most interceptions by a defender in all european football

Malang Sarr has the most interceptions by a defender in Europe's top five leagues this season, with 76 interceptions in Ligue 1.

Interpreted as:
most interceptions by a defender in all european football this season
NAMEINTSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKCLRFOULYCRC
1Malang Sarr
M. Sarr
76
2025-26
Lens Lens
6.94
33
33
2,925
0
1
65
44
4
4
141
21
4
0
2Victor Nelsson
V. Nelsson
73
2025-26
Verona Verona
6.54
37
36
3,225
0
0
75
45
3
1
279
44
4
0
3Antonio Caracciolo
A. Caracciolo
57
2025-26
Pisa Pisa
6.45
35
34
3,073
2
0
71
44
1
5
215
41
10
0
4Matthieu Udol
M. Udol
51
2025-26
Lens Lens
6.86
34
33
3,002
1
7
48
21
0
9
66
30
2
0
5David Affengruber
D. Affengruber
49
2025-26
Elche Elche
6.63
35
32
2,859
1
1
71
48
3
1
195
33
6
1
6Eric García
E. García
48
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
7.03
33
31
2,661
1
1
71
43
0
7
83
33
6
0
7Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
48
2025-26
Total
7.07
35
35
3,150
3
3
45
31
1
8
183
25
6
0
8Florian Lejeune
F. Lejeune
47
2025-26
Rayo Rayo
6.81
36
36
3,230
2
1
71
47
4
8
252
47
7
0
9Robin Koch
R. Koch
47
2025-26
Frankfurt Frankfurt
6.75
32
32
2,833
3
1
45
27
2
2
237
31
3
1
10Adrián de la Fuente
A. de la Fuente
47
2025-26
Levante Levante
6.59
32
29
2,621
3
1
28
16
1
18
199
34
5
0
11Jonathan Clauss
J. Clauss
47
2025-26
Nice Nice
6.68
30
28
2,530
1
6
66
38
0
7
64
22
0
0
12Konstantinos Mavropanos
K. Mavropanos
46
2025-26
West Ham West Ham
6.83
30
26
2,444
3
0
38
23
0
3
209
12
2
0
13Maxence Lacroix
M. Lacroix
45
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.67
35
35
3,085
1
2
60
38
3
7
281
34
4
1
14Willi Orban
W. Orban
45
2025-26
Leipzig Leipzig
6.99
33
33
2,949
2
0
51
33
1
4
270
20
4
0
15Gianluca Mancini
G. Mancini
45
2025-26
Roma Roma
6.76
35
35
2,969
4
2
50
27
1
5
131
69
9
0
16Tiago Gabriel
T. Gabriel
45
2025-26
Lecce Lecce
6.57
36
35
3,129
2
0
63
39
2
2
261
27
6
0
17Neco Williams
N. Williams
44
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.98
36
35
3,114
2
3
91
61
0
17
91
28
6
1
18Diogo Leite
D. Leite
44
2025-26
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.61
23
23
1,963
0
0
32
15
0
4
155
26
4
0
19Oumar Solet
O. Solet
44
2025-26
Udinese Udinese
6.86
34
33
2,869
3
1
76
55
2
8
132
30
1
0
20Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
43
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.80
35
35
3,120
3
3
52
30
2
7
215
27
9
0
21Valentin Rosier
V. Rosier
43
2025-26
Osasuna Osasuna
6.68
30
29
2,457
1
1
46
30
1
6
86
33
6
1
22Gautier Lloris
G. Lloris
43
2025-26
Le Havre Le Havre
6.78
29
28
2,399
1
1
43
24
1
2
161
27
2
1
23Kyle Walker
K. Walker
42
2025-26
Burnley Burnley
6.31
35
34
3,006
0
2
53
31
1
3
101
31
9
0
24Carmona
Carmona
42
2025-26
Sevilla Sevilla
6.55
34
28
2,475
1
3
63
39
0
7
69
48
13
0
25Danilho Doekhi
D. Doekhi
42
2025-26
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.62
34
34
3,060
5
0
45
31
2
6
193
28
4
0
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1
PSG PSG
34
24
4
6
45
76
2
Lens Lens
34
22
4
8
31
70
3
Lille Lille
34
18
7
9
15
61
4
Lyon Lyon
34
18
6
10
13
60
5
Marseille Marseille
34
18
5
11
18
59

