which defender has the most aerial duels won

Virgil van Dijk has won the most career aerials by a defender in the Premier League, with 1,390 aerials won.

	NAME	AER-W	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	1,390	339	338	30,164	31	8	329	215	9	58	451	1,980	172	29	2
2	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	1,348	340	325	29,290	12	11	561	343	10	39	432	1,995	327	72	0
3	Michael Keane M. Keane	1,087	285	259	23,633	19	11	292	186	4	36	424	1,636	150	29	2
4	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	948	277	270	24,069	14	5	374	210	6	24	396	1,553	169	47	1
5	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	897	291	258	23,230	15	12	343	224	4	48	410	1,231	239	63	3
6	Craig Dawson C. Dawson	855	282	270	24,117	21	3	339	230	4	44	386	1,297	267	56	2
7	Dan Burn D. Burn	736	227	213	18,770	7	6	360	215	1	28	221	990	229	49	1
8	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	733	299	295	26,336	17	6	297	176	6	51	334	1,225	170	57	5
9	Steve Cook S. Cook	669	180	175	15,554	10	3	182	103	3	24	319	1,343	93	28	1
10	Kurt Zouma K. Zouma	648	247	219	19,586	15	3	220	147	5	26	328	1,237	152	19	1
11	Jonny Evans J. Evans	577	254	231	20,555	10	9	340	218	1	13	439	1,117	208	44	1
12	Jamaal Lascelles J. Lascelles	530	179	154	13,903	10	1	136	74	6	13	167	950	122	32	1
13	César Azpilicueta C. Azpilicueta	528	293	278	24,854	10	31	703	477	2	33	444	757	275	29	2
14	Joel Ward J. Ward	526	270	257	23,040	5	5	541	397	1	25	387	971	277	48	0
15	Gary Cahill G. Cahill	524	170	159	14,308	10	3	170	119	2	24	169	842	117	17	1
16	Shane Duffy S. Duffy	513	114	99	9,069	7	2	99	59	1	13	121	744	84	21	1
17	Wes Morgan W. Morgan	502	170	159	14,327	8	2	200	134	3	22	314	902	129	16	3
18	Angelo Ogbonna A. Ogbonna	500	201	189	16,906	8	1	221	144	1	14	274	943	122	23	0
19	Jan Bednarek J. Bednarek	499	184	180	15,668	9	3	241	145	3	14	414	1,007	164	39	1
20	James Tomkins J. Tomkins	484	172	155	13,774	11	5	263	163	3	12	259	1,036	107	37	1
21	Dejan Lovren D. Lovren	482	131	117	10,376	5	3	182	125	5	21	190	793	88	18	0
22	Lucas Digne L. Digne	479	253	221	19,236	6	35	430	260	1	60	254	578	235	38	2
23	Jan Vertonghen J. Vertonghen	478	175	170	15,066	2	1	283	200	2	28	298	962	95	27	1
24	Nathan Aké N. Aké	475	249	212	19,001	18	9	347	214	5	34	258	997	141	22	1
25	Ben Davies B. Davies	463	245	199	18,240	8	16	361	227	3	35	227	669	212	37	0

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