top 5 leagues midfielders with most long balls per game

Jonjo Shelvey has the most career long ball passes per match by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues, with 9.86 per match in the Premier League.

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top 5 leagues midfielders with most long balls per game with a minimum of 15000 min
NAMEPASS-LNG/MMINRatingMSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Jonjo Shelvey
J. Shelvey
9.86
15,237
199
170
15
0.08
17
32
2
2
306
88
11
11,060
73
4
2Téji Savanier
T. Savanier
9.52
16,639
200
193
48
0.24
42
90
26
6
428
164
12
14,606
250
7
3Daniel Baier
D. Baier
8.84
15,097
174
173
4
0.02
9
13
0
0
142
38
4
11,725
29
2
4Toni Kroos
T. Kroos
8.47
23,981
306
277
22
0.07
69
91
0
1
361
118
10
26,536
196
12
5Ivan Radovanović
I. Radovanović
7.95
18,844
238
213
3
0.01
5
8
0
1
220
46
2
13,597
48
3
6Diego Carlos
D. Carlos
7.86
22,074
266
248
12
0.05
0
12
0
1
173
39
1
16,211
252
14
7Dani García
D. García
7.22
23,837
303
272
3
0.01
8
11
0
0
126
16
3
15,732
45
1
8Ashley Westwood
A. Westwood
7.00
18,197
221
204
9
0.04
23
32
0
0
135
34
3
12,686
90
2
9Maximilian Arnold
M. Arnold
6.95
29,365
364
330
35
0.10
42
77
3
11
463
166
8
21,337
126
14
10Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
6.93
32,303
383
371
28
0.07
40
68
1
4
409
119
9
32,545
271
14
11Eric Dier
E. Dier
6.73
26,205
319
292
15
0.05
10
25
0
0
179
50
5
22,544
202
11
12Jordan Henderson
J. Henderson
6.71
21,358
290
241
19
0.07
36
55
1
0
218
55
6
20,657
215
15
13Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
6.59
25,976
324
290
31
0.10
80
111
1
1
276
103
11
30,883
339
16
14Makoto Hasebe
M. Hasebe
6.45
18,988
235
212
2
0.01
5
7
1
0
24
8
1
14,339
11
0
15Casemiro
Casemiro
6.42
24,898
320
291
39
0.12
23
62
0
0
396
109
7
21,826
389
30
16Martin Valjent
M. Valjent
6.26
17,451
198
198
3
0.02
1
4
0
0
69
19
1
10,215
83
5
17Manuel Locatelli
M. Locatelli
6.22
23,138
314
262
15
0.05
24
39
3
0
281
71
4
21,815
250
7
18Rodri
Rodri
6.16
22,446
293
256
27
0.09
26
53
1
0
298
90
7
24,873
371
16
19Thomas Mangani
T. Mangani
6.13
18,117
250
209
26
0.10
24
50
19
1
214
75
7
15,749
167
5
20Florian Grillitsch
F. Grillitsch
6.09
17,304
229
198
7
0.03
17
24
0
0
173
52
3
14,211
137
3
21Marten de Roon
M. de Roon
6.02
31,015
373
349
24
0.06
25
49
2
0
241
61
2
24,850
214
10
22Marcelo Brozović
M. Brozović
6.01
19,768
261
223
25
0.10
36
61
0
1
329
90
9
20,264
210
5
23Dani Parejo
D. Parejo
5.95
33,321
415
379
64
0.15
62
126
32
12
375
162
18
30,385
227
12
24David López
D. López
5.83
21,362
282
241
17
0.06
9
26
0
0
146
63
1
17,088
168
11
25Niklas Stark
N. Stark
5.82
20,369
260
231
9
0.03
2
11
0
0
112
33
2
14,230
152
13
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17
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10
15
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14
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FC 2025-26 Tables

