most recoveries by midfielders since 2019

Since 2018-19, Declan Rice has recovered the most balls by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues, with 1,809 recoveries in the Premier League.

NAMERECMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Declan Rice
D. Rice
1,809
259
22,533
253
22
0.08
26
48
1
0
257
76
10
16,730
344
9
2Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
1,751
249
19,988
216
15
0.06
19
34
0
1
245
76
5
19,531
264
2
3Benjamin André
B. André
1,673
226
19,116
219
13
0.06
9
22
0
0
149
44
4
16,746
282
12
4Rodri
Rodri
1,645
214
17,088
198
25
0.12
22
47
1
0
243
76
4
19,465
310
13
5Dani Parejo
D. Parejo
1,524
255
20,409
233
31
0.12
37
68
17
4
177
73
8
18,753
153
4
6Maximilian Arnold
M. Arnold
1,475
227
19,559
222
24
0.11
33
57
3
9
309
111
7
14,348
90
3
7Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
1,473
224
18,997
216
23
0.10
62
85
1
1
211
77
9
22,711
224
11
8Marten de Roon
M. de Roon
1,429
244
20,430
228
15
0.06
19
34
1
0
157
37
1
17,027
122
7
9Jordan Ferri
J. Ferri
1,425
202
15,219
175
4
0.02
11
15
0
0
80
17
4
12,983
102
3
10Mikel Merino
M. Merino
1,421
226
17,098
192
28
0.12
24
52
0
0
260
94
8
12,999
496
28
11Casemiro
Casemiro
1,402
216
16,958
198
22
0.10
16
38
0
0
283
74
7
15,006
288
21
12Pierre Lees-Melou
P. Lees-Melou
1,368
209
16,617
188
24
0.11
17
41
1
0
300
91
6
12,575
256
8
13Ellyes Skhiri
E. Skhiri
1,360
216
17,921
203
23
0.11
13
36
0
0
154
49
0
12,854
245
17
14Téji Savanier
T. Savanier
1,360
200
16,686
193
48
0.24
42
90
26
6
428
164
12
14,606
250
7
15Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
1,351
230
19,480
225
19
0.08
25
44
0
3
199
60
5
18,893
223
9
16Walace
Walace
1,345
186
14,607
165
4
0.02
2
6
0
0
153
38
1
10,303
79
5
17James Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
1,343
242
20,229
227
47
0.19
28
75
13
15
290
133
8
15,222
200
3
18Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
1,339
211
16,035
189
11
0.05
10
21
0
1
152
41
3
13,066
140
2
19Nicolò Barella
N. Barella
1,335
248
19,638
229
20
0.08
43
63
0
2
307
73
8
16,238
449
27
20Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
1,318
221
17,967
208
28
0.13
20
48
0
0
263
87
3
10,997
497
48
21Youri Tielemans
Y. Tielemans
1,301
243
18,920
214
31
0.13
34
65
6
0
318
99
11
15,573
261
3
22Rúben Neves
R. Neves
1,286
177
14,433
164
21
0.12
9
30
8
3
311
74
5
12,200
63
2
23Remo Freuler
R. Freuler
1,277
234
19,114
221
9
0.04
17
26
0
0
129
38
0
15,544
279
2
24Youssouf Fofana
Y. Fofana
1,259
217
16,625
191
11
0.05
23
34
0
0
246
54
5
11,995
191
5
25Wilfred Ndidi
W. Ndidi
1,258
170
13,788
156
5
0.03
10
15
0
0
140
27
4
10,658
164
7
Data coverage for ball recoveries varies by competition prior to the 2015-16 season.

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Burnley Burnley
3
1
5
-5
10
17
Fulham Fulham
2
2
5
-5
8
18
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
1
2
6
-12
5
19
West Ham West Ham
1
1
7
-13
4
20
Wolves Wolves
0
2
7
-12
2
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11/22
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11/30
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TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
7
1
1
13
22
2
Bournemouth Bournemouth
5
3
1
5
18
3
Tottenham Tottenham
5
2
2
10
17
4
Sunderland Sunderland
5
2
2
4
17
5
Man City Man City
5
1
3
10
16
6
Man United Man United
5
1
3
1
16
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Real Madrid Real Madrid
9
0
1
12
27
2
Barcelona Barcelona
7
1
2
13
22
3
Villarreal Villarreal
6
2
2
8
20
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
5
4
1
8
19
5
Espanyol Espanyol
5
3
2
3
18
6
Getafe Getafe
5
2
4
-1
17
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
8
0
0
26
24
2
Dortmund Dortmund
6
2
1
9
20
3
Leipzig Leipzig
6
1
1
7
19
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
6
0
2
6
18
5
Leverkusen Leverkusen
5
2
1
7
17
6
Frankfurt Frankfurt
4
1
3
3
13
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Napoli Napoli
7
0
2
8
21
2
Roma Roma
7
0
2
6
21
3
Inter Inter
6
0
3
11
18
4
Milan Milan
5
3
1
7
18
5
Como Como
4
4
1
6
16
6
Bologna Bologna
4
3
2
6
15
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
3
0
0
10
9
2
Bayern Bayern
3
0
0
10
9
3
Inter Inter
3
0
0
9
9
4
Arsenal Arsenal
3
0
0
8
9
5
Real Madrid Real Madrid
3
0
0
7
9
6
Dortmund Dortmund
2
1
0
5
7
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
6
3
1
11
21
2
Monaco Monaco
6
2
2
7
20
3
Marseille Marseille
6
1
3
13
19
4
Strasbourg Strasbourg
6
1
3
9
19
5
Lyon Lyon
6
1
3
4
19
6
Lens Lens
6
1
3
4
19

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
9/26
LEV LEV
@
GET GET
1-1
Fri
9/26
CRE CRE
@
COM COM
1-1
Fri
9/26
B04 B04
@
STP STP
2-1
Fri
9/26
RBL RBL
@
WOB WOB
1-0
Fri
9/26
BVB BVB
@
M05 M05
2-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/1
RAY RAY
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VIL VIL
9:00 AM
Sat
11/1
ATA ATA
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UDI UDI
10:00 AM
Sat
11/1
BMG BMG
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STP STP
10:30 AM
Sat
11/1
SVW SVW
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M05 M05
10:30 AM
Sat
11/1
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UNB UNB
10:30 AM