top 10 defensive midfielders in the most interceptions

Benjamin André has the most career interceptions by a defensive midfielder in Ligue 1, with 202 interceptions.

	NAME	INT	Rating	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Benjamin André B. André	202		142	142	12,521	12	9	461	269	1	28	269	257	48	0
2	Joris Chotard J. Chotard	144		109	109	9,192	2	10	224	129	1	18	199	99	12	0
3	Jean-Eudes Aholou J. Aholou	133		70	70	5,718	6	2	137	79	0	19	101	123	14	0
4	Baptiste Santamaria B. Santamaria	121		84	84	7,285	2	2	205	120	0	26	112	109	8	0
5	Haris Belkebla H. Belkebla	110		70	70	5,862	0	1	155	99	0	6	98	63	12	0
6	Ellyes Skhiri E. Skhiri	96		30	30	2,677	0	1	89	60	0	4	70	36	3	0
7	Yann M'Vila Y. M'Vila	95		45	45	4,014	0	3	83	48	0	5	109	23	5	0
8	Xavier Chavalerin X. Chavalerin	92		52	52	4,635	3	4	168	103	0	9	55	83	13	0
9	Aurélien Tchouameni A. Tchouameni	90		32	32	2,769	3	3	86	43	0	19	34	58	11	1
10	Abdoulaye Touré A. Touré	87		67	67	5,756	10	1	102	64	0	25	60	73	9	1
11	Thiago Mendes T. Mendes	86		52	52	4,553	2	4	105	62	0	14	72	63	12	1
12	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa A. Zambo Anguissa	75		30	30	2,550	0	0	93	70	0	13	46	63	7	0
13	Alaixys Romao A. Romao	73		48	48	4,195	0	2	135	83	0	6	81	108	16	2
14	Lucas Tousart L. Tousart	70		52	52	4,412	1	2	139	83	0	15	105	56	9	1
15	Alexis Blin A. Blin	70		44	44	3,647	0	2	109	69	0	3	64	64	12	1
16	Otávio	69		43	43	3,659	1	2	141	78	0	5	62	66	10	0
17	Yannick Cahuzac Y. Cahuzac	69		25	25	2,127	2	0	59	44	0	2	49	34	8	0
18	Hugo Magnetti H. Magnetti	68		61	61	5,032	2	1	135	82	0	19	81	53	8	0
19	Pierre Lees-Melou P. Lees-Melou	64		48	48	4,191	5	4	158	100	0	19	79	74	22	2
20	Ibrahim Amadou I. Amadou	62		45	45	3,702	0	0	96	72	1	7	74	55	8	1
21	Maxence Caqueret M. Caqueret	61		39	39	3,277	3	2	103	63	0	10	34	67	7	0
22	Thomas Monconduit T. Monconduit	61		45	45	3,887	1	4	101	62	0	10	107	85	9	1
23	Nabil Bentaleb N. Bentaleb	58	6.99	36	36	3,082	2	3	74	49	0	7	51	37	7	0
24	Jordan Ferri J. Ferri	56		83	83	6,980	1	5	157	104	0	16	58	134	24	2
25	Ibrahim Didier Ndong I. Didier Ndong	54		32	32	2,820	0	2	67	40	0	0	37	49	5	0

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1	PSG	34	24	4	6	45	76
2	Lens	34	22	4	8	31	70
3	Lille	34	18	7	9	15	61
4	Lyon	34	18	6	10	13	60
5	Marseille	34	18	5	11	18	59

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21

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16

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16

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9

Ajorque

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Thomasson

7

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7.94

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Zaïre-Emery

7.38

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70

Gboho

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Greenwood

54

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22

Udol

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Ligue 1 2025-26 Table

	Ligue 1	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	PSG	34	24	4	6	45	76
2	Lens	34	22	4	8	31	70
3	Lille	34	18	7	9	15	61
4	Lyon	34	18	6	10	13	60
5	Marseille	34	18	5	11	18	59
6	Rennes	34	17	8	9	9	59
7	Monaco	34	16	6	12	6	54
8	Strasbourg	34	15	8	11	11	53
9	Lorient	34	11	12	11	-3	45
10	Toulouse	34	12	8	13	1	44
11	Paris FC	34	11	11	12	-3	44
12	Brest	34	10	9	15	-12	39
13	Angers	34	9	9	16	-19	36
14	Le Havre	34	7	14	13	-12	35
15	Auxerre	34	8	10	16	-10	34
16	Nice	34	7	11	16	-23	32
17	Nantes	34	5	8	20	-23	23
18	Metz	34	3	8	23	-44	17

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 11/9	AUX	@	ANG	0-2
Sun 11/9	NIC	@	MET	1-2
Sun 11/9	LIL	@	STR	0-2
Fri 11/21	MAR	@	NIC	5-1
Sat 11/22	STR	@	LEN	0-1

Fixtures

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/17	TOU	@	NAN	3:00 PM