top defensive midfielders with most duels won in the 25-26

Elliot Anderson has won the most duels by a defensive midfielder in Europe's top five leagues this season, with 52 duels won in the Premier League.

NAMEDUEL-WSEASONCLUBMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Elliot Anderson
E. Anderson
52
2025-26
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
7
7
630
0
1
22
12
0
4
6
7
7
1
0
2Patrizio Masini
P. Masini
49
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
6
6
519
0
0
24
14
0
2
9
13
10
2
0
3Pedri
Pedri
46
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
9
9
773
2
1
18
14
0
3
6
9
5
2
1
4Ruiz de Galarreta
R. de Galarreta
45
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
8
8
548
0
0
19
10
0
2
2
6
13
3
0
5Aurélien Tchouameni
A. Tchouameni
43
2025-26
Real Madrid Real Madrid
7
7
630
0
0
13
5
0
4
11
17
6
2
0
6Boubacar Kamara
B. Kamara
43
2025-26
Aston Villa Aston Villa
6
6
458
0
2
11
7
0
1
3
7
5
2
0
7Tyler Adams
T. Adams
43
2025-26
Bournemouth Bournemouth
9
9
787
0
1
26
14
0
1
13
17
12
4
0
8Vinícius Souza
V. Souza
42
2025-26
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
8
8
611
0
0
20
11
0
0
8
33
16
1
0
9Maximilian Eggestein
M. Eggestein
41
2025-26
Freiburg Freiburg
8
8
720
1
0
17
8
0
3
11
11
5
0
0
10Moisés Caicedo
M. Caicedo
41
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
7
7
630
3
0
26
14
0
5
18
8
6
1
0
11Benjamin André
B. André
39
2025-26
Lille Lille
7
7
621
1
1
12
7
0
1
6
13
12
3
0
12Ayyoub Bouaddi
A. Bouaddi
38
2025-26
Lille Lille
8
8
632
0
0
12
9
0
5
6
7
15
4
0
13Morten Frendrup
M. Frendrup
38
2025-26
Genoa Genoa
6
6
525
0
0
23
18
0
0
5
9
8
0
0
14Ryan Gravenberch
R. Gravenberch
37
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7
7
602
2
1
13
6
0
3
8
11
3
2
0
15João Palhinha
J. Palhinha
35
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
4
4
360
1
1
20
13
0
1
5
10
2
2
0
16Remo Freuler
R. Freuler
35
2025-26
Bologna Bologna
6
6
517
0
0
23
17
0
1
3
4
6
2
0
17Mikel Jauregizar
M. Jauregizar
35
2025-26
Athletic Club Athletic Club
10
10
891
1
0
14
10
0
8
16
12
12
1
0
18Idrissa Gana Guèye
I. Gana Guèye
34
2025-26
Everton Everton
9
9
772
1
0
17
10
0
4
9
4
6
0
0
19Saša Lukić
S. Lukić
34
2025-26
Fulham Fulham
7
7
620
1
1
16
8
0
2
4
8
26
4
0
20Sergi Altimira
S. Altimira
33
2025-26
Real Betis Real Betis
5
5
415
0
1
20
11
0
0
10
10
4
1
0
21Samu Costa
S. Costa
31
2025-26
Mallorca Mallorca
4
4
343
1
0
9
3
0
2
2
11
6
2
0
22Tanner Tessmann
T. Tessmann
30
2025-26
Lyon Lyon
6
6
540
1
0
11
6
0
2
5
15
2
0
0
23James Garner
J. Garner
29
2025-26
Everton Everton
6
6
540
0
1
19
12
0
3
13
15
7
3
0
24Yasin Ayari
Y. Ayari
29
2025-26
Brighton Brighton
7
7
577
1
0
12
7
0
4
10
6
7
0
0
25Frenkie de Jong
F. de Jong
29
2025-26
Barcelona Barcelona
5
5
448
0
0
16
7
0
0
10
4
3
1
0
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More Nottm Forest Stats

