defensive midfielders with the most duels won this season

Santiago Comesaña and Benjamin André are tied for winning the most duels by a defensive midfielder in the Champions League this season, with 9 duels won.

NAMEDUEL-WSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Santiago Comesaña
S. Comesaña
9
2026-27
Villarreal Villarreal
6.6
1
1
90
0
0
5
2
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
2Benjamin André
B. André
9
2026-27
Lille Lille
5.5
1
1
76
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
4
2
0
0
3Peter Pokorný
P. Pokorný
8
2026-27
Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
5.5
1
1
90
0
0
7
4
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
4João Gomes
J. Gomes
8
2026-27
Aston Villa Aston Villa
7.4
1
1
90
0
1
5
2
0
1
1
5
3
1
0
5Boubacar Kamara
B. Kamara
7
2026-27
Aston Villa Aston Villa
7.7
1
1
67
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
5
1
0
0
6Dominik Szoboszlai
D. Szoboszlai
6
2026-27
Liverpool Liverpool
9.0
1
1
90
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
7Angelo Stiller
A. Stiller
6
2026-27
Stuttgart Stuttgart
8.7
1
1
90
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
8Enzo Fernández
E. Fernández
6
2026-27
Man City Man City
8.1
1
1
90
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
9Pape Guèye
P. Guèye
6
2026-27
Villarreal Villarreal
6.5
1
1
90
0
0
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
10Ayyoub Bouaddi
A. Bouaddi
6
2026-27
Man City Man City
7.8
1
1
74
0
0
3
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
11Marlon Gomes
M. Gomes
5
2026-27
Shaktar Shaktar
7.3
1
1
90
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
12Alexis Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
5
2026-27
Liverpool Liverpool
9.0
1
1
68
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
13Mikel Merino
M. Merino
5
2026-27
Arsenal Arsenal
6.9
1
1
65
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
14Kobbie Mainoo
K. Mainoo
4
2026-27
Man United Man United
8.3
1
1
63
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
15Aleksandar Pavlovic
A. Pavlovic
4
2026-27
Bayern Bayern
9.4
1
1
90
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
16Grischa Prömel
G. Prömel
4
2026-27
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7.1
1
1
90
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
17Gjivai Zechiël
G. Zechiël
4
2026-27
Feyenoord Feyenoord
6.8
1
1
90
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
18Luis Milla
L. Milla
3
2026-27
Como Como
7.2
1
1
90
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
4
2
0
0
19Oleh Ocheretko
O. Ocheretko
3
2026-27
Shaktar Shaktar
6.6
1
1
90
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
20Lucas Torreira
L. Torreira
3
2026-27
Galatasaray Galatasaray
7.3
1
1
84
0
0
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
21Charles Vanhoutte
C. Vanhoutte
3
2026-27
Feyenoord Feyenoord
6.5
1
1
71
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
22Freddie Potts
F. Potts
3
2026-27
Club Brugge Club Brugge
5.5
1
1
85
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
3
3
0
0
23Federico Valverde
F. Valverde
3
2026-27
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8.5
1
1
90
1
0
3
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
24Melayro Bogarde
M. Bogarde
3
2026-27
LASK LASK
5.5
1
1
90
0
0
3
1
0
0
2
2
4
1
0
25Hans Vanaken
H. Vanaken
3
2026-27
Club Brugge Club Brugge
6.3
1
1
76
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
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PSG PSG
1
1
0
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5
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Bayern Bayern
1
1
0
0
5
3
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1
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7
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9
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10
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11
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1
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12
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3
13
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14
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16
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18
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20
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21
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1
0
0
1
-1
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22
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23
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0
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24
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0
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1
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25
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0
0
1
-1
0
26
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0
0
1
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0
27
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1
0
0
1
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0
28
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1
0
0
1
-1
0
29
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1
0
0
1
-2
0
30
Viking Viking
1
0
0
1
-2
0
31
Porto Porto
1
0
0
1
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0
32
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33
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34
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0
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