most aerial duels won 25/26 defender

Virgil van Dijk won the most aerials by a defender in the Premier League in 2025-26, with 165 aerials won.

NAMEAER-WSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
165
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.94
38
38
3,420
6
0
23
15
1
4
26
308
19
4
0
2James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
140
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.82
37
37
3,330
2
3
52
30
3
5
29
268
32
8
0
3Sepp van den Berg
S. van den Berg
135
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.92
32
30
2,763
0
2
23
9
1
3
26
215
15
2
0
4Ibrahima Konaté
I. Konaté
115
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
6.91
36
36
3,090
1
0
54
31
2
3
28
194
33
7
0
5James Hill
J. Hill
112
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.72
29
22
2,106
0
3
39
20
1
2
37
173
17
5
0
6Jake O'Brien
J. O'Brien
111
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.62
37
35
3,120
1
1
56
32
1
3
13
149
23
6
1
7Maxence Lacroix
M. Lacroix
111
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.67
35
35
3,085
1
2
60
38
3
7
45
281
34
4
1
8Michael Keane
M. Keane
108
2025-26
Everton Everton
6.83
33
29
2,591
3
1
38
24
2
9
37
222
16
1
1
9Malick Thiaw
M. Thiaw
108
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.94
35
33
2,965
4
0
46
34
4
8
30
201
24
4
0
10Pascal Struijk
P. Struijk
107
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.81
34
33
2,936
0
1
39
22
0
8
32
230
27
5
0
11Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
106
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
6.78
36
36
3,210
3
3
53
31
2
7
45
221
27
9
0
12Daniel Ballard
D. Ballard
105
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.81
29
24
2,149
2
0
33
17
0
5
20
203
29
4
1
13Chris Richards
C. Richards
101
2025-26
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6.61
33
31
2,827
1
0
53
35
3
7
43
206
17
4
0
14Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
96
2025-26
Total
7.07
35
35
3,150
3
3
45
31
1
8
49
183
25
6
0
15Dan Burn
D. Burn
91
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.49
29
25
2,199
1
2
41
26
0
3
20
170
36
11
1
16Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
89
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
7.15
32
30
2,751
3
4
37
20
2
10
22
195
21
4
0
17Nathan Collins
N. Collins
86
2025-26
Brentford Brentford
6.84
35
32
2,975
1
2
30
13
1
4
36
224
20
7
0
18Sven Botman
S. Botman
86
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
6.78
25
21
1,836
1
1
20
14
1
4
25
155
13
2
0
19Omar Alderete
O. Alderete
86
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.78
33
32
2,798
1
1
32
18
0
7
36
225
34
6
0
20Joe Rodon
J. Rodon
85
2025-26
Leeds Leeds
6.82
35
33
2,951
2
0
37
19
0
4
30
193
17
3
0
21Marcos Senesi
M. Senesi
85
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
6.78
37
37
3,288
0
5
61
34
4
4
50
281
35
8
0
22Nikola Milenković
N. Milenković
83
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
6.85
38
37
3,375
0
0
31
19
2
2
29
236
21
6
0
23Konstantinos Mavropanos
K. Mavropanos
81
2025-26
West Ham West Ham
6.83
31
27
2,534
3
0
39
24
0
3
47
219
16
2
0
24Maxime Estève
M. Estève
78
2025-26
Burnley Burnley
6.62
34
34
2,932
0
0
45
27
0
1
37
238
13
1
0
25Nordi Mukiele
N. Mukiele
76
2025-26
Sunderland Sunderland
6.79
32
32
2,784
3
3
69
45
1
10
37
161
35
5
0
Unlock 2x data
StatMuse has Premier League data for aerials won going back to the 2014-15 season.

More Liverpool Stats

Team Leaders

G

3

Isak

Alexander Isak

A

3

Gakpo

Cody Gakpo

RTG

7.69

Gakpo

Cody Gakpo
Team Rankings

GF

6

8th

GA

4

6th

GD

2

6th

FORM

DWDD

last 5

2026-27 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
5
Chelsea Chelsea
4
2
1
1
1
7
6
Brentford Brentford
4
1
3
0
3
6
7
Liverpool Liverpool
4
1
3
0
2
6
8
Everton Everton
4
1
3
0
2
6
9
Ipswich Ipswich
4
2
0
2
-3
6
Last Game
LIV Liverpool

W1 D3 L0

0

Final

0

FUL Fulham

W0 D1 L3

Sat 12 Sep 2026

PL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

4

Haaland

Erling Haaland

3

Pedro

João Pedro

3

Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes
Assists Leaders

3

Pedro

João Pedro

3

Evanilson

Evanilson

3

Gakpo

Cody Gakpo
Rating Leaders

8.34

Saka

Bukayo Saka

8.34

Cherki

Rayan Cherki

8.32

Ødegaard

Martin Ødegaard
Take-ons Leaders

10

George

Tyrique George

10

Fatawu

Abdul Fatawu

9

Sávio

Sávio
Big Chances Created Leaders

3

Szoboszlai

Dominik Szoboszlai

3

Groß

Pascal Groß

3

Gibbs-White

Morgan Gibbs-White

PL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Brighton

13

Chelsea

10

Man City

8

Arsenal

8

Man United

7

Ipswich

7
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

1

Man City

2

Leeds

2

Hull City

2

Everton

3

Nottm Forest

4
Goal Difference Rankings
Brighton

8

Arsenal

7

Man City

6

Hull City

3

Brentford

3

Newcastle

2

Premier League 2026-27 Table

Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
4
4
0
0
7
12
2
Man City Man City
4
4
0
0
6
12
3
Hull City Hull City
4
2
2
0
3
8
4
Brighton Brighton
4
2
1
1
8
7
5
Chelsea Chelsea
4
2
1
1
1
7
6
Brentford Brentford
4
1
3
0
3
6
7
Liverpool Liverpool
4
1
3
0
2
6
8
Everton Everton
4
1
3
0
2
6
9
Ipswich Ipswich
4
2
0
2
-3
6
10
Newcastle Newcastle
3
1
2
0
2
5
11
Leeds Leeds
3
1
2
0
1
5
12
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
4
1
2
1
0
5
13
Man United Man United
4
1
1
2
0
4
14
Sunderland Sunderland
4
1
1
2
-2
4
15
Bournemouth Bournemouth
4
0
3
1
-1
3
16
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
4
1
0
3
-5
3
17
Tottenham Tottenham
4
0
2
2
-5
2
18
Fulham Fulham
4
0
1
3
-3
1
19
Aston Villa Aston Villa
4
0
1
3
-6
1
20
Coventry Coventry
4
0
0
4
-10
0