Cheikhou Kouyaté has won the most career duels by a midfielder in the Premier League, with 1,685 duels won.

	NAME	DUEL-W	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Cheikhou Kouyaté C. Kouyaté	1,685	291	21,820	247	15	0.05	12	27	0	0	191	62	9	11,905	216	17
2	Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	1,637	220	18,192	206	7	0.03	14	21	0	0	212	39	6	13,968	230	9
3	Idrissa Gana Guèye I. Gana Guèye	1,623	254	20,951	247	9	0.04	12	21	0	1	194	46	5	15,634	144	2
4	Tomáš Souček T. Souček	1,380	229	17,973	204	41	0.18	8	49	0	0	286	103	5	9,837	539	28
5	Declan Rice D. Rice	1,380	320	26,915	302	25	0.08	33	58	1	0	299	87	10	20,266	391	11
6	John McGinn J. McGinn	1,288	240	19,358	225	23	0.10	29	52	0	1	292	95	4	10,882	382	7
7	Fernandinho	1,273	231	17,577	195	15	0.06	16	31	0	0	213	58	3	17,765	174	4
8	Oriol Romeu O. Romeu	1,243	217	16,331	186	7	0.03	3	10	0	0	139	30	2	12,572	121	5
9	Pierre Emile Højbjerg P. Emile Højbjerg	1,234	254	19,538	211	12	0.05	15	27	0	0	240	73	7	18,183	229	3
10	Jeffrey Schlupp J. Schlupp	1,233	280	16,776	188	22	0.08	14	36	0	0	232	75	3	9,489	334	3
11	James McArthur J. McArthur	1,192	240	18,360	211	17	0.07	20	37	0	0	179	47	2	12,040	346	16
12	Nemanja Matić N. Matić	1,188	232	17,864	202	6	0.03	19	25	0	0	132	37	2	16,510	124	13
13	N'golo Kanté N. Kanté	1,184	227	18,421	209	12	0.05	17	29	0	0	155	42	0	15,556	206	8
14	Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	1,176	266	22,210	255	18	0.07	30	48	0	3	253	73	4	20,620	241	10
15	Youri Tielemans Y. Tielemans	1,155	251	19,329	218	26	0.10	38	64	5	0	310	101	10	16,017	281	3
16	Eric Dier E. Dier	1,152	274	22,885	256	12	0.04	9	21	0	0	158	38	5	18,940	168	9
17	Jack Grealish J. Grealish	1,147	215	14,699	159	29	0.13	35	64	0	0	304	102	7	9,985	904	25
18	Jack Cork J. Cork	1,141	237	18,972	213	8	0.03	5	13	0	0	107	31	1	12,082	127	11
19	Ross Barkley R. Barkley	1,106	265	16,571	181	34	0.13	33	67	2	1	474	146	12	13,099	348	20
20	Andros Townsend A. Townsend	1,102	249	16,783	191	23	0.09	30	53	2	1	315	103	6	10,015	358	25
21	James Maddison J. Maddison	1,100	230	16,637	192	57	0.25	48	105	2	9	491	173	9	12,469	634	27
22	Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	1,099	278	22,609	259	36	0.13	23	59	0	0	332	112	4	14,805	584	50
23	Paul Pogba P. Pogba	1,087	154	12,218	138	29	0.19	38	67	7	0	358	127	11	12,000	442	17
24	James Ward-Prowse J. Ward-Prowse	1,085	373	27,546	306	57	0.15	44	101	15	17	421	185	11	20,268	273	5
25	Rodri	1,055	196	15,543	179	23	0.12	21	44	1	0	229	71	5	18,677	305	12

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