Most ball recovery 2019/2020 by midfielder

Pierre Emile Højbjerg recovered the most balls by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues in 2019-20, with 319 recoveries in the Premier League.

NAMERECSEASONCLUBRatingMMINSTARTGG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Pierre Emile Højbjerg
P. Emile Højbjerg
319
2019-20
Southampton Southampton
33
2,750
30
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
46
11
0
2,361
39
1
2Declan Rice
D. Rice
311
2019-20
West Ham West Ham
38
3,420
38
1
0.03
3
4
0
0
31
9
2
2,225
24
2
3Rúben Neves
R. Neves
302
2019-20
Wolves Wolves
38
3,060
35
2
0.05
2
4
0
0
61
10
2
2,392
5
0
4Casemiro
Casemiro
291
2019-20
Real Madrid Real Madrid
35
3,091
35
4
0.11
3
7
0
0
45
13
0
2,738
37
3
5Mikel Merino
M. Merino
288
2019-20
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
36
3,144
35
5
0.14
1
6
0
0
44
14
2
2,592
59
2
6Oliver Norwood
O. Norwood
279
2019-20
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd
38
3,100
37
1
0.03
1
2
1
0
17
6
0
2,496
2
1
7Abdoulaye Doucouré
A. Doucouré
277
2019-20
Watford Watford
37
3,167
36
4
0.11
2
6
0
0
61
13
1
2,168
108
6
8Jefferson Lerma
J. Lerma
270
2019-20
Bournemouth Bournemouth
33
2,708
31
1
0.03
2
3
0
0
30
2
1
1,807
17
1
9Wilfred Ndidi
W. Ndidi
268
2019-20
Leicester Leicester
32
2,674
29
2
0.06
1
3
0
0
26
3
1
2,204
23
1
10Ashley Westwood
A. Westwood
254
2019-20
Burnley Burnley
35
3,150
35
2
0.06
6
8
0
0
13
3
0
2,183
21
1
11Ismael Bennacer
I. Bennacer
252
2019-20
Milan Milan
31
2,488
28
1
0.03
0
1
0
0
15
2
1
2,228
9
0
12João Moutinho
J. Moutinho
250
2019-20
Wolves Wolves
38
3,108
34
1
0.03
6
7
0
1
22
6
0
2,404
6
3
13Iddrisu Baba
I. Baba
249
2019-20
Mallorca Mallorca
36
2,914
35
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
15
2
2
1,721
13
1
14Dani Parejo
D. Parejo
246
2019-20
Valencia Valencia
35
3,029
35
8
0.23
3
11
5
2
34
16
0
2,867
19
3
15Jorginho
Jorginho
244
2019-20
Chelsea Chelsea
31
2,384
27
4
0.13
2
6
3
0
12
4
0
2,584
11
0
16Marc Cucurella
M. Cucurella
243
2019-20
Getafe Getafe
37
3,250
37
1
0.03
5
6
0
0
30
6
2
1,929
59
6
17Miguel Veloso
M. Veloso
243
2019-20
Verona Verona
34
2,817
32
3
0.09
4
7
0
1
36
8
2
2,149
13
0
18James Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
242
2019-20
Southampton Southampton
38
3,420
38
5
0.13
3
8
1
2
57
26
1
2,498
46
0
19Davide Faraoni
D. Faraoni
240
2019-20
Verona Verona
36
3,229
36
5
0.14
3
8
0
0
41
13
1
2,256
62
4
20Davy Pröpper
D. Pröpper
236
2019-20
Brighton Brighton
35
2,829
32
1
0.03
2
3
0
0
29
8
0
2,235
28
0
21Fred
Fred
236
2019-20
Man United Man United
29
2,159
23
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
40
10
1
2,167
26
1
22Dale Stephens
D. Stephens
232
2019-20
Brighton Brighton
33
2,529
28
0
0.00
1
1
0
0
19
2
0
1,988
7
0
23Ellyes Skhiri
E. Skhiri
232
2019-20
Köln Köln
32
2,674
31
1
0.03
3
4
0
0
25
5
0
1,852
34
3
24Rodri
Rodri
228
2019-20
Man City Man City
35
2,486
29
3
0.09
2
5
0
0
24
9
0
2,894
27
0
25Sandro Tonali
S. Tonali
226
2019-20
Brescia Brescia
35
3,019
34
1
0.03
7
8
0
1
28
6
0
1,998
16
0
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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

16

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

15

Haaland

Erling Haaland

14

Kane

Harry Kane
Assists Leaders

7

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

6

Milla

Luis Milla

6

Vitinha

Vitinha
Rating Leaders

8.41

Pedri

Pedri

8.36

Vitinha

Vitinha

8.28

Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich
Take-ons Leaders

57

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

41

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

40

Kudus

Mohammed Kudus
Big Chances Created Leaders

11

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

10

Moreira

Diego Moreira

9

Yamal

Lamine Yamal

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Bayern

44

Barcelona

42

Marseille

35

Real Madrid

32

Man City

32

Lille

29
Goals Against Rankings
Como

7

Roma

7

Arsenal

7

Milan

9

Bayern

9

Lazio

10
Goal Difference Rankings
Bayern

35

Barcelona

25

Marseille

20

Arsenal

20

Real Madrid

19

Villarreal

16

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
10
3
1
20
33
2
Man City Man City
9
1
4
16
28
3
Aston Villa Aston Villa
8
3
3
6
27
4
Chelsea Chelsea
7
3
4
10
24
5
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6
5
3
7
23
6
Sunderland Sunderland
6
5
3
4
23
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
5
0
0
13
15
2
PSG PSG
4
0
1
11
12
3
Bayern Bayern
4
0
1
9
12
4
Inter Inter
4
0
1
9
12
5
Real Madrid Real Madrid
4
0
1
7
12
6
Dortmund Dortmund
3
1
1
6
10
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
12
1
2
25
37
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
11
3
1
19
36
3
Villarreal Villarreal
10
2
2
16
32
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
9
4
2
14
31
5
Real Betis Real Betis
6
6
2
8
24
6
Espanyol Espanyol
7
3
4
2
24
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
11
1
0
35
34
2
Leipzig Leipzig
8
2
2
9
26
3
Dortmund Dortmund
7
4
1
10
25
4
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
3
11
23
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7
2
3
8
23
6
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
4
4
22
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Milan Milan
8
4
1
10
28
2
Napoli Napoli
9
1
3
9
28
3
Inter Inter
9
0
4
15
27
4
Roma Roma
9
0
4
8
27
5
Como Como
6
6
1
12
24
6
Bologna Bologna
7
3
3
11
24
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Lens Lens
10
1
3
12
31
2
PSG PSG
9
3
2
15
30
3
Marseille Marseille
9
2
4
20
29
4
Lille Lille
9
2
4
12
29
5
Rennes Rennes
6
6
2
6
24
6
Lyon Lyon
7
3
4
6
24

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/31
RAY RAY
@
VIL VIL
0-4
Fri
10/31
ATA ATA
@
UDI UDI
0-1
Fri
10/31
BMG BMG
@
STP STP
4-0
Fri
10/31
SVW SVW
@
M05 M05
1-1
Fri
10/31
SCF SCF
@
UNB UNB
0-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
FIO FIO
@
SAS SAS
9:00 AM
Sat
12/6
STP STP
@
KOE KOE
9:30 AM
Sat
12/6
FCB FCB
@
VFB VFB
9:30 AM
Sat
12/6
UNB UNB
@
WOB WOB
9:30 AM
Sat
12/6
B04 B04
@
FCA FCA
9:30 AM