defensive midfielders with most goals in the world ever

Benjamin André has the most career goals by a defensive midfielder in Ligue 1, with 12 goals.

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  • Data note: Detailed starting positions: player game data complete from 2016-17
NAMEGRatingMSTARTMINATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Benjamin André
B. André
12
146
146
12,781
9
473
278
1
28
204
276
264
49
0
2Abdoulaye Touré
A. Touré
10
67
67
5,745
1
102
64
0
25
87
60
73
9
1
3Luiz Gustavo
L. Gustavo
7
37
37
3,293
1
104
64
1
21
53
51
69
8
1
4Marshall Munetsi
M. Munetsi
6
24
24
2,060
5
55
30
0
6
21
43
34
7
0
5Jean-Eudes Aholou
J. Aholou
6
70
70
5,707
2
137
79
0
19
133
101
123
14
0
6Fabinho
Fabinho
6
25
25
2,250
1
82
49
0
6
46
49
48
6
0
7Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
5
7.55
36
36
3,210
4
67
51
0
9
47
51
39
6
0
8Pierre Lees-Melou
P. Lees-Melou
5
54
54
4,728
4
182
115
0
21
72
88
80
23
2
9Corentin Tolisso
C. Tolisso
5
32
32
2,741
6
67
41
0
18
29
47
42
3
0
10Andrey Santos
A. Santos
4
7.44
10
10
900
1
32
21
0
2
8
18
11
3
0
11Denis Zakaria
D. Zakaria
4
7.36
33
33
2,773
3
53
30
0
6
49
39
38
11
1
12Imran Louza
I. Louza
4
10
10
855
2
23
11
0
0
17
7
19
1
1
13Houssem Aouar
H. Aouar
4
26
26
2,156
8
55
35
0
12
34
13
21
0
0
14Jean Michaël Seri
J. Michaël Seri
4
13
13
1,115
0
10
6
0
3
8
5
10
3
0
15Morgan Sanson
M. Sanson
4
24
24
2,092
2
64
47
0
11
47
13
36
7
0
16Lucas Deaux
L. Deaux
4
37
37
2,970
5
116
73
0
6
48
42
75
10
1
17Tanner Tessmann
T. Tessmann
3
7.06
20
20
1,622
0
30
19
0
5
20
42
12
3
0
18Junior Mwanga
J. Mwanga
3
6.86
20
20
1,687
3
47
28
0
7
19
21
25
1
1
19André Gomes
A. Gomes
3
7.21
28
28
2,217
2
47
23
0
7
14
24
57
7
0
20Maxence Caqueret
M. Caqueret
3
39
39
3,267
2
103
63
0
10
61
34
67
7
0
21Mahdi Camara
M. Camara
3
24
24
2,087
1
70
40
0
5
32
24
32
5
0
22Téji Savanier
T. Savanier
3
10
10
859
1
26
18
0
2
18
10
18
1
1
23Toma Bašić
T. Bašić
3
25
25
2,106
2
29
21
0
9
29
29
29
4
0
24Aurélien Tchouameni
A. Tchouameni
3
33
33
2,854
3
91
47
0
19
93
35
59
11
1
25Xavier Chavalerin
X. Chavalerin
3
52
52
4,635
4
168
103
0
9
92
55
83
13
0
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Team Leaders

G

2

Giroud

Olivier Giroud

A

2

Giroud

Olivier Giroud

RTG

7.34

Mbappé

Ethan Mbappé
Team Rankings

GF

11

12th

GA

6

1st

GD

5

3rd

FORM

DDWLW

last 5

2026-27 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
9
6
2
1
11
20
2
Rennes Rennes
9
5
1
3
1
16
3
Lille Lille
8
4
3
1
5
15
4
Monaco Monaco
8
4
3
1
4
15
5
Lyon Lyon
8
4
2
2
6
14

Ligue 1 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

7

Lepaul

Esteban Lepaul

6

Sinayoko

Lassine Sinayoko

6

Wahi

Elye Wahi
Assists Leaders

7

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

5

Cásseres Yepes

Cristian Cásseres Jr.

4

Sinayoko

Lassine Sinayoko
Rating Leaders

8.04

Vitinha

Vitinha

7.79

Camara

Lamine Camara

7.65

López

Maxime López
Take-ons Leaders

22

Yassine

Gessime Yassine

17

Danois

Kévin Danois

17

Sy

Lamine Sy
Big Chances Created Leaders

7

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

7

Cásseres Yepes

Cristian Cásseres Jr.

7

Calodat

Lucas Calodat

Ligue 1 2026-27 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
PSG

21

Rennes

20

Marseille

18

Lens

16

Brest

14

Paris FC

13
Goals Against Rankings
Lorient

6

Lille

6

Lyon

7

Monaco

7

Paris FC

8

PSG

10
Goal Difference Rankings
PSG

11

Lyon

6

Paris FC

5

Lille

5

Marseille

5

Lens

4

Ligue 1 2026-27 Table

Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
9
6
2
1
11
20
2
Rennes Rennes
9
5
1
3
1
16
3
Lille Lille
8
4
3
1
5
15
4
Monaco Monaco
8
4
3
1
4
15
5
Lyon Lyon
8
4
2
2
6
14
6
Paris FC Paris FC
8
4
2
2
4
14
7
Nice Nice
9
4
2
3
1
14
8
Lens Lens
8
4
1
3
4
13
9
Marseille Marseille
8
4
0
4
5
12
10
Lorient Lorient
8
3
3
2
1
12
11
Toulouse Toulouse
8
2
4
2
1
10
12
Auxerre Auxerre
8
3
1
4
-6
10
13
Brest Brest
8
2
3
3
2
9
14
Angers Angers
8
2
2
4
-6
8
15
Le Mans Le Mans
8
1
4
3
-5
7
16
Strasbourg Strasbourg
8
2
1
5
-6
7
17
Troyes Troyes
8
1
2
5
-11
5
18
Le Havre Le Havre
9
0
2
7
-11
2

Ligue 1 2026-27 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
8/21
STR STR
@
MAR MAR
0-4
Sat
8/22
AUX AUX
@
LEN LEN
2-5
Sat
8/22
LYO LYO
@
TOU TOU
2-0
Sat
8/22
LOR LOR
@
NIC NIC
0-0
Sat
8/22
PFC PFC
@
TRO TRO
0-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM