most appearances by defensive midfielder in premier league

Declan Rice has made the most career appearances by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League, with 127 appearances.

	NAME	M	Rating	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Declan Rice D. Rice	127		127	11,315	6	8	317	168	0	30	202	167	91	20	0
2	Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	118		118	10,334	6	13	214	141	0	28	123	192	161	35	3
3	Idrissa Gana Guèye I. Gana Guèye	112		112	9,507	3	7	411	274	0	22	199	118	161	26	2
4	Tomáš Souček T. Souček	111		111	9,535	23	7	215	115	0	32	151	331	148	20	2
5	Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	100		100	8,543	4	3	366	226	0	24	216	252	158	24	1
6	Moisés Caicedo M. Caicedo	90	7.48	90	7,849	5	7	254	154	1	25	126	90	144	27	1
7	Scott McTominay S. McTominay	86		86	7,330	12	3	188	103	0	41	97	170	146	17	0
8	Fred	76		76	6,275	5	6	194	101	0	29	105	63	119	16	0
9	Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	72		72	6,369	7	7	138	78	0	29	80	88	86	15	0
10	Nemanja Matić N. Matić	71		71	6,074	1	6	142	84	0	8	102	86	84	11	0
11	João Palhinha J. Palhinha	68	6.61	68	5,917	7	2	303	168	1	21	88	117	98	26	0
12	Rodri	66		66	5,615	12	10	132	77	1	28	63	97	78	15	1
13	Étienne Capoue É. Capoue	63		63	5,473	1	6	163	100	0	14	152	148	104	23	1
14	Enzo Fernández E. Fernández	60	7.15	60	5,214	11	9	109	48	0	27	39	45	75	12	0
15	Tyler Adams T. Adams	60	6.72	60	5,224	2	4	200	109	1	9	81	83	99	16	1
16	Lewis Cook L. Cook	60		60	5,229	1	7	123	76	2	8	99	86	77	12	2
17	Douglas Luiz D. Luiz	58		58	4,863	7	5	99	52	0	13	65	50	92	17	0
18	Youri Tielemans Y. Tielemans	57		57	4,867	9	10	141	88	0	24	47	58	62	6	0
19	Ryan Christie R. Christie	55	6.73	55	4,327	1	5	126	71	0	24	73	89	76	13	0
20	Pierre Emile Højbjerg P. Emile Højbjerg	55		55	4,883	3	3	133	81	0	10	85	94	89	14	0
21	Harrison Reed H. Reed	54		54	4,347	3	5	73	48	0	10	37	60	64	8	0
22	Paul Pogba P. Pogba	54		54	4,598	11	11	80	53	0	23	54	69	97	11	0
23	Kalvin Phillips K. Phillips	50		50	4,279	0	1	119	58	0	9	69	82	86	17	2
24	Oriol Romeu O. Romeu	50		50	4,251	1	0	152	113	0	12	110	93	80	16	0
25	Alexis Mac Allister A. Mac Allister	49	7.44	49	3,966	8	6	119	76	0	21	30	42	73	7	0