most long balls by a defender in a season

Hilton has the most long ball passes by a defender in Ligue 1 in a season, with 499 long ball passes in 2015-16.

	NAME	PASS-LNG	SEASON	CLUB	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Hilton	499	2015-16	Montpellier	36	36	3,176	1	1	61	45	2	7	115	165	26	2	1
2	Hilton	480	2014-15	Montpellier	37	37	3,329	3	0	81	68	1	5	138	334	35	3	1
3	Sylvain Armand S. Armand	422	2014-15	Rennes	36	36	3,240	1	0	45	37	1	5	95	228	14	4	0
4	Hilton	389	2018-19	Montpellier	36	36	3,232	0	2	33	16	0	6	68	193	23	5	1
5	Sylvain Armand S. Armand	381	2015-16	Rennes	34	33	2,991	1	0	54	47	0	2	99	115	22	5	0
6	Hilton	366	2016-17	Montpellier	32	32	2,806	1	0	37	25	0	6	81	172	18	2	0
7	Marcelo	355	2017-18	Lyon	35	35	3,106	3	1	28	27	0	3	55	217	32	5	1
8	Papy Djilobodji P. Djilobodji	352	2017-18	Dijon	30	30	2,699	0	1	45	29	0	3	71	202	25	4	1
9	Brendan Chardonnet B. Chardonnet	344	2023-24	Brest	33	33	2,970	1	1	61	39	0	6	50	141	35	4	0
10	Kamil Glik K. Glik	341	2017-18	Monaco	36	36	3,240	3	3	36	24	0	4	59	275	42	8	0
11	Christophe Kerbrat C. Kerbrat	339	2017-18	Guingamp	37	37	3,321	1	0	62	45	1	2	65	240	11	4	0
12	Mathieu Peybernes M. Peybernes	338	2016-17	Total	37	37	3,171	0	0	63	49	1	2	86	180	26	6	0
13	Simon Kjær S. Kjær	336	2014-15	Lille	31	31	2,710	1	0	50	46	0	5	76	236	26	6	0
14	Benoît Badiashile B. Badiashile	330	2020-21	Monaco	35	32	2,871	2	1	24	18	0	6	60	95	34	5	0
15	Brendan Chardonnet B. Chardonnet	330	2020-21	Brest	33	30	2,713	3	1	51	28	0	3	61	153	32	3	1
16	Sven Botman S. Botman	329	2020-21	Lille	37	37	3,311	0	0	33	20	0	3	61	119	14	2	0
17	Hilton	328	2019-20	Montpellier	28	28	2,511	0	2	27	18	0	2	50	119	17	2	0
18	Damien da Silva D. da Silva	325	2016-17	Caen	36	36	3,167	0	1	80	63	1	4	76	162	35	5	2
19	Pablo Martinez P. Martinez	324	2018-19	Strasbourg	32	32	2,818	3	1	51	35	1	1	52	126	30	7	0
20	Nicolas Pallois N. Pallois	323	2016-17	Bordeaux	31	31	2,788	2	1	67	54	1	2	45	202	25	10	2
21	Christophe Kerbrat C. Kerbrat	323	2016-17	Guingamp	35	35	3,135	0	1	58	42	1	2	75	210	17	4	0
22	Kamil Glik K. Glik	322	2016-17	Monaco	36	36	3,240	6	2	24	16	1	2	62	245	35	6	0
23	Bruno Ecuélé Manga B. Ecuélé Manga	321	2020-21	Dijon	38	38	3,420	2	0	53	38	0	4	60	160	19	3	0
24	François Modesto F. Modesto	321	2014-15	Bastia	29	25	2,305	2	0	46	42	1	2	49	153	18	5	0
25	Brendan Chardonnet B. Chardonnet	320	2021-22	Brest	32	31	2,686	3	0	42	25	0	1	60	150	26	6	1