The performance earned the England midfielder a season-best individual match score of 52 points in the Actim Index, the official player rating system of the Barclays Premier League.

Jenas found the target twice from four shots against the Latics, also winning two tackles during the game and completing 21 passes in the opposition half.

Cesc Fabregas continues to lead the way at the top of the Index with a 35-point lead over Portsmouth frontman Benjani Mwaruwari.

Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand is the top-ranked defender in fourth with 235 points while Pompey's David James is the highest-placed goalkeeper in 24th spot.

Jenas' England team-mate Aaron Lennon was also on song, earning 42 points against Wigan to help him claim the biggest Actim Index climb, moving up 106 places to 214th overall.

This week's Actim Index also reveals:

:: Derby's Matt Oakley had the most completed passes over the weekend's Barclays Premier League fixtures with 30.

:: Fulham's Antti Niemi made 11 saves in the 2-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday evening, ahead of Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough) and Joe Hart (Man City) who had nine.

:: Cristiano Ronaldo had six shots on target in Manchester United's 2-0 defeat of Blackburn - also the most of the weekend - netting twice.

:: Bolton's Kevin Davies was responsible for the most fouls over the weekend, committing seven offences against Middlesbrough.

:: Blackburn's David Bentley swung over the most crosses this weekend, threatening the Man United goal on nine occasions.

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England's Euro 2008 challenge hangs by a thread going into the international break with all eyes on Russia's trip to Israel on Saturday hoping the hosts can do Steve McClaren's men a massive favour.

Should the Israelis - minus their influential skipper and in-form Liverpool star Yossi Benayoun - hand England a lifeline, McClaren has another conundrum to solve with Wayne Rooney ruled out of next Wednesday's clash with Croatia at Wembley through injury.

With Emile Heskey also unavailable, Stat Attack takes a look at how the rest of the Barclays Premier League's English strikers fared over the weekend.

:: There were 21 English strikers in action at the weekend, including eight already-capped frontmen: Peter Crouch, Darren Bent, Michael Owen, Alan Smith, Peter Crouch, Darius Vassell, David Nugent and Jermain Defoe.

:: Aston Villa's Ashley Young has also been called up for the current squad, set to warm-up for the Croatia trip against Austria on Friday night. Young (17 points) was one of only five of the 21 to score more than double figures in the Actim Index this weekend.

:: Villa team-mate Gabriel Agbonlahor was second-top scorer among the group this weekend with 30 points - with a goal and a goal-line clearance in the derby win at Birmingham.

:: But it was West Ham frontman Carlton Cole who came out of the weekend with the most credit, scoring 31 points in the 5-0 mauling of Derby.

:: Of the players set to line up against Croatia, Michael Owen scored just 11 points against Sunderland. Peter Crouch fared better, earning 24 points in the defeat of Fulham.

:: Villa pair Agbonlahor and Young are the highest-ranked strikers in action this weekend, sitting in 10th and 18th overall respectively.

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They are the men who put their bodies on the line. This week Stat Attack takes a look at the players with the most blocks so far this season:

Christopher Samba, Defender, 14

Titus Bramble, Defender, 11

Andreas Granqvist, Defender, 11

Martin Laursen, Defender, 10

Richard Dunne, Defender, 10

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The current top five players in the Actim Index are:

1. Cesc Fabregas, Midfielder 287

2. Benjani, Striker, 252

3. Frank Lampard, Midfielder, 241

4. Rio Ferdinand, Defender, 235

5. Elano, Midfielder, 234

The list of the Top 100 players and Top 5 players by position are available free of charge from the Actim website: www.pa-sport.com/en/products/actim-statistics.html