most possession won pl defensive midfielders

Elliot Anderson has recovered the most balls by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League this season, with 227 recoveries.

Interpreted as:
most possession won pl defensive midfielders this season
NAMERECSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Elliot Anderson
E. Anderson
227
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
7.32
27
27
2,412
1
2
78
49
0
15
29
34
40
5
0
2Alex Scott
A. Scott
139
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
7.00
25
25
1,964
2
1
44
29
0
13
27
59
29
2
0
3Moisés Caicedo
M. Caicedo
125
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
7.54
22
22
1,866
3
1
68
39
1
8
45
17
34
9
1
4James Garner
J. Garner
116
2025-26
Everton Everton
7.23
23
23
2,063
1
6
80
42
0
7
41
49
22
6
0
5Ryan Gravenberch
R. Gravenberch
113
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7.42
28
28
2,428
4
3
47
30
0
12
36
47
28
4
0
6Sander Berge
S. Berge
106
2025-26
Fulham Fulham
6.81
28
28
2,393
0
0
43
32
0
4
19
44
30
5
0
7Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
103
2025-26
Everton Everton
7.18
22
22
1,845
2
2
44
20
0
10
28
16
18
1
1
8Yehor Yarmoliuk
Y. Yarmoliuk
92
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.62
17
17
1,351
1
2
36
23
0
3
14
15
24
4
0
9Yasin Ayari
Y. Ayari
84
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.71
15
15
1,286
2
1
32
15
0
6
21
8
13
0
0
10Ibrahim Sangaré
I. Sangaré
79
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.75
19
19
1,569
2
2
42
24
0
2
16
42
32
3
0
11Rodri
Rodri
77
2025-26
Man City Man City
7.77
13
13
1,065
1
0
29
19
0
4
9
35
9
2
0
12Tyler Adams
T. Adams
76
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.90
18
18
1,411
2
1
40
19
0
1
25
30
29
7
0
13Alexis Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
73
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7.17
21
21
1,639
2
2
37
17
0
10
13
25
18
3
0
14Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
72
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.94
13
13
1,155
0
3
12
11
0
3
12
36
5
2
0
15Jordan Henderson
J. Henderson
64
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.69
16
16
1,262
1
2
18
10
1
2
14
23
10
2
0
16Enzo Fernández
E. Fernández
64
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
7.24
15
15
1,324
5
2
29
17
0
8
9
13
16
3
0
17Rodrigo Bentancur
R. Bentancur
63
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
6.68
12
12
952
1
1
30
17
0
3
19
31
11
4
0
18Alex Iwobi
A. Iwobi
62
2025-26
Fulham Fulham
7.36
13
13
1,141
2
1
10
7
0
5
6
9
3
1
0
19Amadou Onana
A. Onana
60
2025-26
Aston Villa Aston Villa
6.83
18
18
1,441
1
0
39
24
0
3
15
53
14
2
0
20Carlos Baleba
C. Baleba
54
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.38
16
16
1,011
0
0
19
13
0
4
16
18
20
3
0
21Boubacar Kamara
B. Kamara
53
2025-26
Aston Villa Aston Villa
7.38
14
14
1,140
1
3
28
12
0
3
11
11
13
3
0
22Casemiro
Casemiro
52
2025-26
Man United Man United
6.98
13
13
1,053
3
1
37
18
0
3
13
23
19
3
0
23Declan Rice
D. Rice
52
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.41
10
10
885
0
4
25
11
0
1
5
26
5
1
0
24Kobbie Mainoo
K. Mainoo
49
2025-26
Man United Man United
7.55
10
10
884
0
2
19
7
0
2
6
12
4
0
0
25Tim Iroegbunam
T. Iroegbunam
49
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.56
12
12
915
0
1
42
29
0
2
14
6
16
6
0
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32
