top defenders with most ball recoveries in the 25-26

Álvaro Carreras has recovered the most balls by a defender in Europe's top five leagues this season, with 82 recoveries in LaLiga.

NAMERECSEASONCLUBRATINGMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Álvaro Carreras
Á. Carreras
82
2025-26
Real Madrid Real Madrid
7.45
13
13
1,160
1
0
16
4
0
2
19
34
9
2
0
2Valentín Barco
V. Barco
71
2025-26
Strasbourg Strasbourg
7.10
13
12
1,064
1
4
30
20
1
4
7
7
10
2
1
3Johan Mojica
J. Mojica
71
2025-26
Mallorca Mallorca
6.99
13
10
949
0
3
25
13
0
0
7
33
15
2
0
4Jonny Otto
J. Otto
69
2025-26
Alavés Alavés
7.14
13
13
1,152
0
0
27
18
0
1
18
27
18
3
0
5Carmona
Carmona
66
2025-26
Sevilla Sevilla
6.99
11
10
915
1
3
28
20
0
3
13
37
15
5
0
6David Affengruber
D. Affengruber
66
2025-26
Elche Elche
6.71
12
11
1,023
0
0
28
17
1
0
19
82
15
4
1
7Kyle Walker
K. Walker
64
2025-26
Burnley Burnley
6.43
12
12
1,080
0
1
21
11
0
2
16
47
15
4
0
8Tyrick Mitchell
T. Mitchell
64
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.07
12
12
1,080
1
0
44
30
0
0
16
36
5
2
0
9Matthieu Udol
M. Udol
64
2025-26
Lens Lens
6.70
13
13
1,160
0
2
22
8
0
4
22
38
16
1
0
10Yuri Berchiche
Y. Berchiche
63
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
6.97
13
12
1,125
0
0
16
13
0
3
12
48
9
1
0
11Andrei Rațiu
A. Rațiu
62
2025-26
Rayo Rayo
6.89
13
13
1,170
0
1
31
18
0
1
15
32
9
4
0
12Adrien Truffert
A. Truffert
62
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
7.09
12
12
1,053
0
1
24
13
0
1
10
45
14
3
0
13Pep Chavarría
P. Chavarría
61
2025-26
Rayo Rayo
6.98
13
12
1,102
1
2
26
15
0
4
15
30
15
3
0
14Oumar Solet
O. Solet
60
2025-26
Udinese Udinese
6.89
12
12
1,050
0
1
28
20
2
6
15
53
12
0
0
15Loïc Bade
L. Bade
58
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7.13
10
9
801
0
0
16
9
2
0
9
50
4
2
0
16Samson Baidoo
S. Baidoo
58
2025-26
Lens Lens
7.32
12
11
1,035
2
0
14
10
0
2
15
42
10
2
0
17Florian Lejeune
F. Lejeune
57
2025-26
Rayo Rayo
6.86
13
13
1,161
0
0
26
15
1
3
11
69
21
2
0
18Mario Gila
M. Gila
57
2025-26
Lazio Lazio
6.89
12
12
1,042
0
0
21
15
2
1
12
53
5
1
0
19Jérémy Jacquet
J. Jacquet
57
2025-26
Rennes Rennes
6.66
13
13
1,170
0
0
22
14
1
1
15
79
15
3
0
20Dayann Methalie
D. Methalie
57
2025-26
Toulouse Toulouse
6.06
13
11
939
0
0
27
15
0
1
11
21
23
3
0
21Vladimir Coufal
V. Coufal
56
2025-26
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7.06
11
11
980
1
4
21
16
0
2
8
39
9
1
0
22Castello Lukeba
C. Lukeba
56
2025-26
Leipzig Leipzig
7.19
10
10
900
1
0
15
6
0
1
16
61
3
0
0
23Marin Pongračić
M. Pongračić
56
2025-26
Fiorentina Fiorentina
6.80
11
11
990
0
0
8
5
0
1
17
32
27
4
0
24Waldemar Anton
W. Anton
56
2025-26
Dortmund Dortmund
7.20
11
11
990
1
0
22
11
0
2
9
64
8
1
0
25Carlens Arcus
C. Arcus
56
2025-26
Angers Angers
6.58
12
12
1,059
0
0
21
19
0
1
13
34
19
3
0
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TeamWDLGDPTS
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Arsenal Arsenal
9
2
1
18
29
2
Chelsea Chelsea
7
2
3
12
23
3
Man City Man City
7
1
4
14
22
4
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6
3
3
4
21
5
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
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2
7
20
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4
3
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19
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1
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10
2
1
16
32
2
Barcelona Barcelona
10
1
2
21
31
3
Villarreal Villarreal
9
2
2
15
29
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
4
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28
5
Real Betis Real Betis
5
6
2
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21
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5
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4
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11
12
2
Arsenal Arsenal
4
0
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11
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3
Inter Inter
4
0
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10
12
4
Man City Man City
3
1
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7
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5
PSG PSG
3
0
1
9
9
6
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8
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Bayern Bayern
10
1
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33
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2
Leipzig Leipzig
8
1
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9
25
3
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
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12
23
4
Dortmund Dortmund
6
4
1
9
22
5
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
3
5
22
6
Frankfurt Frankfurt
6
2
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20
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Roma Roma
9
0
3
9
27
2
Milan Milan
7
4
1
9
25
3
Napoli Napoli
8
1
3
8
25
4
Inter Inter
8
0
4
13
24
5
Bologna Bologna
7
3
2
13
24
6
Juventus Juventus
5
5
2
4
20
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PSG PSG
9
3
1
16
30
2
Marseille Marseille
9
1
3
21
28
3
Lens Lens
9
1
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11
28
4
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5
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Scores

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Fri
10/24
OVI OVI
@
GIR GIR
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Fri
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COM COM
@
PAR PAR
0-0
Fri
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@
UDI UDI
2-3
Fri
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STP STP
@
SGE SGE
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WOB WOB
@
HSV HSV
1-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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@
TOR TOR
12:30 PM
Mon
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@
SAS SAS
2:45 PM
Mon
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EVE EVE
@
MUN MUN
3:00 PM
Mon
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SEV SEV
@
ESP ESP
3:00 PM
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RBL RBL
@
BMG BMG
2:30 PM