midfielders with the most ball recoveries per total appearances

Sergio González has the most career ball recoveries per game played by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues in LaLiga, with 9.

NAMEREC/MRECMRatingMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Sergio González
S. González
9
9
1
90
1
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
39
2
0
2Julien Féret
J. Féret
8.37
1,230
147
12,381
141
12
0.08
16
28
3
1
118
31
4
8,881
49
4
3Blendi Idrizi
B. Idrizi
8.33
25
3
239
3
1
0.33
0
1
0
0
4
1
0
113
2
0
4Jaba Kankava
J. Kankava
8.26
223
27
2,336
27
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
11
4
0
1,672
1
0
5Alexandre Song
A. Song
8.07
323
40
2,907
33
0
0.00
3
3
0
0
18
1
0
2,243
0
0
6Danny Drinkwater
D. Drinkwater
8.02
834
104
7,836
88
5
0.05
8
13
0
0
95
17
0
6,725
37
1
7Marco Marchionni
M. Marchionni
8
8
1
77
1
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
74
0
0
8Gabriel Peñalba
G. Peñalba
7.86
55
7
571
7
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
447
2
0
9Stijn Spierings
S. Spierings
7.82
485
62
6.90
4,754
52
2
0.03
1
3
0
0
35
6
1
3,980
29
0
10Andrés Cubas
A. Cubas
7.79
218
28
2,254
27
1
0.04
0
1
0
0
11
5
0
1,337
9
0
11N'golo Kanté
N. Kanté
7.77
2,052
264
21,602
245
14
0.05
20
34
0
0
191
51
0
17,937
206
8
12Lucas Biglia
L. Biglia
7.77
1,095
141
10,743
126
13
0.09
10
23
6
3
110
31
5
10,442
23
1
13Jérémy Toulalan
J. Toulalan
7.76
807
104
9,173
104
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
23
3
0
7,222
5
0
14Soufiane El-Faouzi
S. El-Faouzi
7.6
38
5
5.90
450
5
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
5
3
0
300
6
0
15Wilfred Ndidi
W. Ndidi
7.6
1,671
220
18,192
206
7
0.03
14
21
0
0
212
39
6
13,968
230
9
16Jonathan Hogg
J. Hogg
7.51
443
59
4,843
58
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
20
3
1
3,783
16
1
17Joey Barton
J. Barton
7.43
312
42
3,455
39
2
0.05
3
5
0
1
47
10
2
2,710
6
0
18Francesco Magnanelli
F. Magnanelli
7.4
1,332
180
13,212
151
3
0.02
4
7
0
0
71
10
2
11,912
11
1
19Hamit Altıntop
H. Altıntop
7.38
118
16
1,362
15
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
20
8
0
998
1
0
20Benjamin André
B. André
7.37
2,748
373
31,176
356
18
0.05
18
36
0
0
254
70
6
27,600
412
22
21Rodri
Rodri
7.27
2,180
300
22,871
261
27
0.09
26
53
1
0
302
90
8
25,464
384
16
22Rúben Neves
R. Neves
7.27
1,286
177
14,423
164
21
0.12
9
30
8
3
311
74
5
12,200
63
2
23Rubén Pérez
R. Pérez
7.24
1,224
169
13,204
150
1
0.01
4
5
1
0
101
15
0
9,476
5
4
24Benoît Pedretti
B. Pedretti
7.23
188
26
1,870
21
1
0.04
2
3
0
1
21
7
1
1,628
10
1
25Tjark Scheller
T. Scheller
7.2
36
5
6.76
444
5
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
373
8
0
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Assists Leaders

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Cásseres Yepes

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Hernández

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Larrubia

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Goals For Rankings
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Inter

