most possession won per match midfielder

N'golo Kanté has the most career ball recoveries per match by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues, with 7.77 per match in Ligue 1 and the Premier League.

Interpreted as:
most possession won per match with a minimum of 15000 min midfielder
NAMEREC/MMINRatingMSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1N'golo Kanté
N. Kanté
7.77
21,603
264
245
14
0.05
20
34
0
0
191
51
0
17,937
206
8
2Wilfred Ndidi
W. Ndidi
7.60
18,189
220
206
7
0.03
14
21
0
0
212
39
6
13,968
230
9
3Benjamin André
B. André
7.41
30,974
369
353
18
0.05
18
36
0
0
254
70
6
27,452
411
21
4Rodri
Rodri
7.34
22,446
293
256
27
0.09
26
53
1
0
298
90
7
24,873
371
16
5Walace
Walace
7.13
16,649
213
190
6
0.03
4
10
0
0
177
45
1
11,613
99
5
6Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
7.09
28,576
360
334
19
0.05
18
37
0
1
283
78
6
23,684
199
5
7Téji Savanier
T. Savanier
6.80
16,639
200
193
48
0.24
42
90
26
6
428
164
12
14,606
250
7
8Daniel Baier
D. Baier
6.65
15,097
174
173
4
0.02
9
13
0
0
142
38
4
11,725
29
2
9Nemanja Matić
N. Matić
6.59
26,667
358
300
9
0.03
23
32
0
0
167
49
3
23,959
239
15
10Allan
Allan
6.58
18,432
245
208
12
0.05
27
39
0
0
149
48
2
15,172
128
1
11Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
6.56
27,481
363
297
20
0.06
28
48
0
1
373
110
10
26,397
336
3
12Maxime Gonalons
M. Gonalons
6.49
17,445
239
205
4
0.02
7
11
1
0
118
26
2
13,108
81
2
13Declan Rice
D. Rice
6.48
26,323
313
295
25
0.08
29
54
1
0
294
87
10
19,653
386
10
14Jorginho
Jorginho
6.45
22,598
314
262
23
0.07
19
42
20
0
132
46
2
25,646
81
1
15Casemiro
Casemiro
6.37
24,898
320
291
39
0.12
23
62
0
0
396
109
7
21,826
389
30
16Pierre Lees-Melou
P. Lees-Melou
6.27
23,152
289
264
36
0.12
28
64
2
0
416
137
9
16,891
442
24
17Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
6.24
27,471
344
314
41
0.12
32
73
0
0
416
141
5
18,149
584
60
18Paul Pogba
P. Pogba
6.23
17,630
229
197
45
0.20
52
97
8
1
545
192
18
16,569
458
33
19Ivan Radovanović
I. Radovanović
6.19
18,844
238
213
3
0.01
5
8
0
1
220
46
2
13,597
48
3
20Sergio Busquets
S. Busquets
6.17
23,986
302
281
6
0.02
25
31
0
0
66
19
0
24,724
104
6
21Ashley Westwood
A. Westwood
6.15
18,197
221
204
9
0.04
23
32
0
0
135
34
3
12,686
90
2
22Fabinho
Fabinho
6.14
23,998
292
264
31
0.11
16
47
19
0
184
71
2
19,970
168
8
23Dani Parejo
D. Parejo
6.07
33,321
415
379
64
0.15
62
126
32
12
375
162
18
30,385
227
12
24Steven Nzonzi
S. Nzonzi
6.06
16,413
197
186
11
0.06
10
21
0
0
165
47
7
14,636
149
11
25Milan Badelj
M. Badelj
6.05
20,763
275
251
12
0.04
14
26
0
0
196
41
5
17,621
135
2
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FC 2025-26 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
38
26
7
5
44
85
2
Man City Man City
38
23
9
6
42
78
3
Man United Man United
38
20
11
7
19
71
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
38
19
8
11
7
65
5
Liverpool Liverpool
38
17
9
12
10
60
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
38
13
18
7
4
57
7
Sunderland Sunderland
38
14
12
12
-6
54
8
Brighton Brighton
38
14
11
13
6
53
9
Brentford Brentford
38
14
11
13
3
53
10
Chelsea Chelsea
38
14
10
14
6
52
11
Fulham Fulham
38
15
7
16
-4
52
12
Newcastle Newcastle
38
14
7
17
-2
49
13
Everton Everton
38
13
10
15
-3
49
14
Leeds Leeds
38
11
14
13
-7
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
38
11
12
15
-10
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
38
11
11
16
-3
44
17
Tottenham Tottenham
38
10
11
17
-9
41
18
West Ham West Ham
38
10
9
19
-19
39
19
Burnley Burnley
38
4
10
24
-37
22
20
Wolves Wolves
38
3
11
24
-41
20
