Wilfred Ndidi has the most career interceptions by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League, with 216 interceptions.

	NAME	INT	Rating	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	216		100	100	8,529	4	3	366	226	0	24	252	158	24	1
2	Idrissa Gana Guèye I. Gana Guèye	214		125	125	10,621	3	10	434	282	0	29	131	174	27	2
3	Declan Rice D. Rice	210		137	137	12,172	6	10	338	177	0	34	188	95	20	0
4	Moisés Caicedo M. Caicedo	153	7.45	107	107	9,297	5	7	300	178	2	30	99	177	36	1
5	Étienne Capoue É. Capoue	152		63	63	5,473	1	6	163	100	0	14	148	104	23	1
6	Tomáš Souček T. Souček	151		113	113	9,703	23	7	218	118	0	33	337	151	20	2
7	Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	137		134	134	11,754	6	15	235	159	0	31	221	169	39	3
8	Lewis Cook L. Cook	112		67	67	5,853	1	7	142	87	2	9	106	82	13	2
9	Oriol Romeu O. Romeu	110		50	50	4,250	1	0	152	113	0	12	93	80	16	0
10	Fred	105		76	76	6,256	5	6	194	101	0	29	63	119	16	0
11	Nemanja Matić N. Matić	102		71	71	6,066	1	6	142	84	0	8	86	84	11	0
12	Scott McTominay S. McTominay	97		86	86	7,320	12	3	188	103	0	41	170	146	17	0
13	Ryan Gravenberch R. Gravenberch	94	7.26	68	68	5,834	5	7	121	69	0	20	107	80	10	1
14	João Palhinha J. Palhinha	93	6.66	73	73	6,326	9	2	318	175	1	25	128	105	28	0
15	Tyler Adams T. Adams	91	6.73	67	67	5,686	2	4	213	115	1	9	94	111	19	1
16	Pierre Emile Højbjerg P. Emile Højbjerg	85		55	55	4,879	3	3	133	81	0	10	94	89	14	0
17	Rodri	81		88	88	7,458	14	11	183	108	1	39	138	104	20	1
18	Ryan Christie R. Christie	80	6.68	63	63	4,828	2	5	139	81	0	27	95	80	14	1
19	Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	80		72	72	6,367	7	7	138	78	0	29	88	86	15	0
20	James Garner J. Garner	74	6.96	52	52	4,609	1	8	157	92	0	10	98	57	18	0
21	Douglas Luiz D. Luiz	72		66	66	5,450	8	5	113	62	0	14	58	101	17	0
22	Kalvin Phillips K. Phillips	70		51	51	4,361	0	1	120	58	0	9	84	88	17	2
23	Casemiro	67	6.77	66	66	5,443	11	5	218	118	0	21	176	96	16	2
24	Luka Milivojević L. Milivojević	66		28	28	2,310	3	0	60	36	0	7	50	52	8	0
25	Carlos Baleba C. Baleba	62	6.73	54	54	4,070	0	0	100	55	0	19	73	77	14	1

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	Premier League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	38	26	7	5	44	85
2	Man City	38	23	9	6	42	78
3	Man United	38	20	11	7	19	71
4	Aston Villa	38	19	8	11	7	65
5	Liverpool	38	17	9	12	10	60
6	Bournemouth	38	13	18	7	4	57
7	Sunderland	38	14	12	12	-6	54
8	Brighton	38	14	11	13	6	53
9	Brentford	38	14	11	13	3	53
10	Chelsea	38	14	10	14	6	52
11	Fulham	38	15	7	16	-4	52
12	Newcastle	38	14	7	17	-2	49
13	Everton	38	13	10	15	-3	49
14	Leeds	38	11	14	13	-7	47
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	-10	45
16	Nottm Forest	38	11	11	16	-3	44
17	Tottenham	38	10	11	17	-9	41
18	West Ham	38	10	9	19	-19	39
19	Burnley	38	4	10	24	-37	22
20	Wolves	38	3	11	24	-41	20