Most ball recovery 2020/2021 by midfielder

Pierre Emile Højbjerg recovered the most balls by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues in 2020-21, with 295 recoveries in the Premier League.

NAMERECSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
295
2020-21
Tottenham Tottenham
38
3,420
38
2
0.05
4
6
0
0
14
7
0
3,225
23
0
2James Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
287
2020-21
Southampton Southampton
38
3,420
38
8
0.21
7
15
3
4
43
24
3
3,098
23
0
3Rodri
Rodri
285
2020-21
Man City Man City
34
2,748
31
2
0.06
2
4
1
0
32
9
2
3,154
45
3
4Benjamin André
B. André
279
2020-21
Lille Lille
35
2,902
35
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
20
7
2
2,581
39
0
5Yves Bissouma
Y. Bissouma
274
2020-21
Brighton Brighton
36
3,113
35
1
0.03
0
1
0
0
42
3
0
2,230
12
0
6Franck Kessié
F. Kessié
272
2020-21
Milan Milan
37
3,229
36
13
0.35
4
17
11
0
49
22
3
2,556
91
1
7Youri Tielemans
Y. Tielemans
271
2020-21
Leicester Leicester
38
3,358
37
6
0.16
4
10
2
0
48
20
2
3,096
44
0
8Wataru Endō
W. Endō
258
2020-21
Stuttgart Stuttgart
33
2,957
33
3
0.09
3
6
0
0
28
14
0
2,363
25
0
9Aurélien Tchouameni
A. Tchouameni
257
2020-21
Monaco Monaco
36
3,072
36
2
0.06
4
6
0
0
53
12
1
2,443
56
1
10Marten de Roon
M. de Roon
256
2020-21
Atalanta Atalanta
35
3,021
33
1
0.03
1
2
0
0
17
3
1
2,557
13
0
11Remo Freuler
R. Freuler
254
2020-21
Atalanta Atalanta
34
2,720
32
2
0.06
3
5
0
0
20
8
0
2,556
54
1
12Xaver Schlager
X. Schlager
247
2020-21
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
32
2,638
30
2
0.06
4
6
0
0
49
5
2
1,772
40
1
13Tomáš Souček
T. Souček
245
2020-21
West Ham West Ham
38
3,419
38
10
0.26
1
11
0
0
64
23
1
2,148
108
3
14Maximilian Arnold
M. Arnold
241
2020-21
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
30
2,591
30
3
0.10
6
9
0
1
55
16
1
2,062
13
0
15Manuel Locatelli
M. Locatelli
238
2020-21
Sassuolo Sassuolo
34
2,885
32
4
0.12
2
6
2
0
42
10
1
3,288
55
1
16Ashley Westwood
A. Westwood
236
2020-21
Burnley Burnley
38
3,411
38
3
0.08
3
6
0
0
20
7
1
2,470
20
0
17Declan Rice
D. Rice
235
2020-21
West Ham West Ham
32
2,880
32
2
0.06
1
3
1
0
28
8
3
1,909
44
1
18Youssouf Fofana
Y. Fofana
235
2020-21
Monaco Monaco
35
2,882
35
0
0.00
3
3
0
0
36
4
0
2,135
12
0
19Davide Faraoni
D. Faraoni
233
2020-21
Verona Verona
34
2,895
33
4
0.12
7
11
0
0
35
11
2
2,004
71
10
20John McGinn
J. McGinn
232
2020-21
Aston Villa Aston Villa
37
3,330
37
3
0.08
5
8
0
0
46
12
1
1,930
56
2
21Fred
Fred
229
2020-21
Man United Man United
30
2,396
27
1
0.03
0
1
0
0
25
7
0
2,194
15
1
22Casemiro
Casemiro
229
2020-21
Real Madrid Real Madrid
34
2,902
32
6
0.18
4
10
0
0
46
11
2
2,483
60
4
23Renato Tapia
R. Tapia
228
2020-21
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
32
2,710
32
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
17
5
0
2,084
17
1
24Dani Parejo
D. Parejo
228
2020-21
Villarreal Villarreal
36
3,120
36
3
0.08
5
8
0
1
27
9
0
3,173
31
0
25Milan Badelj
M. Badelj
228
2020-21
Genoa Genoa
30
2,415
29
1
0.03
4
5
0
0
17
4
0
2,037
14
1
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10
3
2
19
33
2
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10
1
4
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31
3
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9
3
3
7
30
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7
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4
0
1
11
12
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4
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9
12
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Inter Inter
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4
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13
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11
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11
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9
4
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6
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24
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7
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Bayern Bayern
12
1
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37
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9
2
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15
29
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7
4
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10
25
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7
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9
23
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7
2
3
8
23
6
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7
1
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22
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1
Inter Inter
10
0
4
19
30
2
Milan Milan
8
4
1
10
28
3
Napoli Napoli
9
1
3
9
28
4
Roma Roma
9
0
4
8
27
5
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7
3
3
11
24
6
Como Como
6
6
2
8
24
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11
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3
13
34
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10
3
2
20
33
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9
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20
29
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