most interceptions per game in a season since 1980

Since 1979-80, N'golo Kanté has the most interceptions per match in the Premier League in a season, with 4.22 per match in 2015-16.

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
1N'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
2Idrissa 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
3Laurent Koscielny
L. Koscielny
3.82
2015-16
Arsenal Arsenal
33
2,846
33
4
0.12
0
4
0
0
19
8
0
2,227
0
1
4Yohan Cabaye
Y. Cabaye
3.64
2015-16
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
33
2,704
32
5
0.15
1
6
3
0
67
21
2
1,976
0
0
5Hassane Kamara
H. Kamara
3.63
2021-22
Watford Watford
6.55
19
1,625
18
1
0.05
0
1
0
0
5
1
0
1,261
9
0
6Curtis Davies
C. Davies
3.54
2016-17
Hull City Hull City
26
2,137
25
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
10
3
1
1,289
20
0
7Nicolás Otamendi
N. Otamendi
3.47
2015-16
Man City Man City
30
2,672
30
1
0.03
0
1
0
0
27
8
0
2,145
0
0
8Laurent Koscielny
L. Koscielny
3.44
2014-15
Arsenal Arsenal
27
2,288
26
3
0.11
0
3
0
0
8
4
0
1,559
0
3
9Claudio Yacob
C. Yacob
3.44
2015-16
West Brom West Brom
34
2,854
33
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
9
0
1
1,611
0
0
10Francis Coquelin
F. Coquelin
3.41
2014-15
Arsenal Arsenal
22
1,663
19
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
1,327
0
1
11Federico Fazio
F. Fazio
3.40
2014-15
Tottenham Tottenham
20
1,776
20
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
11
3
0
1,256
0
0
12Mile Jedinak
M. Jedinak
3.38
2014-15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
24
2,079
24
5
0.21
2
7
3
1
31
13
0
1,366
0
0
13Gaël Clichy
G. Clichy
3.35
2014-15
Man City Man City
23
2,057
23
1
0.04
3
4
0
0
8
2
1
1,975
0
2
14Daley Blind
D. Blind
3.24
2014-15
Man United Man United
25
2,173
25
2
0.08
2
4
0
0
28
9
1
2,016
0
1
15Winston Reid
W. Reid
3.21
2015-16
West Ham West Ham
24
2,136
24
1
0.04
1
2
0
0
17
5
2
1,230
0
0
16Curtis Davies
C. Davies
3.19
2014-15
Hull City Hull City
21
1,814
21
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
12
2
0
958
0
0
17José Fonte
J. Fonte
3.19
2014-15
Southampton Southampton
37
3,330
37
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
23
5
2
2,503
0
0
18Phil Jones
P. Jones
3.18
2014-15
Man United Man United
22
1,878
22
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
1,559
0
1
19Nathan Aké
N. Aké
3.17
2015-16
Watford Watford
24
1,873
20
1
0.04
1
2
0
0
16
5
1
1,300
0
0
20Danny Simpson
D. Simpson
3.13
2015-16
Leicester Leicester
30
2,612
30
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
7
2
0
1,641
0
0
21Federico Fernández
F. Fernández
3.11
2014-15
Swansea Swansea
28
2,475
27
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
13
4
0
1,802
0
1
22Sebastian Prödl
S. Prödl
3.10
2015-16
Watford Watford
21
1,776
19
2
0.10
0
2
0
0
13
5
0
749
0
0
23Robert Huth
R. Huth
3.07
2014-15
Total
15
1,183
14
1
0.07
0
1
0
0
16
1
0
495
0
1
24Christian Fuchs
C. Fuchs
3.06
2015-16
Leicester Leicester
32
2,710
30
0
0.00
4
4
0
0
19
8
0
2,243
0
0
25Nacho Monreal
N. Monreal
3.04
2014-15
Arsenal Arsenal
28
2,311
26
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
4
1
0
1,854
0
1
StatMuse has Premier League data for interceptions per match going back to the 2014-15 season.