most interceptions by a central midfielder across all leagues

Kaishu Sano has the most interceptions by a centre midfielder in Europe's top five leagues this season, with 55 interceptions in Bundesliga.

Interpreted as:
most interceptions by a central midfielder across all leagues this season
NAMEINTSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Kaishu Sano
K. Sano
55
2025-26
Mainz Mainz
6.55
25
2,250
25
1
0.04
1
2
0
0
14
4
0
1,302
31
4
2Nicolas Seiwald
N. Seiwald
43
2025-26
Leipzig Leipzig
6.65
21
1,814
21
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
14
5
1
1,240
27
0
3James Sands
J. Sands
41
2025-26
St. Pauli St. Pauli
6.14
23
1,923
23
1
0.04
0
1
0
0
16
4
0
1,169
30
0
4Roberto Gagliardini
R. Gagliardini
35
2025-26
Verona Verona
6.23
16
1,384
16
1
0.06
0
1
0
0
8
1
0
937
14
0
5Luka Modrić
L. Modrić
34
2025-26
Milan Milan
7.52
27
2,359
27
2
0.07
2
4
0
0
16
7
1
2,254
19
0
6Ethan Ampadu
E. Ampadu
34
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.56
25
2,219
25
1
0.04
1
2
0
0
20
5
0
1,720
17
0
7Rocco Reitz
R. Reitz
31
2025-26
M'gladbach M'gladbach
5.84
19
1,592
19
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
18
7
0
1,119
30
2
8Nicolai Remberg
N. Remberg
31
2025-26
Hamburg Hamburg
6.64
23
2,070
23
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
14
6
0
1,238
12
0
9Han-Noah Massengo
H. Massengo
31
2025-26
Augsburg Augsburg
6.73
25
2,043
25
2
0.08
1
3
0
0
17
6
0
1,298
20
0
10Rani Khedira
R. Khedira
31
2025-26
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.09
25
2,207
25
5
0.20
0
5
0
0
19
10
0
818
33
2
11Mamadou Sangaré
M. Sangaré
30
2025-26
Lens Lens
7.02
22
1,807
22
3
0.14
3
6
0
0
38
10
1
1,501
28
3
12Cristian Cásseres Jr.
C. Cásseres Jr.
29
2025-26
Toulouse Toulouse
6.64
22
1,898
22
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
19
4
0
1,443
17
1
13Manuel Locatelli
M. Locatelli
28
2025-26
Juventus Juventus
7.20
22
1,793
22
1
0.05
2
3
0
0
27
8
2
1,998
12
0
14Luis Milla
L. Milla
28
2025-26
Getafe Getafe
6.91
24
2,114
24
0
0.00
9
9
0
0
13
1
0
1,394
8
1
15Martín Zubimendi
M. Zubimendi
28
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.06
20
1,673
20
4
0.20
0
4
0
0
15
6
1
1,347
27
0
16Valentin Rongier
V. Rongier
28
2025-26
Rennes Rennes
7.16
22
1,935
22
1
0.05
4
5
0
0
19
8
1
1,799
20
0
17Jesper Karlström
J. Karlström
27
2025-26
Udinese Udinese
6.16
28
2,473
28
1
0.04
0
1
0
0
14
2
0
1,380
19
1
18Mandela Keita
M. Keita
27
2025-26
Parma Parma
6.78
21
1,736
21
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
10
1
0
997
3
0
19Morten Frendrup
M. Frendrup
26
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
6.81
22
1,908
22
1
0.05
0
1
0
0
6
2
0
1,144
2
0
20Jobe Bellingham
J. Bellingham
26
2025-26
Dortmund Dortmund
6.75
12
989
12
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
13
4
0
787
10
0
21Antonio Blanco
A. Blanco
26
2025-26
Alavés Alavés
6.43
17
1,445
17
1
0.06
0
1
0
0
18
8
0
1,102
11
1
22Yannik Engelhardt
Y. Engelhardt
25
2025-26
M'gladbach M'gladbach
6.55
20
1,684
20
2
0.10
2
4
0
0
14
5
1
1,095
25
0
23Michel Aebischer
M. Aebischer
25
2025-26
Pisa Pisa
6.62
26
2,202
26
1
0.04
1
2
0
0
12
2
0
1,485
13
0
24Laurent Abergel
L. Abergel
25
2025-26
Lorient Lorient
6.68
23
1,983
23
1
0.04
0
1
0
0
20
5
0
1,733
8
0
25João Gomes
J. Gomes
25
2025-26
Wolves Wolves
6.83
20
1,729
20
1
0.05
1
2
0
0
12
5
0
1,292
23
0
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G

