centre back with the most interceptions

Nicolás Otamendi has the most career interceptions by a centre back in the Champions League, with 103 interceptions.

NAMEINTRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKCLRFOULYCRC
1Nicolás Otamendi
N. Otamendi
103
60
60
5,376
2
2
119
71
3
7
299
66
13
0
2Mats Hummels
M. Hummels
101
45
45
3,849
2
1
120
70
0
7
201
37
9
1
3Dayot Upamecano
D. Upamecano
84
62
62
5,272
1
2
143
96
2
6
185
69
14
1
4Stefan de Vrij
S. de Vrij
64
38
38
3,221
1
1
39
24
1
2
180
30
6
0
5Éder Militão
É. Militão
63
36
36
3,141
1
1
68
37
2
3
147
46
10
0
6Manuel Akanji
M. Akanji
57
49
49
4,385
3
2
77
49
0
8
139
30
3
0
7Kim Minjae
K. Minjae
56
7.00
32
32
2,724
1
0
43
25
3
2
117
26
8
1
8Francesco Acerbi
F. Acerbi
55
33
33
2,933
1
3
35
21
0
5
159
24
6
0
9Berat Gjimshiti
B. Gjimshiti
55
30
30
2,501
1
0
37
21
2
2
122
25
8
0
10Clément Lenglet
C. Lenglet
55
44
44
3,822
3
0
64
38
0
4
132
58
9
0
11Marquinhos
Marquinhos
55
75
75
6,571
5
4
107
63
2
5
325
41
10
0
12Brandon Mechele
B. Mechele
54
37
37
3,327
1
0
68
44
0
3
195
21
2
0
13Rúben Dias
R. Dias
53
54
54
4,727
1
0
79
46
1
8
162
49
9
0
14Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
52
54
54
4,920
3
5
38
23
1
11
232
40
7
0
15Felipe
Felipe
48
25
25
2,156
2
1
39
24
0
3
133
29
4
3
16Sergio Ramos
S. Ramos
47
33
33
2,965
6
2
37
26
0
8
107
33
8
1
17Thiago Silva
T. Silva
46
39
39
3,434
0
1
38
24
0
5
159
20
5
0
18Cristian Romero
C. Romero
45
20
20
1,737
2
3
38
24
0
3
80
29
8
1
19Maximilian Wöber
M. Wöber
45
19
19
1,626
1
0
32
21
1
5
102
23
1
0
20Yaroslav Rakitskyi
Y. Rakitskyi
45
26
26
2,212
3
4
26
17
0
1
100
16
9
1
21Ibrahima Konaté
I. Konaté
44
35
35
3,058
4
0
48
31
3
3
143
52
6
0
22Raphaël Varane
R. Varane
43
33
33
2,856
0
1
36
26
0
2
130
13
4
0
23Davinson Sánchez
D. Sánchez
42
27
27
2,460
1
2
39
29
1
0
131
29
3
0
24Gerard Piqué
G. Piqué
42
28
28
2,365
3
0
31
22
0
1
120
26
10
2
25Benjamin Pavard
B. Pavard
40
27
27
2,331
2
0
40
25
0
1
140
22
5
1
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1
Arsenal Arsenal
8
8
0
0
19
24
2
Bayern Bayern
8
7
0
1
14
21
3
Liverpool Liverpool
8
6
0
2
12
18
4
Tottenham Tottenham
8
5
2
1
10
17
5
Barcelona Barcelona
8
5
1
2
8
16
6
Chelsea Chelsea
8
5
1
2
7
16
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
8
5
1
2
6
16
8
Man City Man City
8
5
1
2
6
16
9
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8
5
0
3
9
15
10
Inter Inter
8
5
0
3
8
15
11
PSG PSG
8
4
2
2
10
14
12
Newcastle Newcastle
8
4
2
2
10
14
13
Juventus Juventus
8
3
4
1
4
13
14
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
4
1
3
2
13
15
Atalanta Atalanta
8
4
1
3
0
13
16
Leverkusen Leverkusen
8
3
3
2
-1
12
17
Dortmund Dortmund
8
3
2
3
2
11
18
Olympiacos Olympiacos
8
3
2
3
-4
11
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
8
3
1
4
-2
10
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
8
3
1
4
-2
10
21
Monaco Monaco
8
2
4
2
-6
10
22
Qarabag Qarabag
8
3
1
4
-8
10
23
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
8
2
3
3
-1
9
24
Benfica Benfica
8
3
0
5
-2
9
25
Marseille Marseille
8
3
0
5
-3
9
26
Páfos Páfos
8
2
3
3
-3
9
27
Union SG Union SG
8
3
0
5
-9
9
28
PSV PSV
8
2
2
4
0
8
29
Athletic Club Athletic Club
8
2
2
4
-5
8
30
Napoli Napoli
8
2
2
4
-6
8
31
København København
8
2
2
4
-9
8
32
Ajax Ajax
8
2
0
6
-13
6
33
Frankfurt Frankfurt
8
1
1
6
-11
4
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
8
0
3
5
-14
3
35
Villarreal Villarreal
8
0
1
7
-13
1
36
Kairat Kairat
8
0
1
7
-15
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