defensive midfielders with the most duels won this season

Elliot Anderson won the most duels by a defensive midfielder in Europe's top five leagues in 2025-26, with 228 duels won in the Premier League.

NAMEDUEL-WSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Elliot Anderson
E. Anderson
228
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
7.31
29
29
2,592
1
2
82
51
0
16
30
38
44
5
0
2Benjamin André
B. André
187
2025-26
Lille Lille
6.87
24
24
2,134
2
2
59
34
1
8
27
39
30
8
0
3James Garner
J. Garner
178
2025-26
Everton Everton
7.18
30
30
2,693
1
7
106
60
0
7
50
59
33
11
0
4Mikel Jauregizar
M. Jauregizar
155
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.51
33
33
2,706
2
0
68
45
0
17
46
25
47
6
1
5Ryan Gravenberch
R. Gravenberch
154
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7.32
33
33
2,845
5
3
54
34
0
13
42
51
35
4
0
6Alex Scott
A. Scott
153
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
7.07
31
31
2,503
3
1
55
36
0
13
32
72
39
4
0
7Moisés Caicedo
M. Caicedo
149
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
7.47
27
27
2,307
3
1
77
43
1
10
51
19
45
11
1
8Maximilian Eggestein
M. Eggestein
143
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
6.62
32
32
2,880
2
1
60
32
0
20
30
60
16
4
0
9Ruiz de Galarreta
R. de Galarreta
132
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.83
29
29
1,981
0
2
52
28
0
8
20
19
50
10
0
10Ylber Ramadani
Y. Ramadani
129
2025-26
Lecce Lecce
6.59
23
23
2,005
0
0
59
32
0
7
25
29
26
7
0
11Samu Costa
S. Costa
120
2025-26
Mallorca Mallorca
6.55
16
16
1,366
4
0
33
17
0
4
16
50
36
8
0
12Johan Manzambi
J. Manzambi
118
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
7.20
17
17
1,351
2
2
24
11
1
9
21
30
12
3
0
13Casemiro
Casemiro
112
2025-26
Man United Man United
7.09
18
18
1,493
5
1
57
27
0
5
22
46
24
4
0
14Sander Berge
S. Berge
110
2025-26
Fulham Fulham
6.85
32
32
2,708
0
0
48
36
0
6
24
47
34
5
0
15Hugo Magnetti
H. Magnetti
107
2025-26
Brest Brest
6.75
23
23
1,971
1
1
58
36
0
8
34
46
23
2
0
16Pedri
Pedri
105
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
8.38
19
19
1,616
2
6
41
29
0
4
16
17
6
2
1
17Amadou Onana
A. Onana
104
2025-26
Aston Villa Aston Villa
6.89
20
20
1,621
1
0
43
26
0
4
17
55
17
3
0
18Ayyoub Bouaddi
A. Bouaddi
102
2025-26
Lille Lille
6.67
21
21
1,687
0
1
43
30
0
6
16
19
29
6
1
19Haris Belkebla
H. Belkebla
98
2025-26
Angers Angers
6.67
19
19
1,624
0
0
47
29
0
1
13
24
10
6
0
20Rodri
Rodri
97
2025-26
Man City Man City
7.78
16
16
1,332
1
0
34
22
0
6
10
42
13
3
0
21Tim Iroegbunam
T. Iroegbunam
96
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.49
16
16
1,249
0
1
57
36
0
2
17
10
23
7
0
22Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
95
2025-26
Everton Everton
7.14
25
25
2,093
2
3
45
21
0
11
29
22
21
1
1
23Ibrahim Sangaré
I. Sangaré
94
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.78
21
21
1,749
2
2
49
28
0
2
17
45
36
3
0
24Alexis Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
94
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7.08
26
26
2,089
2
4
47
22
0
12
15
31
28
5
0
25Lucas Da Cunha
L. Da Cunha
90
2025-26
Como Como
7.42
28
28
2,294
4
4
47
27
0
10
15
18
30
3
0
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More Nottm Forest Stats

Team Leaders

G

15

Gibbs-White

Morgan Gibbs-White

A

5

Hutchinson

Omari Hutchinson

RTG

7.35

Anderson

Elliot Anderson
Team Rankings

GF

48

12th

GA

51

8th

GD

-3

11th

FORM

DLDWW

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
14
Leeds Leeds
38
11
14
13
-7
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
38
11
12
15
-10
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
38
11
11
16
-3
44
17
Tottenham Tottenham
38
10
11
17
-9
41
18
West Ham West Ham
38
10
9
19
-19
39
Last Game
FOR Nottm Forest

