top defensive midfielders with most duels won in the 25-26

Patrizio Masini has won the most duels by a defensive midfielder in Europe's top five leagues this season, with 61 duels won in Serie A.

NAMEDUEL-WSEASONCLUBMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Patrizio Masini
P. Masini
61
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
7
7
609
0
0
32
19
0
2
11
13
13
2
0
2Elliot Anderson
E. Anderson
52
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
7
7
630
0
1
22
12
0
4
6
7
7
1
0
3Pedri
Pedri
46
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
9
9
773
2
1
18
14
0
3
6
9
5
2
1
4Ruiz de Galarreta
R. de Galarreta
45
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
8
8
548
0
0
19
10
0
2
2
6
13
3
0
5Aurélien Tchouameni
A. Tchouameni
43
2025-26
Real Madrid Real Madrid
7
7
630
0
0
13
5
0
4
11
17
6
2
0
6Boubacar Kamara
B. Kamara
43
2025-26
Aston Villa Aston Villa
6
6
458
0
2
11
7
0
1
3
7
5
2
0
7Tyler Adams
T. Adams
43
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
9
9
787
0
1
26
14
0
1
13
17
12
4
0
8VinĂ­cius Souza
V. Souza
42
2025-26
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
8
8
611
0
0
20
11
0
0
8
33
16
1
0
9Maximilian Eggestein
M. Eggestein
41
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
8
8
720
1
0
17
8
0
3
11
11
5
0
0
10Moisés Caicedo
M. Caicedo
41
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
7
7
630
3
0
26
14
0
5
18
8
6
1
0
11Benjamin André
B. André
39
2025-26
Lille Lille
7
7
621
1
1
12
7
0
1
6
13
12
3
0
12Ayyoub Bouaddi
A. Bouaddi
38
2025-26
Lille Lille
8
8
632
0
0
12
9
0
5
6
7
15
4
0
13Morten Frendrup
M. Frendrup
38
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
6
6
525
0
0
23
18
0
0
5
9
8
0
0
14Ryan Gravenberch
R. Gravenberch
37
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7
7
602
2
1
13
6
0
3
8
11
3
2
0
15JoĂŁo Palhinha
J. Palhinha
35
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
4
4
360
1
1
20
13
0
1
5
10
2
2
0
16Remo Freuler
R. Freuler
35
2025-26
Bologna Bologna
6
6
517
0
0
23
17
0
1
3
4
6
2
0
17Mikel Jauregizar
M. Jauregizar
35
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
10
10
891
1
0
14
10
0
8
16
12
12
1
0
18Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
34
2025-26
Everton Everton
9
9
772
1
0
17
10
0
4
9
4
6
0
0
19Saša Lukić
S. Lukić
34
2025-26
Fulham Fulham
7
7
620
1
1
16
8
0
2
4
8
26
4
0
20Sergi Altimira
S. Altimira
33
2025-26
Real Betis Real Betis
5
5
415
0
1
20
11
0
0
10
10
4
1
0
21Samu Costa
S. Costa
31
2025-26
Mallorca Mallorca
4
4
343
1
0
9
3
0
2
2
11
6
2
0
22Tanner Tessmann
T. Tessmann
30
2025-26
Lyon Lyon
6
6
540
1
0
11
6
0
2
5
15
2
0
0
23James Garner
J. Garner
29
2025-26
Everton Everton
6
6
540
0
1
19
12
0
3
13
15
7
3
0
24Yasin Ayari
Y. Ayari
29
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
7
7
577
1
0
12
7
0
4
10
6
7
0
0
25Frenkie de Jong
F. de Jong
29
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
5
5
448
0
0
16
7
0
0
10
4
3
1
0
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7
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22
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Bournemouth Bournemouth
5
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18
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Tottenham Tottenham
5
2
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Sunderland Sunderland
5
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Man City Man City
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Real Madrid Real Madrid
9
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Barcelona Barcelona
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2
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18
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Bayern Bayern
8
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26
24
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6
1
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19
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6
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18
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5
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8
17
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5
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2
1
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6
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11
21
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Monaco Monaco
6
2
2
7
20
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Marseille Marseille
6
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13
19
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9
19
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Lyon Lyon
6
1
3
4
19
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B04 B04
@
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