top ball recoveries by defensive midfielders

Joshua Kimmich has recovered the most career balls by a defensive midfielder in Europe's top five leagues, with 1,127 recoveries in Bundesliga.

NAMERECRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Joshua Kimmich
J. Kimmich
1,127
167
167
14,357
21
42
289
179
1
56
195
136
108
26
2
2Declan Rice
D. Rice
1,056
137
137
12,172
6
10
338
177
0
34
210
188
95
20
0
3Benjamin André
B. André
1,026
142
142
12,521
12
9
461
269
1
28
202
269
257
48
0
4Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
942
143
143
12,030
3
11
478
308
0
32
240
146
203
29
2
5Ellyes Skhiri
E. Skhiri
938
138
138
12,076
12
7
320
204
0
22
294
204
143
18
0
6Granit Xhaka
G. Xhaka
924
136
136
11,924
6
16
239
162
0
31
140
225
171
39
3
7Rodri
Rodri
892
114
114
9,737
15
12
274
174
1
42
113
219
153
25
1
8Guido Rodríguez
G. Rodríguez
808
128
128
10,695
5
2
372
224
0
28
160
231
179
36
1
9Wilfred Ndidi
W. Ndidi
770
100
100
8,529
4
3
366
226
0
24
216
252
158
24
1
10Leon Goretzka
L. Goretzka
735
128
128
9,997
27
18
192
116
0
73
163
156
120
15
0
11Maximilian Arnold
M. Arnold
673
111
111
9,692
5
9
170
109
1
30
143
217
152
31
2
12Jordan Ferri
J. Ferri
664
83
83
6,980
1
5
157
104
0
16
56
58
134
24
2
13Moisés Caicedo
M. Caicedo
659
7.45
107
107
9,297
5
7
300
178
2
30
153
99
177
36
1
14Nemanja Matić
N. Matić
659
88
88
7,405
1
8
163
99
0
11
120
110
91
14
0
15Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
655
86
86
7,646
7
7
193
126
0
18
120
138
121
20
0
16Fred
Fred
618
76
76
6,256
5
6
194
101
0
29
105
63
119
16
0
17Daniel Baier
D. Baier
614
83
83
7,337
2
6
191
138
0
22
223
104
125
15
0
18Dani García
D. García
613
104
104
8,772
1
6
201
121
0
5
146
148
160
37
0
19André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
A. Zambo Anguissa
607
80
80
6,899
1
3
214
140
0
30
149
106
133
21
1
20Joris Chotard
J. Chotard
588
109
109
9,192
2
10
224
129
1
18
144
199
99
12
0
21Casemiro
Casemiro
571
89
89
7,419
16
7
279
157
0
26
116
210
148
24
3
22Oriol Romeu
O. Romeu
571
80
80
6,708
2
0
211
148
0
17
138
129
122
26
1
23Marc Roca
M. Roca
555
98
98
7,856
4
7
182
126
0
32
85
100
156
22
0
24Tomáš Souček
T. Souček
554
113
113
9,703
23
7
218
118
0
33
151
337
151
20
2
25Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
550
72
72
6,367
7
7
138
78
0
29
80
88
86
15
0
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2025-26 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
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

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

36

Kane

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27

Haaland

Erling Haaland

25

Mbappé

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Assists Leaders

21

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

19

Olise

Michael Olise

16

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco
Rating Leaders

8.25

Olise

Michael Olise

8.15

Pedri

Pedri

8.07

Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich
Take-ons Leaders

127

Yamal

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115

Diomandé

Yan Diomandé

85

Júnior

Vinícius Júnior
Big Chances Created Leaders

32

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes

29

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

28

Olise

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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

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Bayern

122

Barcelona

95

Inter

89

Real Madrid

77

Man City

77

PSG

74
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

27

PSG

29

Como

29

Roma

31

Juventus

32

Dortmund

34
Goal Difference Rankings
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Barcelona

59

Inter

54

PSG

45

Arsenal

44

Real Madrid

42

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
1

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