most long balls by a defensive midfielder across all leagues

Joshua Kimmich has the most long ball passes by a defensive midfielder in Europe's top five leagues this season, with 171 long ball passes in Bundesliga.

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most long balls by a defensive midfielder across all leagues this season
NAMEPASS-LNGSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
171
2025-26
Bayern Bayern
8.29
19
19
1,683
2
6
24
18
0
5
15
12
7
3
0
2Elliot Anderson
E. Anderson
166
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
7.32
27
27
2,412
1
2
78
49
0
15
29
34
40
5
0
3Maximilian Arnold
M. Arnold
157
2025-26
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
6.82
20
20
1,800
1
4
22
15
0
2
24
75
17
5
0
4Nikola Moro
N. Moro
148
2025-26
Bologna Bologna
6.90
14
14
1,080
2
0
19
5
0
2
9
18
10
1
0
5Jordan Henderson
J. Henderson
121
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.69
16
16
1,262
1
2
18
10
1
2
14
23
10
2
0
6Angelo Stiller
A. Stiller
105
2025-26
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7.16
17
17
1,504
0
3
20
11
0
2
15
24
12
1
0
7Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
102
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.94
13
13
1,155
0
3
12
11
0
3
12
36
5
2
0
8Joris Chotard
J. Chotard
100
2025-26
Brest Brest
6.35
21
21
1,858
1
0
46
25
0
3
34
63
22
1
0
9Rodri
Rodri
99
2025-26
Man City Man City
7.77
13
13
1,065
1
0
29
19
0
4
9
35
9
2
0
10Ruiz de Galarreta
R. de Galarreta
96
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.75
23
23
1,572
0
1
44
23
0
5
11
15
41
10
0
11Alex Scott
A. Scott
94
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
7.00
25
25
1,964
2
1
44
29
0
13
27
59
29
2
0
12Ylber Ramadani
Y. Ramadani
88
2025-26
Lecce Lecce
6.54
15
15
1,315
0
0
37
21
0
5
16
18
20
4
0
13Maximilian Eggestein
M. Eggestein
83
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
6.63
26
26
2,340
2
0
53
30
0
17
26
53
15
3
0
14Lucas Da Cunha
L. Da Cunha
82
2025-26
Como Como
7.26
21
21
1,688
2
3
34
19
0
5
12
15
24
3
0
15Mikel Jauregizar
M. Jauregizar
82
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.63
26
26
2,175
2
0
57
38
0
15
40
22
32
3
0
16Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
79
2025-26
Marseille Marseille
7.66
15
15
1,341
2
2
23
16
0
4
11
19
16
3
0
17Samu Costa
S. Costa
78
2025-26
Mallorca Mallorca
6.55
16
16
1,366
4
0
33
17
0
4
16
50
36
8
0
18Hugo Magnetti
H. Magnetti
78
2025-26
Brest Brest
6.77
20
20
1,721
1
1
51
31
0
7
32
40
21
2
0
19Yehor Yarmoliuk
Y. Yarmoliuk
77
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.62
17
17
1,351
1
2
36
23
0
3
14
15
24
4
0
20Aleksandar Pavlovic
A. Pavlovic
75
2025-26
Bayern Bayern
8.39
14
14
1,166
3
1
24
14
0
1
10
13
14
2
0
21James Garner
J. Garner
72
2025-26
Everton Everton
7.23
23
23
2,063
1
6
80
42
0
7
41
49
22
6
0
22Sander Berge
S. Berge
72
2025-26
Fulham Fulham
6.81
28
28
2,393
0
0
43
32
0
4
19
44
30
5
0
23Ryan Gravenberch
R. Gravenberch
69
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7.42
28
28
2,428
4
3
47
30
0
12
36
47
28
4
0
24Leon Avdullahu
L. Avdullahu
68
2025-26
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
6.99
13
13
1,113
0
0
23
14
0
1
12
27
10
0
0
25Máximo Perrone
M. Perrone
66
2025-26
Como Como
7.21
23
23
1,823
3
4
35
25
0
1
15
23
30
7
0
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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

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31

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23

Mbappé

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22

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Assists Leaders

17

Olise

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16

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

13

Dimarco

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Rating Leaders

8.27

Olise

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8.18

Vitinha

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8.09

Pedri

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112

Yamal

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86

Diomandé

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69

Yıldız

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25

Dimarco

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25

Olise

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24

Fernandes

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Bayern

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Barcelona

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Inter

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Real Madrid

63

Arsenal

61

Man City

60
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22

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22

Milan

23

Roma

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Arsenal

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PSG

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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)
Sat
3/21
CRY CRY
@
MCI MCI
11:00 AM
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