most defensive duels won by defenders in 2025 2026

James Tarkowski won the most duels by a defender in the Premier League in 2025-26, with 229 duels won.

NAMEDUEL-WSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
229
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.82
37
37
3,330
2
3
52
30
3
5
29
268
32
8
0
2Ibrahima Konaté
I. Konaté
212
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.91
36
36
3,090
1
0
54
31
2
3
28
194
33
7
0
3Adrien Truffert
A. Truffert
211
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
7.05
38
38
3,379
1
5
103
51
1
5
43
146
39
5
0
4Neco Williams
N. Williams
210
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.98
37
36
3,204
2
3
93
61
0
18
46
95
29
6
1
5Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
208
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.94
38
38
3,420
6
0
23
15
1
4
26
308
19
4
0
6Michael Kayode
M. Kayode
205
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.89
37
37
3,258
1
1
68
47
0
4
39
101
26
8
0
7Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
201
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.78
36
36
3,210
3
3
53
31
2
7
45
221
27
9
0
8Maxence Lacroix
M. Lacroix
197
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.67
35
35
3,085
1
2
60
38
3
7
45
281
34
4
1
9Jake O'Brien
J. O'Brien
189
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.62
37
35
3,120
1
1
56
32
1
3
13
149
23
6
1
10Marcos Senesi
M. Senesi
187
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.78
37
37
3,288
0
5
61
34
4
4
50
281
35
8
0
11Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
185
2025-26
Total
7.07
35
35
3,150
3
3
45
31
1
8
49
183
25
6
0
12Nordi Mukiele
N. Mukiele
180
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.79
32
32
2,784
3
3
69
45
1
10
37
161
35
5
0
13Trai Hume
T. Hume
177
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.47
38
34
3,035
2
1
70
46
2
12
25
98
30
9
0
14Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
172
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.94
35
33
2,965
4
0
46
34
4
8
30
201
24
4
0
15Gabriel Gudmundsson
G. Gudmundsson
171
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.38
32
31
2,631
0
0
62
47
1
5
28
88
31
6
1
16Pascal Struijk
P. Struijk
170
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.81
34
33
2,936
0
1
39
22
0
8
32
230
27
5
0
17Sepp van den Berg
S. van den Berg
170
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.92
32
30
2,763
0
2
23
9
1
3
26
215
15
2
0
18Tyrick Mitchell
T. Mitchell
169
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.18
38
36
3,251
1
2
103
65
0
5
33
102
24
6
0
19Daniel Ballard
D. Ballard
166
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.81
29
24
2,149
2
0
33
17
0
5
20
203
29
4
1
20James Hill
J. Hill
163
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.72
29
22
2,106
0
3
39
20
1
2
37
173
17
5
0
21Chris Richards
C. Richards
162
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.61
33
31
2,827
1
0
53
35
3
7
43
206
17
4
0
22Luke Shaw
L. Shaw
161
2025-26
Man United Man United
6.79
38
38
3,218
1
1
74
45
0
4
43
93
48
9
0
23Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
160
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.15
32
30
2,751
3
4
37
20
2
10
22
195
21
4
0
24Michael Keane
M. Keane
157
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.83
33
29
2,591
3
1
38
24
2
9
37
222
16
1
1
25Cristian Romero
C. Romero
153
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
6.67
23
22
1,868
4
1
59
30
4
2
31
103
32
11
2
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Brentford Brentford
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1
3
0
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6
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Liverpool Liverpool
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1
3
0
2
6
9
Everton Everton
4
1
3
0
2
6
10
Ipswich Ipswich
4
2
0
2
-3
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11
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
4
1
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1
0
5
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4

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3

Pedro

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3

Fernandes

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Assists Leaders

3

Pedro

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3

Evanilson

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3

Gakpo

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Rating Leaders

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Saka

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8.34

Cherki

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8.32

Ødegaard

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Take-ons Leaders

10

George

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10

Fatawu

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9

Sávio

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Big Chances Created Leaders

3

Szoboszlai

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3

Groß

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3

Gibbs-White

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13

Chelsea

10

Man City

8

Arsenal

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Newcastle

7

Man United

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Goals Against Rankings
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1

Man City

2

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2

Leeds

3

Everton

3

Nottm Forest

4
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8

Arsenal

7

Man City

6

Leeds

4

Hull City

3

Brentford

3

Premier League 2026-27 Table

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
4
4
0
0
7
12
2
Man City Man City
4
4
0
0
6
12
3
Leeds Leeds
4
2
2
0
4
8
4
Hull City Hull City
4
2
2
0
3
8
5
Brighton Brighton
4
2
1
1
8
7
6
Chelsea Chelsea
4
2
1
1
1
7
7
Brentford Brentford
4
1
3
0
3
6
8
Liverpool Liverpool
4
1
3
0
2
6
9
Everton Everton
4
1
3
0
2
6
10
Ipswich Ipswich
4
2
0
2
-3
6
11
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
4
1
2
1
0
5
12
Newcastle Newcastle
4
1
2
1
-1
5
13
Man United Man United
4
1
1
2
0
4
14
Sunderland Sunderland
4
1
1
2
-2
4
15
Bournemouth Bournemouth
4
0
3
1
-1
3
16
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
4
1
0
3
-5
3
17
Tottenham Tottenham
4
0
2
2
-5
2
18
Fulham Fulham
4
0
1
3
-3
1
19
Aston Villa Aston Villa
4
0
1
3
-6
1
20
Coventry Coventry
4
0
0
4
-10
0