Since 2018-19, Dakonam Djené has recovered the most balls by a defender in Europe's top five leagues, with 1,459 recoveries in LaLiga.

	NAME	REC	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Dakonam Djené D. Djené	1,459	245	241	20,743	0	3	315	199	2	9	303	785	324	73	8
2	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	1,432	237	217	19,152	17	63	380	245	5	110	274	332	112	28	0
3	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	1,412	237	235	20,891	15	5	206	129	5	39	240	908	124	43	5
4	Dayot Upamecano D. Upamecano	1,348	182	166	14,623	5	8	328	207	5	10	218	490	183	40	3
5	Jonathan Tah J. Tah	1,272	222	210	18,826	15	5	204	131	0	25	251	956	174	30	1
6	Waldemar Anton W. Anton	1,254	196	190	16,955	7	9	266	161	1	35	264	870	162	29	1
7	Theo Hernández T. Hernández	1,229	219	210	18,705	32	25	323	210	2	90	186	296	212	53	5
8	Andrew Robertson A. Robertson	1,219	233	213	19,177	9	51	329	201	1	30	165	350	121	21	2
9	Dante	1,209	196	191	17,012	6	5	306	181	0	29	237	660	192	43	5
10	William Saliba W. Saliba	1,181	192	187	16,729	7	2	261	151	7	11	195	595	119	18	1
11	Yunis Abdelhamid Y. Abdelhamid	1,180	217	212	18,955	13	2	380	233	2	27	358	798	221	24	2
12	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw J. Gouweleeuw	1,177	206	201	17,821	5	8	289	184	4	21	343	931	178	57	0
13	Robin Knoche R. Knoche	1,168	175	167	15,186	8	3	236	147	1	11	221	714	109	17	0
14	Cristian Romero C. Romero	1,164	195	191	16,514	12	7	429	264	8	17	361	687	279	69	5
15	Evan N'Dicka E. N'Dicka	1,158	206	201	17,968	10	11	261	165	1	21	246	820	222	33	0
16	Jules Koundé J. Koundé	1,155	238	222	19,944	10	12	294	178	3	31	214	712	157	28	2
17	Edmond Tapsoba E. Tapsoba	1,152	165	152	13,708	5	1	246	144	2	25	180	504	167	22	0
18	Yuri Berchiche Y. Berchiche	1,132	201	179	15,907	10	12	279	185	0	53	188	377	180	40	1
19	Nicolas Pallois N. Pallois	1,123	182	171	15,096	6	3	399	251	1	9	244	887	144	52	3
20	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	1,121	262	262	23,428	10	8	459	283	8	29	350	1,538	268	59	0
21	Giovanni Di Lorenzo G. Di Lorenzo	1,112	258	257	23,045	19	28	464	294	1	35	223	399	281	42	0
22	Francesco Acerbi F. Acerbi	1,109	224	211	18,874	12	8	249	156	2	27	327	790	152	26	3
23	Joachim Andersen J. Andersen	1,104	226	221	19,791	5	8	261	164	1	22	245	1,224	208	44	2
24	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	1,101	229	229	20,388	21	8	189	115	8	40	237	1,173	96	18	1
25	Kevin Vogt K. Vogt	1,097	179	170	14,666	1	3	136	92	0	3	152	648	160	44	0