most ball recoveries premier league central midfielder

Rúben Neves has recovered the most career balls by a centre midfielder in the Premier League, with 1,083 recoveries.

NAMERECRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Rúben Neves
R. Neves
1,083
141
12,210
141
17
0.12
9
26
5
3
250
61
4
10,102
41
2
2Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
1,066
129
11,477
129
8
0.06
10
18
0
0
137
39
2
10,197
130
3
3James Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
1,022
170
14,914
170
33
0.19
17
50
10
12
209
96
6
11,379
134
1
4Ashley Westwood
A. Westwood
1,003
146
12,983
146
7
0.05
20
27
0
0
77
19
2
8,848
88
2
5Bruno Fernandes
B. Fernandes
952
179
15,744
179
61
0.34
61
122
24
3
485
174
20
13,520
561
26
6Jorginho
Jorginho
927
134
11,096
134
16
0.12
5
21
15
0
64
25
1
11,250
61
0
7Jack Cork
J. Cork
877
148
12,994
148
4
0.03
3
7
0
0
64
15
0
7,167
108
7
8Jefferson Lerma
J. Lerma
873
118
10,032
118
5
0.04
3
8
0
0
125
34
3
6,915
117
4
9João Moutinho
J. Moutinho
873
127
10,874
127
4
0.03
16
20
0
1
70
18
1
8,663
36
3
10Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
867
124
10,528
124
19
0.15
13
32
0
0
157
54
2
6,496
282
26
11Oriol Romeu
O. Romeu
866
118
10,026
118
5
0.04
3
8
0
0
67
16
1
7,450
81
2
12N'golo Kanté
N. Kanté
820
104
8,936
104
3
0.03
5
8
0
0
65
19
0
7,927
75
2
13Luka Milivojević
L. Milivojević
780
128
11,148
128
25
0.20
5
30
20
3
157
58
5
8,288
67
2
14Jordan Henderson
J. Henderson
760
92
7,914
92
6
0.07
12
18
0
0
67
17
2
8,761
61
1
15Rodri
Rodri
730
86
7,350
86
9
0.10
10
19
1
0
104
31
2
8,517
125
3
16Wilfred Ndidi
W. Ndidi
730
90
7,856
90
2
0.02
10
12
0
0
88
13
3
5,862
92
5
17Christian Nørgaard
C. Nørgaard
699
6.45
96
8,099
96
6
0.06
9
15
0
0
89
28
2
5,712
177
1
18Youri Tielemans
Y. Tielemans
691
121
10,440
121
16
0.13
17
33
3
0
163
57
6
8,443
162
1
19Dale Stephens
D. Stephens
660
85
7,473
85
1
0.01
5
6
0
0
46
4
1
5,362
41
0
20Bruno Guimarães
B. Guimarães
646
7.35
104
9,036
104
17
0.16
19
36
1
0
123
44
5
7,552
191
4
21Jonjo Shelvey
J. Shelvey
628
96
8,321
96
9
0.09
7
16
0
2
141
43
4
5,581
57
1
22Declan Rice
D. Rice
622
86
7,565
86
7
0.08
9
16
1
0
82
25
5
5,986
87
4
23Fabinho
Fabinho
621
100
8,676
100
6
0.06
7
13
1
0
62
18
0
7,169
64
0
24Mark Noble
M. Noble
608
94
7,621
94
11
0.12
6
17
7
1
52
21
2
5,548
69
3
25Yves Bissouma
Y. Bissouma
568
93
7,733
93
5
0.05
2
7
0
0
78
16
0
5,529
40
2
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Arsenal Arsenal
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26
7
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44
85
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Man City Man City
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23
9
6
42
78
3
Man United Man United
38
20
11
7
19
71
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Aston Villa Aston Villa
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19
8
11
7
65
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17
9
12
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60
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38
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18
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4
57
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38
14
12
12
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11
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53
9
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38
14
11
13
3
53
10
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38
14
10
14
6
52
11
Fulham Fulham
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15
7
16
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52
12
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38
14
7
17
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49
13
Everton Everton
38
13
10
15
-3
49
14
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38
11
14
13
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47
15
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38
11
12
15
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45
16
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38
11
11
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17
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10
11
17
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41
18
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10
9
19
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39
19
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38
4
10
24
-37
22
20
Wolves Wolves
38
3
11
24
-41
20
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
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31
1
6
59
94
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Real Madrid Real Madrid
38
27
5
6
42
86
3
Villarreal Villarreal
38
22
6
10
26
72
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
38
21
6
11
18
69
5
Real Betis Real Betis
38
15
15
8
11
60
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
38
14
12
12
5
54
7
Getafe Getafe
38
15
6
17
-6
51
8
Rayo Rayo
38
12
14
12
-3
50
9
Valencia Valencia
38
13
10
15
-9
49
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Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
38
11
13
14
-2
46
11
Espanyol Espanyol
38
12
10
16
-12
46
12
Athletic Club Athletic Club
38
13
6
19
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45
13
Sevilla Sevilla
38
12
7
19
-14
43
14
Alavés Alavés
38
11
10
17
-12
43
15
Elche Elche
38
10
13
15
-8
43
16
Levante Levante
38
11
9
18
-14
42
17
Osasuna Osasuna
38
11
9
18
-6
42
18
Mallorca Mallorca
38
11
9
18
-10
42
19
Girona Girona
38
9
14
15
-16
41
20
Oviedo Oviedo
38
6
11
21
-34
29
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1
Bayern Bayern
34
28
5
1
86
89
