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Virgil van Dijk has the most touches by a defender in the Premier League, with 486 touches this season.

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1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
486
2026-27
Liverpool Liverpool
7.13
5
5
450
0
0
5
4
0
1
7
41
1
1
0
2Rúben Dias
R. Dias
479
2026-27
Man City Man City
6.79
5
5
450
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
24
6
0
0
3Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
468
2026-27
Man City Man City
7.58
5
5
450
1
1
4
4
0
1
4
24
2
0
0
4Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
465
2026-27
Tottenham Tottenham
6.96
5
5
450
1
0
10
5
2
0
4
17
7
1
0
5Luka Vušković
L. Vušković
449
2026-27
Brighton Brighton
6.81
5
5
437
1
0
6
4
0
2
3
36
7
0
0
6Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
433
2026-27
Brighton Brighton
6.73
4
4
360
1
0
3
2
0
0
2
18
4
1
0
7Calvin Bassey
C. Bassey
425
2026-27
Fulham Fulham
6.83
5
5
450
0
0
6
3
0
1
4
17
3
1
0
8Jérémy Jacquet
J. Jacquet
423
2026-27
Liverpool Liverpool
7.28
5
5
415
0
0
11
6
0
0
8
13
5
1
0
9Olivier Boscagli
O. Boscagli
391
2026-27
Brighton Brighton
6.97
5
5
436
0
0
4
4
0
1
7
18
9
1
0
10Harry Maguire
H. Maguire
380
2026-27
Man United Man United
6.69
5
5
450
0
0
3
2
0
1
6
25
7
2
0
11Sven Botman
S. Botman
368
2026-27
Newcastle Newcastle
6.32
5
5
450
0
0
5
2
0
1
5
46
2
1
0
12Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
356
2026-27
Arsenal Arsenal
7.06
5
5
450
0
0
6
2
1
0
6
29
5
2
0
13Micky van de Ven
M. van de Ven
354
2026-27
Tottenham Tottenham
7.05
4
4
360
0
0
5
5
0
1
3
22
3
1
0
14Vitalii Mykolenko
V. Mykolenko
346
2026-27
Everton Everton
7.27
5
5
450
0
0
14
11
0
1
6
15
3
1
0
15Antonee Robinson
A. Robinson
345
2026-27
Fulham Fulham
6.64
5
5
429
0
0
13
10
0
1
3
12
4
0
0
16James Hill
J. Hill
338
2026-27
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.53
5
5
450
0
0
9
5
0
0
7
35
5
1
0
17Adrien Truffert
A. Truffert
334
2026-27
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.72
5
5
450
0
0
16
6
1
1
7
19
11
1
0
18Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
332
2026-27
Man City Man City
7.02
5
5
434
1
2
11
5
0
2
5
11
3
1
0
19Issa Diop
I. Diop
331
2026-27
Ipswich Ipswich
6.97
5
5
450
0
0
4
4
0
1
10
26
5
0
0
20Lisandro Martínez
L. Martínez
328
2026-27
Man United Man United
6.21
4
4
360
0
0
3
3
0
2
2
14
2
0
0
21Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
325
2026-27
Newcastle Newcastle
6.25
5
5
450
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
34
4
0
0
22Andy Robertson
A. Robertson
323
2026-27
Tottenham Tottenham
6.65
5
4
367
0
1
5
4
1
0
3
10
1
0
0
23Dara O'Shea
D. O'Shea
323
2026-27
Ipswich Ipswich
6.66
5
5
450
0
0
8
2
0
0
5
33
3
0
0
24António Silva
A. Silva
322
2026-27
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.92
5
5
450
0
0
5
4
0
0
8
43
3
2
0
25Timothy Castagne
T. Castagne
315
2026-27
Fulham Fulham
6.48
5
5
408
0
1
6
5
0
0
4
17
9
2
0
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CLUBMWDLGDPTS
4
Brentford Brentford
5
2
3
0
6
9
5
Leeds Leeds
5
2
3
0
4
9
6
Liverpool Liverpool
5
2
3
0
3
9
7
Everton Everton
5
2
3
0
3
9
8
Hull City Hull City
5
2
2
1
2
8
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W0 D3 L2

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1

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Goals Leaders

5

Haaland

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4

Isak

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3

Groß

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Assists Leaders

3

Semenyo

Antoine Semenyo

3

Groß

Pascal Groß

3

Evanilson

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8.19

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13

Sávio

Sávio

12

Okafor

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12

Fatawu

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Big Chances Created Leaders

5

Xhaka

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4

Groß

Pascal Groß

4

Gibbs-White

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Goals For Rankings
Brighton

16

Man City

13

Chelsea

10

Brentford

10

Newcastle

9

Man United

8
Goals Against Rankings
Leeds

3

Everton

3

Liverpool

4

Hull City

4

Brentford

4

Arsenal

4
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Brighton

11

Man City

8

Brentford

6

Leeds

4

Arsenal

4

Liverpool

3

Premier League 2026-27 Table

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Man City Man City
5
5
0
0
8
15
2
Arsenal Arsenal
5
4
0
1
4
12
3
Brighton Brighton
5
3
1
1
11
10
4
Brentford Brentford
5
2
3
0
6
9
5
Leeds Leeds
5
2
3
0
4
9
6
Liverpool Liverpool
5
2
3
0
3
9
7
Everton Everton
5
2
3
0
3
9
8
Hull City Hull City
5
2
2
1
2
8
9
Newcastle Newcastle
5
2
2
1
0
8
10
Chelsea Chelsea
5
2
1
2
-2
7
11
Ipswich Ipswich
5
2
0
3
-4
6
12
Man United Man United
5
1
2
2
0
5
13
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
5
1
2
2
-1
5
14
Sunderland Sunderland
5
1
1
3
-4
4
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
5
1
1
3
-5
4
16
Aston Villa Aston Villa
5
1
1
3
-5
4
17
Bournemouth Bournemouth
5
0
3
2
-2
3
18
Coventry Coventry
5
1
0
4
-9
3
19
Fulham Fulham
5
0
2
3
-3
2
20
Tottenham Tottenham
5
0
2
3
-6
2