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
38
31
1
6
59
94
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
38
27
5
6
42
86
3
Villarreal Villarreal
38
22
6
10
26
72
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
38
21
6
11
18
69
5
Real Betis Real Betis
38
15
15
8
11
60
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
38
14
12
12
5
54
7
Getafe Getafe
38
15
6
17
-6
51
8
Rayo Rayo
38
12
14
12
-3
50
9
Valencia Valencia
38
13
10
15
-9
49
10
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
38
11
13
14
-2
46
11
Espanyol Espanyol
38
12
10
16
-12
46
12
Athletic Club Athletic Club
38
13
6
19
-15
45
13
Sevilla Sevilla
38
12
7
19
-14
43
14
Alavés Alavés
38
11
10
17
-12
43
15
Elche Elche
38
10
13
15
-8
43
16
Levante Levante
38
11
9
18
-14
42
17
Osasuna Osasuna
38
11
9
18
-6
42
18
Mallorca Mallorca
38
11
9
18
-10
42
19
Girona Girona
38
9
14
15
-16
41
20
Oviedo Oviedo
38
6
11
21
-34
29
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
34
28
5
1
86
89
2
Dortmund Dortmund
34
22
7
5
36
73
3
Leipzig Leipzig
34
20
5
9
19
65
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
34
18
8
8
22
62
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
34
18
7
9
13
61
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
34
17
8
9
21
59
7
Freiburg Freiburg
34
13
8
13
-6
47
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
34
11
11
12
-4
44
9
Augsburg Augsburg
34
12
7
15
-16
43
10
Mainz Mainz
34
10
10
14
-9
40
11
Union Berlin Union Berlin
34
10
9
15
-14
39
12
M'gladbach M'gladbach
34
9
11
14
-11
38
13
Hamburg Hamburg
34
9
11
14
-14
38
14
Köln Köln
34
7
11
16
-14
32
15
Werder Werder
34
8
8
18
-23
32
16
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
34
7
8
19
-24
29
17
Heidenheim Heidenheim
34
6
8
20
-31
26
18
St. Pauli St. Pauli
34
6
8
20
-31
26
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
38
27
6
5
54
87
2
Napoli Napoli
38
23
7
8
22
76
3
Roma Roma
38
23
4
11
28
73
4
Como Como
38
20
11
7
36
71
5
Milan Milan
38
20
10
8
18
70
6
Juventus Juventus
38
19
12
7
27
69
7
Atalanta Atalanta
38
15
14
9
15
59
8
Bologna Bologna
38
16
8
14
3
56
9
Lazio Lazio
38
14
12
12
1
54
10
Udinese Udinese
38
14
8
16
-3
50
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
38
14
7
17
-4
49
12
Torino Torino
38
12
9
17
-19
45
13
Parma Parma
38
11
12
15
-18
45
14
Cagliari Cagliari
38
11
10
17
-13
43
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
38
9
15
14
-9
42
16
Genoa Genoa
38
10
11
17
-10
41
17
Lecce Lecce
38
10
8
20
-22
38
18
Cremonese Cremonese
38
8
10
20
-25
34
19
Verona Verona
38
3
12
23
-36
21
20
Pisa Pisa
38
2
12
24
-45
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
34
24
4
6
45
76
2
Lens Lens
34
22
4
8
31
70
3
Lille Lille
34
18
7
9
15
61
4
Lyon Lyon
34
18
6
10
13
60
5
Marseille Marseille
34
18
5
11
18
59
6
Rennes Rennes
34
17
8
9
9
59
7
Monaco Monaco
34
16
6
12
6
54
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
34
15
8
11
11
53
9
Lorient Lorient
34
11
12
11
-3
45
10
Toulouse Toulouse
34
12
8
13
1
44
11
Paris FC Paris FC
34
11
11
12
-3
44
12
Brest Brest
34
10
9
15
-12
39
13
Angers Angers
34
9
9
16
-19
36
14
Le Havre Le Havre
34
7
14
13
-12
35
15
Auxerre Auxerre
34
8
10
16
-10
34
16
Nice Nice
34
7
11
16
-23
32
17
Nantes Nantes
34
5
8
20
-23
23
18
Metz Metz
34
3
8
23
-44
17
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
Sun
4/26
SAS SAS
@
FIO FIO
0-0
Sun
4/26
RSO RSO
@
RAY RAY
3-3
Sun
4/26
COM COM
@
GEN GEN
2-0
Sun
4/26
WER WER
@
STU STU
1-1
Sun
4/26
ELC ELC
@
OVI OVI
2-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM
Sun
5/24
JUV JUV
@
TOR TOR
2:45 PM