most long balls by midfielders since 2018

Since 2017-18, Maximilian Arnold has the most long ball passes by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues, with 2,034 long ball passes in Bundesliga.

NAMEPASS-LNGRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Maximilian Arnold
M. Arnold
2,034
261
22,462
255
26
0.10
34
60
3
11
345
124
7
16,436
101
6
2Téji Savanier
T. Savanier
1,903
200
16,686
193
48
0.24
42
90
26
6
428
164
12
14,606
250
7
3Dani Parejo
D. Parejo
1,865
292
23,507
268
38
0.13
44
82
23
5
223
94
10
21,858
176
6
4Diego Carlos
D. Carlos
1,800
216
18,104
203
9
0.04
0
9
0
1
142
33
1
13,652
206
10
5Toni Kroos
T. Kroos
1,799
209
15,672
181
16
0.08
41
57
0
1
274
94
6
18,250
172
9
6Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
1,788
257
21,692
246
24
0.09
74
98
1
1
220
81
9
25,671
276
13
7Rúben Neves
R. Neves
1,759
177
14,433
164
21
0.12
9
30
8
3
311
74
5
12,200
63
2
8Marten de Roon
M. de Roon
1,712
281
23,266
260
18
0.06
21
39
2
0
186
47
2
19,293
170
7
9Casemiro
Casemiro
1,677
252
20,028
234
28
0.11
19
47
0
0
328
89
7
17,644
332
23
10Rodri
Rodri
1,629
252
20,316
234
26
0.10
25
51
1
0
275
86
6
22,448
344
15
11Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
1,626
274
23,267
268
21
0.08
33
54
0
3
269
79
8
22,943
250
9
12Manuel Locatelli
M. Locatelli
1,575
265
19,489
222
12
0.05
22
34
3
0
232
58
3
18,081
230
7
13Bryan Cristante
B. Cristante
1,546
282
21,110
236
26
0.09
18
44
0
0
354
81
12
16,325
441
16
14Rodrigo de Paul
R. de Paul
1,506
277
19,832
226
40
0.14
49
89
10
0
403
132
14
16,873
371
9
15Eric Dier
E. Dier
1,484
215
17,452
195
8
0.04
6
14
0
0
114
34
5
15,627
169
7
16Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
1,448
275
21,926
238
16
0.06
19
35
0
1
265
85
7
21,295
284
3
17Jonjo Shelvey
J. Shelvey
1,406
137
10,510
117
11
0.08
10
21
0
2
188
54
6
7,182
73
1
18Bruno Fernandes
B. Fernandes
1,387
210
18,223
206
66
0.31
57
123
24
3
579
215
24
15,660
650
39
19Pierre Lees-Melou
P. Lees-Melou
1,337
246
19,763
224
29
0.12
23
52
2
0
354
113
7
14,825
357
16
20Luka Modrić
L. Modrić
1,325
268
17,869
201
23
0.09
47
70
2
0
259
85
8
17,743
375
14
21Koke
Koke
1,311
280
21,573
248
14
0.05
28
42
0
0
143
49
3
19,943
225
5
22Jordán
Jordán
1,298
234
15,912
181
18
0.08
20
38
4
3
203
58
9
13,285
211
13
23Declan Rice
D. Rice
1,293
291
24,486
274
23
0.08
27
50
1
0
272
81
10
18,008
354
10
24Hakan Çalhanoğlu
H. Çalhanoğlu
1,270
275
20,787
254
56
0.20
60
116
21
3
632
196
20
17,990
466
17
25Benjamin André
B. André
1,250
264
22,489
257
16
0.06
12
28
0
0
185
53
6
19,554
347
13
Data coverage for long balls varies by competition prior to the 2015-16 season.

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GF

17

11th

GA

23

12th

GD

-6

11th

FORM

WDLLL

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBWDLGDPTS
13
Hamburg Hamburg
4
3
6
-6
15
14
Augsburg Augsburg
4
1
8
-10
13
15
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
3
3
7
-6
12
16
Heidenheim Heidenheim
3
2
8
-16
11
17
St. Pauli St. Pauli
2
2
9
-14
8

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
10
3
2
19
33
2
Man City Man City
10
1
4
19
31
3
Aston Villa Aston Villa
9
3
3
7
30
4
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
7
5
3
8
26
5
Chelsea Chelsea
7
4
4
10
25
6
Man United Man United
7
4
4
4
25
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
6
0
0
16
18
2
Bayern Bayern
5
0
1
11
15
3
PSG PSG
4
1
1
11
13
4
Man City Man City
4
1
1
6
13
5
Atalanta Atalanta
4
1
1
2
13
6
Inter Inter
4
0
2
8
12
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
13
1
2
27
40
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
11
3
2
17
36
3
Villarreal Villarreal
11
2
2
18
35
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
9
4
3
13
31
5
Espanyol Espanyol
8
3
4
3
27
6
Real Betis Real Betis
6
6
3
6
24
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
12
1
0
40
37
2
Leipzig Leipzig
9
2
2
15
29
3
Dortmund Dortmund
8
4
1
12
28
4
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
4
9
23
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7
2
4
6
23
6
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
5
-1
22
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Milan Milan
9
4
1
11
31
2
Napoli Napoli
10
1
3
10
31
3
Inter Inter
10
0
4
19
30
4
Roma Roma
9
0
5
7
27
5
Bologna Bologna
7
4
3
11
25
6
Como Como
6
6
2
8
24
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Lens Lens
11
1
3
13
34
2
PSG PSG
10
3
2
20
33
3
Marseille Marseille
9
2
4
20
29
4
Lille Lille
9
2
4
12
29
5
Lyon Lyon
7
3
5
5
24
6
Rennes Rennes
6
6
3
1
24

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
MUN MUN
@
TOT TOT
2-2
Fri
11/7
ALA ALA
@
GIR GIR
0-1
Fri
11/7
CAG CAG
@
COM COM
0-0
Fri
11/7
VER VER
@
LEC LEC
0-0
Fri
11/7
DOR DOR
@
HAM HAM
1-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/12
RBL RBL
@
UNB UNB
2:30 PM
Fri
12/12
NAN NAN
@
ANG ANG
2:45 PM
Fri
12/12
PIS PIS
@
LEC LEC
2:45 PM
Fri
12/12
GIR GIR
@
RSO RSO
3:00 PM
Sat
12/13
VAL VAL
@
ATM ATM
8:00 AM