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A

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GA

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8th

GD

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9
Union Berlin Union Berlin
27
8
7
12
-15
31
10
Augsburg Augsburg
27
9
4
14
-17
31
11
Mainz Mainz
27
7
9
11
-9
30
12
Hamburg Hamburg
27
7
9
11
-9
30
13
M'gladbach M'gladbach
27
7
8
12
-13
29

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

31

Kane

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23

Mbappé

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22

Haaland

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Assists Leaders

17

Olise

Michael Olise

16

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

13

Dimarco

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Rating Leaders

8.27

Olise

Michael Olise

8.18

Vitinha

Vitinha

8.09

Pedri

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Take-ons Leaders

112

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

86

Diomandé

Yan Diomandé

69

Yıldız

Kenan Yıldız
Big Chances Created Leaders

25

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

25

Olise

Michael Olise

24

Fernandes

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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

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Bayern

97

Barcelona

78

Inter

66

Real Madrid

63

Arsenal

61

Man City

60
Goals Against Rankings
PSG

22

Como

22

Arsenal

22

Milan

23

Roma

23

Lens

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Goal Difference Rankings
Bayern

72

Barcelona

50

Inter

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Arsenal

39

Real Madrid

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PSG

36

FC 2025-26 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
31
21
7
3
39
70
2
Man City Man City
30
18
7
5
32
61
3
Man United Man United
31
15
10
6
13
55
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
31
16
6
9
5
54
5
Liverpool Liverpool
31
14
7
10
8
49
6
Chelsea Chelsea
31
13
9
9
15
48
7
Brentford Brentford
31
13
7
11
4
46
8
Everton Everton
31
13
7
11
2
46
9
Fulham Fulham
31
13
5
13
-1
44
10
Brighton Brighton
31
11
10
10
4
43
11
Sunderland Sunderland
31
11
10
10
-4
43
12
Newcastle Newcastle
31
12
6
13
-1
42
13
Bournemouth Bournemouth
31
9
15
7
-2
42
14
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
30
10
9
11
-2
39
15
Leeds Leeds
31
7
12
12
-11
33
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
31
8
8
15
-12
32
17
Tottenham Tottenham
31
7
9
15
-10
30
18
West Ham West Ham
31
7
8
16
-21
29
19
Burnley Burnley
31
4
8
19
-28
20
20
Wolves Wolves
31
3
8
20
-30
17
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
29
24
1
4
50
73
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
29
22
3
4
37
69
3
Villarreal Villarreal
29
18
4
7
20
58
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
29
17
6
6
21
57
5
Real Betis Real Betis
29
11
11
7
7
44
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
29
10
11
8
6
41
7
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
29
10
8
11
-1
38
8
Getafe Getafe
29
11
5
13
-6
38
9
Athletic Club Athletic Club
29
11
5
13
-9
38
10
Osasuna Osasuna
29
10
7
12
-1
37
11
Espanyol Espanyol
29
10
7
12
-8
37
12
Valencia Valencia
29
9
8
12
-10
35
13
Girona Girona
29
8
10
11
-13
34
14
Rayo Rayo
29
7
11
11
-7
32
15
Sevilla Sevilla
29
8
7
14
-12
31
16
Alavés Alavés
29
8
7
14
-11
31
17
Elche Elche
29
6
11
12
-8
29
18
Mallorca Mallorca
29
7
7
15
-13
28
19
Levante Levante
29
6
8
15
-14
26
20
Oviedo Oviedo
29
4
9
16
-28
21
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
27
22
4
1
72
70
2
Dortmund Dortmund
27
18
7
2
30
61
3
Stuttgart Stuttgart
27
16
5
6
20
53
4
Leipzig Leipzig
27
15
5
7
18
50
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
27
15
5
7