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Dortmund Dortmund
34
22
7
5
36
73
3
Leipzig Leipzig
34
20
5
9
19
65
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Stuttgart Stuttgart
34
18
8
8
22
62
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Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
34
18
7
9
13
61
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Leverkusen Leverkusen
34
17
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9
21
59
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Freiburg Freiburg
34
13
8
13
-6
47
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
34
11
11
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44
9
Augsburg Augsburg
34
12
7
15
-16
43
10
Mainz Mainz
34
10
10
14
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40
11
Union Berlin Union Berlin
34
10
9
15
-14
39
12
M'gladbach M'gladbach
34
9
11
14
-11
38
13
Hamburg Hamburg
34
9
11
14
-14
38
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Köln Köln
34
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Werder Werder
34
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8
18
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Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
34
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17
Heidenheim Heidenheim
34
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8
20
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26
18
St. Pauli St. Pauli
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Inter Inter
38
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2
Napoli Napoli
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Roma Roma
38
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4
11
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Como Como
38
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Milan Milan
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18
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Juventus Juventus
38
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Atalanta Atalanta
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14
9
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Bologna Bologna
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Lazio Lazio
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Udinese Udinese
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Sassuolo Sassuolo
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7
17
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Torino Torino
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Cagliari Cagliari
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Fiorentina Fiorentina
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Genoa Genoa
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Lecce Lecce
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8
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38
18
Cremonese Cremonese
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8
10
20
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19
Verona Verona
38
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12
23
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21
20
Pisa Pisa
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12
24
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18
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PSG PSG
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4
6
45
76
2
Lens Lens
34
22
4
8
31
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Lille Lille
34
18
7
9
15
61
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Lyon Lyon
34
18
6
10
13
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18
5
11
18
59
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Rennes Rennes
34
17
8
9
9
59
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Monaco Monaco
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6
12
6
54
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Strasbourg Strasbourg
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15
8
11
11
53
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Lorient Lorient
34
11
12
11
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Toulouse Toulouse
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12
8
13
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44
11
Paris FC Paris FC
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11
11
12
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12
Brest Brest
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9
15
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39
13
Angers Angers
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9
16
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36
14
Le Havre Le Havre
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14
13
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15
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8
10
16
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34
16
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11
16
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17
Nantes Nantes
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20
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23
18
Metz Metz
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23
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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
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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
4/26
SAS SAS
@
FIO FIO
0-0
Sun
4/26
RSO RSO
@
RAY RAY
3-3
Sun
4/26
COM COM
@
GEN GEN
2-0
Sun
4/26
WER WER
@
STU STU
1-1
Sun
4/26
ELC ELC
@
OVI OVI
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