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7
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30
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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
30
25
1
4
51
76
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
30
22
3
5
36
69
3
Villarreal Villarreal
29
18
4
7
20
58
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
30
17
6
7
20
57
5
Real Betis Real Betis
30
11
12
7
7
45
6
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
30
11
8
11
1
41
7
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
29
10
11
8
6
41
8
Getafe Getafe
29
11
5
13
-6
38
9
Espanyol Espanyol
30
10
8
12
-8
38
10
Athletic Club Athletic Club
29
11
5
13
-9
38
11
Osasuna Osasuna
29
10
7
12
-1
37
12
Rayo Rayo
30
8
11
11
-6
35
13
Valencia Valencia
29
9
8
12
-10
35
14
Girona Girona
29
8
10
11
-13
34
15
Alavés Alavés
29
8
7
14
-11
31
16
Sevilla Sevilla
29
8
7
14
-12
31
17
Mallorca Mallorca
30
8
7
15
-12
31
18
Elche Elche
30
6
11
13
-9
29
19
Levante Levante
30
6
8
16
-16
26
20
Oviedo Oviedo
29
4
9
16
-28
21
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
28
23
4
1
73
73
2
Dortmund Dortmund
28
19
7
2
32
64
3
Leipzig Leipzig
28
16
5
7
19
53
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
28
16
5
7
18
53
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
28
15
5
8
14
50
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
28
14
7
7
19
49
7
Frankfurt Frankfurt
27
10
8
9
-1
38
8
Freiburg Freiburg
28
10
7
11
-6
37
9
Mainz Mainz
28
8
9
11
-8
33
10
Augsburg Augsburg
28
9
5
14
-17
32
11
Hamburg Hamburg
28
7
10
11
-9
31
12
Union Berlin Union Berlin
27
8
7
12
-15
31
13
M'gladbach M'gladbach
28
7
9
12
-13
30
14
Werder Werder
28
7
7
14
-18
28
15
Köln Köln
27
6
8
13
-9
26
16
St. Pauli St. Pauli
27
6
6
15
-20
24
17
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
28
5
6
17
-25
21
18
Heidenheim Heidenheim
28
3
7
18
-34
16
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
31
11
11
9
3
44
9
Bologna Bologna
30
12
6
12
2
42
10
Sassuolo Sassuolo
31
12
6
13
-3
42
11
Udinese Udinese
30
11
6
13
-7
39
12
Parma Parma
31
8
11
12
-17
35
13
Genoa Genoa
30
8
9
13
-6
33
14
Torino Torino
30
9
6
15
-19
33
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
31
7
11
13
-8
32
16
Cagliari Cagliari
31
7
9
15
-12
30
17
Cremonese Cremonese
30
6
9
15
-19
27
18
Lecce Lecce
30
7
6
17
-19
27
19
Pisa Pisa
30
2
12
16
-31
18
20
Verona Verona
31
3
9
19
-31
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
27
20
3
4
38
63
2
Lens Lens
28
19
2
7
27
59
3
Lille Lille
28
15
5
8
11
50
4
Marseille Marseille
27
15
4
8
19
49
5
Lyon Lyon
27
14
5
8
12
47
6
Rennes Rennes
28
13
8
7
7
47
7
Monaco Monaco
27
14
4
9
9
46
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
28
12
7
9
12
43
9
Toulouse Toulouse
28
10
7
11
4
37
10
Lorient Lorient
27
9
10
8
-4
37
11
Brest Brest
28
10
6
12
-6
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
28
7
6
15
-22
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
Fri
2/27
ATH ATH
@
RAY RAY
1-1
Fri
2/27
LEC LEC
@
COM COM
1-3
Fri
2/27
HDH HDH
@
WER WER
0-2
Fri
2/27
UNB UNB
@
BMG BMG
0-1
Fri
2/27
MAI MAI
@
LEV LEV
1-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/5
ATH ATH
@
GET GET
8:00 AM
Sun
4/5
LYO LYO
@
ANG ANG
9:00 AM
Sun
4/5
BOL BOL
@
CRE CRE
9:00 AM
Sun
4/5
PAU PAU
@
UNB UNB
9:30 AM
Sun
4/5
CEL CEL
@
VAL VAL
10:15 AM