most aerial duels won by a midfielder

Mikel Merino has won the most aerials by a midfielder in the Champions League this season, with 25 aerials won.

Interpreted as:
most aerial duels won by a midfielder this season
NAMEAER-WSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Mikel Merino
M. Merino
25
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
6.81
7
515
6
2
0.29
0
2
0
0
7
4
0
285
14
1
2Marten de Roon
M. de Roon
21
2025-26
Atalanta Atalanta
6.11
8
624
7
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
4
0
0
465
5
0
3Kasper Waarst Høgh
K. Waarst Høgh
20
2025-26
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
6.42
8
601
8
3
0.38
1
4
0
0
22
9
1
187
32
6
4Martín Zubimendi
M. Zubimendi
13
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
6.93
6
522
6
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
418
6
1
5André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
A. Zambo Anguissa
12
2025-26
Napoli Napoli
5.85
4
340
4
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
207
11
2
6Odin Lurås Bjørtuft
O. Lurås Bjørtuft
12
2025-26
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
6.42
8
720
8
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
577
3
0
7Ivan Perišić
I. Perišić
11
2025-26
PSV PSV
6.05
8
533
7
1
0.13
1
2
1
0
11
3
0
315
19
3
8Aurélien Tchouameni
A. Tchouameni
11
2025-26
Real Madrid Real Madrid
7.18
8
673
8
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
9
2
1
554
3
0
9Lukas Lerager
L. Lerager
11
2025-26
København København
5.84
5
450
5
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
8
2
0
253
12
1
10David Goldar
D. Goldar
10
2025-26
Páfos Páfos
6.43
6
417
5
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
217
6
0
11Scott McTominay
S. McTominay
9
2025-26
Napoli Napoli
7.49
8
698
8
4
0.50
0
4
0
0
16
6
1
456
28
0
12Weston McKennie
W. McKennie
9
2025-26
Juventus Juventus
7.04
8
689
8
3
0.38
0
3
0
0
11
6
0
396
18
1
13Nico O’Reilly
N. O’Reilly
9
2025-26
Man City Man City
7.41
7
580
6
1
0.14
2
3
0
0
10
7
0
530
17
1
14Charles De Ketelaere
C. De Ketelaere
9
2025-26
Atalanta Atalanta
7.27
7
527
6
2
0.29
2
4
0
0
11
5
1
375
39
3
15Hans Vanaken
H. Vanaken
9
2025-26
Club Brugge Club Brugge
7.29
8
720
8
2
0.25
3
5
0
0
4
2
0
608
16
0
16Lukáš Provod
L. Provod
9
2025-26
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
6.29
8
700
8
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
20
5
1
528
26
1
17Francisco Ortega
F. Ortega
9
2025-26
Olympiacos Olympiacos
6.52
8
682
8
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
465
6
0
18Panagiotis Retsos
P. Retsos
8
2025-26
Olympiacos Olympiacos
6.68
7
625
7
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
363
4
0
19Rodrigo Bentancur
R. Bentancur
8
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
6.59
5
410
5
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
264
4
0
20Enzo Barrenechea
E. Barrenechea
8
2025-26
Benfica Benfica
7.53
8
569
6
1
0.13
0
1
0
0
6
2
0
494
5
0
21Renato Veiga
R. Veiga
8
2025-26
Villarreal Villarreal
6.77
8
720
8
1
0.13
0
1
0
0
6
2
0
579
9
3
22Khéphren Thuram
K. Thuram
8
2025-26
Juventus Juventus
7.08
7
434
5
1
0.14
1
2
0
0
6
3
0
307
8
0
23Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
7
2025-26
Marseille Marseille
7.45
8
659
7
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
6
1
0
687
13
0
24João Palhinha
J. Palhinha
7
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
7.04
7
359
3
1
0.14
1
2
0
0
3
2
0
290
4
0
25Jude Bellingham
J. Bellingham
7
2025-26
Real Madrid Real Madrid
7.56
7
491
5
2
0.29
1
3
0
0
16
4
0
372
25
1
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FC 2025-26 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
25
17
5
3
32
56
2
Man City Man City
26
16
5
5
30
53
3
Aston Villa Aston Villa
26
15
5
6
10
50
4
Man United Man United
26
12
9
5
10
45
5
Chelsea Chelsea
26
12
8
6
17
44
6
Liverpool Liverpool
26
12
6
8
6
42
7
Brentford Brentford
25
12
3
10
5
39
8
Everton Everton
26
10
7
9
-1
37
9
Bournemouth Bournemouth
26
9
10
7
-2
37
10
Newcastle Newcastle
