most long balls by midfielders since 2018

Since 2017-18, Téji Savanier has the most long ball passes by a midfielder in Ligue 1, with 1,903 long ball passes.

	NAME	PASS-LNG	Rating	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Téji Savanier T. Savanier	1,903		200	16,639	193	48	0.24	42	90	26	6	428	164	12	14,606	250	7
2	Benjamin André B. André	1,254		266	22,668	259	17	0.06	12	29	0	0	187	54	6	19,680	353	13
3	Jordan Ferri J. Ferri	1,237		226	15,832	179	4	0.02	12	16	0	0	87	18	4	13,542	114	3
4	Pierre Lees-Melou P. Lees-Melou	1,200		213	17,491	197	28	0.13	23	51	2	0	321	104	7	13,482	331	14
5	Benjamin Bourigeaud B. Bourigeaud	1,147		241	18,819	218	52	0.22	47	99	14	6	396	141	10	14,176	409	18
6	Baptiste Santamaria B. Santamaria	1,110		212	16,289	184	6	0.03	4	10	0	0	183	48	5	11,610	139	6
7	Andrei Girotto A. Girotto	1,058		176	14,141	162	12	0.07	4	16	0	2	174	41	2	10,029	180	3
8	Thomas Mangani T. Mangani	1,055		182	12,723	144	18	0.10	14	32	14	0	141	42	5	10,934	124	4
9	Pedro Chirivella P. Chirivella	1,041		151	11,918	141	4	0.03	7	11	0	0	70	21	3	8,807	81	2
10	Thiago Mendes T. Mendes	1,019		180	13,358	149	6	0.03	18	24	0	2	154	37	5	11,359	90	3
11	Jean-Clair Todibo J. Todibo	874		125	10,807	123	3	0.02	2	5	0	0	48	12	1	10,320	88	1
12	Johan Gastien J. Gastien	873	6.50	91	7,631	89	4	0.04	4	8	0	0	54	21	3	7,550	39	1
13	Vincent Manceau V. Manceau	827		141	12,406	136	1	0.01	1	2	0	0	49	8	0	9,484	65	3
14	Julien Laporte J. Laporte	826		106	9,022	102	2	0.02	0	2	0	0	44	9	2	6,060	63	3
15	Valentin Rongier V. Rongier	768		239	18,586	211	11	0.05	18	29	1	0	247	68	7	16,348	244	8
16	Yann M'Vila Y. M'Vila	711		78	6,701	75	0	0.00	3	3	0	0	27	5	1	5,681	14	0
17	Joris Chotard J. Chotard	688		193	13,595	151	4	0.02	10	14	0	0	103	24	2	7,624	88	5
18	Ludovic Blas L. Blas	684		270	19,176	214	49	0.18	33	82	11	0	512	189	6	11,625	648	25
19	Thomas Monconduit T. Monconduit	675		147	10,547	119	6	0.04	6	12	0	0	112	27	0	7,264	53	5
20	Thomas Foket T. Foket	667		176	14,697	167	1	0.01	6	7	0	0	29	9	0	9,970	153	19
21	Youssouf Fofana Y. Fofana	658		173	13,389	153	9	0.05	16	25	0	0	193	43	5	9,858	152	5
22	Abdoulaye Touré A. Touré	638		195	14,821	166	23	0.12	5	28	13	0	250	73	4	10,219	131	2
23	Marco Verratti M. Verratti	623		142	10,734	124	2	0.01	14	16	0	0	36	11	1	14,346	144	3
24	Xavier Chavalerin X. Chavalerin	620		161	13,300	147	12	0.07	12	24	0	0	123	37	1	7,534	140	16
25	Anthony Briançon A. Briançon	620		72	5,887	67	3	0.04	2	5	0	0	43	15	0	3,844	52	4

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Ligue 1 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

11

Greenwood

10

Panichelli

9

Lepaul

Assists Leaders

6

Vitinha

5

Udol

5

Thomasson

Rating Leaders

8.29

Vitinha

7.84

Neves

7.72

Højbjerg

Take-ons Leaders

38

Gboho

33

Abline

27

Thauvin

Big Chances Created Leaders

13

Udol

10

Moreira

9

López

Ligue 1 2025-26 Rankings

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Goals Against Rankings

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Ligue 1 2025-26 Table

	Ligue 1	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Lens	17	13	1	3	18	40
2	PSG	17	12	3	2	22	39
3	Marseille	17	10	2	5	19	32
4	Lille	17	10	2	5	11	32
5	Lyon	17	9	3	5	8	30
6	Rennes	17	8	6	3	5	30
7	Strasbourg	17	7	3	7	5	24
8	Toulouse	17	6	5	6	2	23
9	Monaco	17	7	2	8	-3	23
10	Angers	17	6	4	7	-2	22
11	Brest	17	6	4	7	-4	22
12	Lorient	17	4	7	6	-9	19
13	Le Havre	17	4	6	7	-8	18
14	Nice	17	5	3	9	-10	18
15	Paris FC	17	4	4	9	-9	16
16	Nantes	17	3	5	9	-12	14
17	Auxerre	17	3	3	11	-13	12
18	Metz	17	3	3	11	-20	12