which defender led the league in pass breakups

Virgil van Dijk has completed the most career passes by a defender in the Premier League, with 22,055 passes.

	NAME	PASS	Rating	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	22,055		339	338	30,164	31	8	329	215	9	58	451	1,980	172	29	2
2	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	17,814		299	295	26,336	17	6	297	176	6	51	334	1,225	170	57	5
3	Kyle Walker K. Walker	16,906		329	307	27,405	4	28	476	328	3	53	374	614	248	49	1
4	Andrew Robertson A. Robertson	15,166		332	294	26,391	12	60	474	299	5	43	292	551	169	35	2
5	César Azpilicueta C. Azpilicueta	14,955		293	278	24,854	10	31	703	477	2	33	444	757	275	29	2
6	John Stones J. Stones	12,857		236	203	17,973	11	2	209	148	4	18	226	710	68	11	1
7	Rúben Dias R. Dias	12,855		170	158	14,214	5	4	143	85	3	25	150	537	116	19	0
8	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	12,436		291	258	23,230	15	12	343	224	4	48	410	1,231	239	63	3
9	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	11,943		259	235	20,715	18	64	419	271	5	112	302	382	124	31	0
10	Joachim Andersen J. Andersen	10,343		198	195	17,391	4	8	232	142	2	19	223	1,187	178	40	3
11	Gabriel Magalhães G. Magalhães	10,334		192	187	16,626	20	5	234	138	6	38	140	735	148	29	2
12	Nathan Aké N. Aké	10,293		249	212	19,001	18	9	347	214	5	34	258	997	141	22	1
13	Jonny Evans J. Evans	10,032		254	231	20,555	10	9	340	218	1	13	439	1,117	208	44	1
14	Luke Shaw L. Shaw	9,755		236	219	18,715	4	17	358	230	1	32	192	505	281	65	1
15	Ezri Konsa E. Konsa	9,595		231	227	20,077	8	2	224	120	4	22	168	754	101	24	3
16	Toby Alderweireld T. Alderweireld	9,569		200	198	17,585	9	4	261	189	2	31	189	1,145	83	22	0
17	Aaron Cresswell A. Cresswell	9,477		312	288	25,634	10	29	306	186	1	46	334	749	130	38	1
18	Aymeric Laporte A. Laporte	9,409		121	115	10,145	8	3	117	61	2	18	102	295	68	11	1
19	Victor Nilsson-Lindelöf V. Nilsson-Lindelöf	9,275		211	177	16,263	4	6	175	108	1	6	168	712	129	16	0
20	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	9,252		340	325	29,290	12	11	561	343	10	39	432	1,995	327	72	0
21	Michael Keane M. Keane	9,046		285	259	23,633	19	11	292	186	4	36	424	1,636	150	29	2
22	William Saliba W. Saliba	8,874	7.18	131	130	11,489	7	2	168	102	6	6	84	466	91	12	1
23	Kurt Zouma K. Zouma	8,832		247	219	19,586	15	3	220	147	5	26	328	1,237	152	19	1
24	Ben Davies B. Davies	8,740		245	199	18,240	8	16	361	227	3	35	227	669	212	37	0
25	Antonio Rüdiger A. Rüdiger	8,721		133	130	11,665	9	1	173	106	0	30	113	400	124	23	0

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