defensive midfielder of all-time

	NAME	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Thiago Motta T. Motta	6	6	513	0	0	14	10	1	0	7	8	8	3	0
2	Adrien Rabiot A. Rabiot	14	14	1,172	0	1	34	26	0	3	14	19	22	2	0
3	Lucas Deaux L. Deaux	37	37	2,987	4	5	116	73	0	6	48	42	75	10	1
4	Moustapha Diallo M. Diallo	12	12	984	3	0	34	23	0	1	18	22	31	6	0
5	Adam Clayton A. Clayton	7	7	589	0	0	27	18	0	1	12	6	14	1	0
6	David Silva D. Silva	2	2	154	0	0	4	4	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
7	Eric Dier E. Dier	44	44	3,718	2	4	81	56	0	10	50	98	43	9	0
8	Fernandinho	32	32	2,782	0	1	68	44	0	13	58	57	48	6	1
9	Giannelli Imbula G. Imbula	10	10	825	1	0	10	6	0	3	2	6	6	2	0
10	Glenn Whelan G. Whelan	20	20	1,740	0	1	31	17	0	1	27	31	14	2	0
11	Jack Rodwell J. Rodwell	4	4	360	0	1	7	4	0	2	4	10	4	1	0
12	Jason Puncheon J. Puncheon	5	5	437	0	1	11	9	0	2	9	6	9	1	0
13	John O'Shea J. O'Shea	2	2	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	2	0	0
14	Marten de Roon M. de Roon	12	12	1,010	0	0	29	19	0	1	21	34	26	4	1
15	Mile Jedinak M. Jedinak	1	1	90	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0
16	Morgan Sanson M. Sanson	20	20	1,752	4	2	55	39	0	10	42	9	31	6	0
17	Oriol Romeu O. Romeu	80	80	6,714	2	0	211	148	0	17	138	129	122	26	1
18	Victor Wanyama V. Wanyama	29	29	2,545	4	1	73	51	0	6	34	59	48	6	0
19	Cafú	5	5	421	0	0	8	5	0	2	9	11	7	0	0
20	Cheick Doukouré C. Doukouré	26	26	2,085	1	1	83	62	0	14	57	20	39	5	1
21	Jaroslav Plašil J. Plašil	17	17	1,463	0	3	25	19	0	6	29	28	12	1	0
22	Ellyes Skhiri E. Skhiri	132	132	11,598	12	7	315	201	0	22	285	198	139	18	0
23	Renaud Cohade R. Cohade	16	16	1,414	0	0	76	45	0	3	25	32	20	3	0
24	Ole Kristian Selnæs O. Kristian Selnæs	34	34	2,853	0	4	91	58	0	5	38	52	53	10	0
25	Valentin Vada V. Vada	6	6	458	0	0	14	10	0	1	11	8	11	0	0