Sergio Busquets has recovered the most balls by a Barcelona midfielder in a season in LaLiga, with 283 recoveries in 2021-22.
| NAME | REC | SEASON | CLUB | Rating | M | MIN | START | G | G/M | A | G+A | PK | FK | SH | SOT | WOOD | TCH | TCH-BOX | OFF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Busquets | 283 | 2021-22 | 36 | 3,201 | 36 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3,237 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2 | | I. Rakitić | 232 | 2017-18 | 35 | 2,839 | 31 | 1 | 0.03 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 2,917 | 44 | 3 | ||
| 3 | | S. Busquets | 220 | 2019-20 | 7.42 | 33 | 2,489 | 29 | 2 | 0.06 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2,930 | 16 | 0 | |
| 4 | | I. Rakitić | 215 | 2018-19 | 34 | 2,642 | 29 | 3 | 0.09 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 2,960 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 5 |  | F. de Jong | 214 | 2020-21 | 37 | 3,157 | 35 | 3 | 0.08 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3,189 | 91 | 5 | ||
| 6 | | S. Busquets | 211 | 2017-18 | 31 | 2,598 | 30 | 1 | 0.03 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2,591 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | S. Busquets | 207 | 2015-16 | 35 | 2,908 | 34 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2,841 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 8 | | S. Busquets | 199 | 2016-17 | 33 | 2,696 | 33 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2,497 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 9 | | S. Busquets | 194 | 2018-19 | 35 | 2,720 | 30 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2,781 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 10 |  | I. Gündogan | 188 | 2023-24 | 7.67 | 36 | 2,998 | 33 | 5 | 0.14 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 17 | 1 | 2,882 | 80 | 6 | |
| 11 | | S. Busquets | 186 | 2022-23 | 7.39 | 30 | 2,346 | 28 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2,265 | 15 | 0 | |
| 12 | | F. de Jong | 184 | 2022-23 | 7.76 | 33 | 2,536 | 29 | 2 | 0.06 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2,658 | 53 | 1 | |
| 13 | | S. Busquets | 183 | 2020-21 | 36 | 2,526 | 32 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2,997 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | S. Busquets | 180 | 2014-15 | 33 | 2,491 | 29 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2,585 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 15 |  | Pedri | 165 | 2025-26 | 8.15 | 29 | 2,104 | 23 | 2 | 0.07 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2,494 | 36 | 1 | |
| 16 | | I. Rakitić | 164 | 2016-17 | 32 | 2,345 | 26 | 8 | 0.25 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 1 | 2,013 | 62 | 3 | ||
| 17 | | I. Rakitić | 154 | 2015-16 | 36 | 2,578 | 30 | 7 | 0.19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 2,253 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 18 | | F. de Jong | 153 | 2021-22 | 32 | 2,483 | 30 | 3 | 0.09 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2,002 | 68 | 6 | ||
| 19 | | S. Roberto | 150 | 2017-18 | 30 | 2,225 | 24 | 1 | 0.03 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2,169 | 50 | 1 | ||
| 20 |  | A. Iniesta | 141 | 2015-16 | 28 | 2,248 | 25 | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2,184 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | F. de Jong | 139 | 2019-20 | 7.37 | 29 | 2,120 | 24 | 2 | 0.07 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1,922 | 36 | 1 | |
| 22 | | J. Mascherano | 138 | 2014-15 | 28 | 2,207 | 26 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2,165 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | I. Rakitić | 136 | 2014-15 | 32 | 2,035 | 23 | 5 | 0.16 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 2,128 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 24 | | J. Mascherano | 132 | 2015-16 | 32 | 2,693 | 31 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2,495 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | S. Roberto | 129 | 2016-17 | 32 | 2,382 | 26 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2,193 | 58 | 0 | ||
StatMuse has LaLiga data for ball recoveries going back to the 2014-15 season.
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