Benjamin André has won the most career duels in Europe's top five leagues, with 3,084 duels won in Ligue 1.

Interpreted as:

most defensive duels won by a player all-time

	NAME	DUEL-W	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Benjamin André B. André	3,084	355	29,801	340	18	0.05	17	35	0	0	240	67	6	26,435	381	18
2	Joselu	2,221	296	20,375	219	85	0.29	19	104	15	2	635	253	15	9,981	832	116
3	Wilfried Zaha W. Zaha	2,190	295	24,102	274	68	0.23	28	96	7	0	515	187	14	14,089	1,307	134
4	Raúl García R. García	2,179	324	19,754	220	70	0.22	24	94	19	0	622	229	22	10,980	708	114
5	Idrissa Gana Guèye I. Gana Guèye	2,169	348	27,534	322	19	0.05	15	34	0	1	267	74	4	22,973	183	5
6	Jordan Ayew J. Ayew	2,168	336	24,068	275	54	0.16	30	84	6	0	508	183	13	13,507	740	88
7	Casemiro	2,125	300	23,255	271	33	0.11	22	55	0	0	363	96	7	20,425	343	25
8	Andrea Belotti A. Belotti	2,115	351	23,810	261	116	0.33	33	149	27	0	817	308	32	10,254	1,180	223
9	Dani Parejo D. Parejo	2,088	395	32,360	367	63	0.16	62	125	31	12	373	161	18	29,637	224	12
10	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	2,084	319	27,400	304	10	0.03	9	19	0	0	187	53	7	15,947	563	23
11	Lionel Messi L. Messi	2,051	301	25,538	282	253	0.84	125	378	28	30	1,463	677	76	24,364	1,513	103
12	Mikel Merino M. Merino	2,033	265	19,224	213	31	0.12	28	59	0	0	290	104	9	14,832	538	30
13	Sergej Milinković-Savić S. Milinković-Savić	1,985	267	21,560	247	57	0.21	44	101	0	6	554	185	11	17,997	758	59
14	Neymar	1,960	209	17,668	199	141	0.67	74	215	30	7	700	322	32	17,655	1,005	98
15	Saúl	1,921	327	21,798	237	31	0.09	23	54	2	0	379	119	7	15,820	427	44
16	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa A. Zambo Anguissa	1,886	314	22,930	250	15	0.05	17	32	0	0	308	80	7	18,943	478	12
17	Sergio Busquets S. Busquets	1,815	302	23,986	281	6	0.02	25	31	0	0	66	19	0	24,724	104	6
18	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	1,805	317	28,184	316	25	0.08	8	33	0	0	284	95	16	26,708	466	10
19	Harry Kane H. Kane	1,803	383	32,618	367	290	0.76	67	357	53	2	1,465	664	44	14,721	1,660	239
20	Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	1,790	365	30,823	355	28	0.08	38	66	1	4	398	118	9	31,319	263	14
21	Steve Mounié S. Mounié	1,778	237	15,284	169	54	0.23	15	69	4	0	510	196	18	6,947	886	121
22	Nabil Fekir N. Fekir	1,775	269	20,216	240	74	0.28	50	124	12	9	690	290	22	14,477	901	130
23	Fabinho	1,764	292	23,998	264	31	0.11	16	47	19	0	184	71	2	19,970	168	8
24	Christian Benteke C. Benteke	1,752	220	14,302	154	57	0.26	17	74	5	1	482	183	15	6,847	685	148
25	Adrien Rabiot A. Rabiot	1,713	314	23,314	259	39	0.12	27	66	0	0	305	119	9	19,410	492	28