most ground duels won by midfielders last year

Eric Martel won the most duels by a midfielder in Bundesliga in 2025-26, with 186 duels won.

NAMEDUEL-WSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Eric Martel
E. Martel
186
2025-26
Köln Köln
6.69
31
2,559
30
2
0.06
2
4
0
0
23
4
1
1,900
46
0
2Johan Manzambi
J. Manzambi
181
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
7.09
27
2,078
26
5
0.19
4
9
0
0
51
13
1
1,502
77
2
3Kaishu Sano
K. Sano
178
2025-26
Mainz Mainz
6.60
34
3,059
34
1
0.03
2
3
0
0
24
6
0
1,789
42
4
4Rocco Reitz
R. Reitz
172
2025-26
M'gladbach M'gladbach
6.14
31
2,627
31
0
0.00
4
4
0
0
47
14
0
1,903
58
6
5Antonio Nusa
A. Nusa
166
2025-26
Leipzig Leipzig
7.01
31
2,027
24
4
0.13
3
7
0
0
61
20
4
1,174
121
1
6Nicolai Remberg
N. Remberg
165
2025-26
Hamburg Hamburg
6.61
32
2,880
32
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
17
8
0
1,802
19
1
7Nicolás Capaldo
N. Capaldo
164
2025-26
Hamburg Hamburg
6.65
26
2,001
24
1
0.04
3
4
0
0
22
6
2
1,180
33
2
8Christoph Baumgartner
C. Baumgartner
161
2025-26
Leipzig Leipzig
6.46
33
2,780
32
13
0.39
8
21
0
0
81
35
4
1,624
148
4
9Michael Olise
M. Olise
155
2025-26
Bayern Bayern
8.25
32
2,316
23
15
0.47
19
34
0
0
102
50
8
2,339
214
7
10Joel Fujita
J. Fujita
150
2025-26
St. Pauli St. Pauli
6.14
32
2,666
31
1
0.03
3
4
0
0
32
7
1
1,701
47
3
11Maximilian Eggestein
M. Eggestein
149
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
6.69
34
3,060
34
3
0.09
1
4
0
0
44
13
0
1,968
59
1
12Wouter Burger
W. Burger
148
2025-26
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
6.35
30
2,430
30
4
0.13
5
9
0
1
36
13
2
1,876
75
1
13Robin Fellhauer
R. Fellhauer
145
2025-26
Augsburg Augsburg
6.36
34
2,799
31
3
0.09
2
5
0
0
30
9
1
1,608
67
6
14Jens Stage
J. Stage
143
2025-26
Werder Werder
6.71
29
2,460
29
10
0.34
2
12
0
0
56
21
1
1,474
101
3
15Nathaniel Brown
N. Brown
142
2025-26
Frankfurt Frankfurt
6.73
33
2,656
29
4
0.12
4
8
0
0
18
9
0
1,770
55
1
16James Sands
J. Sands
141
2025-26
St. Pauli St. Pauli
6.15
24
1,934
23
1
0.04
0
1
0
0
16
4
0
1,182
30
0
17Philipp Sander
P. Sander
140
2025-26
M'gladbach M'gladbach
6.81
30
2,445
29
2
0.07
0
2
0
0
25
8
0
1,983
17
0
18Igor Matanović
I. Matanović
140
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
6.88
31
1,571
14
11
0.35
2
13
1
0
51
19
1
664
77
6
19Vinícius Souza
V. Souza
138
2025-26
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
6.48
24
1,764
22
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
9
2
1
1,009
14
0
20Dominik Kohr
D. Kohr
138
2025-26
Mainz Mainz
6.62
29
2,338
28
2
0.07
0
2
0
0
15
4
1
1,592
39
1
21Angelo Stiller
A. Stiller
136
2025-26
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7.34
34
2,742
30
2
0.06
5
7
0
0
17
8
0
2,860
60
0
22Ibrahim Maza
I. Maza
132
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
6.90
28
1,849
20
3
0.11
4
7
0
0
54
17
2
1,379
111
3
23Romano Schmid
R. Schmid
132
2025-26
Werder Werder
6.61
34
2,982
34
4
0.12
8
12
3
0
57
21
1
2,176
92
5
24Ritsu Dōan
R. Dōan
129
2025-26
Frankfurt Frankfurt
6.56
31
2,364
28
5
0.16
5
10
0
0
41
15
0
1,438
76
3
25Mathias Pereira
M. Pereira
128
2025-26
St. Pauli St. Pauli
6.19
28
2,020
25
2
0.07
2
4
0
0
43
15
2
933
61
15
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A

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RTG

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GD

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2026-27 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
11
Schalke Schalke
4
1
2
1
-1
5
12
Paderborn Paderborn
4
1
1
2
-2
4
13
Köln Köln
4
1
1
2
-3
4
14
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
4
1
0
3
-3
3
15
Stuttgart Stuttgart
4
1
0
3
-3
3

Bundesliga 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

4

Olise

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4

Schick

Patrik Schick

4

Tietz

Phillip Tietz
Assists Leaders

3

Ginter

Matthias Ginter

3

Grüll

Marco Grüll

3

Rieder

Fabian Rieder
Rating Leaders

8.85

Pavlovic

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8.76

Olise

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8.27

Kimmich

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Take-ons Leaders

13

Nusa

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11

Olise

Michael Olise

11

Davies

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Big Chances Created Leaders

6

Wolf

Marius Wolf

5

Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich

5

Gutiérrez

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Bundesliga 2026-27 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Bayern

14

Freiburg

12

Augsburg

11

Mainz

10

Leverkusen

10

Leipzig

9
Goals Against Rankings
Bayern

2

Dortmund

2

Freiburg

3

Schalke

4

Leipzig

5

Paderborn

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Bayern

12

Freiburg

9

Dortmund

7

Augsburg

5

Leverkusen

5

Leipzig

4

Bundesliga 2026-27 Table

BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Dortmund Dortmund
4
4
0
0
7
12
2
Bayern Bayern
4
3
1
0
12
10
3
Freiburg Freiburg
4
3
1
0
9
10
4
Augsburg Augsburg
4
2
1
1
5
7
5
Leverkusen Leverkusen
4
2
1
1
5
7
6
Mainz Mainz
4
2
1
1
4
7
7
Elversberg Elversberg
4
2
1
1
1
7
8
Werder Werder
4
2
1
1
0
7
9
Leipzig Leipzig
4
2
0
2
4
6
10
Frankfurt Frankfurt
4
1
2
1
-1
5
11
Schalke Schalke
4
1
2
1
-1
5
12
Paderborn Paderborn
4
1
1
2
-2
4
13
Köln Köln
4
1
1
2
-3
4
14
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
4
1
0
3
-3
3
15
Stuttgart Stuttgart
4
1
0
3
-3
3
16
Hamburg Hamburg
4
1
0
3
-11
3
17
Union Berlin Union Berlin
4
0
1
3
-13
1
18
M'gladbach M'gladbach
4
0
0
4
-10
0