most starts by an african player all time

Philippe Anziani has the most career starts in Europe's top five leagues, with 419 starts in Ligue 1.

NAMESTARTRatingMMINGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Philippe Anziani
P. Anziani
419
465
37,076
94
0.20
7
2Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
414
489
37,044
246
0.50
67
313
24
3Jérémy Morel
J. Morel
411
425
36,582
10
0.02
17
27
0
4Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
408
462
35,591
20
0.04
19
39
0
5Basile Boli
B. Boli
396
396
34,478
24
0.06
0
6Roberto López
R. López
391
418
34,890
112
0.27
30
7Mohamed Salah
M. Salah
370
408
32,847
228
0.56
112
340
35
8Nicolas Nkoulou
N. Nkoulou
364
378
32,792
11
0.03
0
11
0
9Aïssa Mandi
A. Mandi
363
385
32,414
23
0.06
9
32
0
10Samuel Eto'o
S. Eto'o
363
401
32,004
209
0.52
14
223
25
11Iñaki Williams
I. Williams
346
406
30,201
84
0.21
50
134
5
0
783
313
32
13,691
1,697
235
12Ryad Boudebouz
R. Boudebouz
344
416
30,525
52
0.13
59
111
21
13Carlos Kameni
C. Kameni
341
344
30,778
0
0.00
1
1
0
14Claudio Gentile
C. Gentile
341
353
30,702
9
0.03
0
15Souleymane Diawara
S. Diawara
340
362
30,355
14
0.04
3
17
0
16Jordan Ayew
J. Ayew
339
464
30,491
73
0.16
36
109
6
17Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
330
368
28,958
48
0.13
34
82
0
18George Weah
G. Weah
318
349
28,431
134
0.38
3
19Allan Nyom
A. Nyom
316
357
27,088
5
0.01
12
17
0
20William Ayache
W. Ayache
315
324
27,941
4
0.01
0
21Joseph-Antoine Bell
J. Bell
314
314
28,260
0
0.00
0
22Joël Matip
J. Matip
310
344
27,813
26
0.08
14
40
0
23Stéphane Sessègnon
S. Sessègnon
307
347
26,826
42
0.12
42
84
1
24Kolo Touré
K. Touré
304
353
27,506
12
0.03
9
21
0
25Seydou Kéita
S. Kéita
302
390
27,506
43
0.11
1
44
1
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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

