most aerial duels by defenders in europe 2026

Virgil van Dijk won the most aerials by a defender in Europe's top five leagues in 2025-26, with 165 aerials won in the Premier League.

NAMEAER-WSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
165
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.94
38
38
3,420
6
0
23
15
1
4
26
308
19
4
0
2Danilho Doekhi
D. Doekhi
157
2025-26
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.62
34
34
3,060
5
0
45
31
2
6
42
193
28
4
0
3Luka Vušković
L. Vušković
148
2025-26
Hamburg Hamburg
6.99
28
27
2,442
6
0
23
17
0
6
40
284
29
6
0
4Patrick Mainka
P. Mainka
142
2025-26
Heidenheim Heidenheim
6.76
34
34
3,060
2
2
48
30
1
3
36
290
10
1
0
5James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
140
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.82
37
37
3,330
2
3
52
30
3
5
29
268
32
8
0
6Willi Orban
W. Orban
139
2025-26
Leipzig Leipzig
6.99
33
33
2,949
2
0
51
33
1
4
45
270
20
4
0
7Sepp van den Berg
S. van den Berg
135
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.92
32
30
2,763
0
2
23
9
1
3
26
215
15
2
0
8Jeff Chabot
J. Chabot
130
2025-26
Stuttgart Stuttgart
6.73
27
26
2,294
0
0
33
20
0
2
40
231
35
3
0
9Leopold Querfeld
L. Querfeld
125
2025-26
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.48
31
30
2,705
3
0
52
27
1
6
35
242
46
7
0
10Charlie Cresswell
C. Cresswell
123
2025-26
Toulouse Toulouse
6.67
29
28
2,533
3
2
26
14
1
6
30
193
31
8
0
11Victor Nelsson
V. Nelsson
122
2025-26
Verona Verona
6.52
38
37
3,315
0
0
75
45
3
1
75
284
44
4
0
12Tiago Gabriel
T. Gabriel
119
2025-26
Lecce Lecce
6.57
37
36
3,219
2
0
64
40
2
2
46
265
29
7
0
13Ozan Kabak
O. Kabak
117
2025-26
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
6.62
25
18
1,751
4
0
21
17
0
6
26
161
26
5
0
14Ibrahima Konaté
I. Konaté
115
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.91
36
36
3,090
1
0
54
31
2
3
28
194
33
7
0
15James Hill
J. Hill
112
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.72
29
22
2,106
0
3
39
20
1
2
37
173
17
5
0
16Jake O'Brien
J. O'Brien
111
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.62
37
35
3,120
1
1
56
32
1
3
13
149
23
6
1
17Maxence Lacroix
M. Lacroix
111
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.67
35
35
3,085
1
2
60
38
3
7
45
281
34
4
1
18Michael Keane
M. Keane
108
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.83
33
29
2,591
3
1
38
24
2
9
37
222
16
1
1
19Robin Koch
R. Koch
108
2025-26
Frankfurt Frankfurt
6.75
32
32
2,833
3
1
45
27
2
2
47
237
31
3
1
20Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
108
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.94
35
33
2,965
4
0
46
34
4
8
30
201
24
4
0
21Pascal Struijk
P. Struijk
107
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.81
34
33
2,936
0
1
39
22
0
8
32
230
27
5
0
22Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
106
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.78
36
36
3,210
3
3
53
31
2
7
45
221
27
9
0
23Leo Østigård
L. Østigård
106
