most aerial duels won defensive midfielder

Tomáš Souček has won the most career aerials by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League, with 480 aerials won.

	NAME	AER-W	Rating	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Tomáš Souček T. Souček	480		113	113	9,703	23	7	218	118	0	33	151	337	151	20	2
2	Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	299		100	100	8,529	4	3	366	226	0	24	216	252	158	24	1
3	Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	191		134	134	11,754	6	15	235	159	0	31	137	221	169	39	3
4	Declan Rice D. Rice	182		137	137	12,172	6	10	338	177	0	34	210	188	95	20	0
5	Scott McTominay S. McTominay	181		86	86	7,320	12	3	188	103	0	41	97	170	146	17	0
6	Rodri	162		88	88	7,458	14	11	183	108	1	39	81	138	104	20	1
7	Oriol Romeu O. Romeu	126		50	50	4,250	1	0	152	113	0	12	110	93	80	16	0
8	Casemiro	120	6.77	66	66	5,443	11	5	218	118	0	21	67	176	96	16	2
9	Paul Pogba P. Pogba	119		54	54	4,593	11	11	80	53	0	23	54	69	97	11	0
10	João Palhinha J. Palhinha	115	6.66	73	73	6,326	9	2	318	175	1	25	93	128	105	28	0
11	Étienne Capoue É. Capoue	114		63	63	5,473	1	6	163	100	0	14	152	148	104	23	1
12	Nemanja Matić N. Matić	110		71	71	6,066	1	6	142	84	0	8	102	86	84	11	0
13	Eric Dier E. Dier	109		44	44	3,718	2	4	81	56	0	10	50	98	43	9	0
14	Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	99		72	72	6,367	7	7	138	78	0	29	80	88	86	15	0
15	Idrissa Gana Guèye I. Gana Guèye	96		125	125	10,621	3	10	434	282	0	29	214	131	174	27	2
16	Elliot Anderson E. Anderson	89	7.08	50	50	4,304	2	6	146	89	0	27	52	80	74	11	0
17	Moisés Caicedo M. Caicedo	85	7.45	107	107	9,297	5	7	300	178	2	30	153	99	177	36	1
18	Lewis Cook L. Cook	79		67	67	5,853	1	7	142	87	2	9	112	106	82	13	2
19	Tyler Adams T. Adams	77	6.73	67	67	5,686	2	4	213	115	1	9	91	94	111	19	1
20	Sander Berge S. Berge	71	6.94	56	56	4,679	0	0	93	64	0	7	42	84	60	11	0
21	Pierre Emile Højbjerg P. Emile Højbjerg	66		55	55	4,879	3	3	133	81	0	10	85	94	89	14	0
22	Amadou Onana A. Onana	61	6.82	42	42	3,338	2	0	107	62	0	6	43	101	53	6	0
23	Marouane Fellaini M. Fellaini	61		13	13	1,110	3	0	45	32	0	3	27	37	22	5	0
24	Carlos Baleba C. Baleba	59	6.73	54	54	4,070	0	0	100	55	0	19	62	73	77	14	1
25	Fernandinho	59		32	32	2,781	0	1	68	44	0	13	58	57	48	6	1

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