Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne undefeated in the Premier League in 2016, despite having played 22 times
Belgian forward streets ahead at the top of the pile, with Liverpool's Joel Matip holding the next-longest streak on 11
IT'S fair to say 2016 has been an interesting year for Premier League football.
From Claudio Ranieri's Leicester stunning the world to win the title, to the long-term implications of Brexit on the sport, it's been one for the history books.
But there's another statistic that's equally out of this world...
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Manchester City forward Kevin De Bruyne is unbeaten in the Prem through the entirety of the calendar year thus far, despite playing a whopping 22 times.
In fact, so key is De Bruyne to Pep Guardiola - and previously Manuel Pellegrini - that no player can boast anything like that tally.
Liverpool defender Joel Matip holds the second-longest unbeaten run, with 11 games in 2016 - eight of which were victores - joined by De Bruyne's club team-mate Nolito.
Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi has proven to be a more than useful partner to Laurent Koscielny, as the German is unbeaten in ten matches.
His Gunners team-mate Kieran Gibbs remarkably is also unbeaten this year after nine matches, including seven wins.
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Another Jurgen Klopp summer signing for the Reds is in the top dozen undefeated stars, going eight games unbeaten this term, ahead of Sunderland's Sebastian Larsson on seven, despite the Black Cats sitting bottom of the Premier League this season.
Chelsea's Kurt Zouma has played six games for his undefeated record this season, while Loic Remy has five.
Blues youngster Nathaniel Chalobah, Arsenal second-choice stopper David Ospina and Manchester United man Phil Jones are also undefeated in 2016, after four games apiece.