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
6.78
30
30
2,623
5
1
38
27
0
4
30
233
38
7
0
24Jacobo Ramón
J. Ramón
106
2025-26
Como Como
6.83
32
30
2,742
2
0
50
32
0
10
38
134
33
11
1
25Leandro Cabrera
L. Cabrera
105
2025-26
Espanyol Espanyol
6.51
37
37
3,330
3
0
38
23
0
12
23
236
38
4
0
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Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
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Man City Man City
3
3
0
0
5
9
2
Arsenal Arsenal
3
3
0
0
5
9
3
Hull City Hull City
3
2
1
0
3
7
4
Chelsea Chelsea
3
2
0
1
1
6
5
Brentford Brentford
3
1
2
0
3
5
6
Liverpool Liverpool
3
1
2
0
2
5
7
Newcastle Newcastle
3
1
2
0
2
5
8
Everton Everton
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2
0
2
5
9
Leeds Leeds
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1
2
0
1
5
10
Brighton Brighton
3
1
1
1
3
4
11
Man United Man United
3
1
1
1
1
4
12
Sunderland Sunderland
3
1
1
1
0
4
13
Ipswich Ipswich
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1
0
2
-4
3
14
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
3
1
0
2
-4
3
15
Bournemouth Bournemouth
3
0
2
1
-1
2
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
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2
1
-1
2
17
Aston Villa Aston Villa
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0
1
2
-5
1
18
Tottenham Tottenham
3
0
1
2
-5
1
19
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0
0
3
-3
0
20
Coventry Coventry
3
0
0
3
-5
0
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
4
4
0
0
15
12
2
Alavés Alavés
4
3
1
0
7
10
3
Sevilla Sevilla
5
3
1
1
2
10
4
Real Madrid Real Madrid
4
3
0
1
7
9
5
Real Betis Real Betis
4
3
0
1
0
9
6
Deportivo Deportivo
4
2
2
0
3
8
7
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
4
2
1
1
1
7
8
Osasuna Osasuna
4
2
1
1
-1
7
9
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
5
2
1
2
-2
7
10
Athletic Club Athletic Club
4
2
0
2
1
6
11
Levante Levante
4
1
2
1
0
5
12
Espanyol Espanyol
4
1
1
2
1
4
13
Racing Racing
4
1
1
2
-1
4
14
Rayo Rayo
4
1
1
2
-3
4
15
Getafe Getafe
4
1
1
2
-3
4
16
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
5
0
3
2
-3
3
17
Villarreal Villarreal
4
0
2
2
-2
2
18
Málaga Málaga
4
0
2
2
-6
2
19
Elche Elche
4
0
1
3
-7
1
20
Valencia Valencia
5
0
1
4
-9
1
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Augsburg Augsburg
2
2
0
0
6
6
2
Freiburg Freiburg
2
2
0
0
4
6
3
Dortmund Dortmund
2
2
0
0
3
6
4
Elversberg Elversberg
2
2
0
0
2
6
5
Mainz Mainz
2
1
1
0
5
4
6
Bayern Bayern
2
1
1
0
4
4
7
Schalke Schalke
3
1
1
1
-1
4
8
Leverkusen Leverkusen
2
1
0
1
3
3
9
Leipzig Leipzig
2
1
0
1
1
3
10
Stuttgart Stuttgart
2
1
0
1
-1
3
11
Werder Werder
2
1
0
1
-1
3
12
Köln Köln
2
1
0
1
-2
3
13
Paderborn Paderborn
2
0
1
1
-1
1
14
Frankfurt Frankfurt
2
0
1
1
-3
1
15
Union Berlin Union Berlin
3
0
1
2
-6
1
16
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
2
0
0
2
-2
0
17
M'gladbach M'gladbach
2
0
0
2
-4
0
18
Hamburg Hamburg
2
0
0
2
-7
0
