Pierre Lees-Melou recovered the most balls by a midfielder in Ligue 1 in 2023-24, with 266 recoveries.
| NAME | REC | SEASON | CLUB | Rating | M | MIN | START | G | G/M | A | G+A | PK | FK | SH | SOT | WOOD | TCH | TCH-BOX | OFF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | P. Lees-Melou | 266 | 2023-24 |  Brest | 7.31 | 29 | 2,520 | 29 | 4 | 0.14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 2,253 | 48 | 1 |
| 2 | | M. Caqueret | 236 | 2023-24 |  Lyon | 6.97 | 34 | 3,026 | 34 | 1 | 0.03 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2,568 | 55 | 1 |
| 3 | | Y. Fofana | 229 | 2023-24 |  Monaco | 6.87 | 32 | 2,703 | 31 | 4 | 0.13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 2,286 | 51 | 1 |
| 4 | | J. Todibo | 213 | 2023-24 |  Nice | 6.95 | 30 | 2,653 | 30 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2,901 | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | | B. Locko | 213 | 2023-24 | Brest | 7.06 | 33 | 2,961 | 33 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2,443 | 26 | 1 |
| 6 | | N. Matić | 209 | 2023-24 | Total | 6.99 | 28 | 2,288 | 26 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2,143 | 30 | 1 |
| 7 | | J. Chotard | 203 | 2023-24 |  Montpellier | 6.54 | 31 | 2,593 | 30 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1,549 | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | | B. André | 197 | 2023-24 |  Lille | 6.82 | 30 | 2,575 | 29 | 4 | 0.13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2,363 | 34 | 1 |
| 9 | | T. Savanier | 196 | 2023-24 | Montpellier | 6.43 | 32 | 2,777 | 32 | 9 | 0.28 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 29 | 1 | 2,516 | 53 | 3 |
| 10 | | L. Camara | 182 | 2023-24 |  Metz | 6.44 | 31 | 2,266 | 26 | 1 | 0.03 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1,445 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 |  | M. Ugarte | 181 | 2023-24 |  PSG | 7.06 | 25 | 1,934 | 21 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1,695 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | | A. Touré | 175 | 2023-24 |  Le Havre | 6.52 | 30 | 2,292 | 27 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1,627 | 15 | 0 |
| 13 | | J. Ferri | 175 | 2023-24 | Montpellier | 6.68 | 31 | 2,038 | 23 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1,645 | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | | P. Chirivella | 166 | 2023-24 |  Nantes | 6.73 | 32 | 2,601 | 31 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2,032 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 |  | D. Zakaria | 166 | 2023-24 | Monaco | 7.20 | 25 | 2,140 | 24 | 4 | 0.16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1,509 | 25 | 0 |
| 16 | | J. Gastien | 165 | 2023-24 |  Clermont | 6.38 | 28 | 2,274 | 28 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2,022 | 11 | 1 |
| 17 | | A. Matusiwa | 157 | 2023-24 | Total | 6.94 | 28 | 2,183 | 25 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1,528 | 20 | 0 |
| 18 | | S. Spierings | 157 | 2023-24 | Total | 6.86 | 26 | 1,631 | 17 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1,404 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | | H. Magnetti | 156 | 2023-24 | Brest | 7.04 | 33 | 2,359 | 30 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 1,436 | 25 | 2 |
| 20 |  | Vitinha | 155 | 2023-24 | PSG | 7.78 | 28 | 2,129 | 23 | 7 | 0.25 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 19 | 0 | 2,192 | 50 | 1 |
| 21 | | J. Veretout | 151 | 2023-24 |  Marseille | 6.83 | 29 | 2,184 | 24 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1,589 | 35 | 1 |
| 22 | | M. Cham | 146 | 2023-24 | Clermont | 6.80 | 33 | 2,565 | 29 | 8 | 0.24 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 30 | 4 | 1,761 | 78 | 3 |
| 23 | | J. Ponceau | 145 | 2023-24 |  Lorient | 6.92 | 32 | 2,253 | 27 | 3 | 0.09 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 1,586 | 56 | 5 |
| 24 | | T. Teuma | 143 | 2023-24 |  Reims | 6.96 | 28 | 2,124 | 25 | 6 | 0.21 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 0 | 1,885 | 36 | 1 |
| 25 | | N. Bentaleb | 140 | 2023-24 | Lille | 6.76 | 26 | 1,968 | 23 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1,752 | 6 | 0 |
StatMuse has Ligue 1 data for ball recoveries going back to the 2014-15 season.
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8 |  Strasbourg | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
9 |  Toulouse | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
10 | Brest | 5 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 19 |
11 |  Angers | 5 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 19 |
12 | Nice | 5 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 17 |
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