50	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	Championnat National de Ligue 1	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
51	HON 🇭🇳	HON	Liga Nacional	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
52	ISL 🇮🇸	ISL	Úrvalsdeild karla	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
53	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	Nigerian Professional Football League	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
54	NOR 🇳🇴	NOR	Eliteserien	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
55	PAR 🇵🇾	PAR	División de Honor	1	1	0	0,00%	0
56	ROU 🇷🇴	ROU	Liga I	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
57	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	Premier Soccer League	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
58	SVK 🇸🇰	SVK	Superliga	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
59	BEL 🇧🇪	BEL2	Division 1-B	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
60	DEN 🇩🇰	DEN2	1. Division	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
61	ESP 🇪🇸	ESP2	LaLiga2	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
62	MEX 🇲🇽	MEX2	Ascenso MX	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
63	TUR 🇹🇷	TUR2	1. Lig	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
64	ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	ENG3	EFL League One	1	0	-1	-100,00%	0
				736	368	-368	-50,00%