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Roma Roma
3
3
0
0
9
9
2
Inter Inter
3
3
0
0
5
9
3
Lazio Lazio
3
3
0
0
3
9
4
Como Como
3
2
1
0
4
7
5
Milan Milan
3
2
1
0
3
7
6
Juventus Juventus
3
2
1
0
3
7
7
Frosinone Frosinone
3
2
0
1
3
6
8
Atalanta Atalanta
3
2
0
1
1
6
9
Cagliari Cagliari
3
2
0
1
1
6
10
Udinese Udinese
3
1
1
1
0
4
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
3
1
1
1
0
4
12
Napoli Napoli
3
1
0
2
0
3
13
Torino Torino
3
1
0
2
-1
3
14
Lecce Lecce
3
1
0
2
-3
3
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
4
1
0
3
-6
3
16
Bologna Bologna
3
0
1
2
-2
1
17
Parma Parma
3
0
1
2
-3
1
18
Monza Monza
3
0
1
2
-4
1
19
Genoa Genoa
3
0
0
3
-6
0
20
Venezia Venezia
4
0
0
4
-7
0
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
Rennes Rennes
4
3
1
0
3
10
2
Monaco Monaco
3
3
0
0
4
9
3
Lyon Lyon
3
2
1
0
4
7
4
Paris FC Paris FC
3
2
1
0
4
7
5
Lille Lille
3
2
1
0
3
7
6
Strasbourg Strasbourg
3
2
0
1
1
6
7
Brest Brest
3
1
2
0
1
5
8
Lorient Lorient
3
1
1
1
0
4
9
Troyes Troyes
3
1
1
1
-3
4
10
Lens Lens
3
1
0
2
1
3
11
Marseille Marseille
4
1
0
3
0
3
12
Angers Angers
3
1
0
2
-1
3
13
Le Mans Le Mans
3
0
2
1
-1
2
14
PSG PSG
3
0
2
1
-1
2
15
Nice Nice
3
0
2
1
-3
2
16
Le Havre Le Havre
3
0
1
2
-2
1
17
Toulouse Toulouse
3
0
1
2
-3
1
18
Auxerre Auxerre
3
0
0
3
-7
0
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
1
1
0
0
5
3
2
Bayern Bayern
1
1
0
0
5
3
3
Barcelona Barcelona
1
1
0
0
4
3
4
Man United Man United
1
1
0
0
4
3
5
Como Como
1
1
0
0
3
3
6
Stuttgart Stuttgart
1
1
0
0
2
3
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
1
1
0
0
2
3
8
Man City Man City
1
1
0
0
2
3
9
Aston Villa Aston Villa
1
1
0
0
1
3
10
Lens Lens
1
1
0
0
1
3
11
Real Betis Real Betis
1
1
0
0
1
3
12
Dortmund Dortmund
1
1
0
0
1
3
13
Liverpool Liverpool
1
1
0
0
1
3
14
Real Madrid Real Madrid
1
1
0
0
1
3
15
Arsenal Arsenal
1
1
0
0
1
3
16
AEK AEK
1
1
0
0
1
3
17
Roma Roma
1
0
1
0
0
1
18
PSV PSV
1
0
1
0
0
1
19
Shaktar Shaktar
1
0
1
0
0
1
20
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
1
0
1
0
0
1
21
Lille Lille
1
0
0
1
-1
0
22
Villarreal Villarreal
1
0
0
1
-1
0
23
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
1
0
0
1
-1
0
24
Club Brugge Club Brugge
1
0
0
1
-1
0
25
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
1
0
0
1
-1
0
26
Inter Inter
1
0
0
1
-1
0
27
Napoli Napoli
1
0
0
1
-1
0
28
LASK LASK
1
0
0
1
-1
0
29
Galatasaray Galatasaray
1
0
0
1
-2
0
30
Viking Viking
1
0
0
1
-2
0
31
Porto Porto
1
0
0
1
-2
0
32
Leipzig Leipzig
1
0
0
1
-3
0
33
Feyenoord Feyenoord
1
0
0
1
-4
0
34
Sabah Sabah
1
0
0
1
-4
0
35
Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
1
0
0
1
-5
0
36
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
1
0
0
1
-5
0

Europe Top Five 2026-27 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
8/15
GET GET
@
ALA ALA
0-3
Sat
8/15
RAY RAY
@
SEV SEV
1-2
Sun
8/16
VIL VIL
@
RAC RAC
2-2
Sun
8/16
LEV LEV
@
ESP ESP
0-3
Mon
8/17
ELC ELC
@
DEP DEP
1-1

Fixtures

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