Defensive midfielder with most tackles + interceptions

Idrissa Gana Guèye has the most career tackles + interceptions by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League, with 648.

	NAME	TKL+INT	TKL	INT	Rating	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Idrissa Gana Guèye I. Gana Guèye	648	434	214		125	125	10,621	3	10	282	0	29	131	174	27	2
2	Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	582	366	216		100	100	8,529	4	3	226	0	24	252	158	24	1
3	Declan Rice D. Rice	548	338	210		137	137	12,172	6	10	177	0	34	188	95	20	0
4	Moisés Caicedo M. Caicedo	453	300	153	7.45	107	107	9,297	5	7	178	2	30	99	177	36	1
5	João Palhinha J. Palhinha	411	318	93	6.66	73	73	6,326	9	2	175	1	25	128	105	28	0
6	Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka	372	235	137		134	134	11,754	6	15	159	0	31	221	169	39	3
7	Tomáš Souček T. Souček	369	218	151		113	113	9,703	23	7	118	0	33	337	151	20	2
8	Étienne Capoue É. Capoue	315	163	152		63	63	5,473	1	6	100	0	14	148	104	23	1
9	Tyler Adams T. Adams	304	213	91	6.73	67	67	5,686	2	4	115	1	9	94	111	19	1
10	Fred	299	194	105		76	76	6,256	5	6	101	0	29	63	119	16	0
11	Casemiro	285	218	67	6.77	66	66	5,443	11	5	118	0	21	176	96	16	2
12	Scott McTominay S. McTominay	285	188	97		86	86	7,320	12	3	103	0	41	170	146	17	0
13	Rodri	264	183	81		88	88	7,458	14	11	108	1	39	138	104	20	1
14	Oriol Romeu O. Romeu	262	152	110		50	50	4,250	1	0	113	0	12	93	80	16	0
15	Lewis Cook L. Cook	254	142	112		67	67	5,853	1	7	87	2	9	106	82	13	2
16	Nemanja Matić N. Matić	244	142	102		71	71	6,066	1	6	84	0	8	86	84	11	0
17	James Garner J. Garner	231	157	74	6.96	52	52	4,609	1	8	92	0	10	98	57	18	0
18	Youri Tielemans Y. Tielemans	228	171	57		68	68	5,801	9	11	107	0	26	70	70	6	0
19	Ryan Christie R. Christie	219	139	80	6.68	63	63	4,828	2	5	81	0	27	95	80	14	1
20	Abdoulaye Doucouré A. Doucouré	218	138	80		72	72	6,367	7	7	78	0	29	88	86	15	0
21	Pierre Emile Højbjerg P. Emile Højbjerg	218	133	85		55	55	4,879	3	3	81	0	10	94	89	14	0
22	Ryan Gravenberch R. Gravenberch	215	121	94	7.26	68	68	5,834	5	7	69	0	20	107	80	10	1
23	Elliot Anderson E. Anderson	198	146	52	7.08	50	50	4,304	2	6	89	0	27	80	74	11	0
24	Alexis Mac Allister A. Mac Allister	193	153	40	7.36	64	64	5,271	10	8	91	0	28	61	94	11	0
25	Kalvin Phillips K. Phillips	190	120	70		51	51	4,361	0	1	58	0	9	84	88	17	2

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