top ucl defender by ball recovery

Nuno Mendes has recovered the most balls by a defender in the Champions League this season, with 82 recoveries.

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top ucl defender by ball recovery this season
NAMERECSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Nuno Mendes
N. Mendes
82
2025-26
PSG PSG
7.40
12
12
983
2
2
20
11
0
4
13
22
9
2
0
2Alejandro Grimaldo
A. Grimaldo
62
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7.55
12
12
1,078
4
3
38
26
0
4
15
35
8
2
0
3Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
55
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.87
11
10
928
1
0
13
5
0
1
11
48
9
3
0
4Willian Pacho
W. Pacho
55
2025-26
PSG PSG
6.95
12
12
1,080
2
1
20
10
0
0
12
48
5
0
0
5Kevin Medina
K. Medina
53
2025-26
Qarabag Qarabag
6.55
10
10
870
0
0
21
15
0
1
17
56
6
2
0
6Lloyd Kelly
L. Kelly
52
2025-26
Juventus Juventus
6.35
9
9
768
1
1
16
5
0
2
4
47
20
3
1
7Odilon Kossounou
O. Kossounou
52
2025-26
Atalanta Atalanta
6.81
10
10
809
0
0
12
6
2
0
12
30
8
2
0
8Mauro Júnior
Mauro
52
2025-26
PSV PSV
7.48
7
7
629
0
2
16
6
0
4
7
13
7
3
2
9Edmond Tapsoba
E. Tapsoba
50
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7.17
10
9
812
0
0
11
8
0
1
7
54
7
3
0
10Dávid Hancko
D. Hancko
49
2025-26
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
6.85
10
10
900
2
1
18
8
1
0
11
45
4
0
0
11Pierre Kalulu
P. Kalulu
48
2025-26
Juventus Juventus
6.81
10
10
918
0
1
13
8
0
3
5
13
9
0
0
12Marcos López
M. López
46
2025-26
København København
6.97
8
7
658
0
1
10
6
0
0
16
29
16
3
0
13Matheus Silva
M. Silva
45
2025-26
Qarabag Qarabag
6.50
10
10
869
1
1
25
16
0
3
12
32
9
2
0
14Isak Hien
I. Hien
44
2025-26
Atalanta Atalanta
6.38
9
7
711
0
0
10
8
0
1
11
27
8
1
0
15Álvaro Carreras
Á. Carreras
43
2025-26
Real Madrid Real Madrid
6.77
8
8
706
0
0
23
12
0
1
8
23
11
4
0
16Achraf Hakimi
A. Hakimi
43
2025-26
PSG PSG
7.42
9
9
764
1
5
15
9
0
5
6
7
4
1
0
17Nico Schlotterbeck
N. Schlotterbeck
43
2025-26
Dortmund Dortmund
6.87
8
6
561
0
0
15
9
1
0
13
14
5
0
1
18Amar Dedić
A. Dedić
43
2025-26
Benfica Benfica
6.58
10
9
804
0
0
23
15
1
2
9
22
12
1
0
19Davinson Sánchez
D. Sánchez
42
2025-26
Galatasaray Galatasaray
6.56
11
11
1,020
1
0
19
14
0
0
14
79
14
3
0
20Loïc Bade
L. Bade
42
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7.17
8
7
607
0
0
17
9
0
1
6
47
9
0
0
21Dan Burn
D. Burn
41
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.71
11
11
964
1
2
16
7
0
2
9
63
15
2
0
22Pedro Porro
P. Porro
41
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
7.10
9
9
770
1
2
9
5
0
4
13
22
3
2
0
23Waldemar Anton
W. Anton
41
2025-26
Dortmund Dortmund
6.38
9
9
745
1
0
12
7
0
0
12
38
11
2
0
24Joaquin Seys
J. Seys
41
2025-26
Club Brugge Club Brugge
6.55
9
8
696
0
2
21
14
0
0
8
22
5
1
0
25Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
40
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7.16
10
10
900
2
3
3
1
0
3
6
64
14
2
0
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61
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9
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54
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10
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49
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48
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13
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11
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46
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31
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10
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31
11
10
10
4
43
11
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31
11
10
10
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43
12
Newcastle Newcastle
31
12
6
13
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42
13
Bournemouth Bournemouth
31
9
15
7
-2
42
14
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30
10
9
11
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39
15
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31
7
12
12
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33
16
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31
8
8
15
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32
17
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31
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9
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18
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19
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20
20
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31
3
8
20
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24
1
4
50
73
2
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29
22
3
4
37
69
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Villarreal Villarreal
29
18
4
7
20
58
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
29
17
6
6
21
57
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29
11
11
7
7
44
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
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10
11
8
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41
7
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
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10
8
11
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38
8
Getafe Getafe
29
11
5
13
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9
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29
11
5
13
-9
38
10
Osasuna Osasuna
29
10
7
12
-1
37
11
Espanyol Espanyol
29
10
7
12
-8
37
12
Valencia Valencia
29
9
8
12
-10
35
13
Girona Girona
29
8
10
11
-13
34
14
Rayo Rayo
29
7
11
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32
15
Sevilla Sevilla
29
8
7
14
