James Tarkowski has won the most career duels by a defender in the Premier League, with 1,995 duels won.

	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	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	1,522	277	270	24,075	14	5	374	210	6	24	396	1,553	169	47	1
4	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	1,457	268	239	21,566	14	10	321	207	4	45	398	1,112	223	60	2
5	Azpilicueta	1,430	293	278	24,854	10	31	703	477	2	33	444	757	275	29	2
6	Joel Ward J. Ward	1,417	270	257	23,040	5	5	541	397	1	25	387	971	277	48	0
7	Craig Dawson C. Dawson	1,408	282	270	24,117	21	3	339	230	4	44	386	1,297	267	56	2
8	Michael Keane M. Keane	1,322	252	230	21,035	16	10	254	162	2	27	387	1,414	134	28	1
9	Jonny Evans J. Evans	1,170	254	231	20,563	10	9	340	218	1	13	439	1,117	208	44	1
10	Kyle Walker K. Walker	1,170	293	272	24,305	4	26	422	296	2	50	331	512	216	40	1
11	Aaron Wan-Bissaka A. Wan-Bissaka	1,146	208	201	18,061	4	18	572	375	4	23	379	530	146	25	1
12	Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	1,088	252	227	20,013	12	15	417	304	3	31	240	546	147	24	1
13	Lucas Digne L. Digne	1,085	222	200	17,395	6	29	394	234	1	54	241	511	221	35	2
14	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	1,071	266	264	23,501	16	6	263	154	4	46	304	1,077	156	47	5
15	Adam Smith A. Smith	1,069	233	205	18,095	5	13	409	285	1	23	247	442	222	53	1
16	Dan Burn D. Burn	1,061	198	188	16,580	6	4	319	189	1	25	201	820	193	38	0
17	Ben Davies B. Davies	1,042	242	197	18,095	7	16	356	223	3	35	226	662	210	36	0
18	Erik Pieters E. Pieters	1,011	189	171	15,398	0	11	475	341	1	14	320	563	283	32	0
19	Kurt Zouma K. Zouma	1,003	247	219	19,588	15	3	220	147	5	26	328	1,237	152	19	1
20	Jan Vertonghen J. Vertonghen	963	175	170	15,066	2	1	283	200	2	28	298	962	95	27	1
21	Steve Cook S. Cook	953	180	175	15,556	10	3	182	103	3	24	319	1,343	93	28	1
22	Ryan Bertrand R. Bertrand	953	218	217	19,419	7	15	336	221	2	29	324	359	200	31	2
23	Nathan Aké N. Aké	934	231	206	18,311	18	9	338	208	4	32	253	968	138	21	1
24	Ben Chilwell B. Chilwell	930	177	148	13,410	13	18	247	155	1	27	173	376	139	24	1
25	Kieran Trippier K. Trippier	914	204	179	15,959	6	38	406	255	1	23	231	477	159	18	0