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FC 2026-27 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Man City Man City
5
5
0
0
8
15
2
Arsenal Arsenal
5
4
0
1
4
12
3
Brighton Brighton
5
3
1
1
11
10
4
Brentford Brentford
5
2
3
0
6
9
5
Leeds Leeds
5
2
3
0
4
9
6
Liverpool Liverpool
5
2
3
0
3
9
7
Everton Everton
5
2
3
0
3
9
8
Hull City Hull City
5
2
2
1
2
8
9
Newcastle Newcastle
5
2
2
1
0
8
10
Chelsea Chelsea
5
2
1
2
-2
7
11
Ipswich Ipswich
5
2
0
3
-4
6
12
Man United Man United
5
1
2
2
0
5
13
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
5
1
2
2
-1
5
14
Sunderland Sunderland
5
1
1
3
-4
4
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
5
1
1
3
-5
4
16
Aston Villa Aston Villa
5
1
1
3
-5
4
17
Bournemouth Bournemouth
5
0
3
2
-2
3
18
Coventry Coventry
5
1
0
4
-9
3
19
Fulham Fulham
5
0
2
3
-3
2
20
Tottenham Tottenham
5
0
2
3
-6
2
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
8
8
0
0
27
24
2
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
6
1
1
10
19
3
Real Betis Real Betis
8
6
1
1
5
19
4
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8
6
0
2
11
18
5
Sevilla Sevilla
8
4
2
2
1
14
6
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
8
4
1
3
-3
13
7
Alavés Alavés
8
3
2
3
4
11
8
Deportivo Deportivo
9
2
5
2
1
11
9
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
8
1
5
2
2
8
10
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6
2
2
2
1
8
11
Villarreal Villarreal
8
2
2
4
0
8
12
Espanyol Espanyol
8
2
2
4
0
8
13
Rayo Rayo
7
2
2
3
-5
8
14
Getafe Getafe
8
2
2
4
-6
8
15
Racing Racing
8
2
2
4
-10
8
16
Osasuna Osasuna
8
2
2
4
-10
8
17
Levante Levante
8
1
4
3
-4
7
18
Elche Elche
8
1
3
4
-6
6
19
Valencia Valencia
8
1
2
5
-9
5
20
Málaga Málaga
8
0
4
4
-9
4
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Freiburg Freiburg
5
4
1
0
10
13
2
Dortmund Dortmund
5
4
1
0
7
13
3
Bayern Bayern
5
3
2
0
12
11
4
Leverkusen Leverkusen
5
3
1
1
6
10
5
Leipzig Leipzig
5
3
0
2
10
9
6
Augsburg Augsburg
5
2
2
1
5
8
7
Werder Werder
5
2
2
1
0
8
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
6
2
2
2
-6
8
9
Mainz Mainz
5
2
1
2
3
7
10
Elversberg Elversberg
5
2
1
2
0
7
11
Köln Köln
6
2
1
3
-3
7
12
Stuttgart Stuttgart
5
2
0
3
-1
6
13
Hamburg Hamburg
5
2
0
3
-10
6
14
Schalke Schalke
5
1
2
2
-2
5
15
Paderborn Paderborn
5
1
1
3
-4
4
16
Union Berlin Union Berlin
5
1
1
3
-12
4
17
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
5
1
0
4
-4
3
18
M'gladbach M'gladbach
5
0
0
5
-11
0
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
6
5
1
0
10
16
2
Lazio Lazio
6
5
1
0
7
16
3
Roma Roma
6
4
2
0
11
14
4
Frosinone Frosinone
7
4
1
2
4
13
5
Cagliari Cagliari
6
4
1
1
3
13
6
Milan Milan
6
3
3
0
6
12
7
Juventus Juventus
6
3
2
1
4
11
8