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
38
26
7
5
44
85
2
Man City Man City
38
23
9
6
42
78
3
Man United Man United
38
20
11
7
19
71
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
38
19
8
11
7
65
5
Liverpool Liverpool
38
17
9
12
10
60
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
38
13
18
7
4
57
7
Sunderland Sunderland
38
14
12
12
-6
54
8
Brighton Brighton
38
14
11
13
6
53
9
Brentford Brentford
38
14
11
13
3
53
10
Chelsea Chelsea
38
14
10
14
6
52
11
Fulham Fulham
38
15
7
16
-4
52
12
Newcastle Newcastle
38
14
7
17
-2
49
13
Everton Everton
38
13
10
15
-3
49
14
Leeds Leeds
38
11
14
13
-7
47
15
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
38
11
12
15
-10
45
16
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
38
11
11
16
-3
44
17
Tottenham Tottenham
38
10
11
17
-9
41
18
West Ham West Ham
38
10
9
19
-19
39
19
Burnley Burnley
38
4
10
24
-37
22
20
Wolves Wolves
38
3
11
24
-41
20
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
38
31
1
6
59
94
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
38
27
5
6
42
86
3
Villarreal Villarreal
38
22
6
10
26
72
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
38
21
6
11
18
69
5
Real Betis Real Betis
38
15
15
8
11
60
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
38
14
12
12
5
54
7
Getafe Getafe
38
15
6
17
-6
51
8
Rayo Rayo
38
12
14
12
-3
50
9
Valencia Valencia
38
13
10
15
-9
49
10
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
38
11
13
14
-2
46
11
Espanyol Espanyol
38
12
10
16
-12
46
12
Athletic Club Athletic Club
38
13
6
19
-15
45
13
Sevilla Sevilla
38
12
7
19
-14
43
14
Alavés Alavés
38
11
10
17
-12
43
15
Elche Elche
38
10
13
15
-8
43
16
Levante Levante
38
11
9
18
-14
42
17
Osasuna Osasuna
38
11
9
18
-6
42
18
Mallorca Mallorca
38
11
9
18
-10
42
19
Girona Girona
38
9
14
15
-16
41
20
Oviedo Oviedo
38
6
11
21
-34
29
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
34
28
5
1
86
89
2
Dortmund Dortmund
34
22
7
5
36
73
3
Leipzig Leipzig
34
20
5
9
19
65
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
34
18
8
8
22
62
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
34
18
7
9
13
61
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
34
17
8
9
21
59
7
Freiburg Freiburg
34
13
8
13
-6
47
8
Frankfurt Frankfurt
34
11
11
12
-4
44
9
Augsburg Augsburg
34
12
7
15
-16
43
10
Mainz Mainz
34
10
10
14
-9
40
11
Union Berlin Union Berlin
34
10
9
15
-14
39
12
M'gladbach M'gladbach
34
9
11
14
-11
38
13
Hamburg Hamburg
34
9
11
14
-14
38
14
Köln Köln
34
7
11
16
-14
32
15
Werder Werder
34
8
8
18
-23
32
16
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
34
7
8
19
-24
29
17
Heidenheim Heidenheim
34
6
8
20
-31
26
18
St. Pauli St. Pauli
34
6
8
20
-31
26
Serie AMWDLGDPTS
1
Inter Inter
38
27
6
5
54
87
2
Napoli Napoli
38
23
7
8
22
76
3
Roma Roma
38
23
4
11
28
73
4
Como Como
38
20
11
7
36
71
5
Milan Milan
38
20
10
8
18
70
6
Juventus Juventus
38
19
12
7
27
69
7
Atalanta Atalanta
38
15
14
9
15
59
8
Bologna Bologna
38
16
8
14
3
56
9
Lazio Lazio
38
14
12
12
1
54
10
Udinese Udinese
38
14
8
16
-3
50
11
Sassuolo Sassuolo
38
14
7
17
-4
49
12
Torino Torino
38
12
9
17
-19
45
13
Parma Parma
38
11
12
15
-18
45
14
Cagliari Cagliari
38
11
10
17
-13
43
15
Fiorentina Fiorentina
38
9
15
14
-9
42
16
Genoa Genoa
38
10
11
17
-10
41
17
Lecce Lecce
38
10
8
20
-22
38
18
Cremonese Cremonese
38
8
10
20
-25
34
19
Verona Verona
38
3
12
23
-36
21
20
Pisa Pisa
38
2
12
24
-45
18
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
34
24
4
6
45
76
2
Lens Lens
34
22
4
8
31
70
3
Lille Lille
34
18
7
9
15
61
4
Lyon Lyon
34
18
6
10
13
60
5
Marseille Marseille
34
18
5
11
18
59
6
Rennes Rennes
34
17
8
9
9
59
7
Monaco Monaco
34
16
6
12
6
54
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
34
15
8
11
11
53
9
Lorient Lorient
34
11
12
11
-3
45
10
Toulouse Toulouse
34
12
8
13
1
44
11
Paris FC Paris FC
34
11
11
12
-3
44
12
Brest Brest
34
10
9
15
-12
39
13
Angers Angers
34
9
9
16
-19
36
14
Le Havre Le Havre
34
7
14
13
-12
35
15
Auxerre Auxerre
34
8
10
16
-10
34
16
Nice Nice
34
7
11
16
-23
32
17
Nantes Nantes
34
5
8
20
-23
23
18
Metz Metz
34
3
8
23
-44
17
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
8
8
0
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
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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
4/26
SAS SAS
@
FIO FIO
0-0
Sun
4/26
RSO RSO
@
RAY RAY
3-3
Sun
4/26
COM COM
@
GEN GEN
2-0
Sun
4/26
WER WER
@
STU STU
1-1
Sun
4/26
ELC ELC
@
OVI OVI
2-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM
Sun
5/24
JUV JUV
@
TOR TOR
2:45 PM