15
50
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
27
13
7
7
16
46
7
Frankfurt Frankfurt
27
10
8
9
-1
38
8
Freiburg Freiburg
27
10
7
10
-5
37
9
Union Berlin Union Berlin
27
8
7
12
-15
31
10
Augsburg Augsburg
27
9
4
14
-17
31
11
Mainz Mainz
27
7
9
11
-9
30
12
Hamburg Hamburg
27
7
9
11
-9
30
13
M'gladbach M'gladbach
27
7
8
12
-13
29
14
Werder Werder
27
7
7
13
-17
28
15
Köln Köln
27
6
8
13
-9
26
16
St. Pauli St. Pauli
27
6
6
15
-20
24
17
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
27
5
6
16
-22
21
18
Heidenheim Heidenheim
27
3
6
18
-34
15
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
30
22
3
5
42
69
2
Milan Milan
30
18
9
3
24
63
3
Napoli Napoli
30
19
5
6
16
62
4
Como Como
30
16
9
5
31
57
5
Juventus Juventus
30
15
9
6
23
54
6
Roma Roma
30
17
3
10
17
54
7
Atalanta Atalanta
30
13
11
6
14
50
8
Lazio Lazio
30
11
10
9
3
43
9
Bologna Bologna
30
12
6
12
2
42
10
Sassuolo Sassuolo
30
11
6
13
-4
39
11
Udinese Udinese
30
11
6
13
-7
39
12
Parma Parma
30
8
10
12
-17
34
13
Genoa Genoa
30
8
9
13
-6
33
14
Torino Torino
30
9
6
15
-19
33
15
Cagliari Cagliari
30
7
9
14
-11
30
16
Fiorentina Fiorentina
30
6
11
13
-9
29
17
Cremonese Cremonese
30
6
9
15
-19
27
18
Lecce Lecce
30
7
6
17
-19
27
19
Verona Verona
30
3
9
18
-30
18
20
Pisa Pisa
30
2
12
16
-31
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
26
19
3
4
36
60
2
Lens Lens
27
19
2
6
30
59
3
Marseille Marseille
27
15
4
8
19
49
4
Lyon Lyon
27
14
5
8
12
47
5
Lille Lille
27
14
5
8
8
47
6
Monaco Monaco
27
14
4
9
9
46
7
Rennes Rennes
27
12
8
7
6
44
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
27
11
7
9
10
40
9
Toulouse Toulouse
27
10
7
10
6
37
10
Lorient Lorient
27
9
10
8
-4
37
11
Brest Brest
27
10
6
11
-5
36
12
Angers Angers
27
9
5
13
-13
32
13
Paris FC Paris FC
27
7
10
10
-11
31
14
Le Havre Le Havre
27
6
9
12
-13
27
15
Nice Nice
27
7
6
14
-20
27
16
Auxerre Auxerre
27
5
7
15
-14
22
17
Nantes Nantes
26
4
5
17
-21
17
18
Metz Metz
27
3
5
19
-35
14
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
8
8
0
0
19
24
2
Bayern Bayern
8
7
0
1
14
21
3
Liverpool Liverpool
8
6
0
2
12
18
4
Tottenham Tottenham
8
5
2
1
10
17
5
Barcelona Barcelona
8
5
1
2
8
16
6
Chelsea Chelsea
8
5
1
2
7
16
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
8
5
1
2
6
16
8
Man City Man City
8
5
1
2
6
16
9
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8
5
0
3
9
15
10
Inter Inter
8
5
0
3
8
15
11
PSG PSG
8
4
2
2
10
14
12
Newcastle Newcastle
8
4
2
2
10
14
13
Juventus Juventus
8
3
4
1
4
13
14
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
4
1
3
2
13
15
Atalanta Atalanta
8
4
1
3
0
13
16
Leverkusen Leverkusen
8
3
3
2
-1
12
17
Dortmund Dortmund
8
3
2
3
2
11
18
Olympiacos Olympiacos
8
3
2
3
-4
11
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
8
3
1
4
-2
10
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
8
3
1
4
-2
10
21
Monaco Monaco
8
2
4
2
-6
10
22
Qarabag Qarabag
8
3
1
4
-8
10
23
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
8
2
3
3
-1
9
24
Benfica Benfica
8
3
0
5
-2
9
25
Marseille Marseille
8
3
0
5
-3
9
26
Páfos Páfos
8
2
3
3
-3
9
27
Union SG Union SG
8
3
0
5
-9
9
28
PSV PSV
8
2
2
4
0
8
29
Athletic Club Athletic Club
8
2
2
4
-5
8
30
Napoli Napoli
8
2
2
4
-6
8
31
København København
8
2
2
4
-9
8
32
Ajax Ajax
8
2
0
6
-13
6
33
Frankfurt Frankfurt
8
1
1
6
-11
4
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
8
0
3
5
-14
3
35
Villarreal Villarreal
8
0
1
7
-13
1
36
Kairat Kairat
8
0
1
7
-15
1

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
2/21
TOR TOR
@
GEN GEN
0-3
Sat
2/21
SEV SEV
@
GET GET
1-0
Sat
2/21
LEV LEV
@
FCB FCB
0-3
Sat
2/21
MAL MAL
@
CEL CEL
0-2
Sat
2/21
VAL VAL
@
VIL VIL
1-2

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/3
TOU TOU
@
PSG PSG
2:45 PM
Fri
4/3
ELC ELC
@
RAY RAY
3:00 PM
Sat
4/4
LEV LEV
@
RSO RSO
8:00 AM
Sat
4/4
CAG CAG
@
SAS SAS
9:00 AM
Sat
4/4
AUG AUG
@
HAM HAM
9:30 AM