most successful long balls per game in top 5 leagues by midfielders this season

Branco van den Boomen has the most long ball passes per match by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues in Ligue 1 this season, with 12.25 per match.

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  • Assumption:30+ MIN/TM
  • Data note: Long Balls Per Match: coverage varies by competition before 2015-16
NAMEPASS-LNG/MSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Branco van den Boomen
B. van den Boomen
12.25
2026-27
Angers Angers
6.88
8
720
8
1
0.13
1
2
0
0
4
1
0
635
7
0
2Vitinha
Vitinha
12.13
2026-27
PSG PSG
8.04
8
587
6
1
0.13
1
2
0
0
14
4
0
821
9
0
3Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
11.83
2026-27
Bayern Bayern
8.21
6
476
5
0
0.00
3
3
0
0
4
2
0
649
4
1
4Joris Chotard
J. Chotard
11.13
2026-27
Brest Brest
6.98
8
679
8
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
8
2
1
513
1
0
5Renato Veiga
R. Veiga
10.67
2026-27
Villarreal Villarreal
6.66
9
810
9
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
5
0
0
884
13
1
6Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
9.50
2026-27
Sunderland Sunderland
7.09
8
720
8
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
651
3
0
7Cristian Cásseres Jr.
C. Cásseres Jr.
9.25
2026-27
Toulouse Toulouse
7.45
8
720
8
0
0.00
5
5
0
0
6
1
1
876
9
0
8Josip Juranović
J. Juranović
8.67
2026-27
Union Berlin Union Berlin
6.35
3
253
3
0
0.00
2
2
0
0
4
2
0
227
0
0
9Xavier Mandza Tsiendi
X. Mandza Tsiendi
8.43
2026-27
Nice Nice
6.45
7
623
7
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
657
0
0
10Manuel Locatelli
M. Locatelli
8.33
2026-27
Juventus Juventus
7.37
3
270
3
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
282
2
0
11Pape Guèye
P. Guèye
8.30
2026-27
Villarreal Villarreal
6.87
10
717
8
3
0.30
0
3
1
0
16
6
0
654
14
2
12Murillo
Murillo
8.13
2026-27
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.86
8
718
8
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
14
4
0
558
14
0
13Bruno Fernandes
B. Fernandes
7.71
2026-27
Man United Man United
7.16
7
630
7
3
0.43
1
4
1
0
23
6
2
534
18
0
14Giacomo Calò
G. Calò
7.38
2026-27
Frosinone Frosinone
7.68
8
685
8
3
0.38
1
4
0
0
17
6
0
576
15
1
15Diego Carlos
D. Carlos
7.33
2026-27
Parma Parma
6.24
6
421
6
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
350
9
1
16Aleix García
A. García
7.29
2026-27
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7.80
7
623
7
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
6
2
1
755
6
1
17Noah Cadiou
N. Cadiou
7.29
2026-27
Lorient Lorient
6.38
7
623
7
1
0.14
0
1
1
0
9
1
0
540
11
0
18Rodri
Rodri
7.11
2026-27
Barcelona Barcelona
7.67
9
606
7
1
0.11
0
1
0
0
6
2
1
837
15
0
19Pepelu
Pepelu
7.10
2026-27
Valencia Valencia
6.78
10
835
10
1
0.10
0
1
1
0
3
1
0
647
6
0
20Eric Dier
E. Dier
7.00
2026-27
Monaco Monaco
7.32
6
540
6
1
0.17
1
2
0
0
4
1
0
520
5
0
21Lucien Agoume
L. Agoume
7.00
2026-27
Sevilla Sevilla
6.43
10
900
10
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
7
1
0
585
4
0
22Bradley Locko
B. Locko
6.88
2026-27
Brest Brest
6.68
8
717
8
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
552
0
0
23Lewis Hall
L. Hall
6.63
2026-27
Newcastle Newcastle
6.95
8
719
8
1
0.13
1
2
0
0
6
3
0
653
7
1
24Youssuf Ndayishimiye
Y. Ndayishimiye
6.63
2026-27
Nice Nice
6.42
8
687
8
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
772
4
1
25Iglesias
Iglesias
6.60
2026-27
Sevilla Sevilla
6.53
10
881
10
1
0.10
0
1
0
0
8
4
1
587
11
1
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8
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1
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10
13
Brest Brest
8
2
3
3
2
9
14
Angers Angers
8
2
2
4
-6
8
15
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8
1
4
3
-5
7
16
Strasbourg Strasbourg
8
2
1
5
-6
7

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13

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11

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9

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27

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7

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Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Man City Man City
8
7
0
1
11
21
2
Arsenal Arsenal
8
7
0
1
8
21
3
Brighton Brighton
8
5
1
2
16
16
4
Liverpool Liverpool
8
4
3
1
3
15
5
Chelsea Chelsea
8
4
1
3
2
13
6
Brentford Brentford
8
2
5
1
5
11
7
Leeds Leeds
8
2
5
1
3
11
8
Newcastle Newcastle
8
3
2
3
-2
11
9
Aston Villa Aston Villa
8
3
2
3
-3
11
10
Hull City Hull City
8
2
4
2
1
10
11
Everton Everton
8
2
4
2
-1
10
12
Ipswich Ipswich
8
3
1
4
-4
10
13
Bournemouth Bournemouth
8
2
3
3
-1
9
14
Tottenham Tottenham
8
2
3
3
-2
9
15
Fulham Fulham
8
2
2
4
-2
8
16
Man United Man United
8
1
4
3
-3
7
17
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
8
2
1
5
-10
7
18
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
8
1
3
4
-4
6
19
Coventry Coventry
8
2
0
6
-9
6
20
Sunderland Sunderland
8
1
2
5
-8
5
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
10
9
0
1
29
27
2
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
10
8
1
1
12
25
3
Real Madrid Real Madrid
10
8
0
2
15
24
4
Real Betis Real Betis
10
6
2
2
2
20
5
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
10
6
1
3
1
19
6
Sevilla Sevilla
10
5
2
3
0
17
7
Alavés Alavés
10
3
3
4
3
12
8
Athletic Club Athletic Club
9
3
3
3
3
12
9
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
10
2
6
2
3
12
10
Villarreal Villarreal
10
3
3
4
1
12
11
Deportivo Deportivo
10
2
5
3
0
11
12
Osasuna Osasuna
10
3
2
5
-10
11
13
Racing Racing
10
3
2
5
-11
11
14
Levante Levante
10
2
4
4
-3
10
15
Elche Elche
10
2
4
4
-3
10
16
Rayo Rayo
9
2
3
4
-8
9
17
Getafe Getafe
10
2
3
5
-10
9
18
Espanyol Espanyol
10
2
2
6
-2
8
19
Valencia Valencia
10
1
3
6
-10
6
20
Málaga Málaga
10
0
5
5
-12
5
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
7
5
2
0
19
17
2
Dortmund Dortmund
7
5
2
0
8
17
3
Freiburg Freiburg
7
4
1
2
7
13
4
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
4
1
2
4
13
5
Leipzig Leipzig
7
4
0
3
9
12
6
Werder Werder
7
3
3
1
1
12
7
Mainz Mainz
7
3
1
3
3
10
8
Elversberg Elversberg
7
3
1
3
-3
10
9
Augsburg Augsburg
7
2
3
2
4
9
10
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7
3
0
4
0
9
11
Hamburg Hamburg
7
3
0
4
-10
9
12
Köln Köln
7
2
2
3
-3
8
13
Paderborn Paderborn
7
2
2
3
-3
8
14
Frankfurt Frankfurt
7
2
2
3
-7
8
15
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
2
0
5
-3
6
16
Schalke Schalke
7
1
3
3
-3
6
17
Union Berlin Union Berlin
7
1
3
3
-12
6
18
M'gladbach M'gladbach
7
1
0
6
-11
3
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
8
7
1
0
13
22
2
Lazio Lazio
8
7
1
0
11
22
3
Roma Roma
8
5
3
0
13
18
4
Milan Milan
8
5
3
0
9
18
5
Como Como
8
5
2
1
7
17
6
Frosinone Frosinone
8
4
2
2
4
14
7
Juventus Juventus
8
4
2
2
3
14
8
Torino Torino
8
4
1
3
2
13
9
Cagliari Cagliari
8
4
1
3
-3
13
10
Napoli Napoli
8
3
2
3
3
11
11
Atalanta Atalanta
8
3
1
4
-1
10
12
Lecce Lecce
8
3
0
5
-5
9
13
Bologna Bologna
8
2
2
4
-2
8
14
Sassuolo Sassuolo
8
2
2
4
-4
8
15
Monza Monza
8
2
1
5
-3
7
16
Genoa Genoa
8
2
1
5
-7
7
17
Udinese Udinese
8
1
1
6
-9
4
18
Fiorentina Fiorentina
8
1
1
6
-10
4
19
Parma Parma
8
1
1
6
-10
4
20
Venezia Venezia
8
1
0
7
-11
3
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
8
5
2
1
7
17
2
Rennes Rennes
8
5
1
2
4
16
3
Lille Lille
8
4
3
1
5
15
4
Monaco Monaco
8
4
3
1
4
15
5
Lyon Lyon
8
4
2
2
6
14
6
Paris FC Paris FC
8
4
2
2
4
14
7
Lens Lens
8
4
1
3
4
13
8
Marseille Marseille
8
4
0
4
5
12
9
Lorient Lorient
8
3
3
2
1
12
10
Nice Nice
8
3
2
3
-2
11
11
Toulouse Toulouse
8
2
4
2
1
10
12
Auxerre Auxerre
8
3
1
4
-6
10
13
Brest Brest
8
2
3
3
2
9
14
Angers Angers
8
2
2
4
-6
8
15
Le Mans Le Mans
8
1
4
3
-5
7
16
Strasbourg Strasbourg
8
2
1
5
-6
7
17
Troyes Troyes
8
1
2
5
-11
5
18
Le Havre Le Havre
8
0
2
6
-7
2
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
3
3
0
0
9
9
2
Aston Villa Aston Villa
3
3
0
0
9
9
3
Liverpool Liverpool
3
3
0
0
5
9
4
Real Madrid Real Madrid
3
3
0
0
5
9
5
Real Betis Real Betis
3
3
0
0
3
9
6
Stuttgart Stuttgart
3
2
1
0
5
7
7
Arsenal Arsenal
3
2
1
0
4
7
8
Barcelona Barcelona
3
2
0
1
5
6
9
Como Como
3
2
0
1
5
6
10
Man City Man City
3
2
0
1
4
6
11
Club Brugge Club Brugge
3
2
0
1
3
6
12
Sporting CP Sporting CP
3
2
0
1
3
6
13
Dortmund Dortmund
3
2
0
1
1
6
14
Bayern Bayern
3
1
2
0
5
5
15
Roma Roma
3
1
1
1
3
4
16
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
3
1
1
1
1
4
17
Shaktar Shaktar
3
1
1
1
1
4
18
PSV PSV
3
1
1
1
0
4
19
Villarreal Villarreal
3
1
0
2
0
3
20
Man United Man United
3
1
0
2
-1
3
21
Inter Inter
3
1
0
2
-1
3
22
Napoli Napoli
3
1
0
2
-2
3
23
Galatasaray Galatasaray
3
1
0
2
-3
3
24
LASK LASK
3
1
0
2
-3
3
25
Sabah Sabah
3
1
0
2
-3
3
26
Feyenoord Feyenoord
3
1
0
2
-4
3
27
Lens Lens
3
1
0
2
-4
3
28
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
3
1
0
2
-5
3
29
AEK AEK
3
1
0
2
-5
3
30
Leipzig Leipzig
3
1
0
2
-5
3
31
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
3
0
2
1
-6
2
32
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
3
0
1
2
-3
1
33
Viking Viking
3
0
1
2
-4
1
34
Porto Porto
3
0
0
3
-4
0
35
Lille Lille
3
0
0
3
-6
0
36
Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
3
0
0
3
-12
0

Europe Top Five 2026-27 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
9/14
BET BET
@
VIL VIL
2-1
Tue
9/15
ESP ESP
@
RAY RAY
1-2
Tue
9/15
VAL VAL
@
ALA ALA
1-0
Tue
9/15
RMA RMA
@
ELC ELC
3-2
Wed
9/16
OSA OSA
@
ATM ATM
0-4

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM
Sun
5/24
JUV JUV
@
TOR TOR
2:45 PM