top 10 defensive midfielders in the most interceptions

Joshua Kimmich has the most career interceptions by a defensive midfielder in the Champions League, with 58 interceptions.

NAMEINTRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKCLRFOULYCRC
1Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
58
51
51
4,561
3
12
81
50
0
19
37
33
11
0
2Leon Goretzka
L. Goretzka
48
36
36
2,938
4
8
62
37
2
28
43
51
5
0
3Ryan Gravenberch
R. Gravenberch
36
16
16
1,415
1
2
26
12
0
3
12
16
4
1
4Taras Stepanenko
T. Stepanenko
36
25
25
2,167
0
2
72
41
1
2
54
30
3
0
5Frenkie de Jong
F. de Jong
32
19
19
1,688
0
2
37
18
0
1
22
22
4
0
6Florentino
Florentino
28
6.96
11
11
940
0
0
31
18
1
2
16
14
2
0
7Denis Zakaria
D. Zakaria
27
7.03
12
12
1,026
2
0
13
10
0
4
20
12
5
0
8Miralem Pjanić
M. Pjanić
26
14
14
1,158
1
1
15
12
0
2
10
19
4
0
9Lucas Torreira
L. Torreira
23
6.80
15
15
1,284
0
0
28
14
0
4
23
20
1
0
10Thiago Alcântara
T. Alcântara
22
11
11
925
1
1
50
35
0
0
4
21
2
0
11Marcel Sabitzer
M. Sabitzer
21
16
16
1,428
1
6
25
16
0
8
28
24
2
0
12Emre Can
E. Can
20
6.49
12
12
1,074
1
1
26
18
0
4
13
24
5
0
13Morten Hjulmand
M. Hjulmand
19
7.53
10
10
909
0
0
24
16
1
1
16
14
5
0
14Rodri
Rodri
19
23
23
1,913
3
2
41
31
0
4
22
22
6
0
15Fred
Fred
19
14
14
1,221
1
1
40
22
0
6
7
18
4
1
16Boubacar Kamara
B. Kamara
18
11
11
870
0
0
22
12
0
1
11
19
4
0
17Marko Janković
M. Janković
16
6.51
7
7
616
1
2
10
5
0
1
9
7
2
0
18Josef
Josef
16
5
5
441
0
0
19
11
0
1
7
7
3
1
19Pedro Bicalho
P. Bicalho
15
6.36
9
9
771
0
0
19
12
1
2
27
10
0
0
20Lukáš Kalvach
L. Kalvach
15
6.52
5
5
425
0
0
12
5
0
0
2
8
1
0
21Benjamin André
B. André
15
9
9
776
0
0
15
10
0
2
18
11
2
0
22Pedri
Pedri
14
7.78
21
21
1,691
0
4
48
35
0
3
12
2
0
0
23Frank Onyeka
F. Onyeka
14
5
5
420
0
0
13
7
0
1
7
15
2
0
24Zlatko Junuzović
Z. Junuzović
14
7
7
563
0
3
16
8
0
2
4
14
1
0
25Youri Tielemans
Y. Tielemans
14
13
13
1,118
1
3
28
12
0
2
11
16
1
0
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Arsenal Arsenal
8
8
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0
19
24
2
Bayern Bayern
8
7
0
1
14
21
3
Liverpool Liverpool
8
6
0
2
12
18
4
Tottenham Tottenham
8
5
2
1
10
17
5
Barcelona Barcelona
8
5
1
2
8
16
6
Chelsea Chelsea
8
5
1
2
7
16
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
8
5
1
2
6
16
8
Man City Man City
8
5
1
2
6
16
9
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8
5
0
3
9
15
10
Inter Inter
8
5
0
3
8
15
11
PSG PSG
8
4
2
2
10
14
12
Newcastle Newcastle
8
4
2
2
10
14
13
Juventus Juventus
8
3
4
1
4
13
14
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
4
1
3
2
13
15
Atalanta Atalanta
8
4
1
3
0
13
16
Leverkusen Leverkusen
8
3
3
2
-1
12
17
Dortmund Dortmund
8
3
2
3
2
11
18
Olympiacos Olympiacos
8
3
2
3
-4
11
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
8
3
1
4
-2
10
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
8
3
1
4
-2
10
21
Monaco Monaco
8
2
4
2
-6
10
22
Qarabag Qarabag
8
3
1
4
-8
10
23
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
8
2
3
3
-1
9
24
Benfica Benfica
8
3
0
5
-2
9
25
Marseille Marseille
8
3
0
5
-3
9
26
Páfos Páfos
8
2
3
3
-3
9
27
Union SG Union SG
8
3
0
5
-9
9
28
PSV PSV
8
2
2
4
0
8
29
Athletic Club Athletic Club
8
2
2
4
-5
8
30
Napoli Napoli
8
2
2
4
-6
8
31
København København
8
2
2
4
-9
8
32
Ajax Ajax
8
2
0
6
-13
6
33
Frankfurt Frankfurt
8
1
1
6
-11
4
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
8
0
3
5
-14
3
35
Villarreal Villarreal
8
0
1
7
-13
1
36
Kairat Kairat
8
0
1
7
-15
1