defenders with highest ariel duels contested in premier league

Virgil van Dijk has won the most career aerials by a defender in the Premier League, with 1,225 aerials won.

	NAME	AER-W	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	1,225	301	300	26,745	25	8	306	200	8	54	425	1,672	153	25	2
2	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	1,208	303	288	25,964	10	8	509	313	7	34	403	1,727	295	64	0
3	Michael Keane M. Keane	979	252	230	21,035	16	10	254	162	2	27	387	1,414	134	28	1
4	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	948	277	270	24,075	14	5	374	210	6	24	396	1,553	169	47	1
5	Craig Dawson C. Dawson	855	282	270	24,117	21	3	339	230	4	44	386	1,297	267	56	2
6	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	840	268	239	21,566	14	10	321	207	4	45	398	1,112	223	60	2
7	Steve Cook S. Cook	669	180	175	15,556	10	3	182	103	3	24	319	1,343	93	28	1
8	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	659	266	264	23,501	16	6	263	154	4	46	304	1,077	156	47	5
9	Kurt Zouma K. Zouma	648	247	219	19,588	15	3	220	147	5	26	328	1,237	152	19	1
10	Dan Burn D. Burn	645	198	188	16,580	6	4	319	189	1	25	201	820	193	38	0
11	Jonny Evans J. Evans	577	254	231	20,563	10	9	340	218	1	13	439	1,117	208	44	1
12	Jamaal Lascelles J. Lascelles	529	177	154	13,877	10	1	136	74	6	12	167	946	122	32	1
13	Azpilicueta	528	293	278	24,854	10	31	703	477	2	33	444	757	275	29	2
14	Joel Ward J. Ward	526	270	257	23,040	5	5	541	397	1	25	387	971	277	48	0
15	Gary Cahill G. Cahill	524	170	159	14,308	10	3	170	119	2	24	169	842	117	17	1
16	Shane Duffy S. Duffy	513	114	99	9,064	7	2	99	59	1	13	121	744	84	21	1
17	Wes Morgan W. Morgan	502	170	159	14,325	8	2	200	134	3	22	314	902	129	16	3
18	Angelo Ogbonna A. Ogbonna	500	201	189	16,906	8	1	221	144	1	14	274	943	122	23	0
19	Jan Bednarek J. Bednarek	499	184	180	15,675	9	3	241	145	3	14	414	1,007	164	39	1
20	James Tomkins J. Tomkins	484	172	155	13,768	11	5	263	163	3	12	259	1,036	107	37	1
21	Dejan Lovren D. Lovren	482	131	117	10,376	5	3	182	125	5	21	190	793	88	18	0
22	Jan Vertonghen J. Vertonghen	478	175	170	15,066	2	1	283	200	2	28	298	962	95	27	1
23	Ben Davies B. Davies	460	242	197	18,095	7	16	356	223	3	35	226	662	210	36	0
24	Simon Francis S. Francis	458	136	126	11,222	0	8	255	184	0	15	229	753	104	25	4
25	Nathan Aké N. Aké	458	231	206	18,311	18	9	338	208	4	32	253	968	138	21	1