26
10
6
10
0
36
11
Sunderland Sunderland
26
9
9
8
-3
36
12
Fulham Fulham
26
10
4
12
-5
34
13
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
26
8
8
10
-4
32
14
Brighton Brighton
26
7
10
9
0
31
15
Leeds Leeds
26
7
9
10
-9
30
16
Tottenham Tottenham
26
7
8
11
-1
29
17
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
26
7
6
13
-13
27
18
West Ham West Ham
26
6
6
14
-17
24
19
Burnley Burnley
26
4
6
16
-23
18
20
Wolves Wolves
26
1
6
19
-32
9
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
23
19
1
3
40
58
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
23
18
3
2
31
57
3
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
23
13
6
4
20
45
4
Villarreal Villarreal
22
14
3
5
19
45
5
Real Betis Real Betis
23
10
8
5
9
38
6
Espanyol Espanyol
23
10
4
9
-4
34
7
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
23
8
9
6
5
33
8
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
23
8
7
8
2
31
9
Osasuna Osasuna
23
8
5
10
0
29
10
Athletic Club Athletic Club
23
8
4
11
-8
28
11
Getafe Getafe
23
7
5
11
-9
26
12
Girona Girona
23
6
8
9
-15
26
13
Sevilla Sevilla
23
7
4
12
-8
25
14
Alavés Alavés
23
7
4
12
-9
25
15
Elche Elche
23
5
9
9
-4
24
16
Mallorca Mallorca
23
6
6
11
-9
24
17
Valencia Valencia
23
5
8
10
-14
23
18
Rayo Rayo
22
5
7
10
-12
22
19
Levante Levante
22
4
6
12
-12
18
20
Oviedo Oviedo
22
3
7
12
-22
16
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
21
17
3
1
60
54
2
Dortmund Dortmund
21
14
6
1
23
48
3
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
21
13
3
5
16
42
4
Leipzig Leipzig
21
12
3
6
12
39
5
Stuttgart Stuttgart
21
12
3
6
10
39
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
20
11
3
6
12
36
7
Freiburg Freiburg
21
8
6
7
-1
30
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
21
7
7
7
-5
28
9
Union Berlin Union Berlin
21
6
7
8
-8
25
10
Köln Köln
21
6
5
10
-4
23
11
Hamburg Hamburg
20
5
7
8
-8
22
12
M'gladbach M'gladbach
21
5
7
9
-9
22
13
Augsburg Augsburg
21
6
4
11
-15
22
14
Mainz Mainz
21
5
6
10
-8
21
15
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
21
5
4
12
-15
19
16
Werder Werder
21
4
7
10
-17
19
17
St. Pauli St. Pauli
21
4
5
12
-15
17
18
Heidenheim Heidenheim
21
3
4
14
-28
13
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
24
19
1
4
38
58
2
Milan Milan
23
14
8
1
21
50
3
Napoli Napoli
24
15
4
5
13
49
4
Juventus Juventus
24
13
7
4
21
46
5
Roma Roma
24
15
1
8
15
46
6
Como Como
23
11
8
4
21
41
7
Atalanta Atalanta
24
10
9
5
11
39
8
Lazio Lazio
24
8
9
7
3
33
9
Udinese Udinese
24
9
5
10
-9
32
10
Bologna Bologna
24
8
6
10
1
30
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
24
8
5
11
-7
29
12
Cagliari Cagliari
24
7
7
10
-5
28
13
Torino Torino
24
7
6
11
-18
27
14
Parma Parma
24
6
8
10
-14
26
15
Genoa Genoa
24
5
8
11
-8
23
16
Cremonese Cremonese
24
5
8
11
-12
23
17
Lecce Lecce
24
5
6
13
-16
21
18
Fiorentina Fiorentina
24
3
9
12
-11
18
19
Pisa Pisa
24
1
12
11
-21
15
20
Verona Verona
24
2
9
13
-23
15
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
21
16
3
2
32
51
2
Lens Lens
21
16
1
4
20
49
3
Lyon Lyon
21
13
3
5
14
42
4
Marseille Marseille
21
12
3
6
19
39
5
Lille Lille
21
10
3
8
4
33
6
Rennes Rennes
21
8
7
6
-3
31
7
Toulouse Toulouse
21
8
6
7
7
30
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
21
9
3
9
7
30
9
Angers Angers
21
8
5
8
-3
29
10
Monaco Monaco
21
8
4
9
-1
28
11
Lorient Lorient
21
7
7
7
-6
28
12
Brest Brest
21
7
5
9
-5
26
13
Le Havre Le Havre
21
5
8
8
-8
23
14
Nice Nice
21
6
5
10
-11
23
15
Paris FC Paris FC
21
5
7
9
-8
22
16
Auxerre Auxerre
21
3
5
13
-15
14
17
Nantes Nantes
21
3
5
13
-18
14
18
Metz Metz
21
3
4
14
-25
13
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
Thu
1/15
LOR LOR
@
MON MON
3-1
Thu
1/15
FRA FRA
@
WER WER
3-3
Thu
1/15
ATA ATA
@
PIS PIS
1-1
Thu
1/15
GIR GIR
@
ESP ESP
2-0
Fri
1/16
MCI MCI
@
MUN MUN
0-2

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
2/7
OVI OVI
@
RAY RAY
8:00 AM
Thu
2/12
ARS ARS
@
BRE BRE
3:00 PM
Fri
2/13
PSG PSG
@
REN REN
1:00 PM
Fri
2/13
MAI MAI
@
DOR DOR
2:30 PM
Fri
2/13
MIL MIL
@
PIS PIS
2:45 PM