Nah you WONG I'm afraid.
Thus far this season the top 6 have accumulated 279 points between them. This is a full 17 points more than the previous best at this stage.
But isn't that all due to Man City being superlative? No.
If you discount the top team and just count the points from places 2...
Jonathan Wilson's recent article on this is typically good (and persuasive).
Edit - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/jan/04/premier-league-possession-manchester-city