W11 D11 L16

1

Final

1

BOU Bournemouth

W13 D18 L7

Sun 24 May 2026

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

36

Kane

Harry Kane

27

Haaland

Erling Haaland

25

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé
Assists Leaders

21

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

19

Olise

Michael Olise

16

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco
Rating Leaders

8.25

Olise

Michael Olise

8.15

Pedri

Pedri

8.07

Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich
Take-ons Leaders

127

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

115

Diomandé

Yan Diomandé

85

Júnior

Vinícius Júnior
Big Chances Created Leaders

32

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

29

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

28

Olise

Michael Olise

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Bayern

122

Barcelona

95

Inter

89

Real Madrid

77

Man City

77

PSG

74
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

27

PSG

29

Como

29

Roma

31

Juventus

32

Dortmund

34
Goal Difference Rankings
Bayern

86

Barcelona

59

Inter

54

PSG

45

Arsenal

44

Real Madrid

42

FC 2025-26 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
38
26
7
5
44
85
2
Man City Man City
38
23
9
6
42
78
3
Man United Man United
38
20
11
7
19
71
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
38
19
8
11
7
65
5
Liverpool Liverpool
38
17
9
12
10
60
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
38
13
18
7
4
57
7
Sunderland Sunderland
38
14
12
12
-6
54
8
Brighton Brighton
38
14
11
13
6
53
9
Brentford Brentford
38
14
11
13
3
53
10
Chelsea Chelsea
38
14
10
14
6
52
11
Fulham Fulham
38
15
7
16
-4
52
12
Newcastle Newcastle
38
14
7
17
-2
49
13
Everton Everton
38
13
10
15
-3
49
14
Leeds Leeds
38
11
14
13
-7
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
38
11
12
15
-10
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
38
11
11
16
-3
44
17
Tottenham Tottenham
38
10
11
17
-9
41
18
West Ham West Ham
38
10
9
19
-19
39
19
Burnley Burnley
38
4
10
24
-37
22
20
Wolves Wolves
38
3
11
24
-41
20
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
38
31
1
6
59
94
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
38
27
5
6
42
86
3
Villarreal Villarreal
38
22
6
10
26
72
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
38
21
6
11
18
69
5
Real Betis Real Betis
38
15
15
8
11
60
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
38
14
12
12
5
54
7
Getafe Getafe
38
15
6
17
-6
51
8
Rayo Rayo
38
12
14
12
-3
50
9
Valencia Valencia
38
13
10
15
-9
49
10
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
38
11
13
14
-2
46
11
Espanyol Espanyol
38
12
10
16
-12
46
12
Athletic Club Athletic Club
38
13
6
19
-15
45
13
Sevilla Sevilla
38
12
7
19
-14
43
14
Alavés Alavés
38
11
10
17
-12
43
15
Elche Elche
38
10
13
15
-8
43
16
Levante Levante
38
11
9
18
-14
42
17
Osasuna Osasuna
38
11
9
18
-6
42
18
Mallorca Mallorca
38
11
9
18
-10
42
19
Girona Girona
38
9
14
15
-16
41
20
Oviedo Oviedo
38
6
11
21
-34
29
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
34
28
5
1
86
89
2
Dortmund Dortmund
34
22
7
5
36
73
3
Leipzig Leipzig
34
20
5
9
19
65
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
34
18
8
8
22
62
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
34
18
7
9
13
61
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
34
17
8
9
21
59
7
Freiburg Freiburg
34
13
8
13
-6
47
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
34
11
11
12
-4
44
9
Augsburg Augsburg
34
12
7
15
-16
43
10
Mainz Mainz
34
10
10
14
-9
40
11
Union Berlin Union Berlin
34
10
9
15
-14
39
12
M'gladbach M'gladbach
34
9
11
14
-11
38
13
Hamburg Hamburg
34
9
11
14
-14
38
14
Köln Köln
34
7
11
16
-14
32
15
Werder Werder
34
8
8
18
-23
32
16
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
34
7
8
19
-24
29
17
Heidenheim Heidenheim
34
6
8
20
-31
26
18
St. Pauli St. Pauli
34
6
8
20
-31
26
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
38
27
6
5
54
87
2
Napoli Napoli
38
23
7
8
22
76
3
Roma Roma
38
23
4
11
28
73
4
Como Como
38
20
11
7
36
71
5
Milan Milan
38
20
10
8
18
70
6
Juventus Juventus
38
19
12
7
27
69
7
Atalanta Atalanta
38
15
14
9
15
59
8
Bologna Bologna
38
16
8
14
3
56
9
Lazio Lazio
38
14
12
12
1
54
10
Udinese Udinese
38
14
8
16
-3
50
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
38
14
7
17
-4
49
12
Torino Torino
38
12
9
17
-19
45
13
Parma Parma
38
11
12
15
-18
45
14
Cagliari Cagliari
38
11
10
17
-13
43
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
38
9
15
14
-9
42
16
Genoa Genoa
38
10
11
17
-10
41
17
Lecce Lecce
38
10
8
20
-22
38
18
Cremonese Cremonese
38
8
10
20
-25
34
19
Verona Verona
38
3
12
23
-36
21
20
Pisa Pisa
38
2
12
24
-45
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
34
24
4
6
45
76
2
Lens Lens
34
22
4
8
31
70
3
Lille Lille
34
18
7
9
15
61
4
Lyon Lyon
34
18
6
10
13
60
5
Marseille Marseille
34
18
5
11
18
59
6
Rennes Rennes
34
17
8
9
9
59
7
Monaco Monaco
34
16
6
12
6
54
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
34
15
8
11
11
53
9
Lorient Lorient
34
11
12
11
-3
45
10
Toulouse Toulouse
34
12
8
13
1
44
11
Paris FC Paris FC
34
11
11
12
-3
44
12
Brest Brest
34
10
9
15
-12
39
13
Angers Angers
34
9
9
16
-19
36
14
Le Havre Le Havre
34
7
14
13
-12
35
15
Auxerre Auxerre
34
8
10
16
-10
34
16
Nice Nice
34
7
11
16
-23
32
17
Nantes Nantes
34
5
8
20
-23
23
18
Metz Metz
34
3
8
23
-44
17
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
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
Sun
4/26
SAS SAS
@
FIO FIO
0-0
Sun
4/26
RSO RSO
@
RAY RAY
3-3
Sun
4/26
COM COM
@
GEN GEN
2-0
Sun
4/26
WER WER
@
STU STU
1-1
Sun
4/26
ELC ELC
@
OVI OVI
2-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM
Sun
5/24
JUV JUV
@
TOR TOR
2:45 PM