With our improved form over the last several weeks, it's not surprising that Newcastle now have 3 players in the Actim Ratings Top 100 Premiership players. Michael Owen - top Newcastle player at number 62

Here are the top 25 performers in the English Premier League this season, according to the Actim Index:

1 Gabriel Agbonlahor - Aston Villa - 136
2 Frank Lampard - Chelsea - 135
3 John Carew - Aston Villa - 126
4 Neves Denilson - Arsenal - 124
5 Jermain Defoe - Portsmouth - 119
6 Shaun Wright-Phillips - Man City - 112
7 Deco - Chelsea - 109
8 Lucas Neill - West Ham - 108
9 Ashley Young - Aston Villa - 106
10 Dirk Kuyt - Liverpool - 105
11 Kevin Davies - Bolton - 102
12 Matthew Etherington - West Ham - 101
13 Amr Zaki - Wigan - 99
14 Gareth Barry - Aston Villa - 98
15 Emmanuel Adebayor - Arsenal - 95
16 Peter Crouch - Portsmouth - 95
17 Scott Parker - West Ham - 93
18 Jose Reina - Liverpool - 92
19 Nigel Reo-Coker - Aston Villa - 92
20 Jose Bosingwa - Chelsea - 90
21 Petr Cech - Chelsea - 90
22 Valon Behrami - West Ham - 89
23 Ayegbeni Yakubu - Everton - 89
24 Martin Laursen - Aston Villa - 87
25 Alvaro Arbeloa - Liverpool - 86

According to the Premier League website, "Actim Stats are a collection of team, player and match statistics.

Newcastle United's Nicky Butt posted his best score of the season to earn a place in the Team of the Week in The Actim Index, the official player ratings system of the Barclay's Premier League. Nicky Butt - great performance on Sunday