most recoveries among midfielders

Joshua Kimmich has recovered the most career balls by a midfielder in the Champions League, with 505 recoveries.

NAMERECRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
505
109
9,007
99
12
0.11
24
36
1
0
114
46
2
9,789
7
2Koke
Koke
479
96
7,494
86
2
0.02
7
9
0
0
69
19
2
6,959
2
3Toni Kroos
T. Kroos
475
98
7,732
87
5
0.05
12
17
0
0
101
36
2
8,751
6
4Rodri
Rodri
473
62
4,957
58
3
0.05
2
5
0
0
62
16
3
5,886
75
1
5Ilkay Gündogan
I. Gündogan
458
95
6,829
78
12
0.13
14
26
0
1
127
47
7
6,414
199
4
6Luka Modrić
L. Modrić
438
106
7,441
82
6
0.06
15
21
1
0
84
27
1
7,283
2
7Casemiro
Casemiro
429
69
5,770
66
8
0.12
4
12
0
0
77
23
1
5,048
5
8Thiago Alcântara
T. Alcântara
380
62
4,457
49
7
0.11
9
16
0
0
56
19
2
5,073
4
9Fabinho
Fabinho
372
62
4,540
50
2
0.03
4
6
0
0
24
6
0
3,708
25
0
10Hans Vanaken
H. Vanaken
353
60
5,200
58
12
0.20
6
18
4
0
53
22
0
4,022
99
3
11Bernardo Silva
B. Silva
343
97
7,034
81
17
0.18
11
28
0
1
92
38
3
5,352
327
13
12Marco Verratti
M. Verratti
329
55
4,344
51
2
0.04
8
10
0
0
21
7
0
5,450
0
13Vitinha
Vitinha
325
7.94
60
4,712
51
10
0.17
4
14
2
0
96
31
2
5,147
54
1
14Danilo Pereira
D. Pereira
324
59
4,405
47
1
0.02
2
3
0
0
38
11
0
3,244
2
15Sergio Busquets
S. Busquets
320
62
4,843
58
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
19
3
0
4,984
0
16Frenkie de Jong
F. de Jong
317
63
4,793
51
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
14
2
0
4,456
57
2
17Miralem Pjanić
M. Pjanić
307
56
4,338
52
6
0.11
8
14
3
1
73
25
1
4,206
5
18Ivan Rakitić
I. Rakitić
299
73
5,036
61
8
0.11
11
19
2
0
79
22
4
4,699
2
19Federico Valverde
F. Valverde
290
79
6,182
68
6
0.08
11
17
0
0
95
22
2
4,731
112
5
20Saúl
Saúl
288
74
5,155
59
11
0.15
2
13
0
0
106
32
4
3,823
10
21Jorginho
Jorginho
287
54
3,967
45
9
0.17
2
11
9
0
22
11
2
3,724
27
0
22Jordan Henderson
J. Henderson
286
49
3,493
38
1
0.02
3
4
0
0
31
7
1
3,037
47
1
23Emre Can
E. Can
284
60
4,276
44
3
0.05
1
4
2
0
31
7
0
3,345
37
2
24Nicolò Barella
N. Barella
281
57
4,361
49
4
0.07
4
8
0
0
62
13
5
3,173
92
10
25Adrien Rabiot
A. Rabiot
268
49
3,685
40
7
0.14
4
11
0
0
39
15
0
3,217
2
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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