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31
16
Alavés Alavés
29
8
7
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31
17
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11
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29
18
Mallorca Mallorca
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Levante Levante
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6
8
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26
20
Oviedo Oviedo
29
4
9
16
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Bayern Bayern
27
22
4
1
72
70
2
Dortmund Dortmund
27
18
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Stuttgart Stuttgart
27
16
5
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20
53
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Leipzig Leipzig
27
15
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50
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Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
27
15
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7
15
50
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
27
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7
Frankfurt Frankfurt
27
10
8
9
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38
8
Freiburg Freiburg
27
10
7
10
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37
9
Union Berlin Union Berlin
27
8
7
12
-15
31
10
Augsburg Augsburg
27
9
4
14
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31
11
Mainz Mainz
27
7
9
11
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30
12
Hamburg Hamburg
27
7
9
11
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30
13
M'gladbach M'gladbach
27
7
8
12
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29
14
Werder Werder
27
7
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15
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27
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13
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16
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17
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5
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18
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27
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Fiorentina Fiorentina
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19
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30
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20
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30
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PSG PSG
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Lens Lens
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19
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Marseille Marseille
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19
49
4
Lyon Lyon
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14
5
8
8
47
6
Monaco Monaco
27
14
4
9
9
46
7
Rennes Rennes
27
12
8
7
6
44
8
Strasbourg Strasbourg
27
11
7
9
10
40
9
Toulouse Toulouse
27
10
7
10
6
37
10
Lorient Lorient
27
9
10
8
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37
11
Brest Brest
27
10
6
11
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12
Angers Angers
27
9
5
13
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32
13
Paris FC Paris FC
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7
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14
Le Havre Le Havre
27
6
9
12
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27
15
Nice Nice
27
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6
14
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27
16
Auxerre Auxerre
27
5
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15
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17
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26
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17
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18
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27
3
5
19
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14
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Arsenal Arsenal
8
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0
19
24
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Bayern Bayern
8
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21
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Liverpool Liverpool
8
6
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8
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1
10
17
5
Barcelona Barcelona
8
5
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2
8
16
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8
5
1
2
7
16
7
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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
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12
17
Dortmund Dortmund
8
3
2
3
2
11
18
Olympiacos Olympiacos
8
3
2
3
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11
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
8
3
1
4
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10
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
8
3
1
4
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10
21
Monaco Monaco
8
2
4
2
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10
22
Qarabag Qarabag
8
3
1
4
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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
Sat
2/21
TOR TOR
@
GEN GEN
0-3
Sat
2/21
SEV SEV
@
GET GET
1-0
Sat
2/21
LEV LEV
@
FCB FCB
0-3
Sat
2/21
MAL MAL
@
CEL CEL
0-2
Sat
2/21
VAL VAL
@
VIL VIL
1-2

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/21
CRY CRY
@
MCI MCI
11:00 AM
Fri
4/3
TOU TOU
@
PSG PSG
2:45 PM
Fri
4/3
ELC ELC
@
RAY RAY
3:00 PM
Sat
4/4
LEV LEV
@
RSO RSO
8:00 AM
Sat
4/4
CAG CAG
@
SAS SAS
9:00 AM