defensive midfielders with most interceptions 2025

Johnny Cardoso had the most interceptions in LaLiga in 2024-25, with 38 interceptions.

NAMEINTSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKCLRFOULYCRC
1Johnny Cardoso
J. Cardoso
38
2024-25
Real Betis Real Betis
6.86
20
20
1,747
3
0
41
20
0
2
43
31
3
0
2Martín Zubimendi
M. Zubimendi
33
2024-25
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
6.63
25
25
2,187
1
1
59
31
0
5
61
31
5
0
3Pathé Ciss
P. Ciss
28
2024-25
Rayo Rayo
6.85
19
19
1,475
4
0
34
16
0
5
42
25
7
0
4Omar Mascarell
O. Mascarell
27
2024-25
Mallorca Mallorca
6.64
10
10
870
1
0
9
5
0
2
17
12
1
1
5Antonio Blanco
A. Blanco
27
2024-25
Alavés Alavés
6.37
20
20
1,678
0
1
44
26
0
5
25
45
6
0
6Federico Valverde
F. Valverde
25
2024-25
Real Madrid Real Madrid
7.81
14
14
1,241
3
0
26
15
0
6
23
5
2
0
7Beñat Prados
B. Prados
25
2024-25
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.75
20
20
1,397
1
0
45
32
0
3
16
31
7
0
8Pedri
Pedri
22
2024-25
Barcelona Barcelona
8.24
25
25
2,073
4
4
41
19
1
4
12
9
2
0
9Marc Casado
M. Casado
22
2024-25
Barcelona Barcelona
7.38
17
17
1,360
1
3
40
21
0
6
13
22
4
1
10Mikel Jauregizar
M. Jauregizar
21
2024-25
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.87
23
23
1,863
2
1
66
40
0
4
28
41
3
1
11Lucien Agoume
L. Agoume
21
2024-25
Sevilla Sevilla
6.60
15
15
1,243
0
3
41
18
0
3
26
32
3
0
12Sergi Altimira
S. Altimira
20
2024-25
Real Betis Real Betis
6.87
18
18
1,410
0
1
44
28
0
4
26
25
3
0
13Pol Lozano
P. Lozano
17
2024-25
Espanyol Espanyol
6.66
18
18
1,224
0
1
32
20
0
2
18
33
5
0
14Dario Essugo
D. Essugo
17
2024-25
Las Palmas Las Palmas
6.67
11
11
849
1
0
22
17
1
3
16
14
5
1
15Lucas Torró
L. Torró
17
2024-25
Osasuna Osasuna
6.10
13
13
1,073
0
0
21
10
0
5
33
23
4
0
16Stanko Jurić
S. Jurić
15
2024-25
Real Valladolid Real Valladolid
6.26
10
10
792
0
0
21
10
0
1
29
11
1
0
17Enzo Barrenechea
E. Barrenechea
14
2024-25
Valencia Valencia
7.18
13
13
1,090
0
2
32
17
0
0
24
13
3
0
18Nemanja Gudelj
N. Gudelj
13
2024-25
Sevilla Sevilla
6.40
11
11
960
0
0
19
8
0
3
24
15
3
0
19Djibril Sow
D. Sow
13
2024-25
Sevilla Sevilla
7.00
9
9
734
0
0
16
11
0
3
14
10
1
0
20Marc Roca
M. Roca
13
2024-25
Real Betis Real Betis
6.90
11
11
831
0
2
16
10
0
4
11
15
3
0
21Yvan Neyou
Y. Neyou
12
2024-25
Leganés Leganés
6.48
10
10
798
0
1
15
12
0
1
11
13
6
0
22Renato Tapia
R. Tapia
11
2024-25
Leganés Leganés
6.48
9
9
727
1
0
17
10
0
0
25
10
3
0
23Dani Ceballos
D. Ceballos
10
2024-25
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8.26
8
8
574
0
0
20
12
0
1
3
7
3
0
24Ruiz de Galarreta
R. de Galarreta
10
2024-25
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.94
16
16
1,127
0
2
25
15
0
4
12
31
3
0
25Frenkie de Jong
F. de Jong
9
2024-25
Barcelona Barcelona
7.94
6
6
459
1
0
8
3
0
2
2
4
0
0
Unlock 2x data
StatMuse has LaLiga data for interceptions going back to the 2014-15 season.
StatMuse has match-level data for detailed positions for starters going back to the 2016-17 season.

More Real Betis Stats

Team Leaders

G

2

Riquelme

Rodrigo Riquelme

A

1

Garcia

Fran Garcia

RTG

7.89

Riquelme

Rodrigo Riquelme
Team Rankings

GF

4

10th

GA

5

12th

GD

-1

11th

FORM

LWW

last 5

2026-27 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
4
Barcelona Barcelona
2
2
0
0
7
6
5
Sevilla Sevilla
3
2
0
1
1
6
6
Real Betis Real Betis
3
2
0
1
-1
6
7
Deportivo Deportivo
3
1
2
0
2
5
8
Osasuna Osasuna
2
1
1
0
1
4
Last Game
LEV Levante

W1 D1 L1

5

Final

2

BET Real Betis

W2 D0 L1

Sat 29 Aug 2026

LaLiga 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

4

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

3

Aubameyang

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

3

López

Fermin López
Assists Leaders

3

Hernández

Javier Hernández

2

Júnior

Vinícius Júnior

2

Bellingham

Jude Bellingham
Rating Leaders

9.25

Raphinha

Raphinha

9.11

Bellingham

Jude Bellingham

8.87

Güler

Arda Güler
Take-ons Leaders

10

Pépé

Nicolas Pépé

9

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

9

Larrubia

David Larrubia
Big Chances Created Leaders

3

Bellingham

Jude Bellingham

3

Olasagasti

Olasagasti

3

Hernández

Javier Hernández

LaLiga 2026-27 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Real Madrid

10

Barcelona

7

Atlético Madrid

7

Sevilla

6

Racing

5

Deportivo

5
Goals Against Rankings
Barcelona

0

Alavés

1

Osasuna

1

Real Madrid

2

Deportivo

3

Rayo

3
Goal Difference Rankings
Real Madrid

8

Barcelona

7

Alavés

4

Atlético Madrid

4

Deportivo

2

Espanyol

1

LaLiga 2026-27 Table

LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Real Madrid Real Madrid
3
3
0
0
8
9
2
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
3
2
1
0
4
7
3
Alavés Alavés
3
2
1
0
4
7
4
Barcelona Barcelona
2
2
0
0
7
6
5
Sevilla Sevilla
3
2
0
1
1
6
6
Real Betis Real Betis
3
2
0
1
-1
6
7
Deportivo Deportivo
3
1
2
0
2
5
8
Osasuna Osasuna
2
1
1
0
1
4
9
Levante Levante
3
1
1
1
0
4
10
Racing Racing
3
1
1
1
0
4
11
Espanyol Espanyol
3
1
0
2
1
3
12
Getafe Getafe
2
1
0
1
-2
3
13
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
3
1
0
2
-3
3
14
Villarreal Villarreal
3
0
2
1
-1
2
15
Rayo Rayo
2
0
1
1
-1
1
16
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
2
0
1
1
-1
1
17
Valencia Valencia
3
0
1
2
-3
1
18
Elche Elche
3
0
1
2
-6
1
19
Málaga Málaga
3
0
1
2
-6
1
20
Athletic Club Athletic Club
2
0
0
2
-4
0