defensive midfielders with most goals in history around europe

Leon Goretzka has scored the most career goals by a defensive midfielder in Europe's top five leagues, with 25 goals in Bundesliga.

	NAME	G	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Leon Goretzka L. Goretzka	25	105	105	8,342	15	165	100	0	63	141	126	107	11	0
2	Tomáš Souček T. Souček	23	105	105	9,053	7	205	109	0	31	143	296	140	19	0
3	Joshua Kimmich J. Kimmich	19	143	143	12,257	34	257	154	0	51	173	121	100	23	2
4	Franck Kessié F. Kessié	17	64	64	5,640	3	99	58	0	18	73	69	105	9	0
5	Rodri	12	79	79	6,833	8	203	132	1	25	82	156	119	17	1
6	Ellyes Skhiri E. Skhiri	12	130	130	11,430	7	314	201	0	22	280	196	139	18	0
7	Scott McTominay S. McTominay	11	81	81	6,880	3	180	98	0	37	90	164	137	16	0
8	Casemiro	11	71	71	5,935	6	222	130	0	21	94	164	124	20	3
9	Paul Pogba P. Pogba	11	53	53	4,559	11	80	53	0	23	54	69	95	11	0
10	Benjamin André B. André	10	118	118	10,388	7	402	235	0	20	175	230	227	40	0
11	Jordan Veretout J. Veretout	10	68	68	5,820	4	103	66	0	11	69	73	86	20	1
12	Abdoulaye Touré A. Touré	10	66	66	5,664	1	101	63	0	25	86	59	71	10	1
13	Youri Tielemans Y. Tielemans	9	67	67	5,733	11	169	99	0	26	62	72	80	7	0
14	Enzo Fernández E. Fernández	8	50	50	4,334	8	98	42	0	22	35	37	66	11	0
15	Alexis Mac Allister A. Mac Allister	8	38	38	3,194	4	106	69	0	16	25	30	66	6	0
16	Pathé Ciss P. Ciss	7	45	45	3,413	1	83	48	0	10	64	91	64	16	0
17	Sandro Tonali S. Tonali	7	68	68	5,452	9	118	80	0	31	71	45	75	13	1
18	Robert Andrich R. Andrich	7	37	37	2,999	3	56	33	0	11	54	59	66	7	1
19	Douglas Luiz D. Luiz	7	60	60	5,119	5	107	59	0	15	65	57	96	17	0
20	Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	7	72	72	6,369	7	138	78	0	29	80	88	86	15	0
21	Ilkay Gündogan I. Gündogan	7	38	38	3,192	6	42	23	0	18	29	26	23	4	0
22	Luiz Gustavo L. Gustavo	7	51	51	4,529	1	145	84	1	26	91	69	100	13	2
23	João Palhinha J. Palhinha	6	67	67	5,771	1	285	155	1	22	81	108	100	24	1
24	Axel Witsel A. Witsel	6	54	54	4,726	4	78	54	0	16	78	70	63	9	0
25	William Carvalho W. Carvalho	6	82	82	6,294	4	122	75	0	17	53	60	86	19	2