James Tarkowski has won the most career duels by a defender in Europe's top five leagues, with 1,995 duels won in the Premier League.

	NAME	DUEL-W	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	1,995	303	288	25,964	10	8	509	313	7	34	403	1,727	295	64	0
2	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	1,704	301	300	26,745	25	8	306	200	8	54	425	1,672	153	25	2
3	Mats Hummels M. Hummels	1,692	284	259	22,378	18	10	558	380	7	32	536	932	188	38	2
4	Frédéric Guilbert F. Guilbert	1,653	281	264	23,179	5	17	764	499	1	39	627	782	347	54	4
5	Francesco Acerbi F. Acerbi	1,637	362	349	31,298	23	8	438	308	4	40	773	1,650	235	43	4
6	Theo Hernández T. Hernández	1,576	264	250	22,392	33	28	409	279	3	94	244	366	249	66	6
7	Matthias Ginter M. Ginter	1,563	310	293	26,378	20	14	368	231	2	54	339	1,110	150	26	0
8	João Cancelo J. Cancelo	1,550	270	232	20,489	12	33	543	368	0	90	377	323	306	56	5
9	Íñigo Martínez Í. Martínez	1,540	310	302	27,081	14	8	406	257	3	50	511	1,407	315	79	4
10	Yuri Berchiche Y. Berchiche	1,537	290	262	23,177	15	23	484	335	0	73	385	568	279	70	1
11	Azpilicueta	1,533	333	302	27,153	11	33	752	506	3	35	466	824	312	34	2
12	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	1,522	277	270	24,075	14	5	374	210	6	24	396	1,553	169	47	1
13	Armando Izzo A. Izzo	1,500	285	260	22,772	11	5	487	329	6	25	607	968	415	71	5
14	Stefan Bell S. Bell	1,487	249	237	21,239	13	8	367	240	1	30	516	1,211	356	62	1
15	Lucas Digne L. Digne	1,464	299	268	23,401	9	35	523	339	2	59	362	686	312	45	2
16	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	1,457	268	239	21,566	14	10	321	207	4	45	398	1,112	223	60	2
17	Willi Orban W. Orban	1,454	226	216	19,310	26	3	364	229	1	26	312	1,115	176	33	4
18	Nico Elvedi N. Elvedi	1,419	285	275	24,236	15	7	451	290	3	12	493	1,174	176	30	1
19	Joel Ward J. Ward	1,417	270	257	23,040	5	5	541	397	1	25	387	971	277	48	0
20	Craig Dawson C. Dawson	1,408	282	270	24,117	21	3	339	230	4	44	386	1,297	267	56	2
21	Rami Bensebaïni R. Bensebaïni	1,394	244	207	18,501	23	12	462	308	4	43	387	808	295	64	5
22	Youssouf Sabaly Y. Sabaly	1,389	257	246	21,655	4	18	567	403	1	31	425	604	280	30	0
23	Nicolas Pallois N. Pallois	1,357	292	280	24,756	9	8	618	421	6	15	424	1,609	233	78	9
24	Theodor Gebre Selassie T. Gebre Selassie	1,356	215	209	18,683	20	11	398	284	1	18	465	572	224	20	0
25	Jannik Vestergaard J. Vestergaard	1,351	220	201	18,004	15	1	384	269	3	18	375	1,086	155	26	1