Team Leaders

G

2

Wood

Chris Wood

A

1

Anderson

Elliot Anderson

MIN

810

Anderson

Elliot Anderson
Team Rankings

GF

5

20th

GA

17

17th

GD

-12

18th

FORM

LLLLD

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBWDLGDPTS
16
Burnley Burnley
3
1
5
-5
10
17
Fulham Fulham
2
2
5
-5
8
18
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
1
2
6
-12
5
19
West Ham West Ham
1
1
7
-13
4
20
Wolves Wolves
0
2
7
-12
2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/1
MUN MUN
@
NFO NFO
11:00 AM
Sun
11/9
LEE LEE
@
NFO NFO
9:00 AM
Sat
11/22
NFO NFO
@
LIV LIV
10:00 AM
Sun
11/30
BHA BHA
@
NFO NFO
9:05 AM
Wed
12/3
NFO NFO
@
WOL WOL
2:30 PM
Last Game
BOU Bournemouth

W5 D3 L1

2

Final

0

NFO Nottm Forest

W1 D2 L6

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

12

Kane

Harry Kane

11

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

11

Haaland

Erling Haaland
Assists Leaders

5

Milla

Luis Milla

5

Ilić

Andrej Ilić

5

Chaïbi

Fares Chaïbi
Shots on Target Leaders

22

Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé

21

Haaland

Erling Haaland

19

Kane

Harry Kane
Clean Sheets Leaders

6

Raya

David Raya

5

Chevalier

Lucas Chevalier

5

Svilar

Mile Svilar
Big Chances Created Leaders

9

Dimarco

Federico Dimarco

7

Correia

Félix Correia

6

Milla

Luis Milla

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
Bayern

30

Barcelona

25

Lille

22

Marseille

22

Real Madrid

22

Frankfurt

21
Goals Against Rankings
Arsenal

3

Roma

4

Bayern

4

Como

6

Dortmund

6

Atalanta

7
Goal Difference Rankings
Bayern

26

Marseille

13

Barcelona

13

Arsenal

13

Real Madrid

12

PSG

11

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
7
1
1
13
22
2
Bournemouth Bournemouth
5
3
1
5
18
3
Tottenham Tottenham
5
2
2
10
17
4
Sunderland Sunderland
5
2
2
4
17
5
Man City Man City
5
1
3
10
16
6
Man United Man United
5
1
3
1
16
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Real Madrid Real Madrid
9
0
1
12
27
2
Barcelona Barcelona
7
1
2
13
22
3
Villarreal Villarreal
6
2
2
8
20
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
5
4
1
8
19
5
Espanyol Espanyol
5
3
2
3
18
6
Real Betis Real Betis
4
4
2
3
16
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
8
0
0
26
24
2
Leipzig Leipzig
6
1
1
7
19
3
Stuttgart Stuttgart
6
0
2
6
18
4
Dortmund Dortmund
5
2
1
8
17
5
Leverkusen Leverkusen
5
2
1
7
17
6
Frankfurt Frankfurt
4
1
3
3
13
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Napoli Napoli
7
0
2
8
21
2
Roma Roma
7
0
2
6
21
3
Milan Milan
5
3
1
7
18
4
Como Como
4
4
1
6
16
5
Inter Inter
5
0
3
8
15
6
Juventus Juventus
4
3
2
3
15
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
3
0
0
10
9
2
Bayern Bayern
3
0
0
10
9
3
Inter Inter
3
0
0
9
9
4
Arsenal Arsenal
3
0
0
8
9
5
Real Madrid Real Madrid
3
0
0
7
9
6
Dortmund Dortmund
2
1
0
5
7
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
6
3
1
11
21
2
Lens Lens
6
1
3
4
19
3
Marseille Marseille
6
0
3
13
18
4
Lyon Lyon
6
0
3
4
18
5
Lille Lille
5
2
3
9
17
6
Monaco Monaco
5
2
2
5
17

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
9/25
SVW SVW
@
FCB FCB
0-4
Thu
9/25
ESP ESP
@
GIR GIR
0-0
Fri
9/26
MUN MUN
@
BRE BRE
1-3
Fri
9/26
LEV LEV
@
GET GET
1-1
Fri
9/26
CRE CRE
@
COM COM
1-1

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
SAS SAS
@
CAG CAG
1:30 PM
Thu
10/30
LAZ LAZ
@
PIS PIS
3:45 PM
Fri
10/31
BVB BVB
@
FCA FCA
3:30 PM
Fri
10/31
GIR GIR
@
GET GET
4:00 PM
Sat
11/1
RAY RAY
@
VIL VIL
9:00 AM