Since 2018-19, Achraf Hakimi has recovered the most balls by a defender in the Champions League, with 365 recoveries.

	NAME	REC	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Achraf Hakimi A. Hakimi	365	65	62	5,501	9	15	125	70	0	31	60	71	57	12	0
2	Marquinhos	363	71	71	6,222	7	3	114	60	0	5	65	291	49	8	0
3	Dayot Upamecano D. Upamecano	351	54	51	4,374	0	0	116	77	3	5	72	134	52	12	1
4	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	342	51	49	4,219	1	9	95	55	1	18	61	48	25	7	0
5	Andrew Robertson A. Robertson	312	55	48	4,312	2	8	69	40	1	6	42	81	35	9	0
6	Alphonso Davies A. Davies	277	49	38	3,518	3	8	100	50	0	16	39	40	33	6	0
7	Mats Hummels M. Hummels	268	45	45	3,894	2	1	127	75	0	6	105	213	37	10	1
8	Manuel Akanji M. Akanji	263	53	49	4,468	3	1	90	54	0	6	52	102	27	5	0
9	Kyle Walker K. Walker	254	49	43	3,786	1	0	71	38	0	3	46	64	28	2	1
10	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	250	49	49	4,440	5	4	37	21	2	9	46	192	26	7	0
11	João Cancelo J. Cancelo	248	53	43	3,800	5	12	114	80	0	6	72	41	50	10	0
12	Ferland Mendy F. Mendy	243	61	57	5,023	1	5	67	42	0	2	47	74	48	9	0
13	Rúben Dias R. Dias	231	56	52	4,679	1	0	78	45	1	9	53	148	50	9	0
14	Thiago Silva T. Silva	229	41	38	3,390	0	1	40	26	0	5	49	162	23	5	0
15	Nicolás Otamendi N. Otamendi	228	52	50	4,451	1	2	100	54	3	8	82	243	60	14	1
16	Antonio Rüdiger A. Rüdiger	226	57	51	4,785	4	3	56	33	2	5	28	192	44	6	0
17	Dani Carvajal D. Carvajal	223	50	46	4,132	1	7	95	57	2	3	52	92	60	11	1
18	David Alaba D. Alaba	216	56	51	4,383	1	4	58	35	0	5	61	111	40	5	0
19	Thomas Meunier T. Meunier	216	36	30	2,614	2	5	61	43	0	2	42	71	38	9	0
20	Stefan de Vrij S. de Vrij	204	47	41	3,598	1	2	48	28	1	3	69	195	34	7	0
21	Alessandro Bastoni A. Bastoni	203	50	45	3,885	0	6	68	36	1	3	33	115	59	9	0
22	Lucas Hernández L. Hernández	203	46	34	3,072	3	1	70	44	1	2	36	75	38	7	0
23	Niklas Süle N. Süle	201	46	34	3,255	1	0	52	34	0	3	43	109	26	4	0
24	Alejandro Grimaldo A. Grimaldo	198	39	39	3,444	5	9	82	49	0	11	34	70	12	2	0
25	Benjamin Pavard B. Pavard	193	54	49	4,191	3	5	71	47	0	7	75	188	53	9	1