most defenders has ball recoveries 2024

Facundo Medina recovered the most balls by a defender in Ligue 1 in 2023-24, with 230 recoveries.

NAMERECSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Facundo Medina
F. Medina
230
2023-24
Lens Lens
6.80
31
30
2,714
1
3
64
39
1
6
23
61
51
11
0
2Laurent Abergel
L. Abergel
227
2023-24
Lorient Lorient
6.75
33
32
2,860
2
1
84
55
0
7
61
56
36
4
0
3Dante
Dante
222
2023-24
Nice Nice
6.98
32
32
2,843
1
1
61
30
0
5
35
89
42
5
1
4Kenny Lala
K. Lala
222
2023-24
Brest Brest
7.13
33
33
2,970
2
3
77
50
0
4
27
65
24
7
0
5Kevin Danso
K. Danso
217
2023-24
Lens Lens
7.06
30
30
2,655
1
0
23
16
0
2
23
138
24
6
0
6Emmanuel Agbadou
E. Agbadou
212
2023-24
Reims Reims
6.68
32
29
2,596
1
1
67
41
0
10
52
123
31
1
0
7Melvin Bard
M. Bard
202
2023-24
Nice Nice
6.92
32
31
2,659
1
2
70
40
0
4
42
37
40
7
1
8Wilfried Singo
W. Singo
200
2023-24
Monaco Monaco
7.11
25
24
2,186
1
1
33
25
1
1
49
90
36
8
1
9Brendan Chardonnet
B. Chardonnet
172
2023-24
Brest Brest
6.80
33
33
2,970
1
1
61
39
0
6
50
141
35
4
0
10Andy Pelmard
A. Pelmard
171
2023-24
Clermont Clermont
6.38
34
33
2,988
0
0
53
41
1
1
34
96
13
1
0
11Leonardo Balerdi
L. Balerdi
166
2023-24
Marseille Marseille
6.91
27
26
2,275
2
0
79
50
2
1
51
94
25
6
1
12Logan Costa
L. Costa
160
2023-24
Toulouse Toulouse
6.60
31
29
2,651
1
1
40
24
1
2
24
123
38
6
0
13Neto Borges
N. Borges
159
2023-24
Clermont Clermont
6.34
28
28
2,516
0
1
48
25
0
6
52
83
21
3
1
14Arouna Sanganté
A. Sanganté
153
2023-24
Le Havre Le Havre
6.44
30
30
2,689
0
0
53
32
1
3
63
99
54
8
0
15Christopher Operi
C. Operi
151
2023-24
Le Havre Le Havre
6.70
28
28
2,447
3
4
55
36
0
4
34
52
20
6
0
16Matthieu Udol
M. Udol
149
2023-24
Metz Metz
6.69
30
30
2,700
3
3
54
36
0
2
44
101
28
5
0
17Yunis Abdelhamid
Y. Abdelhamid
149
2023-24
Reims Reims
6.54
31
31
2,781
4
0
65
35
0
2
37
118
26
5
0
18Clinton Mata
C. Mata
149
2023-24
Lyon Lyon
6.89
28
25
2,219
0
3
44
25
0
7
40
49
30
6
0
19Rasmus Nicolaisen
R. Nicolaisen
148
2023-24
Toulouse Toulouse
6.49
33
33
2,925
2
0
49
30
0
4
43
177
45
6
1
20Gautier Lloris
G. Lloris
146
2023-24
Le Havre Le Havre
6.57
31
31
2,779
2
0
51
28
0
5
33
160
35
2
0
21Gabriel Suazo
G. Suazo
145
2023-24
Toulouse Toulouse
6.67
31
27
2,359
0
4
66
32
1
2
25
29
23
5
0
22Achraf Hakimi
A. Hakimi
143
2023-24
PSG PSG
7.29
25
20
1,930
4
5
29
18
0
14
12
25
22
3
0
23Joseph Okumu
J. Okumu
141
2023-24
Reims Reims
6.83
21
19
1,743
1
0
42
28
1
2
34
134
17
3
0
24Alidu Seidu
A. Seidu
139
2023-24
Total
6.68
25
20
1,723
0
1
55
37
0
1
33
50
28
8
1
25Frédéric Guilbert
F. Guilbert
135
2023-24
Strasbourg Strasbourg
6.49
32
29
2,492
2
0
88
51
0
7
66
95
35
3
0
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Team Leaders

G

3

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

A

6

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

RTG

7.39

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin
Team Rankings

GF

14

1st

GA

11

13th

GD

3

6th

FORM

WWLDL

last 5

2026-27 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
5
Lyon Lyon
6
3
2
1
7
11
6
Paris FC Paris FC
6
3
2
1
4
11
7
Lens Lens
7
3
1
3
3
10
8
Brest Brest
7
2
3
2
3
9
9
Toulouse Toulouse
7
2
3
2
1
9

Ligue 1 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

5

Tengstedt

Casper Tengstedt

4

Gouiri

Amine Gouiri

4

Lepaul

Esteban Lepaul
Assists Leaders

6

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

5

Cásseres Yepes

Cristian Cásseres Jr.

3

Golovin

Aleksandr Golovin
Rating Leaders

8.04

Archer

Cameron Archer

8.01

Vitinha

Vitinha

7.83

Ataide

Otavio Ataide
Take-ons Leaders

21

Yassine

Gessime Yassine

14

Sy

Lamine Sy

12

Doué

Désiré Doué
Big Chances Created Leaders

7

Cásseres Yepes

Cristian Cásseres Jr.

6

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

6

Calodat

Lucas Calodat

Ligue 1 2026-27 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Lens

14

PSG

14

Brest

13

Strasbourg

12

Rennes

12

Toulouse

12
Goals Against Rankings
Paris FC

3

Lyon

4

Lille

5

Monaco

5

Lorient

6

Nice

7
Goal Difference Rankings
Lyon

7

Paris FC

5

PSG

5

Lille

5

Monaco

5

Lens

3

Ligue 1 2026-27 Table

Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
Monaco Monaco
6
4
2
0
5
14
2
Lille Lille
7
4
2
1
5
14
3
PSG PSG
7
4
2
1
5
14
4
Rennes Rennes
6
4
1
1
2
13
5
Lyon Lyon
6
3
2
1
7
11
6
Paris FC Paris FC
6
3
2
1
4
11
7
Lens Lens
7
3
1
3
3
10
8
Brest Brest
7
2
3
2
3
9
9
Toulouse Toulouse
7
2
3
2
1
9
10
Lorient Lorient
6
2
2
2
0
8
11
Nice Nice
6
2
2
2
-2
8
12
Strasbourg Strasbourg
7
2
1
4
-3
7
13
Angers Angers
6
2
1
3
-3
7
14
Marseille Marseille
6
2
0
4
1
6
15
Le Mans Le Mans
7
1
3
3
-5
6
16
Auxerre Auxerre
6
2
0
4
-8
6
17
Troyes Troyes
7
1
1
5
-11
4
18
Le Havre Le Havre
6
0
2
4
-4
2

Ligue 1 2026-27 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
8/21
STR STR
@
MAR MAR
0-4
Sat
8/22
AUX AUX
@
LEN LEN
2-5
Sat
8/22
LYO LYO
@
TOU TOU
2-0
Sat
8/22
LOR LOR
@
NIC NIC
0-0
Sat
8/22
PFC PFC
@
TRO TRO
0-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM