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Marco Palestra completed the most dribbles by a defender in Europe's top five leagues in Serie A in 2025-26, with 68 dribbles completed.

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NAMEDRIBSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Marco Palestra
M. Palestra
68
2025-26
Cagliari Cagliari
6.63
37
34
3,081
1
4
53
35
0
9
19
43
41
3
0
2Andrei Rațiu
A. Rațiu
61
2025-26
Rayo Rayo
6.92
35
31
2,807
0
4
72
44
2
5
39
81
22
9
0
3Michael Kayode
M. Kayode
50
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.89
37
37
3,258
1
1
68
47
0
4
39
101
26
8
0
4Carlos Romero
C. Romero
48
2025-26
Espanyol Espanyol
6.77
36
36
3,192
6
3
97
60
0
16
38
71
40
4
0
5Dodô
Dodô
46
2025-26
Fiorentina Fiorentina
6.87
36
36
3,134
1
2
30
18
0
5
31
58
22
7
0
6Alejandro Jiménez
A. Jiménez
41
2025-26
Total
6.79
32
26
2,362
1
0
67
45
0
9
27
41
35
11
0
7Oumar Solet
O. Solet
41
2025-26
Udinese Udinese
6.86
35
34
2,959
3
1
79
57
2
8
47
132
30
1
0
8Arsène Kouassi
A. Kouassi
40
2025-26
Lorient Lorient
6.94
31
30
2,605
2
6
27
18
0
1
24
53
15
4
0
9Javier Galán
J. Galán
38
2025-26
Total
6.99
25
20
1,806
0
1
47
32
0
1
28
61
32
3
0
10Rafik Belghali
R. Belghali
36
2025-26
Verona Verona
6.42
26
22
1,921
2
0
20
13
0
9
17
24
20
6
0
11Diego Moreira
D. Moreira
35
2025-26
Strasbourg Strasbourg
6.89
27
23
2,034
4
6
45
25
0
11
20
29
17
4
0
12Brooke Norton-Cuffy
B. Norton-Cuffy
35
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
6.46
27
25
2,212
2
1
43
31
1
4
11
36
23
5
1
13Gabriel Gudmundsson
G. Gudmundsson
35
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.38
32
31
2,631
0
0
62
47
1
5
28
88
31
6
1
14Pablo Maffeo
P. Maffeo
34
2025-26
Mallorca Mallorca
6.87
32
30
2,662
1
2
69
34
1
2
33
103
26
11
0
15Àlex Moreno
À. Moreno
34
2025-26
Girona Girona
6.51
31
28
2,559
0
3
46
28
0
4
29
108
32
5
0
16Vladimir Coufal
V. Coufal
31
2025-26
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7.00
34
34
3,013
1
8
59
35
0
8
39
105
32
4
0
17Fabiano Parisi
F. Parisi
31
2025-26
Fiorentina Fiorentina
6.86
23
18
1,520
1
1
21
14
0
8
17
23
14
6
0
18Koffi Franck Kouao
K. Franck Kouao
31
2025-26
Metz Metz
6.48
27
27
2,265
2
1
74
46
0
4
28
75
32
10
0
19Pablo Ibáñez
P. Ibáñez
30
2025-26
Alavés Alavés
6.72
37
28
2,236
1
1
58
37
0
15
21
29
38
7
0
20Valentin Rosier
V. Rosier
30
2025-26
Osasuna Osasuna
6.70
31
30
2,547
1
1
50
32
1
7
43
91
33
6
1
21Adrien Truffert
A. Truffert
30
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
7.05
38
38
3,379
1
5
103
51
1
5
43
146
39
5
0
22Juanlu
Juanlu
28
2025-26
Sevilla Sevilla
6.54
32
23
1,990
0
3
63
42
0
7
11
33
23
6
1
23Neco Williams
N. Williams
27
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.98
37
36
3,204
2
3
93
61
0
18
46
95
29
6
1
24Djed Spence
D. Spence
27
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
6.63
30
23
2,057
0
0
43
25
0
3
15
50
28
4
0
25Jonathan Clauss
J. Clauss
27
2025-26
Nice Nice
6.68
30
28
2,530
1
6
66
38
0
7
47
64
22
0
0
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9
4
2
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1
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9
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4
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1
4
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11
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3
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11
12
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9
3
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4
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11

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8.88

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27

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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
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1
Inter Inter
9
8
1
0
15
25
2
Lazio Lazio
9
8
1
0
15
25
3
Roma Roma
9
6
3
0
15
21
4
Como Como
9
6
2
1
9
20
5
Milan Milan
9
5
3
1
7
18
6
Frosinone Frosinone
9
5
2
2
8
17
7
Napoli Napoli
9
4
2
3
6
14
8
Juventus Juventus
9
4
2
3
1
14
9
Torino Torino
9
4
1
4
0
13
10
Cagliari Cagliari
9
4
1
4
-5
13
11
Bologna Bologna
9
3
2
4
0
11
12
Atalanta Atalanta
9
3
2
4
-1
11
13
Genoa Genoa
9
3
1
5
-5
10
14
Lecce Lecce
9
3
0
6
-9
9
15
Sassuolo Sassuolo
9
2
2
5
-8
8
16
Monza Monza
9
2
1
6
-6
7
17
Udinese Udinese
9
1
2
6
-9
5
18
Fiorentina Fiorentina
9
1
2
6
-10
5
19
Parma Parma
9
1
2
6
-10
5
20
Venezia Venezia
9
1
0
8
-13
3
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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
Fri
9/18
UNB UNB
@
BAY BAY
0-7
Fri
9/18
LEN LEN
@
MON MON
1-2
Fri
9/18
CHE CHE
@
BRE BRE
0-3
Fri
9/18
ELC ELC
@
ESP ESP
3-1
Sat
9/19
AVL AVL
@
TOT TOT
3-2

Fixtures

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