Como Como
6
3
2
1
3
11
9
Napoli Napoli
6
3
1
2
4
10
10
Atalanta Atalanta
6
3
0
3
0
9
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
7
2
2
3
-2
8
12
Torino Torino
6
2
1
3
-2
7
13
Lecce Lecce
6
2
0
4
-6
6
14
Bologna Bologna
6
1
2
3
-2
5
15
Udinese Udinese
6
1
1
4
-4
4
16
Monza Monza
6
1
1
4
-6
4
17
Genoa Genoa
6
1
1
4
-6
4
18
Parma Parma
6
1
1
4
-6
4
19
Fiorentina Fiorentina
6
1
1
4
-7
4
20
Venezia Venezia
6
0
0
6
-11
0
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
Monaco Monaco
6
4
2
0
5
14
2
Lille Lille
6
4
1
1
5
13
3
Rennes Rennes
6
4
1
1
2
13
4
Lyon Lyon
6
3
2
1
7
11
5
Paris FC Paris FC
6
3
2
1
4
11
6
PSG PSG
6
3
2
1
3
11
7
Toulouse Toulouse
7
2
3
2
1
9
8
Brest Brest
6
2
2
2
3
8
9
Lorient Lorient
6
2
2
2
0
8
10
Nice Nice
6
2
2
2
-2
8
11
Lens Lens
6
2
1
3
1
7
12
Strasbourg Strasbourg
6
2
1
3
-1
7
13
Angers Angers
6
2
1
3
-3
7
14
Marseille Marseille
6
2
0
4
1
6
15
Le Mans Le Mans
7
1
3
3
-5
6
16
Auxerre Auxerre
6
2
0
4
-8
6
17
Troyes Troyes
6
1
1
4
-9
4
18
Le Havre Le Havre
6
0
2
4
-4
2
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
2
2
0
0
7
6
2
Aston Villa Aston Villa
2
2
0
0
7
6
3
Barcelona Barcelona
2
2
0
0
7
6
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
2
2
0
0
5
6
5
Liverpool Liverpool
2
2
0
0
4
6
6
Sporting CP Sporting CP
2
2
0
0
4
6
7
Arsenal Arsenal
2
2
0
0
4
6
8
Real Madrid Real Madrid
2
2
0
0
2
6
9
Real Betis Real Betis
2
2
0
0
2
6
10
Bayern Bayern
2
1
1
0
5
4
11
Shaktar Shaktar
2
1
1
0
2
4
12
Como Como
2
1
0
1
2
3
13
Man United Man United
2
1
0
1
2
3
14
Villarreal Villarreal
2
1
0
1
1
3
15
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
2
1
0
1
1
3
16
Club Brugge Club Brugge
2
1
0
1
0
3
17
Man City Man City
2
1
0
1
0
3
18
Dortmund Dortmund
2
1
0
1
0
3
19
Lens Lens
2
1
0
1
-1
3
20
AEK AEK
2
1
0
1
-1
3
21
Leipzig Leipzig
2
1
0
1
-2
3
22
Sabah Sabah
2
1
0
1
-2
3
23
Feyenoord Feyenoord
2
1
0
1
-3
3
24
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
2
1
0
1
-4
3
25
Roma Roma
2
0
1
1
-1
1
26
PSV PSV
2
0
1
1
-1
1
27
Viking Viking
2
0
1
1
-2
1
28
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
2
0
1
1
-6
1
29
Inter Inter
2
0
0
2
-2
0
30
Porto Porto
2
0
0
2
-3
0
31
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
2
0
0
2
-3
0
32
Napoli Napoli
2
0
0
2
-3
0
33
LASK LASK
2
0
0
2
-4
0
34
Lille Lille
2
0
0
2
-4
0
35
Galatasaray Galatasaray
2
0
0
2
-5
0
36
Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
2
0
0
2
-8
0

Europe Top Five 2026-27 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
9/4
AUX AUX
@
LYO LYO
1-3
Fri
9/4
KOL KOL
@
STU STU
1-4
Fri
9/4
LIV LIV
@
IPS IPS
2-0
Fri
9/4
RMA RMA
@
BET BET
0-1
Fri
9/4
MON MON
@
PSG PSG
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