defensive midfielders with most goals in prem history and aroud europe

Leon Goretzka has the most career goals by a defensive midfielder in Europe's top five leagues, with 27 goals in Bundesliga.

NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Leon Goretzka
L. Goretzka
27
127
127
9,915
17
190
114
0
71
162
155
120
15
0
2Tomáš Souček
T. Souček
23
112
112
9,613
7
218
118
0
33
151
334
151
20
2
3Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
21
166
166
14,267
40
287
177
0
56
193
136
107
26
2
4Franck Kessié
F. Kessié
17
64
64
5,640
3
99
58
0
18
73
69
105
9
0
5Casemiro
Casemiro
16
88
88
7,339
7
277
157
0
24
114
210
147
23
3
6Rodri
Rodri
15
113
113
9,647
12
272
172
1
41
112
218
152
24
1
7Enzo Fernández
E. Fernández
13
7.18
66
66
5,734
10
128
59
0
31
47
50
82
14
0
8Scott McTominay
S. McTominay
12
86
86
7,320
3
188
103
0
41
97
170
146
17
0
9Benjamin André
B. André
12
141
141
12,431
9
459
269
1
27
202
268
256
47
0
10Ellyes Skhiri
E. Skhiri
12
137
137
11,986
7
319
203
0
22
293
203
142
18
0
11Paul Pogba
P. Pogba
11
54
54
4,593
11
80
53
0
23
54
69
97
11
0
12Alexis Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
10
7.37
63
63
5,181
8
150
91
0
26
40
60
92
10
0
13Jordan Veretout
J. Veretout
10
68
68
5,818
4
103
66
0
11
69
73
86
20
1
14Abdoulaye Touré
A. Touré
10
68
68
5,819
1
102
64
0
25
88
60
74
10
1
15Youri Tielemans
Y. Tielemans
9
84
84
7,141
12
212
128
0
28
78
88
95
7
0
16Ilkay Gündogan
I. Gündogan
9
40
40
3,362
6
43
24
0
18
30
26
23
4
0
17João Palhinha
J. Palhinha
8
6.64
77
77
6,607
2
325
179
1
25
92
125
109
28
1
18Douglas Luiz
D. Luiz
8
72
72
5,937
5
126
71
0
19
74
67
112
20
0
19Corentin Tolisso
C. Tolisso
8
53
53
4,256
9
100
64
0
24
51
67
67
5
1
20Pathé Ciss
P. Ciss
7
6.65
54
54
4,198
1
108
62
0
12
83
121
79
19
1
21Sandro Tonali
S. Tonali
7
72
72
5,811
10
123
83
0
36
74
54
77
14
1
22Robert Andrich
R. Andrich
7
38
38
3,089
3
58
35
0
11
56
60
67
7
1
23Mateo Kovačić
M. Kovačić
7
52
52
4,351
2
129
81
0
29
41
34
40
12
1
24Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
7
72
72
6,367
7
138
78
0
29
80
88
86
15
0
25Luiz Gustavo
L. Gustavo
7
51
51
4,529
1
145
84
1
26
91
69
100
13
2
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Leipzig Leipzig
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18
7
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19

