premier league defender with most tackles+recoveries+interceptions

César Azpilicueta has the most career tackles + ball recoveries + interceptions by a defender in the Premier League, with 2,587.

	NAME	TKL+REC+INT	TKL	REC	INT	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	César Azpilicueta C. Azpilicueta	2,587	703	1,440	444	293	278	24,854	10	31	477	2	33	757	275	29	2
2	Andrew Robertson A. Robertson	2,413	468	1,657	288	315	285	25,549	11	60	295	5	39	527	165	35	2
3	Kyle Walker K. Walker	2,340	443	1,550	347	305	284	25,385	4	27	307	2	52	559	231	44	1
4	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	2,290	419	1,569	302	259	235	20,742	18	64	271	5	112	382	124	31	0
5	Virgil van Dijk V. van Dijk	2,268	314	1,518	436	313	312	27,825	25	8	205	9	55	1,784	159	27	2
6	Lewis Dunk L. Dunk	2,262	275	1,675	312	278	275	24,536	16	6	162	6	48	1,140	160	50	5
7	Benjamin Mee B. Mee	2,251	374	1,481	396	277	270	24,075	14	5	210	6	24	1,553	169	47	1
8	James Tarkowski J. Tarkowski	2,223	524	1,284	415	315	300	27,044	10	8	323	8	34	1,816	308	66	0
9	Joel Ward J. Ward	2,214	541	1,286	387	270	257	23,040	5	5	397	1	25	971	277	48	0
10	Jonny Evans J. Evans	2,157	340	1,378	439	254	231	20,563	10	9	218	1	13	1,117	208	44	1
11	Harry Maguire H. Maguire	2,135	322	1,413	400	276	243	21,910	15	11	208	4	45	1,131	228	60	2
12	Aaron Wan-Bissaka A. Wan-Bissaka	2,057	580	1,084	393	216	208	18,714	4	18	381	4	23	562	155	26	1
13	Aaron Cresswell A. Cresswell	2,012	306	1,372	334	312	288	25,635	10	29	186	1	46	749	130	38	1
14	Patrick van Aanholt P. van Aanholt	1,977	379	1,248	350	208	197	17,442	22	14	257	3	53	463	102	21	0
15	Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	1,913	417	1,256	240	255	228	20,025	12	15	304	3	31	546	147	24	1
16	Craig Dawson C. Dawson	1,844	339	1,119	386	282	270	24,117	21	3	230	4	44	1,297	267	56	2
17	Kieran Trippier K. Trippier	1,832	415	1,183	234	213	187	16,659	6	38	260	1	23	495	172	19	0
18	Michael Keane M. Keane	1,722	265	1,059	398	264	242	22,090	18	10	167	3	30	1,507	142	28	1
19	Erik Pieters E. Pieters	1,670	475	875	320	189	171	15,398	0	11	341	1	14	563	283	32	0
20	Lucas Digne L. Digne	1,637	409	981	247	234	211	18,262	6	32	243	1	57	539	229	37	2
21	Tyrick Mitchell T. Mitchell	1,604	475	959	170	181	176	15,295	4	13	280	2	13	419	108	18	1
22	Jan Bednarek J. Bednarek	1,557	241	902	414	184	180	15,675	9	3	145	3	14	1,007	164	39	1
23	Fabian Schär F. Schär	1,556	263	972	321	202	187	16,811	18	7	148	3	51	854	201	46	2
24	Nacho Monreal N. Monreal	1,552	324	859	369	154	147	13,085	6	10	215	1	13	476	122	17	0
25	Jan Vertonghen J. Vertonghen	1,547	283	966	298	175	170	15,066	2	1	200	2	28	962	95	27	1