36

Kane

Harry Kane

26

Haaland

Erling Haaland

24

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé
Assists Leaders

20

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

19

Olise

Michael Olise

16

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco
Rating Leaders

8.25

Olise

Michael Olise

8.15

Pedri

Pedri

8.07

Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich
Take-ons Leaders

127

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

115

Diomandé

Yan Diomandé

85

Júnior

Vinícius Júnior
Big Chances Created Leaders

31

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

29

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

28

Olise

Michael Olise

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Bayern

122

Barcelona

94

Inter

86

Man City

75

PSG

74

Real Madrid

73
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

26

Como

28

PSG

29

Roma

31

Juventus

32

Inter

32
Goal Difference Rankings
Bayern

86

Barcelona

61

Inter

54

PSG

45

Man City

43

Arsenal

43

FC 2025-26 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
37
25
7
5
43
82
2
Man City Man City
36
23
8
5
43
77
3
Man United Man United
37
19
11
7
16
68
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
37
18
8
11
6
62
5
Liverpool Liverpool
37
17
8
12
10
59
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
36
13
16
7
4
55
7
Brighton Brighton
37
14
11
12
9
53
8
Brentford Brentford
37
14
10
13
3
52
9
Sunderland Sunderland
37
13
12
12
-7
51
10
Chelsea Chelsea
36
13
10
13
6
49
11
Newcastle Newcastle
37
14
7
16
0
49
12
Everton Everton
37
13
10
14
-2
49
13
Fulham Fulham
37
14
7
16
-6
49
14
Leeds Leeds
37
11
14
12
-4
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
37
11
12
14
-9
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
37
11
10
16
-3
43
17
Tottenham Tottenham
36
9
11
16
-9
38
18
West Ham West Ham
37
9
9
19
-22
36
19
Burnley Burnley
37
4
9
24
-37
21
20
Wolves Wolves
37
3
10
24
-41
19
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
37
31
1
5
61
94
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
37
26
5
6
40
83
3
Villarreal Villarreal
37
21
6
10
22
69
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
37
21
6
10
22
69
5
Real Betis Real Betis
37
14
15
8
10
57
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
37
13
12
12
4
51
7
Getafe Getafe
37
14
6
17
-7
48
8
Rayo Rayo
37
11
14
12
-4
47
9
Valencia Valencia
37
12
10
15
-11
46
10
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
37
11
12
14
-2
45
11
Espanyol Espanyol
37
12
9
16
-12
45
12
Athletic Club Athletic Club
37
13
6
18
-13
45
13
Sevilla Sevilla
37
12
7
18
-13
43
14
Alavés Alavés
37
11
10
16
-11
43
15
Levante Levante
37
11
9
17
-13
42
16
Osasuna Osasuna
37
11
9
17
-5
42
17
Elche Elche
37
10
12
15
-8
42
18
Girona Girona
37
9
13
15
-16
40
19
Mallorca Mallorca
37
10
9
18
-13
39
20
Oviedo Oviedo
37
6
11
20
-31
29
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
34
28
5
1
86
89
2
Dortmund Dortmund
34
22
7
5
36
73
3
Leipzig Leipzig
34
20
5
9
19
65
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
34
18
8
8
22
62
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
34
18
7
9
13
61
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
34
17
8
9
21
59
7
Freiburg Freiburg
34
13
8
13
-6
47
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
34
11
11
12
-4
44
9
Augsburg Augsburg
34
12
7
15
-16
43
10
Mainz Mainz
34
10
10
14
-9
40
11
Union Berlin Union Berlin
34
10
9
15
-14
39
12
M'gladbach M'gladbach
34
9
11
14
-11
38
13
Hamburg Hamburg
34
9
11
14
-14
38
14
Köln Köln
34
7
11
16
-14
32
15
Werder Werder
34
8
8
18
-23
32
16
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
34
7
8
19
-24
29
17
Heidenheim Heidenheim
34
6
8
20
-31
26
18
St. Pauli St. Pauli
34
6
8
20
-31
26
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
37
27
5
5
54
86
2
Napoli Napoli
37
22
7
8
21
73
3
Milan Milan
37
20
10
7
19
70
4
Roma Roma
37
22
4
11
26
70
5
Como Como
37
19
11
7
33
68
6
Juventus Juventus
37
19
11
7
27
68
7
Atalanta Atalanta
37
15
13
9
15
58
8
Bologna Bologna
37
16
7
14
3
55
9
Lazio Lazio
37
13
12
12
0
51
10
Udinese Udinese
37
14
8
15
-2
50
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
37
14
7
16
-3
49
12
Torino Torino
37
12
8
17
-19
44
13
Parma Parma
37
10
12
15
-19
42
14
Genoa Genoa
37
10
11
16
-9
41
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
37
9
14
14
-9
41
16
Cagliari Cagliari
37
10
10
17
-14
40
17
Lecce Lecce
37
9
8
20
-23
35
18
Cremonese Cremonese
37
8
10
19
-22
34
19
Verona Verona
37
3
12
22
-34
21
20
Pisa Pisa
37
2
12
23
-44
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
34
24
4
6
45
76
2
Lens Lens
34
22
4
8
31
70
3
Lille Lille
34
18
7
9
15
61
4
Lyon Lyon
34
18
6
10
13
60
5
Marseille Marseille
34
18
5
11
18
59
6
Rennes Rennes
34
17
8
9
9
59
7
Monaco Monaco
34
16
6
12
6
54
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
34
15
8
11
11
53
9
Lorient Lorient
34
11
12
11
-3
45
10
Toulouse Toulouse
33
12
8
13
1
44
11
Paris FC Paris FC
34
11
11
12
-3
44
12
Brest Brest
34
10
9
15
-12
39
13
Angers Angers
34
9
9
16
-19
36
14
Le Havre Le Havre
34
7
14
13
-12
35
15
Auxerre Auxerre
34
8
10
16
-10
34
16
Nice Nice
34
7
11
16
-23
32
17
Nantes Nantes
33
5
8
20
-23
23
18
Metz Metz
34
3
8
23
-44
17
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
Thu
4/23
ESP ESP
@
RAY RAY
0-1
Fri
4/24
UNB UNB
@
RBL RBL
1-3
Fri
4/24
LEN LEN
@
BRE BRE
3-3
Fri
4/24
CRE CRE
@
NAP NAP
0-4
Fri
4/24
FOR FOR
@
SUN SUN
5-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
5/22
ATA ATA
@
FIO FIO
2:45 PM
Sat
5/23
INT INT
@
BOL BOL
12:00 PM
Sat
5/23
PIS PIS
@
LAZ LAZ
2:45 PM
Sat
5/23
ATH ATH
@
RMA RMA
3:00 PM
Sat
5/23
FCB FCB
@
VAL VAL
3:00 PM