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84

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1
Arsenal Arsenal
36
24
7
5
42
79
2
Man City Man City
36
23
8
5
43
77
3
Man United Man United
36
18
11
7
15
65
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
37
18
8
11
6
62
5
Liverpool Liverpool
37
17
8
12
10
59
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
36
13
16
7
4
55
7
Brighton Brighton
36
14
11
11
10
53
8
Brentford Brentford
36
14
9
13
3
51
9
Chelsea Chelsea
36
13
10
13
6
49
10
Everton Everton
36
13
10
13
0
49
11
Fulham Fulham
36
14
6
16
-6
48
12
Sunderland Sunderland
36
12
12
12
-9
48
13
Newcastle Newcastle
36
13
7
16
-2
46
14
Leeds Leeds
36
10
14
12
-5
44
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
36
11
11
14
-9
44
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
36
11
10
15
-2
43
17
Tottenham Tottenham
36
9
11
16
-9
38
18
West Ham West Ham
36
9
9
18
-20
36
19
Burnley Burnley
36
4
9
23
-36
21
20
Wolves Wolves
36
3
9
24
-41
18
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1
Barcelona Barcelona
36
30
1
5
59
91
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
36
25
5
6
39
80
3
Villarreal Villarreal
36
21
6
9
24
69
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
36
20
6
10
21
66
5
Real Betis Real Betis
36
14
15
7
12
57
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
36
13
11
12
4
50
7
Getafe Getafe
36
14
6
16
-6
48
8
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
36
11
12
13
-1
45
9
Athletic Club Athletic Club
36
13
5
18
-13
44
10
Rayo Rayo
36
10
14
12
-6
44
11
Valencia Valencia
36
11
10
15
-12
43
12
Sevilla Sevilla
36
12
7
17
-12
43
13
Osasuna Osasuna
36
11
9
16
-4
42
14
Espanyol Espanyol
36
11
9
16
-13
42
15
Girona Girona
36
9
13
14
-15
40
16
Alavés Alavés
36
10
10
16
-12
40
17
Elche Elche
36
9
12
15
-9
39
18
Mallorca Mallorca
36
10
9
17
-11
39
19
Levante Levante
36
10
9
17
-15
39
20
Oviedo Oviedo
36
6
11
19
-30
29
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1
Bayern Bayern
33
27
5
1
82
86
2
Dortmund Dortmund
33
21
7
5
34
70
3
Leipzig Leipzig
33
20
5
8
22
65
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
33
18
7
8
22
61
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
33
18
7
8
17
61
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
33
17
7
9
21
58
7
Freiburg Freiburg
33
12
8
13
-9
44
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
33
11
10
12
-4
43
9
Augsburg Augsburg
33
12
7
14
-12
43
10
Mainz Mainz
33
9
10
14
-11
37
11
Hamburg Hamburg
33
9
10
14
-14
37
12
Union Berlin Union Berlin
33
9
9
15
-18
36
13
M'gladbach M'gladbach
33
8
11
14
-15
35
14
Köln Köln
33
7
11
15
-10
32
15
Werder Werder
33
8
8
17
-21
32
16
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
33
6
8
19
-26
26
17
Heidenheim Heidenheim
33
6
8
19
-29
26
18
St. Pauli St. Pauli
33
6
8
19
-29
26
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1
Inter Inter
36
27
4
5
54
85
2
Napoli Napoli
36
21
7
8
18
70
3
Juventus Juventus
36
19
11
6
29
68
4
Milan Milan
36
19
10
7
18
67
5
Roma Roma
36
21
4
11
24
67
6
Como Como
36
18
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7
32
65
7
Atalanta Atalanta
36
15
13
8
16
58
8
Bologna Bologna
36
15
7
14
2
52
9
Lazio Lazio
36
13
12
11
2
51
10
Udinese Udinese
36
14
8
14
-1
50
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
36
14
7
15
-2
49
12
Torino Torino
36
12
8
16
-18
44
13
Parma Parma
36
10
12
14
-18
42
14
Genoa Genoa
36
10
11
15
-8
41
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
36
8
14
14
-11
38
16
Cagliari Cagliari
36
9
10
17
-15
37
17
Lecce Lecce
36
8
8
20
-24
32
18
Cremonese Cremonese
36
7
10
19
-23
31
19
Verona Verona
36
3
11
22
-34
20
20
Pisa Pisa
36
2
12
22
-41
18
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1
PSG PSG
33
24
4
5
46
76
2
Lens Lens
33
21
4
8
27
67
3
Lille Lille
33
18
7
8
17
61
4
Lyon Lyon
33
18
6
9
17
60
5
Rennes Rennes
33
17
8
8
11
59
6
Marseille Marseille
33
17
5
11
16
56
7
Monaco Monaco
33
16
6
11
7
54
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
33
14
8
11
10
50
9
Lorient Lorient
33
11
12
10
-1
45
10
Toulouse Toulouse
33
12
8
13
1
44
11
Paris FC Paris FC
33
10
11
12
-4
41
12
Brest Brest
33
10
8
15
-12
38
13
Angers Angers
33
9
8
16
-19
35
14
Le Havre Le Havre
33
6
14
13
-14
32
15
Auxerre Auxerre
33
7
10
16
-12
31
16
Nice Nice
33
7
10
16
-23
31
17
Nantes Nantes
33
5
8
20
-23
23
18
Metz Metz
33
3
7
23
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16
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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
1

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
4/18
FUL FUL
@
BRE BRE
0-0
Sat
4/18
PAR PAR
@
UDI UDI
1-0
Sat
4/18
HAM HAM
@
WER WER
1-3
Sat
4/18
AUG AUG
@
LEV LEV
2-1
Sat
4/18
DOR DOR
@
HOF HOF
1-2

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
5/16
STU STU
@
FRA FRA
9:30 AM
Sat
5/16
DOR DOR
@
WER WER
9:30 AM
Sat
5/16
HOF HOF
@
BMG BMG
9:30 AM
Sat
5/16
KOL KOL
@
BAY BAY
9:30 AM
Sat
5/16
WOL WOL
@
PAU PAU
9:30 AM