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Goals Leaders

36

Kane

Harry Kane

27

Haaland

Erling Haaland

24

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé
Assists Leaders

20

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

19

Olise

Michael Olise

16

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco
Rating Leaders

8.25

Olise

Michael Olise

8.15

Pedri

Pedri

8.07

Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich
Take-ons Leaders

127

Yamal

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115

Diomandé

Yan Diomandé

85

Júnior

Vinícius Júnior
Big Chances Created Leaders

31

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

29

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

28

Olise

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Bayern

122

Barcelona

94

Inter

86

Man City

76

PSG

74

Real Madrid

73
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

26

Como

28

PSG

29

Roma

31

Juventus

32

Inter

32
Goal Difference Rankings
Bayern

86

Barcelona

61

Inter

54

PSG

45

Man City

43

Arsenal

43

FC 2025-26 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
37
25
7
5
43
82
2
Man City Man City
37
23
9
5
43
78
3
Man United Man United
37
19
11
7
16
68
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
37
18
8
11
6
62
5
Liverpool Liverpool
37
17
8
12
10
59
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
37
13
17
7
4
56
7
Brighton Brighton
37
14
11
12
9
53
8
Chelsea Chelsea
37
14
10
13
7
52
9
Brentford Brentford
37
14
10
13
3
52
10
Sunderland Sunderland
37
13
12
12
-7
51
11
Newcastle Newcastle
37
14
7
16
0
49
12
Everton Everton
37
13
10
14
-2
49
13
Fulham Fulham
37
14
7
16
-6
49
14
Leeds Leeds
37
11
14
12
-4
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
37
11
12
14
-9
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
37
11
10
16
-3
43
17
Tottenham Tottenham
37
9
11
17
-10
38
18
West Ham West Ham
37
9
9
19
-22
36
19
Burnley Burnley
37
4
9
24
-37
21
20
Wolves Wolves
37
3
10
24
-41
19
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
37
31
1
5
61
94
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
37
26
5
6
40
83
3
Villarreal Villarreal
37
21
6
10
22
69
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
37
21
6
10
22
69
5
Real Betis Real Betis
37
14
15
8
10
57
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
37
13
12
12
4
51
7
Getafe Getafe
37
14
6
17
-7
48
8
Rayo Rayo
37
11
14
12
-4
47
9
Valencia Valencia
37
12
10
15
-11
46
10
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
37
11
12
14
-2
45
11
Espanyol Espanyol
37
12
9
16
-12
45
12
Athletic Club Athletic Club
37
13
6
18
-13
45
13
Sevilla Sevilla
37
12
7
18
-13
43
14
Alavés Alavés
37
11
10
16
-11
43
15
Levante Levante
37
11
9
17
-13
42
16
Osasuna Osasuna
37
11
9
17
-5
42
17
Elche Elche
37
10
12
15
-8
42
18
Girona Girona
37
9
13
15
-16
40
19
Mallorca Mallorca
37
10
9
18
-13
39
20
Oviedo Oviedo
37
6
11
20
-31
29
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
34
28
5
1
86
89
2
Dortmund Dortmund
34
22
7
5
36
73
3
Leipzig Leipzig
34
20
5
9
19
65
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
34
18
8
8
22
62
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
34
18
7
9
13
61
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
34
17
8
9
21
59
7
Freiburg Freiburg
34
13
8
13
-6
47
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
34
11
11
12
-4
44
9
Augsburg Augsburg
34
12
7
15
-16
43
10
Mainz Mainz
34
10
10
14
-9
40
11
Union Berlin Union Berlin
34
10
9
15
-14
39
12
M'gladbach M'gladbach
34
9
11
14
-11
38
13
Hamburg Hamburg
34
9
11
14
-14
38
14
Köln Köln
34
7
11
16
-14
32
15
Werder Werder
34
8
8
18
-23
32
16
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
34
7
8
19
-24
29
17
Heidenheim Heidenheim
34
6
8
20
-31
26
18
St. Pauli St. Pauli
34
6
8
20
-31
26
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
37
27
5
5
54
86
2
Napoli Napoli
37
22
7
8
21
73
3
Milan Milan
37
20
10
7
19
70
4
Roma Roma
37
22
4
11
26
70
5
Como Como
37
19
11
7
33
68
6
Juventus Juventus
37
19
11
7
27
68
7
Atalanta Atalanta
37
15
13
9
15
58
8
Bologna Bologna
37
16
7
14
3
55
9
Lazio Lazio
37
13
12
12
0
51
10
Udinese Udinese
37
14
8
15
-2
50
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
37
14
7
16
-3
49
12
Torino Torino
37
12
8
17
-19
44
13
Parma Parma
37
10
12
15
-19
42
14
Genoa Genoa
37
10
11
16
-9
41
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
37
9
14
14
-9
41
16
Cagliari Cagliari
37
10
10
17
-14
40
17
Lecce Lecce
37
9
8
20
-23
35
18
Cremonese Cremonese
37
8
10
19
-22
34
19
Verona Verona
37
3
12
22
-34
21
20
Pisa Pisa
37
2
12
23
-44
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
34
24
4
6
45
76
2
Lens Lens
34
22
4
8
31
70
3
Lille Lille
34
18
7
9
15
61
4
Lyon Lyon
34
18
6
10
13
60
5
Marseille Marseille
34
18
5
11
18
59
6
Rennes Rennes
34
17
8
9
9
59
7
Monaco Monaco
34
16
6
12
6
54
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
34
15
8
11
11
53
9
Lorient Lorient
34
11
12
11
-3
45
10
Toulouse Toulouse
33
12
8
13
1
44
11
Paris FC Paris FC
34
11
11
12
-3
44
12
Brest Brest
34
10
9
15
-12
39
13
Angers Angers
34
9
9
16
-19
36
14
Le Havre Le Havre
34
7
14
13
-12
35
15
Auxerre Auxerre
34
8
10
16
-10
34
16
Nice Nice
34
7
11
16
-23
32
17
Nantes Nantes
33
5
8
20
-23
23
18
Metz Metz
34
3
8
23
-44
17
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
Fri
4/24
UNB UNB
@
RBL RBL
1-3
Fri
4/24
LEN LEN
@
BRE BRE
3-3
Fri
4/24
CRE CRE
@
NAP NAP
0-4
Fri
4/24
RMA RMA
@
BET BET
1-1
Sat
4/25
AVL AVL
@
FUL FUL
0-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
5/22
ATA ATA
@
FIO FIO
2:45 PM
Sat
5/23
INT INT
@
BOL BOL
12:00 PM
Sat
5/23
PIS PIS
@
LAZ LAZ
2:45 PM
Sat
5/23
ATH ATH
@
RMA RMA
3:00 PM
Sat
5/23
FCB FCB
@
VAL VAL
3:00 PM