top 10 defensive midfielders in the most interceptions

Manuel Locatelli has the most career interceptions by a defensive midfielder in Serie A, with 95 interceptions.

	NAME	INT	Rating	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Manuel Locatelli M. Locatelli	95		87	87	7,351	2	8	183	113	2	23	137	128	24	0
2	Remo Freuler R. Freuler	89		80	80	6,774	3	5	171	104	0	12	108	101	17	0
3	Ismael Bennacer I. Bennacer	87		74	74	5,734	4	5	163	96	0	13	43	94	19	0
4	Jerdy Schouten J. Schouten	86		48	48	3,922	0	3	85	51	0	4	56	61	12	2
5	Milan Badelj M. Badelj	74		34	34	2,637	3	0	60	37	0	6	69	45	9	1
6	Franck Kessié F. Kessié	73		64	64	5,640	17	3	99	58	0	18	69	105	9	0
7	Sandro Tonali S. Tonali	71		67	67	5,383	7	9	116	78	0	31	44	74	13	1
8	Bryan Cristante B. Cristante	68		51	51	4,430	4	7	90	51	0	22	81	84	11	1
9	Roberto Gagliardini R. Gagliardini	63		46	46	3,642	4	2	89	61	0	8	52	73	12	0
10	Andrea Poli A. Poli	49		29	29	2,272	3	0	49	40	0	12	13	40	5	0
11	Maxime López M. López	47		42	42	3,533	3	1	78	46	0	4	28	39	14	0
12	Fabián Ruiz F. Ruiz	45		40	40	3,397	5	5	70	41	0	16	37	21	2	0
13	Jordan Veretout J. Veretout	45		50	50	4,298	8	3	66	45	0	9	52	63	18	1
14	Tiemoué Bakayoko T. Bakayoko	44		26	26	2,002	2	1	70	47	0	6	14	33	6	1
15	Gary Medel G. Medel	42		30	30	2,337	0	0	51	29	0	3	25	44	9	1
16	Marcelo Brozović M. Brozović	42		34	34	2,889	2	4	100	62	0	11	26	44	12	0
17	Nicolò Rovella N. Rovella	41		29	29	2,446	0	4	77	46	0	8	42	38	12	0
18	Ylber Ramadani Y. Ramadani	40	6.55	43	43	3,623	0	1	90	49	0	10	59	45	11	0
19	Miralem Pjanić M. Pjanić	37		17	17	1,460	3	3	22	17	0	10	14	19	5	0
20	Tommaso Pobega T. Pobega	35	6.37	30	30	2,419	5	1	72	40	0	13	38	63	7	2
21	Nicolás Domínguez N. Domínguez	34		34	34	2,588	2	1	86	52	0	7	31	46	14	0
22	Máximo Perrone M. Perrone	33	7.13	45	45	3,628	3	6	64	45	0	4	55	60	12	0
23	Daniele De Rossi D. De Rossi	33		16	16	1,325	4	1	16	9	0	1	29	7	2	0
24	Erick Pulgar E. Pulgar	31		20	20	1,720	5	0	45	25	0	12	38	19	4	1
25	Tomás Rincón T. Rincón	31		21	21	1,739	0	0	42	23	0	2	21	41	6	0

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Team Leaders

9

Pinamonti

9

Lauriente

RTG

7.07

Koné

Team Rankings

9th

12th

-4

11th

FORM

LLLWD

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2025-26 Table

	CLUB	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
9	Lazio	38	14	12	12	1	54
10	Udinese	38	14	8	16	-3	50
11	Sassuolo	38	14	7	17	-4	49
12	Torino	38	12	9	17	-19	45
13	Parma	38	11	12	15	-18	45

Serie A 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

17

Martínez

14

Douvikas

14

Malen

Assists Leaders

16

Dimarco

9

Rodríguez

9

Lauriente

Rating Leaders

7.72

Çalhanoğlu

7.60

Dimarco

7.55

Zieliński

Take-ons Leaders

78

Yıldız

68

Palestra

62

Paz

Big Chances Created Leaders

29

Dimarco

15

Yıldız

15

De Ketelaere

Serie A 2025-26 Rankings

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Goal Difference Rankings

Serie A 2025-26 Table

	Serie A	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Inter	38	27	6	5	54	87
2	Napoli	38	23	7	8	22	76
3	Roma	38	23	4	11	28	73
4	Como	38	20	11	7	36	71
5	Milan	38	20	10	8	18	70
6	Juventus	38	19	12	7	27	69
7	Atalanta	38	15	14	9	15	59
8	Bologna	38	16	8	14	3	56
9	Lazio	38	14	12	12	1	54
10	Udinese	38	14	8	16	-3	50
11	Sassuolo	38	14	7	17	-4	49
12	Torino	38	12	9	17	-19	45
13	Parma	38	11	12	15	-18	45
14	Cagliari	38	11	10	17	-13	43
15	Fiorentina	38	9	15	14	-9	42
16	Genoa	38	10	11	17	-10	41
17	Lecce	38	10	8	20	-22	38
18	Cremonese	38	8	10	20	-25	34
19	Verona	38	3	12	23	-36	21
20	Pisa	38	2	12	24	-45	18

Serie A 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 1/7	VER	@	NAP	2-2
Wed 1/7	ATA	@	BOL	2-0
Wed 1/7	FIO	@	LAZ	2-2
Wed 1/7	INT	@	PAR	2-0
Wed 1/7	UDI	@	TOR	2-1

Fixtures

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/24	JUV	@	TOR	2:45 PM