most interceptions per game in a season since 1980

Since 1979-80, Thiago Alcântara has the most interceptions per match in Europe's top five leagues in a season, with 4.63 per match in Bundesliga in 2016-17.

Interpreted as:
most interceptions per game with a minimum of 30 min per team match by a player in a season since 1980
NAMEINT/MSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Thiago Alcântara
T. Alcântara
4.63
2016-17
Bayern Bayern
27
2,291
26
6
0.22
5
11
0
0
36
15
2
3,110
42
2
2Jordan Amavi
J. Amavi
4.53
2014-15
Nice Nice
36
3,234
36
4
0.11
0
4
0
0
17
6
1
2,699
0
0
3Pedro Bigas
P. Bigas
4.48
2015-16
Las Palmas Las Palmas
27
2,353
26
3
0.11
0
3
0
0
15
5
0
1,694
0
0
4Josuha Guilavogui
J. Guilavogui
4.47
2016-17
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
19
1,542
17
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
1,155
13
1
5Grzegorz Krychowiak
G. Krychowiak
4.46
2015-16
Sevilla Sevilla
26
2,271
25
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
20
3
0
1,659
2
2
6Shkodran Mustafi
S. Mustafi
4.43
2015-16
Valencia Valencia
30
2,682
30
2
0.07
0
2
0
0
22
4
1
1,967
0
5
7Lloyd Palun
L. Palun
4.43
2014-15
Nice Nice
21
1,545
18
1
0.05
0
1
0
0
4
1
1
1,262
0
1
8N'golo Kanté
N. Kanté
4.22
2015-16
Leicester Leicester
37
3,020
33
1
0.03
4
5
0
0
21
5
0
2,231
0
0
9Papy Djilobodji
P. Djilobodji
4.07
2015-16
Werder Werder
14
1,260
14
2
0.14
1
3
0
0
22
10
1
917
2
1
10Dario Dainelli
D. Dainelli
4.06
2015-16
Chievo Chievo
18
1,377
15
1
0.06
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
762
0
0
11Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
4.03
2015-16
Aston Villa Aston Villa
35
3,075
35
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
30
4
0
2,630
0
1
12Santiago Gentiletti
S. Gentiletti
4.00
2015-16
Lazio Lazio
19
1,710
19
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
1,359
0
1
13Daniel Congré
D. Congré
4.00
2015-16
Montpellier Montpellier
35
3,127
35
2
0.06
0
2
0
0
10
2
0
1,926
1
1
14Nikola Maksimović
N. Maksimović
3.94
2015-16
Torino Torino
16
1,440
16
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
1,049
0
1
15Christophe Kerbrat
C. Kerbrat
3.91
2014-15
Guingamp Guingamp
32
2,404
27
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
1,453
0
1
16Yuri Berchiche
Y. Berchiche
3.90
2015-16
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
21
1,851
21
0
0.00
4
4
0
0
14
2
0
1,540
0
4
17Zouhair Feddal
Z. Feddal
3.89
2015-16
Levante Levante
28
2,519
28
1
0.04
1
2
0
0
13
3
1
1,563
0
1
18Luis Hernández
L. Hernández
3.89
2015-16
Sporting Gijón Sporting Gijón
36
3,223
36
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
9
3
0
2,125
0
2
19Santiago García
S. García
3.88
2014-15
Werder Werder
24
1,873
20
0
0.00
3
3
0
0
13
4
0
1,507
3
0
20Francesco Acerbi
F. Acerbi
3.86
2015-16
Sassuolo Sassuolo
36
3,240
36
4
0.11
0
4
0
0
13
8
0
2,334
0
2
21Daniel Baier
D. Baier
3.85
2016-17
Augsburg Augsburg
27
2,399
27
1
0.04
3
4
0
0
24
7
1
1,816
6
2
22Diego Reyes
D. Reyes
3.85
2015-16
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
27
2,312
26
2
0.07
0
2
0
0
11
2
2
1,445
0
3
23Abdoulaye Ba
A. Ba
3.85
2014-15
Rayo Rayo
20
1,620
20
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
1,220
0
3
24Olivier Veigneau
O. Veigneau
3.84
2014-15
Nantes Nantes
25
2,137
25
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
1,579
0
2
25Benedikt Höwedes
B. Höwedes
3.84
2016-17
Schalke Schalke
31
2,790
31
1
0.03
1
2
0
0
18
4
0
2,127
31
2
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